| Back into it after
a break - if that's what you call working on the house
(and -10C degrees in a tin garage!). Firewall cut out,
welded as well as tunnel. More to go later but this
will do for a while. Decided the jag diff is going - getting
a heavy duty commondore diff built as I don't want to
widen the track too much as it will become unregisterable
in other states under the new national standards (check
link below). |
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| You can see the
firewall welded in this shot (more welding and cleaning
up later, including angling the corner to match the
rocker covers).
Started doing the rack, using a
Ford Laser - Mazda 323 rack, the tie rods fit straight
into reversed HQ stubs. Just lifted it a bit to get
the bump steer to neutral (pivot on the line between
the upper and lower wishbone pivots).
If you are not sure of this, read
this link - ' NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
AND MODIFICATION OF STREET RODS IN AUSTRALIA ' |
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| Tony's Fj
with 1UZ V8 being fitted, supra 5 speed. He's
widening the track in the guards (2 inches a side) to
fit an independent commondore rear, widened hr front,
serious chassis, wants it to become a good handler. Only
pics you'll see until the car is finished! |
 
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| Started on the sump. Tony, from the FJ car
club, cut me the plate (his 1UZ FJ pics in previous row).
Borrowed McGee's (from the Lextreme forum) welder, so
hopefully I can do some nice welds on the sump (thanks
Bryan). |
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Sump on it's way |
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Original filler will need cutting and relocating to
reach new sump. |
 
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Pickup extended |
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Engine Mounts started.
Sump fitted. |
 
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More work on the engine mounts, used some neoprene suspension
mounts I had lying around - shouldn't be a problem with
vibration as these are so smoooooth an engine. |
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Engine mounts strengthened |
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