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My brother\'s 71 Fastback Turbo EFI 2332cc

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE · 2007-08-20T10:45:39+00:00

Here's a few pics of my brother's 71 Fastback. He built it all up from a car he bought from my grandparents in the early 90's. They had bought it as a demo from Doherty's in the early 70's and drove it till it died then parked it in a shed for the next 15 odd years till my brother got his hands on it.It was a TLE and that was the only reason it kept going was the EFI. you could literally turn the motor over by hand!! Anyway he stripped it and got all the body work done then the interior modified and retrimmed. We sourced a 2nd hand motor for the time being till he saved up some more $$ for a big Type 1. Here's a pic of how it currently sits awaiting all the goodies. Well he built a 2330cc with IDA's etc etc and it went pretty hard. It ran a 14.5@92mph at Willowbank in full street trim with a broken clutch tube(basically no clutch!!) After that he got the dirts with a few small things breaking and parked it in his garage. Then after nearly 18 months he decided to pull the engine out after only about 2500km's and get it sorted for a turbo and EFI set up. The motor was stripped and rebuilt then sat on the bench while other parts of the car were worked on and money became available. Well he got some more $$$ and after talking to the likes of Dangerous and Peter Page decided his current engine combo wasn't strong enough for what he wanted. Guess what?? Engine strip time again!! Now a new case (Auto Linea), new rods(carillo), new pistons and barrels(CE), and some more machining and other components to make it strong enough to run decent boost from a Garret T4 with hiflow housings split entry exhaust housing and larger wheels. CES racing have fabricated a complete stainless exhaust system mandrel bent and tuned length for the turbo as well as custom made intake runners and plenum to run a modified V6 Commodore throttle body. Add a 8L dry sump tank and 400x250 x 5" thick intercooler with custom made tanks which sits where the bellows used to be with a 10" thermo fan to pull more air through the cooler. Modified Scat IDA manifolds with injector bosses machined into the bottom of the runners to spray the fuel right into the port also done by CES. There went the better part of 8K for CES' work!! After that it took a while to get some more $$$ to buy all the new engine parts. We started work on solid mounting the gearbox with a very solid front mount and ladder bar type mounts from the top shock mounts(beefed up) to the bell housing of the box. Add to that new CV's and JCL spring plate retainers that were an absolute mongrel to fit on a type 3. All the rubber mounts that hold the torsion bar housing and rear end onto the floor pan have been replaced with billet alloy bushes to solid mount everything and have zero movement. That in itself was a big job!! All the brakes have been done up with calipers overhauled and new fluid, pads and DOT approved braided brake lines to all 4 corners. the rear drums are gone and replaced with Volks conversions cross drilled disc brake set up. New ball joints and tie rods on the front end just for safety's sake as it will hvae bit more poke than the stocko 1600!! Interior wise is the addition of an Autometer Tacho with shift light and tell tale as well as Autometer boost gauge. In the factory console is the Oil temp and oil pressure gauges. 4 point harnesses mounted securely to the rear parcel shelf hold you in the Cobra Clubsprint seats. The spare wheel is gone and now houses the Bosch motorsport fuel pump from a 996 Porsche from memory, a 2 litre swirl pot, auxillary Carter fuel pump and a glass bowl type water trap filter. At the moment we are waiting for the engine to be finished being built by Dangerous, then it will be fitted to the car so that all the oil lines and fuel lines can be finished. Then it is off to the tuners for some indepth wiring and fitting of all the sensors that the Autronic needs to run this baby. Apart from a few more cosmetic things I have to do to put the finishing touches on it we are hoping to be ready to roll and put some k's on it before Warwick. Will post up some pics later and keep you all posted of our progress. [ Edited on 21-8-2007 by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ] [ Edited on 21-8-2007 by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ] [ Edited on 23-8-2007 by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ]

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typethreeking Wolfsburg Wizard

621 posts · joined May 2008 · 3 May 2008, 8:11 pm

#644033

well its been a long time coming but i hope the wait is worth it and the massive amounts of cash spent, not counting my chickens yet as it hasnt hit the dyno just yet but hopefully all will be ok. Once its running people can stop asking me have i got it running yet cause i wish i could have said yes a long time ago. Hopefully end of may it will hit the dyno cause i am waiting for them to call me up as they are really busy.Will try and get so more pics then when she finely goes......

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LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 8 May 2008, 6:56 am

#644831

new pics etc uploaded in the member's ride section....

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=64504

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