So to continue from the performance section:
Wheel to wheel racing would be great- I'd get another car so I can do that. But I can't justify the cost at the moment. Maybe not ever? I don't know.
Right now, I'm driving an Auto, FWD, Subaru Liberty stationwagon. I'm keeping it alive to give to my dad. I've gotta get this GTV going again, because it is driving me to be old!
I guess I'm just an enthusiast, and I want to drive the thing often. As in, maybe 3-5 times a week- which is all the driving I do, anyway. I want to be able to drive it fast and give it the berries every now and then, hence the RS suspension I will be ordering soon, and the 166 Brembos. The bilsteins will be sold when the time comes. Interested parties are welcome to enquire. Make an offer. They won't be out for a bit, though. Probably done about 5000km.
The sound deadening is all out now.
Lizardskin is on the way. The hot rod guys say this stuff is amazing. So light and with good tints, keeps the heat away amazingly well. And they're in Qld- where all the cane toads, and MD and JasonGTV27 come from
Nice and warm- just spray it on.
I will post pics once it's done. The interior floor, roof, halfway up the firewall, door inners and boot are getting the ceramic heat treatment and the interior floor and up the firewall are getting the sound deadening treatment. Then carpet will be laid over the top. Finally had a response from Tru-Fit carpets. They say they're moulded. I am expecting to trim them up.
PIcked up the Zender kit and wheels.
The Zender kit is like something out of a timewarp. Made in Germany stickers still on it, came with the bumper impact inserts, and the resin it's made out of is really good quality. A bargain at $1500, IMO. Not very light, though!
I plan to use the 2.0 bonnet moulding, and to cut out the front and rear ridges to make it vented. It will be moulded into my old 2.0 bonnet, and I will cut a whole heap of metal and skin out of the centre, to clear the plenum, initially.... but..... eventually I will have the GSXr Throttles sticking up in there.
Anyone with an idea on the different sizes these are available in, please let me know- MD? You just went there for your TS... how big did you go?
This guy I know is a tool maker- he literally mills everything he can out of billet, because he likes making things! Anyway, I'm pretty sure a few bottles of bourbon will have me a set of runners matched to the throttles. Figuring out the linkage will be a PITA but hey, this guy made a billet grille for his '32 something or other hot rod, so I'm sure we'll come up with something.
I kinda went budget and bought a 2nd hand Haltech E11v2- not as good as a Platinum sprint, but I want to run direct fire and sequential injection on mine- it was less than half the price of a Platinum sprint 2000, which I needed to do it. Yeah it's older, but it will be better than my ancient F7!
I am buying a modified Dizzy off my mechanic (who is moving to QLD, BTW)- it's a billet job modified to run a hall effect Sensor for a TDC reference. I'll get it tuned via TPS/RPM (what did you do, MD? What TPS?) Apparently the E11v2 doesn't like a 60-2. The dizzy will be less stuffing around, anyway. And it's there. Paul K (alfetta GT1.8T) will help me wire it up (god bless that man- a real gentleman).
The wheels aren't OZ Superturismos, as I thought - they are 156 Superturismos, a 17 x 7" 156 option. They've had the inner lip machined out and they will serve the purpose of getting the car going and registered. They have 90% Goodyear/Dunlop tread on them- I couldn't say no for $500. They will become my trackday rims, with semi slicks on them, but I guess I'll have to use a spacer to clear the 166 brembos. I also want a pair of original wheels so I can fit some cheap, nasty, hard, skinny tyres to them - will make drifting it a lot easier on the diff .....
There's a homebuilt circuit not far out of Sydney, so I will use that as my sideways play circuit, and attend trackdays at Eastern Creek and Wakefield park when I want a speed hit. Probably once every month or so.
I am intending to purchase some of Tomer's original tan pinstripe cloth for the re-trim. But with bank fees in there it is really expensive. As in, more than my haltech, or wheels or even the seats I'm looking at.....I was hoping to have the interior completely trimmed while the car was getting it's bodywork fixed, to speed it all up. I still haven't settled on a pair of seats. I keep losing the auctions. I really would like a pair of mesh headrest recaros. Just for that period look. I don't want the car to be all blinged, so I don't want the seats to be too modern. I will see what I can afford... hopefully one of these bids wins soon!
Bodywork news- the rear beaver is out completely, but the boot still needs some sound deadening removed- I can't get the lower fitting off the tank and so I can't remove the tank out of the boot. Play with that weds.
Doors will come off weds, too- but I don't really know if I need to. I mean, they align really well.... my friend insists they have to come off. I'd like to just pull the glass out... input welcome.
The windscreens should be out soon. The guy is real busy. I don't like playing with glass. Had too much of it wedged in my hand!
Aiming to have the car in my own parking spot at home (under cover, unit block) within a few months, so I can start putting it back together. Still need to buy seals. Looked at MrFiat.com - it's probably the go. Not cheap!
Once it's all together and running, I will need the rear of the exhaust modified to exit on the RHS (zender kit vs the GP 2.0 kit I originally had), add a muffler, then it's off to Rego.
Then I will start looking for Discs for the 166 brembos, getting bits together for the 6 throttles and wiring up the E11v2.
So there's the plan.... less talk, more ACTION!
As an aside, Vin Sharp (PACE) said 6k for a 100mm bore job, with pistons and liners. I don't trust my rods, as they're stock, shot peened, balanced and linished. Will need new rods anyway if I bore it out. Blower is looking more the go.
But that is a while off, yet!