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LC GTR - FATHER AND SON GROUND UP RESTORATION

Started by _gorto_ , Apr 12 2013 09:27 PM

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#676 _gorto_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 11:55 AM

Can't buy them new hey? WIll have to post a topic in the 'wanted' section..

Edited by gorto, 23 March 2015 - 11:56 AM.

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#677 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 12:15 PM

If its what I think your talking about I have a couple herem

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#678 _gorto_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 03:05 PM

If its what I think your talking about I have a couple herem

Yeah? That'd be awesome if you could help me out. I'll check when i get home, not sure whether i need the whole strap or just the pin part.

Pretty sure the chromers lost it..

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#679 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 05:02 PM

The pin is folded over like a rivet, its sacrificial. Gotta drill it or grind it.

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#680 _gorto_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 09:10 PM

The pin is folded over like a rivet, its sacrificial. Gotta drill it or grind it.

here's what a guy from town gave us, dont have the 2 pins or springs though?

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#681 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 09:16 PM

Springs i can get ya, tearing a car apart atm that has them, as i said the pins are sacraficial, to get the strap off (the part he's holding in his hand) you need to drill or grind the pin.

You could probably redo it as per origional by machining up a pin, head for the top, and drill a hole a bit smaller than the OD of the pin in the bottom side, put it together and hold a big hammer ontop and give it a flog from the bottom with a smaller one....Want some balls doing that beside your paitn work though.

Im thinking you will be bolting it back on?

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#682 _gorto_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 09:34 PM

Springs i can get ya, tearing a car apart atm that has them, as i said the pins are sacraficial, to get the strap off (the part he's holding in his hand) you need to drill or grind the pin.

You could probably redo it as per origional by machining up a pin, head for the top, and drill a hole a bit smaller than the OD of the pin in the bottom side, put it together and hold a big hammer ontop and give it a flog from the bottom with a smaller one....Want some balls doing that beside your paitn work though.

Im thinking you will be bolting it back on?

Okay I see, looks like we'll be putting a bolt through it then!

If you could get me the springs that'd be awesome! Doubt I could find a spring that small in town anywhere..

UPDATE:

Headlining in herringbone. Think my year model should have been roebuck but upholsterer said he couldn't get it thin enough to use as a headlining or get the right colour or something.

Cutting n buffing

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Front Windscreen

Edited by gorto, 23 March 2015 - 09:35 PM.

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#683 _greg2240_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 09:45 PM

Nice!!!!

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#684 _gorto_

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 10:06 PM

Nice!!!!

Thanks!

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#685 Ice

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Posted 23 March 2015 - 11:03 PM

Was that an after market front windscreen rubber if so how was the fit and which brand
sorry for all the questions

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#686 _ljxu1torana_

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Posted 24 March 2015 - 02:19 AM

Was that an after market front windscreen rubber if so how was the fit and which brand
sorry for all the questions

gene,i tried betta auto rubber first and it was not big enough,then went to rare spares fitted perfectly.

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#687 _gorto_

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Posted 24 March 2015 - 08:37 AM

Was that an after market front windscreen rubber if so how was the fit and which brand
sorry for all the questions

I bought a full rubber kit through betta auto rubber. It was a tight fit and the rubber has started to pull away from the chrome on the bottom corner. Not sure if its the rubbers fault or the shape of the car+windscreen

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#688 _gorto_

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Posted 24 March 2015 - 05:44 PM

Actually sorry, I bought my rubber kit through Harrison's Early Spares, some of it they made there own and some were rares I think..

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#689 _gorto_

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Posted 24 March 2015 - 06:00 PM

Ready to be buffed in the morning

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#690 _gorto_

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Posted 29 March 2015 - 06:05 PM

Wet rubbed the seat mounts, also got the seat bases/springs sandblasted and primed but dont have a pic

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#691 _gorto_

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 12:11 AM

Been to the engine shop to have a look today, all very exciting. Have pics of the pistons, rods, crank and valves, will post them in the morning. All very flash.

Shop now has a 5 axis CNC machine (Centroid A560) and a Sunnen diamond cylinder hone.Plates are being made up to mount the block to be bored in the machine, I think he said to an accuracy of 2 tenths of a thou, ridiculously accurate, perfectly straight.

Decided to mount the dry sump tank in the boot as there's just not enough room in the bay, will have to run solid steel lines front to back which will be a pain though. Need to run a water to oil cooler too, will speak to pwr to see if they do a custom job, mounted parallel with the radiator as to not have lines and fittings going everywhere in the bay.

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#692 _gorto_

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 08:58 AM

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#693 orangeLJ

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 02:44 PM

Now thats some serious coin worth!

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#694 _gorto_

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 02:57 PM

Centroid digitizing an evo head

An example of what it can do (evo race port)

Edited by gorto, 16 April 2015 - 02:58 PM.

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#695 Ice

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 05:58 PM

Nice goodies Ryan

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#696 greens nice

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 06:52 PM

Very nice!
How many cc's is the dome on the piston?

Did the builder opt for a smaller valve stem? Ie 5/16

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#697 _gorto_

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 06:55 PM

Nice goodies Ryan

Sure are, thanks Gene.

Told him we will need it by late June/early July to get it all finished in time for toranafest so we should see some progress in the coming months hopefully. The cam is the hold-up at present, was ordered last year and still haven't got it.

Very nice!
How many cc's is the dome on the piston?

Did the builder opt for a smaller valve stem? Ie 5/16

Thanks!

Unfortunately I'm no help for either questions though.. haha

All I know is that the final comp will be 11:1 and the only thing I remember him saying about the valves is that they were custom, and radius locked.

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#698 greens nice

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 07:54 PM

All good, it's a sweet build and I'm hanging to see the final outcome.
I take it the cam is being sourced from the US or similar? I bought one in oz and it took 3 weeks.

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#699 _gorto_

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Posted 16 April 2015 - 08:01 PM

All good, it's a sweet build and I'm hanging to see the final outcome.
I take it the cam is being sourced from the US or similar? I bought one in oz and it took 3 weeks.

No actually, its a Tighe cam, builder has 6 cams on order.. Dean has obviously slowed things down a bit after the passing of his father (which is completely understandable).