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[Heath]

Windows and locking mechanisms are gonna be the deciding factor probably... assuming I get it all painted on schedual.

I might try and rig up an overflow bottle today... and test ignition leads (either the leads or plugs are buggering up a bit so I have to sort that out). Not gonna be able to put springs in in time probably, so that isn't a priority, but I do wanna chuck on an exhaust and better induction setup.

Hope I don't need wipers or anything. re: my signiature

[Heath]

And as promised, rigged this full bogan spec mod up today:

[RIM-010]

I think you'll find that the catch bottle is, in fact, upright...

Good progress Heath

Tim

[Heath]

Indeed, your observational skills served you well Tim and Steve - I may be stupid, but not that stupid!

I think there is something wrong with the multimeter I borrowed from my mate, so testing the leads got me nowhere. I wish I had one of those little space-doing things so I could gap my plugs. I am getting a backfire out of the carbie when i give it some juice but I can't take it out on the road to give it a proper test yet so I am doing all I can to find out what is causing that problem. It's all a learning experience atm, I thought it was starting to lean out but it would seem that I was wrong.

Anyway got enough other shit to focus on for the time-being.

[DanWA]

Overflow bottle setups like that are legal for the street drags here in Perth... Anyway nice progress Heath hope you make it to the drag day. Paint the radiator support black! Don't worry about the exhaust/intake just get it together! Also to test leads stick a flathead screwdriver in them and turn it over. Theres probably other ways but i've always stuck to that with carby/points cars.

[rodomo]

just taking the plug out, putting it in the lead and shorting it against the rocker cover whilst cranking is how i do it.

Cheers.

I put them on my tounge and hold on to the neg. battery terminal.

Chuck Norris.

[micklx]

Just put the damn car back together and ask Rodomo to come around the night before the drag day to give it a tune up !

[rodomo]

Be a man. Attach your nut sack to the neg battery terminal.

Nah, a bit TOO kinky for me.

[Heath]

They are 8mm Top Gun leads so if they aren't the source of the problem I would rather keep them.

Will change the distributor with a fresh one before the drag day, with new points and what not. Don't want to replace things I won't benefit from. Anyway... bodywork bodywork bodywork.

[DanWA]

Theres isn't much benefit with top gun leads.

[Heath]

Yeah but if nothing else they are an improvement on average ones - why replace them if they are perfectly good? Shit I'm late for school

[mr5000]

if you dont sort out your issues on the weekend heath let me no and ill be around to lend a hand
also how is it getting up there?

[rodomo]

if you dont sort out your issues on the weekend heath let me no and ill be around to lend a hand
also how is it getting up there?

It's a Torana. It will "FLY"

[Heath]

I've got a tandem & tow car availible if I get it together.

[Heath]

Yeah I have one in the shed too but it's rebuilt and recurved so I'm keeping it for my stinking hot motor later on.

I don't know wtf I am doing wrong. I pulled this car down like two years ago nearly and I don't think it's even improved overall. Like four or five months ago, I got REALLY serious, and it is still so f*cking far from completion I just can't believe it. I don't understand what I am doing wrong to make it take so bloody long and be so shithouse after all this time. Last year I was so disapointed that I didn't bring a car up to the drag day and I said to myself I wouldn't go again without a car to drive. I had no idea that I couldn't have it ready in time. Even two weeks ago I was so confident that I could have it there, why do I have such unrealistic expectations? Even though I keep on renewing them they still seem to get no more realistic.

A while ago I did one really hard day of work on it, like from early in the day until well after dark, and afterwards I though "wow... that felt pretty good, if I did that a few times the car would probably be finished". Then I did it again, and again, and again. And I have done like more than 20 days like that since, and it still feels like it has barely progressed.

My whole body is killing me because I've been physically working my arse off and my head is killing me because I've been listening to my teachers complaining about me having not done any homework for the last month. I hate my working area with a passion, I hate my facilities and I hate my attitude towards it all. There isn't really a lack of inspiration because this drag day is the main thing I had my heart set on having the car at, that was all I was looking forward to. God damnit

I could paint it tomorrow but it would look like shit, nowhere near the quality that would be expected from even a 1 month build and this has taken like 20 months and way more money than most people would spend.

What should I do? Sorry about the pessimistic responce... sometimes I just want to forget about cars

Edited by Heath, 05 March 2008 - 06:15 PM.

[MRLXSS]

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