FX Holden Race Car Project

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Re: FX Holden Race Car Project

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yeah yeah I'm getting there :)

Need to get the bottom tank down behind that front support then it should be good!
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Got it down lower :) very happy with the end result, the bottom tank is about level with the lower support bar, and once I cut all the bits off the chassis rails and trimmed the radiator mounts I was able to get it right in there!
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the bonnet actually closes now without hitting on the tanks!
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I ended up moving the motor back a few more inches because its going to make a lot of things easier where it is, and the end result is plenty of clearance in the front!
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I still need to trim a few of the front panels and weld them to the radiator support panel on either side, but other than that its pretty much sorted!
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Looking the biz!
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Finally got around to getting the diff bearings all sorted out and also finished welding the ends on at the correct lengths, its now as small as it can go without having to re-spline axles, using two short vn axles.... fitted the spool and longer ARP studs as well..... i am just trying to find a set of diff gears, 3.7, 3.9 or 4.11's hopefully.

bit of grinding of some welds and some paint and it will be all but done!
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After some more goodies arrived i started working on the guage cluster, after a few quick measurements it was pretty clear it was going to work out perfectly, some minor filing of the smaller holes and the water temp and oil pressure gauges will fit nicely, and some similar on the speedometer hole should see the tacho sorted too!

you can see the right smaller hole is stock, left is after enlarging it just out till that lip is removed and its perfect for the gauges!
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i really wanted to keep the stock dash panel if it was possible so good outcome :) i will fit the boost gauge and wideband to a seperate plate under the dash most likely....

These cars never originally had blinkers, so they were retro fitted, and by the looks of this dash it was by drilling two holes in the panel and adding green lights ... kinda sucks but i will probably put alternator and CEL lights in there or something similar.
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if anyone is actually interested, you can't get the degrees C autometer gauge locally (that i found anyway) so i actually ordered all the gauges direct from autometer, price ended up being very comparable to vpw in australia and summit in america, so happy with that, and i really wanted deg C not F!
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Yeah the Farenheit gauges are lame lol.

Man I wish this was going to be a street car. lol
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hahahaha yeah if only :)
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Very happy with this look :)
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Also got the diff finished, other than installing crown wheel and pinion as I haven't gotten them yet!

it sits about 1 inch from the inner guards, so should be able to fit a slightly bigger tyre under it!
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also took the plunge on cutting up and shortening the rack!
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will make another bracket like the bottom one for the tops, then add some gussets in between them, then just need to get the main shaft of the rack shortened and re-threaded and shes ready to rebuild.
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Will be so much better rebuilt man.

Excellent progress :D
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made some good progress on the rack today, the location and mounts are sorted and locked in! just need to make the gussets on the sides! probably should start on getting the rest of the rack bits modified I guess lol
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So I ran out of steel before I could finish the steering rack mounts, but got it mostly done, so after that I decided to start roughly mounting the steering column to see if its going to fit at all or not, looks like it should work out pretty reasonably!
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really hard to say 100% till I get a seat in there, but it looks like it should be pretty close to stock steering wheel location so that's gotta be good enough!

I also took some steering rack shafts in to get shortened, so once that's done i'll be almost in a position to get the shortened rack rebuilt :)

also need to make a call to McDonald bros racing to see what they can help me with for the rear end ;)
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Shift light in lieu of tacho high in field of vision? Tough original look by the way! 8)
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yeah undecided on the shift light location at the moment, thinking maybe on the roll bar on the pillar halfway up the windscreen or something like that but certainly want it to be right in my face as i could never see the one on the gemini!
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I'm envious of your skills man.

Can I just farm my projects up to you guys and get them done?
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if i've ever got a spare 6 months and i'm looking for something to fill in "all my spare time" i'll let you know Jonno! but at this point in time i haven't got enough of that spare time ... or spare money come to think of it!
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