Mk1 Black 4dr project

[Glynn.]

I'm currently running 165/45s falkens
No rub age or scrubbage, they were 90$ each

[willwho]

I'm also curious about the sump!

What size tyres have you got on the car at the moment, mate?

Progress so far has been great.

195/50s on 15x7s. Cheers man! Should be more progress in about a months time, the car spending has to take a back seat for now

I'm currently running 165/45s falkens
No rub age or scrubbage, they were 90$ each

Yeah i have sourced some 165/50s which i should be able to grab in a months time as above, what size rims have you go them wrapped around, any pics? I'm going to keep it safe til i have the money to have some fun with it

[willwho]

Ah so more and more things keep coming before this poor mk1

The thermo fan is getting low voltage, and thus my car gets hot in any sort of traffic.
The ignition barrel doesn't work at all, unless i push in the back of it and jiggle the key.
The tacho isn't wired up so i wait til the engine is screaming at me
The wiring is a mess, and the shop that i got to do it haven't really fixed that much.. but the above issues, and most importantly, <- that will be rectified tomorrow morning after 'discussions', so no bad feelings held.

I've been driving my rents car/public transport in the meantime, but i dusted her off and went out to the downshift meet at Rocklea, got a few looks, and heaps of pics! due to the unreliability of the mk1 (and resulting peevyness of the rents) and need for a courier vehicle for my uni hols anyway, i'm picking up a hilux tomorrow so the mk1 will get the title of weekend car . which means big plans!

speaking of which, what are some nice bucket or sports seats to suit the mk1? will need to consult my modplate guy for legalities surrounding them still though..

anyway! a pic from the meet, still need to pick up some smaller tyres so i can wind the coils down further

[Water Boy]

Look into some newer car seats. Check Peugot, Honda etc for a more bucket style seat that will still be nice and look OEM.

[Glynn.]

I have the 165/45 fitted to a 15x7 rims dude, no good pics yet
Should have a mk1 parts car coming soon of ur after anything in particular

[blinkx]

Any more new of this
Looks soo good

[mikinoz]

Bahn Brenner Motorsport - Moroso 4 Cylinder Oil Pan

Have you used one Mick? from what I can find they are stock depth just have the kickout to increase capacity. would be interesting to know if the oil pickup needs shortening and how much clearance it saves you if they are shallower

Fair point I'm not sure if it's lower. I've got one in the shed for a rainy day. I might measure it.

[willwho]

big progress soon.. stay tuned.

[stiffy]

big progress soon.. stay tuned.

i love those cups,suit the car peerfect

[willwho]

[willwho]

stretched some new tyres on today, and lowered it a bit more. gonna give it a service tomorrow, and tackle any electrical gremlins which have come back. then brakes next week, and cooling system and a new cam the following week hopefully! gonna give the carby a tune and bump up the timing a tad to give it a bit more go camber plates are also in the picture for the next month as well. EDIT: oh and a small front lip!!! to complete the exterior.

gonna go lower once i knock up a bashplate, interested to see what people have done to protect the sump?

[Jarred]

Make sure you blacken those bumpers and trims too

[GTI4ME]

Hey mate, saw this bad boy this afternoon when you were dropping a mate off up the street, I was the guy polishing the mk3 in the garage checking it out. Sounds really good man, feel free to drop in and say hi next time you're in the area, im still in the process of rebuilding my mk1, its taking forever but its coming!

[willwho]

Make sure you blacken those bumpers and trims too

haha yes! reading back through this thread linseed oil is the stuff i need, i'll pick some up this week sometime.

Hey mate, saw this bad boy this afternoon when you were dropping a mate off up the street, I was the guy polishing the mk3 in the garage checking it out. Sounds really good man, feel free to drop in and say hi next time you're in the area, im still in the process of rebuilding my mk1, its taking forever but its coming!

oh no way, small world! yeah that's a mate from work who's pretty much a mechanics wizard, he came to give me a hand today so that i wasn't spending all day on the car haha. i know what you mean about the taking forever thing, i've had this for the best part of a year and i just keep running out of $$$!

Replaced steering rack boots and CV outer boots today, had to find the bloody weird multihead torx bit for the cvs on a sunday - streets auto & parts arana hills had it though ! gave it an oil & filter change and some new plugs, was gonna do some work on the electrics but i'll leave that for another weekend haha. was getting too dang hot in the garage so i took it down to the carwash and gave it a well earned scrub to cool off:



annddd under the car cover it goes for another week

[shramma]

weekend car only mate?

that last photo is shmick as. ill be on the hunt for one of these for my next car.