Basic stuff! - Stage 1
New clutch cable, that is the correct length, and clutch return spring.
Set up of pedals (you should see how far my brake pedal goes down 🙁
gear shift bushes
Steering dampener.
Momo (ferrari) steering wheel
Any suggestions for other stuff that will just make my 73 feel more like a car than a poorly driving go-cart, its just feeling a bit off at the moment. I think it may even need new ball joints, the rubber is pretty bad on them.
Stage 2!
Kadrons
Getting these once i get some cash from K-rudd! Im thinking they will give me a fair bit more go, off the line that is, thats what annoys me most about the car right now, the fact that i have the rev it heaps and slip the clutch real slowly. The 34pict just has no responce. A friend of mine has kadrons on his 1776, and dont expect that power, but I do expect that responce. 🙂
Alternator style fuel pump (this is more for my piece of mind, I really dislike that the gen style pump is rubbing on my new alternator. MY mechanic is silly for not advising me that I needed to change it... especially since he did the work)
(buying this from http://www.classicveedub.com.au/ )
Mini Sump
I will be cheatinf and not putting the extension on the oil pickup untill I get an external filter. Otherwise you have to remove the strainer, and you can;t run an engine without any filterage.
Plus magnetic drain plug.
Does anyone use one of these, i think it would work well to pick up metal filings and such. they work well on lsd's so i think the same concet works well on an engine.
(gotta buy this off ebay me thinks!!)
Stage 3!
Swivel foot value adjusters
($50 the set from my mechanic)
Valve Covers
I really love the flat four valve covers cause they have like mini fins on the top side, which would probs cool the heads a tiny wee bit more, and they are taller than the stock tappet covers, more surface area = more heat dispersion. 🙂
($220 from micks, anyone know if I can get them cheaper?? Classic has them, but im not sure how much...)
Stage 4
Since i Got hit by a police car ( It was a D car) at a shopping centre, I have to have a new rear apron/beaver panel (whatever you want to call it) welded in before i change the exhaust.
Damn commodores! They reinforce the front of the police cars, or so I have been told by a lady I picked up from the city one day when I was still an apprentice (she was some head of police something something).
This is the new exhaust that I have to put in there!
I figure they will also want to pull the engine out to do this. The whole car really needs a strip down and repaint, But as a student i just dont have $4000 lying around. One day i hope that it will look a little like this...
I also have a clutch to go into the car if they have to pull out the engine to do the rear apron!
Stage 5.......
is body work, which i won't bore you with plans for here.
Stage 6...
is wheels!! Dragway performance wheels.
hoping to go 14Inch .... possibly 4inch wide up from 6 up the rear.
(sorry to kroozzn63, this was the only picture i could find that i could put in here...)
So tell me what you think, dont bag on the kadrons cause they are going on this motor.. hahah. Give me some suggestions. what works, what doesnt. 🙂
