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It sucks to hear this Gary. I hope you find the motivation to get the car back together and hitting the streets soon. As you say, sometimes it’s better to do as much as you can yourself. This is why I am very choosy with who I let touch my cars, making some very talented friends in the industry helps with that too.

Great project. Look forward to more updates.

Wow, I should check in here more often. Sad to see the Lexcen go but will be good to see the new build.

I’ll try and fit a new insert into the spare housing I have and see how it goes.

$36 isn’t a huge outlay, it might also give me enough time to decide on the other mount if it doesn’t work out

I’ve had the diff out once before. I thought while i was at it to replace the standard type rubber mount with nolathene type but when I went to do it couldn’t get the insert into the housing.

i ended up giving up a refitting the stock one.

now that I’m fitting the new diff soon, I’m just trying to work out the best option,  I’m not real sure…[Read more]

It’s being built by the diff builder, but he has run out of spare m80 housings

looks like we’ve found one, cheapish. off gumtree

Have rung around but no one seemed to have any. Only 3 wrecking yards, here in Adelaide said they had them in stock. So I  went for a drive, only to find there where v6 diffs. to be honest, I thought there be heap…[Read more]

It’s being built by the diff builder, but he has run out of spare m80 housings

looks like we’ve found one, cheapish. off gumtree

Have rung around but no one seemed to have any. Only 3 wrecking yards, here in Adelaide said they had them in stock. So I  went for a drive, only to find there where v6 diffs. <span style=”caret-color: #000000; color…[Read more]

It’s being built by the diff builder, but he has run out of spare m80 housings

looks like we’ve found one, cheapish. off gumtree

Have rung around but no one seemed to have any. Only 3 wrecking yards, here in Adelaide said they had them in stock. So I  went for a drive, only to find there where v6 diffs.

Looks like it’s sorted know anyway…[Read more]

no prob

where abouts are you located?

Yeah coils are still on the covers, sounds good to me Cava PM your payment details

what type of spark plugs should I run? Some listings say Platinum, some say Irridium, both have different gaps too?

what Igntion leads are people running, not sure what are currently on the engine as there is no brand on them, im not even sure how old they are

Im looking at 3 options at the moment

1. NGK part no# RC-HLK808S (8mm) -$84 per set

2. MSD part no#5572 (8.0mm) Street Fire Wire -$76 per set

3. MSD part no#32819 (8.5mm) Super Conductor Spiral -$110 per set

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tried them too. no luck

Ive tried both Peter Page and Steinborner, Peter Page were $480 and Steinborner were $430.00, apparently there is a shortage since Air International have gone, ive also rung a handful of wholesalers too all of which are out of stock

i was kind of expecting around the $300 mark, waiting on another email back from one last place and see what they…[Read more]

Ive tried both Peter Page and Steinborner, Peter Page were $480 and Steinborner were $430.00, apparently there is a shortage since Air International have gone, ive also rung a handful of wholesalers too all of which are out of stock

i was kind of expecting around the$300 mark, waiting on another email back from one last place and see what they say