78 2-Door Build Thread

[GeorgeMK1]

Feck yeah !!

[mikinoz]

Awsome cant wait to see this Saturday morning at Wakefeild.

Keep it in one piece between now and the weekend!

Stay out of the armco, ok!

[dom123]

Stay out of the armco, ok!

Armco Mick?

[dubmc]

drove the old girl for a couple hours yesterday and can't be happier, although the guys at the servo will get to know me very well lol

thought i'd just add a few "you know you drive a MK1 when" comments from yesterday lol

- when you start it up and people ask what's in that cuz, having first not paid any attention to it
- when you go to an old enthusiast for wheel alignment and he says ah webbers, you don't hear that sound much anymore when his apprentice is bringing the car up the driveway and he can't even see it yet
- when your minding your own business and charades, lancers and civics coming speeding up behind your ass
- when you go to macdonald's because you are genuinely hungry and all the auto salon folks look at you like you got 3 heads
- when your driving and your dash lights go out and you manage to fix it numerous times with one hand while driving (need a new switch)

ahah anyway, took some photo's to prove it's actually rego'd lol




thanks for all the advice etc over the rego process, will obviously be posting up heaps of pics after nationals

btw could of been of my p' in january just hella lazy.

[Jarred]

woot! good work.

Must be a damn good feeling, shattered I wont get a blat in it at nats!

[dom123]

drove the old girl for a couple hours yesterday and can't be happier, although the guys at the servo will get to know me very well lol

thought i'd just add a few "you know you drive a MK1 when" comments from yesterday lol

- when you start it up and people ask what's in that cuz, having first not paid any attention to it
- when you go to an old enthusiast for wheel alignment and he says ah webbers, you don't hear that sound much anymore when his apprentice is bringing the car up the driveway and he can't even see it yet
- when your minding your own business and charades, lancers and civics coming speeding up behind your ass
- when you go to macdonald's because you are genuinely hungry and all the auto salon folks look at you like you got 3 heads
- when your driving and your dash lights go out and you manage to fix it numerous times with one hand while driving (need a new switch)

ahah anyway, took some photo's to prove it's actually rego'd lol




thanks for all the advice etc over the rego process, will obviously be posting up heaps of pics after nationals

btw could of been of my p' in january just hella lazy.

Get used to it!!!sure u copped plenty of stares jus then on burwood rd jus after u Passed me copper pulled right up behind me he didn't even twitch lol

[Water Boy]

Tell all those autosaloon shella's built not bought!

[dubmc]

Get used to it!!!sure u copped plenty of stares jus then on burwood rd jus after u Passed me copper pulled right up behind me he didn't even twitch lol

there were so many cops on burwood road today and city west link, was just cruising the whole way, red hot

[jonesyGT]

Harness is fine. That style is good for club level events. Should always pass scurineering as there's no expiry on it.

I wish I had you as a scrutineer when I raced
If that was presented where I scrutineered we wouldnt be allowed to use it because it had no tags & you cant tell how old it is

[dubmc]

so had the car running around for a couple days now...

so far so good...obviously a few teething issues which i've been ironing out for the weekend.

took it to the wheel alignment place and the same night i notced a knock in the front end, did a nut and bolt check today and they had managed to strip one of the centric bolts in the strut..out of all the bolts in the front end, the only one that was loose was the one somelse touched lol standard isn't it?

also noticed the accelerator wasn't returning 100% even tho I put new springs on the carbs when doing the build, so checked that out and a nut and washed on the setup i'm using came loose so i adjusted it all back up and lock-tightened it..is even better than b4

noticed an oil leak, which is coming from behind the oil filter housing lol the only gasket in the whole engine we didn't change of course, so will try source that from toohley's tomorrow

and need to replace an o-ring on the bias valves to stop a bit of brake fluid leaking, shouldn't be a big deal

other than that, car goes hard, stops great and corners rediculous..got about 1.7 degree neg and forgot how much toe in but it seems to be working

[Water Boy]

Bloody hell why do people have to butcher things when workong on cars.

Shakes head at wheel allignment place.

[mikinoz]

Armco Mick?

Bollards, Road Safety Rails, Guardrail Manufacturer - Armco Barriers

I know the stuff well.

[dubmc]

ahah would prefer all this talk about armco's after saturday

[dubmc]

was a full on weekend with the super sprints on saturday and the show and shine today.

had an absolute ball on saturday, couldn't be happier with the car...went flat chat all day without any real issues, think the lifters copped a hiding because there a bit noisy but other than that no realy issues..

obviously not the fastest car on the track by any means but by far the best handling car i've ever driven, was like a go kart, so happy with it. the brakes are great as well, didn't suffer any real brake fade and stopped hard all day long

a happy chappy at the moment.

[dubmc]