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Never been a fan of turbos yes more power but not after stupid power,, plus I like blower noise    

the falcon bulge is what I always looked at don’t want a scoop so fabricating something or cutting up another bonnet with the bulge like the fg

the whole car and motor looks way nicer without the spacers had to try it so maybe others can steer clear of the idea

Motor is as far as it will go down even a dry sump would not be any lower as for the other hat they are pricey now and hard to find with out costing a lot in freight

Hey all well set ride height back to standard with spacers still in better but still not good so removed spacers assumed this would happed gear box mount will not work gear box went forward and had to go up 40mm have to modify mount , got about 10mm clearance from tunnel ,so dropped back on it’s paws standard height heaps of angle dow…[Read more]

Hey all well set ride height back to standard with spacers still in better but still not good so removed spacers assumed this would happed gear box mount will not work gear box went forward and had to go up 40mm have to modify mount , got about 10mm clearance from tunnel ,so dropped back on it’s paws standard height heaps of angle dow…[Read more]

Thanks Guys just to confirm wheels will be 18″ just don’t have them ,

Thanks Ian I’ll have to do some research into that see how I go, I understand the principle but not how to plot it out , Vin that’s a good article ,

so going to have a play this weekend  measure front then set front to standard ride height and measure I’ll have to guess unless some one can measure from centre of wheel to guard  I can only do th…[Read more]

Hey Ian I have no idea how to do that

Hey all got all the suspension in over the weekend looks really nice needs to go up in the rear about 10mm as do not wont to drop the front any more but have no more thread on the spring platform

can some one that has a vb-vp and lowered take some photo’s of the front lower arms from the front and from the back looking at the steering tie rods ju…[Read more]

wow that rust just keeps on going ..nice work Gary

good stuff it’s getting there

Judge1 Frazer wrote:
Hey Gary can you clean up last post from vin please

Done

Thanks Gary

Dam I hope your feet are small not much room down there lucky you don’t have a clutch pedal

looking good though

Hey Gary can you clean up last post from vin please

Hey vin thanks for the comments the sway bar link I will make a new bracket from the chassis

I can get a steering shaft for rod shop but I need to sort out what rack I am going to use

the wheels are standard 14″ steel over the adapter hub with no brakes the brakes are the same size as the wheel

Hey Heron sump dose look close but as I took the photo’s the rear was still on the position jacks sump still 100mmm of the ground ,will be putting a bash guard under there as well ,,,crank pulley hangs down aswell

Yip Family stuff yes but I get my 100sqm workshop in the process

Hey Daniel sump dose look close but as I took the photo’s the rear was still on the position jacks still 100mmm of the ground will be putting a bash guard under there as well the crank pulley hangs down

Yip Family stuff yes but I get my 100sqm workshop in the process

Hey Gary no nothing funky just bolts in as the right height is adjusted from the strut not the spring I think you have the same set up

well got the struts back and the brakes dam they are big ,have put it together looks awesome , if someone has an old girl that is lowered would like to see some photo’s of the lower control arms to see if there is much difference to what I have with the spacers ,, also put the power steering rack in and the manual to see the difference heaps of r…[Read more]

Those cables look pretty cooked indeed