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[RIM-010]

Shes lookin fairly rough, but a pretty good start at the same time.

Keep us updated with your progress, it should come up pretty good with a bit of work.

RIM

[RIM-010]

its your choice, but red + black bonnet has been thrashed. how about a modern colour with blackouts? or a modern red (eg Red Hot) with blackouts.... just suggestions.

Also are you gunna Flare/Spoiler it?

RIM

[Heath]

I've already told you what I reckon of it a few times so we'll get strait to business:

Consoles: Yes, they can be made, but it's not simple. You can also consider retrofitting them from other cars (VN Commodore etc, will transfer you pics later). Often it's best to grab a hatch console that is had it, do a bit of repair to make it smoothish and carpet it over, but once again it isn't simple (will transfer pics).

CD Player can be hung under the middle vents which isn't very good. It can go in the console which is nice. Best position is in the lower panel of the dash, but you don't wanna cut you plastic dash. What you wanna do is sell your uncut dash panel to someone else, and get a cut one.

When you've got a cut one, you install it, trace the outline of the cut onto the metal behind your dash, remove the dash panel and begin cutting (once again there's an art to this as it is f***en hard metal. I will tell you how to do it how I did mine. When that's cut you stick the CD player in and wire it up.


I hope you have lots of room around the house, start stripping the bastard! That's the easy part . If you need a hand identifying anything, grab a photo and chuck it my way.

Anyway sounds like you're getting it all sorted nicely Ryan, i'll chat to you later!

EDIT:

What you mean by black outs?

Black around the windows and/or black under the crease in the bodywork at the bottom of the doors, spanning between the wheel arches.

Edited by Heath, 19 June 2006 - 11:11 PM.

[rodomo]

You are sitting on a potential gold mine. Be patient Grass Hopper.

[Racehatch]

I agree, she'll be well worth the effort mate!

[Heath]

Regretted selling it though!

[makka]

I would have regretted selling your hatch LX406, hows the prem coming along?

Youngy, you have got a lot of work in front of you but it will be worth it!

[MRLXSS]

Congrats on getting it so Dirt Cheap!!!!

It will be a sweet ride when finished! i also think that you should paint it an outrageous colour! Nothing looks better than a Bright Coloured Torry! You will get awesome attention and lots of THumbs up!!!!!


Hopefully we can get a good pic of bright coloured torrys when we have our forum photoshoot and you can pic out a colour!!!

Good Luck with the Ecotec option, it will be a lot of hard work but will be awesome when finished... U should look into a Supercharged one....

[Heath]

Supercharged? Maybe in a few years when he's off his Ps ey.

[MRLXSS]

The Supercharged Ecotecs dont have that much more power....

[Heath]

Down here you're not allowed a turbo or a blower either, or at least I thought so.

The Supercharged Ecotecs dont have that much more power...

I remember them being incredibly shit in the 'S' commodores. But I imagine if you bolt Forged pistons in (and lower the comp in the process of doing so), and then stick a larger pulley on it might work a bit better.

No one said it had to be the standard blower either

The beauty of an engine with forced induction is, you can make the exhaust as unrestrictive as you want, because it doesn't need any back pressure in the exhaust, which is brilliant for power at mid-high revs (when you're producing the most exhaust gas)

your not even aloud to have performance 6's

I'll ignore that incorrect grammar and say WTF? What is considered a performance six? i can stick together a 230HP 202 without too much difficulty and a bit of funding, isn't that a performance six? They don't know that it isn't a standard motor.

Edited by Heath, 23 June 2006 - 10:59 AM.