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[RIM-010]

Looks good, how much is dirt cheap?

Tim

[Heath]

Good onya azza. Reminds me when I first had the LX running nicely with the kidney beans on the front and the stockies on the back

Welcome aboard.
(Maybe a mod should move this to members projects & plans )

[Heath]

nice buy dude,

also ur missing the thin plate between the engine and the gearbox, we can see your flywheel :-P

Doesn't that just make it more interesting to watch the motor run? Is that plate a necessity for any reason other than stopping shit (and body parts) getting in there?

[Heath]

mines lowered, trust me they look heaps better (especially next to mums big commodore)

haha yeah I didn't realise how small my Torana was until it was out on the street and mum parked her Vienta behind it. It looked about 80% and long as wide, and 60% as high rofl, and it's gonna be lowered further.

[RIM-010]

I think you mean VR door pods...

It's an auto, you really don't need a monster tacho...

Tim

[Heath]

You'll be over-revving your motor before you're anywhere near past your cam ROFL 6800 is HUGE. Going past the cam in any vehicle is not harmful to it, just your timing goes out so it's not running efficiently until you lower the engine speed. And I thought you only started your motor for the first time a few days ago? If so I wouldn't be revving it past 3500 until it's been run in decently.

As far as the tacho is concerned, I'd just get a UC Sports Dash (cheaper than any aftermarket tacho and includes other instruments lol) and then get a seperate shift light. I assume you're gonna put a quickshifter in the place of the T-Bar? If not I wouldn't bother with the shift light anyway, as if you're concerned with shifting at the perfect time, you won't be able to monitor it more accurately than the reading you get from glancing at the tacho lol.

My 2c anyway, it'll save you money and one less reason for mr. plod to pull you over and hassle you.

[Heath]

Yeah well I'm gonna have a shift light in my car as well. But that will mainly be for burnouts and stuff (will set it to an engine speed that i'm comfortable to sit just below).

And yes, by the sounds of it your motor will rev quite freely, just don't expect it to spin out like a rotary or anything. It's still a 30 year old motor and the expression on your face when six litres of oil surges out onto the ground below your car and the engine bay becomes a smoke machine because you've been giving your new motor too much of a hard time won't be a very nice one.

Don't take what I say the wrong way. As you said perfectly "i'm not hear to bitch" ...well that's exactly right, and neither am I. So yeah you'll hear a lot of advice on here; some good, some bad. You choose what to listen to and what to dismiss. As long as your car's still running nice when I'm ready to take the LX on a cruise with you, then I'm happy. Take it easy man!

Edited by Heath, 17 April 2007 - 10:22 PM.

[Heath]

I've got a 16 month wait mate

[MRLXSS]

Good stuff mate! Looks like a very good start. UCs are starting to take over the forum! hahaha