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[turbo76lx]

Painted the switch block and fitted the switches to see how it looked, still need to engrave two plates to say what each switch does.

 

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[turbo76lx]

Wasn't happy with the washer bottle/catch can, decided to make it a bit lower and and raise the bottom to hide the washer pump and boost control valve.

 

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Welded in some tabs to mount the panel that has the ECU, fuses and relays on it.

 

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Patched the fan duct hole which had some rust around it.

 

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[turbo76lx]

Welded up the fan duct hole and gave it a hammer and sand. Also started hammering some of the dints  in the floor.

 

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Made up the battery holder with isolator switch. This will hold a Full River HC44 battery.

 

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Remover the hatch hinges and the body sealant and just some surface rust. 

 

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[turbo76lx]

Decided to make a trolley to hold the stud welder a few of my hammers and dollies so there at arms reach while I do the body work.

 

Also started to get all the engine parts together to take to JPC to get rebuilt.

 

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[myss427]

Problem with this build is most of the really cool fabricated bits will never be seen, started with a really good shell, can't wait to see it finished!

[turbo76lx]

Had to make one good ignition switch from three.

 

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Painted the column.  

 

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[turbo76lx]

The door trims, roof lining and the trim kit for the top of the doors came today from Cools Auto Trim, had them done in black instead of slate.

 

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[rodomo]

Had to make one good ignition switch from three.

Bit of a let down?????????????..................... I thought a bloke like you could make 7 switches from 3?

[Heath]

Ahhh, your hatch interior comes together in the same order as mine I see... I've been keeping my door trims secret though hahaha

[turbo76lx]

Stripped the engine covers and gave them a satin finish.

 

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[turbo76lx]

Not finding much time at the moment to get far on the body work so just buying some more parts like new brakes.

 

355x32 discs with 6 piston front and 4 piston rear calipers, it might be a bit over kill when the hatch originally come out with 13" rims

 

and now is going to have 14" discs.

 

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[turbo76lx]

Have 12mm clearance between the spokes and the caliper and 6.5mm between the inner barrel and the caliper.

 

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[SHEEL]

wow. that'll hurt your eyeballs when you pull it up!

[Shiney005]

At 25 pages, the thread is starting to get a bit long to go back through for stuff I can't remember. Are you incorporating the ABS from the donor car Glen?

[turbo76lx]

No ABS.

[turbo76lx]

Started on panel gaps and sort out which is the best nose cone to use, then need to modify the front section of the front flares and front spoiler.

 

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[turbo76lx]

Gave to engine covers a better polish and fitted some Mine triple flow cam baffles.

 

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[Shiney005]

Cam baffles Glen?

[turbo76lx]

The RB engines have a tendency to fill the cam covers with oil then push it out the breathers these help separate the oil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Shiney005]

Very nicely explained. Something similar could work in high revving 308s as well.

[a9x868]

Not finding much time at the moment to get far on the body work so just buying some more parts like new brakes.

 

355x32 discs with 6 piston front and 4 piston rear calipers, it might be a bit over kill when the hatch originally come out with 13" rims

 

and now is going to have 14" discs.

 

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glen it will be fast and you need to stop it

[turbo76lx]

Gave the starter and alternator a clean up and some new bearings.

 

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[turbo76lx]

Playing around with extending the front of the front flares to spoiler.

 

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[Rockoz]

May have missed it in the thread.

Any reason the flares sit so high?

Crappy flares or mods for different sized wheels?

 

With the seat supporting it I almost though you were going to extend the bottom lip.

Would look different and good if you did.

Have seen photos of alod race cars with an extended lip.

Look good with it.

[308 Sunbird]

Playing around with extending the front of the front flares to spoiler.

 

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Better check in with your doggy Glen, looks a bit concerned with something he has seen.