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Holy crap that was a long day.  This door seems to be a never ending story, but progress is progress I guess.  Made up a section where the lower hinge reinforcing box had rusted away,  happy how it tuned out.  Then spent a bit of time going over what I had done so far and wasn’t happy with the rest of the lower part of the frame so decided I may…[Read more]

Thanks IJ.  Totally agree.  Truly built not bought.  U know a guy with a V8 powered BMW with the same kind of commitment!

Pretty happy with that given I’m a rank amateur.  Just using what I have, which is a stuffed passenger side door what I need part of for that door, so cutting and shutting to get this done. Put my shrinker to good use and made up the curved part from scratch. Now I have the old skin off, tomorrow I will be able to attach it with a dolly and…[Read more]

Turns out a father of a guy we race know the guys who use to run Adelaide Carby Sales and Service but now works from his home.  He will totally rebuild/refurbish mine for $330.  Seems pretty good, I think I will start there, swapping a carby is a pretty quick and simple job.

I actually have this totally irrational hatred of Fords. I know they have made good cars, but growing up in Elizabeth when pretty much everyone’s Dad worked at Holden’s, you just become red.  I will never own a Ford, as I say i know irrational,but…

You forgot the heater loop. Keep plumbing.

Bloody hell, that ruined a good thread    They also look like they are made of Lego.

It’s a cracker engine. Credit where credit is due.

Did someone say Barra?

Lol, that’s hooking!!

I think that’s prob right, I am actually stoked with how well it drives given that.

No, I am not totally sure its the carby.  Gawler Aotumtve is a couple of hundred metres up the road from me, and they are the ones that fixed the rocker issue on the Senator so I trust them.  They also have a dyno, so I reckon that’s the go, give it to them and let them sort it.

Get it rebuilt and setup PROPERLY and it will do wonders. Anything other then an ls is a waste.

Was hoping you might chine in Cav.  I would ideally like to keep it original.

Just fix the quady. They are a good carby when working correctly.

Yea I am also leaning towards just staying carby, tbh I dont really want to mess around with it too much.  I think I might just give it to the mechanic up the road and see what he come up with.  I don’t think the auto choke is working properly, I did check the shafts and thought they were OK, but something isn’t right.

This has got to be getting close now…

I really don’t want to go down the EFI swap route with this thing.  I just want something dumb ass, cheap and simple that will do for now. Maybe I will give it to the mechanic up the road from me, he can give it the once over and let me know.  In between karting, Kombi restos, and driving the Senator I don’t have a lot of spare time to mess around with it.

I do fully appreciate it’s so much “easier” to go the FI  route, but the noise of 8 trumpets gulping in air at 6,000rpm on 454 cubes has its good points :)  But the LSA is a very neat package also.

What have I missed here, what’s the deal with the SCoupe?  Bonnet on the beemer looks purposeful, I like it.