FX Holden Race Car Project
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oh dear!
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Simples!
Hey babe/darl/love/whateverpetname
Wanna head into Sydney for the weekend? We can check out the show on Friday/Sundy/Monday and if it's ok I might take the car to the track with the guys that are coming up from everywhere for the Geminats.
Should be a good run.
Thoughts?
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Hey babe/darl/love/whateverpetname
Wanna head into Sydney for the weekend? We can check out the show on Friday/Sundy/Monday and if it's ok I might take the car to the track with the guys that are coming up from everywhere for the Geminats.
Should be a good run.
Thoughts?
If required present box of chocolates and flowers. If it fails at least you've gotten somewhere with these
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Re: FX Holden Race Car Project
You are only just recently married aren't you Jonno...Jonno wrote:Simples!
Hey babe/darl/love/whateverpetname
Wanna head into Sydney for the weekend? We can check out the show on Friday/Sundy/Monday and if it's ok I might take the car to the track with the guys that are coming up from everywhere for the Geminats.
Should be a good run.
Thoughts?
"Can't stop addicted to the shindig!..."
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So more than likely it wont be done by then, but also, its no longer going to be possible for this car to do anything other than drags, the four link is just not designed for corners!Jonno wrote:Update
and a new get it done target > viewtopic.php?f=54&t=48527&p=442521#p442521
Hint Dave/Bill to
as for the update part 1
Fuel system in the boot is pretty much done aside from wiring! Oil cooler hose and fittings all sorted. got fittings for the turbo
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Update part 2
Started tacking the cage in place so I could make some more bits for it and work out where to mount the seat and such like. Did this front chassis rail support part of the cage so I can then see what area I have to work with for the turbo manifold.
Started tacking the cage in place so I could make some more bits for it and work out where to mount the seat and such like. Did this front chassis rail support part of the cage so I can then see what area I have to work with for the turbo manifold.
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Update part 3
Rough mock up of turbo location.
Rough mock up of turbo location.
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Update part 4!
Got bits! So this gadget allows me to run an external oil pump pickup, and I am doing this as I am running a stud girdle now which the pickup gets in the way of! This will be welded inside the sump with the fitting on the outside to mate up with the one on the oil pump. The pickup is one I found on ebay for a chev, should work nicely!
I am also in the process of getting the block cleaned and bored, as well as the rotating assembly machined and balanced then I will be able to start dummy assembly to work out deck height and such.
I've also purchased a few steam pipe bends and starting to think about making a turbo manifold.
Got bits! So this gadget allows me to run an external oil pump pickup, and I am doing this as I am running a stud girdle now which the pickup gets in the way of! This will be welded inside the sump with the fitting on the outside to mate up with the one on the oil pump. The pickup is one I found on ebay for a chev, should work nicely!
I am also in the process of getting the block cleaned and bored, as well as the rotating assembly machined and balanced then I will be able to start dummy assembly to work out deck height and such.
I've also purchased a few steam pipe bends and starting to think about making a turbo manifold.
No matter what the question is, the answer is always more horsepower!!
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Looking SMRT Sam ...
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Just like ASSHAT only ... BIGGER!
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Yeah nice work man!
That's a shame
I got 3 entries from SA for it and the spots are filling up.
If you change ur minds I'm sure we can fit u in
That's a shame
I got 3 entries from SA for it and the spots are filling up.
If you change ur minds I'm sure we can fit u in
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Big update time!
Got the roll bar mostly worked out and tacked in place.
Got the roll bar mostly worked out and tacked in place.
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Sump mods all finished for external pickup.
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Turbo manifold all worked out and mostly welded together.
Wastegate sorted out and in a somewhat easier spot to access than the gemini ever was!
plenty of room to fit it all in with the inner guard gone!
Wastegate sorted out and in a somewhat easier spot to access than the gemini ever was!
plenty of room to fit it all in with the inner guard gone!
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3 inch dump pipe, flares to 4 inch just before the waste gate pipe merges into it.
Race Spec!
Race Spec!
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Block has been bored and the crank is back from being machined and balanced, so I was able to dummy up the bottom end to work out the deck height for final machining of the block.
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Few left over pics, this is the view in the end of the exhaust pipe, where the wastegate pipe merges in.
Used a spare motor to dummy up the stud girdle and suitably bash the sump so it all clears!
Started on the brake lines, figure if i'm building a faster motor I should work on slowing it down
Used a spare motor to dummy up the stud girdle and suitably bash the sump so it all clears!
Started on the brake lines, figure if i'm building a faster motor I should work on slowing it down
No matter what the question is, the answer is always more horsepower!!