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no wonder it never sold in that colour scheme! Mate, you've bought this halfway through a paint job, the black spots are dabs for a show coat, to help sanding down for painting. It'll have been primered, rubbed down, then the black 'show coat' or guide coat, then another rub down then ready for paint. TBH, although it looked rubbish, if you get this car re-sprayed, it'll have that colour again before it's final paint goes on! As for the car itself, I love it, good work so far, keep us posted! Engine-wise, I know you dismissed the V8, but have you considered the Audi V8 found in the A6 etc? Nice compact 4.2 V8 that can be run on mega-squirt, early A6's with this engine can be picked up for £5-600, use the engine, break the rest of the car, weigh the shell in, = bargain!
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Yeah know what you mean, but it was no way prepped for final flatting. Anyhow previous owned lost interest and it worked in my favour as you couldn't see the nice lines of the body.
Modern V8 , now there's an idea.
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just turbo the 6 dude.
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1965 Karmann ghia RHD Race car
1969 Baja Bug (splat)
1979 Leyland National London Bus
1981 DeLorean DMC-12
1993 Chevrolet S-10 4.3L Pink, and rolling 20's
1996 Toyota Paseo Super Modified Rallycross car
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Yep defo going turbo route. Compression readings all good. Maybe head off for overhaul. Then turbo. Maybe a v8 later.
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Done about 50 miles this weekend and running fine no over heating, just slight rad leak on one if the oulets, so can solder this up. Wider rear tyres fitted. need to drop the front some more now.
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needs slamming all way round dude. ye ye it needs to scrape the floor Turbo is defo the way to go, Draw through would be so simple to do, i recon it could be done in a weekend, maybe get a progressive webber, so it has a bit of drivability?
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1965 Karmann ghia RHD Race car
1969 Baja Bug (splat)
1979 Leyland National London Bus
1981 DeLorean DMC-12
1993 Chevrolet S-10 4.3L Pink, and rolling 20's
1996 Toyota Paseo Super Modified Rallycross car
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Jun 10, 2013 14:12:39 GMT
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Think I'll got for blow through as per the Beetle, know what i'm doding then. Each method requires a few mods and has pros and cons.
Draw through- No carb mods, turbo needs carbon seals, performance not so good on the road, great for what on the track, cant add an intercooler.
Blow through, Need to mod carb to pressure sensitive, but quite simple on a Holley carb, aslo need a fuel pressure regulator - no turbo mods, better road performance. Can add an intercooler
Ive got a choice of 2 turbos (T3 style) to try AR .68 and AR 1.32, also just scored a 2 barrel holley off Rods n sods.
Also need to add the MSD7 i already have and then get an MSD retard module,
So yes weekends work here we come.
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Jun 16, 2013 20:49:24 GMT
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59 GMC Apache pickup 68 VW Westfailia Camper 00 2.7 L Porsche Boxster
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v8mad0
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Jun 16, 2013 22:27:07 GMT
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Thats a cool car, love the wheels.
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1988 Lincoln Towncar
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i've never seen a guide coat applied universally over the entire car in spots? looks deliberate to me, look like a snow leopard ?
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Jun 17, 2013 12:14:28 GMT
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Yes agreed, ironically the interior now looks like the exterior used to look
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Last Edit: Jun 17, 2013 12:15:08 GMT by Uber Cool
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Granadaman72
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I likes Granada's, Cortina's, Sierra's, Viva's, Marina's....................
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Jun 17, 2013 19:30:15 GMT
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Starting to look real nice, good job on the seat retrim too. Stacked headlights are cool and it will look great dropped over those wheels.
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Jun 22, 2013 10:21:22 GMT
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still sky high, needs more slammage
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1965 Karmann ghia RHD Race car
1969 Baja Bug (splat)
1979 Leyland National London Bus
1981 DeLorean DMC-12
1993 Chevrolet S-10 4.3L Pink, and rolling 20's
1996 Toyota Paseo Super Modified Rallycross car
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Jun 22, 2013 21:49:03 GMT
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Took another 60 mm out of the front suspension today :tup: So far 1.5 coils off the front equates to a 90 mm drop. Compared to before it was dropped, you can see a big difference Also found the leak on the rad by pressuring with the air compressor and duct tape over the inlet and outlets
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Last Edit: Jun 22, 2013 21:52:40 GMT by Uber Cool
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Jun 22, 2013 23:01:39 GMT
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you could fix that, flux and soler, and a blow torch. yep yep looks miles better lower defo
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1965 Karmann ghia RHD Race car
1969 Baja Bug (splat)
1979 Leyland National London Bus
1981 DeLorean DMC-12
1993 Chevrolet S-10 4.3L Pink, and rolling 20's
1996 Toyota Paseo Super Modified Rallycross car
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Jun 22, 2013 23:04:06 GMT
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you could fix that, flux and soler, and a blow torch. yep yep looks miles better lower defo I did just need to run it up to temperature to see if it holds
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Jun 22, 2013 23:07:26 GMT
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awesomes, hope it works
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1965 Karmann ghia RHD Race car
1969 Baja Bug (splat)
1979 Leyland National London Bus
1981 DeLorean DMC-12
1993 Chevrolet S-10 4.3L Pink, and rolling 20's
1996 Toyota Paseo Super Modified Rallycross car
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20 mile run on sunday all seems fine, no leaks
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Lovely looking car! One day I'll have a big american tank.... I've fixed rads with some of that epoxy metal before, bit easier to do in situ than brazing etc.
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Love the car, love your speed, efficiency and drive to get on and do stuff.
Looking good from here.
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