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UFO304 Tidy up

Started by _UFO304_ , Sep 25 2013 08:18 PM

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#226 Redslur

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Posted 24 February 2015 - 11:22 AM

Another happy MCP customer then :-)

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#227 _UFO304_

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Posted 25 February 2015 - 07:39 AM

Another happy MCP customer then :-)

Did you get yours from Him aswell?

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Posted 25 February 2015 - 11:11 AM

Sure did. But only the rear bar. But several members in our club have bought front and rear from them too and are very happy with the quality.

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#229 _UFO304_

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Posted 08 March 2015 - 07:50 AM

Finally got around to changing the diff centre.

Going From 3.5:1 with a mini spool,

To Richmond Excel 3.89:1 gears with a Powertrax GT109028 TRU trac.

I also found out that Richmond make (or own the company) that do the Powertrax GT109028.

I had the centre rebuild over at Craft Diffs in Sydney, and they gave me $100 for my old gears, the guys in there are good guys and happy to help and provide advice.

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Posted 08 March 2015 - 07:39 PM

I have 3:89's in mine too. They are a bit on the noisy side (apparently common for 3.7 and 3.9's) but good for acceleration :-). And extremely good when you have an overdrive like i do.

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#231 _UFO304_

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 12:20 PM

I have 3:89's in mine too. They are a bit on the noisy side (apparently common for 3.7 and 3.9's) but good for acceleration :-). And extremely good when you have an overdrive like i do.

I have a 5 Spd, so it should be ok, although I think I should have gone 4.11:1.

The gears didnt seem to be heard over the exhaust, although I was only putting around for its first half an hour run-in at maximum 60 km/h.

When I backed it out of the garage and turned it full lock, I was so happy . . . . . No Locked diff anymore . . . . . . . . . . .

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 04:22 PM

Depends on whether you intend to drag race it too..I have to shift mine into overdrive just before the finish line and that is revving it to 6200rpm..3:7's would have probably been better for me. 4:11's are too wild for a street car my liking.

Anyway, enjoy the change, you will have some fun for sure :-) Especially without the locker :-)

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#233 _UFO304_

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 10:16 AM

For my next Little Project, fit up some big brakes before the new K frame goes in . . . . .

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#234 _UFO304_

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Posted 17 March 2015 - 07:03 AM

Fits the wheels Perfectly . . . . .

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#235 neglectedtorana

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Posted 19 April 2015 - 07:43 AM

Hi Ken,

Those wheels look great!
Thanks foe doing such a nice job on your car, encourages me!

What brakes are you upgrading from?
Do you already have some sort of Commodore set up?

I am trying to work out how to put 16in Commodore wheels on mine

Cheers, Tom

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#236 308mate

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Posted 20 April 2015 - 08:09 PM

Nice project man. Looks great. What stub axles are you running?

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#237 _UFO304_

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Posted 23 April 2015 - 06:34 AM

Hi Ken,

Those wheels look great!
Thanks foe doing such a nice job on your car, encourages me!

What brakes are you upgrading from?
Do you already have some sort of Commodore set up?

I am trying to work out how to put 16in Commodore wheels on mine

Cheers, Tom

Nice project man. Looks great. What stub axles are you running?

Hey guys thanks for the positive comments.

I'm setting it up to run HQ Stub axles, UPC Hubs, Rear VE 350mm Rotors and the AP Calipers.

I am upgrading from the HQ setup with Girlock calipers.

Unfortunately the set-up im making is abit of a one off, as I got the front wheels made with a custom offset to clear my brakes. The wheels are to suit HQ setup, but u wouldnt be able to run this brake set-up with standard offset front wheels.

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#238 _UFO304_

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Posted 23 April 2015 - 06:38 AM

Got some brackets made up for this, I just need to make some spacers to weld to the brackets, and then All I need is brake lines.

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#239 _UFO304_

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Posted 23 April 2015 - 06:43 AM

Ive also got a drawing of the brackets.

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Posted 23 April 2015 - 08:11 AM

Looking forward to more pics of them brakes. Looks frOcking sweet and unique!!

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#241 neglectedtorana

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Posted 23 April 2015 - 10:29 PM

Great work Ken, impressive looking brakes!

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#242 _UFO304_

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Posted 27 April 2015 - 08:38 AM

I had abit of a muck around with this on the weekend,

She all works, and clears everything with heaps of room.

I just need a spacer and brake hoses and im set.......

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#243 neglectedtorana

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Posted 27 April 2015 - 10:19 PM

That looks great!
Well done

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#244 _UFO304_

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Posted 28 April 2015 - 07:36 AM

Cheers Tom,

Ive convinced myself to finish this car, I'm going to pull off the nose cone, Paint the Engine Bay, relocate the wiper motor, do the K-frame swap, and then put it all back together.

then I might be "finished"

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#245 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 28 April 2015 - 08:27 AM

Nice brake setup!

I got my wheels and built my brakes to suit, not sure if that way or brakes first is an easier way to go, lol..

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#246 _UFO304_

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Posted 29 April 2015 - 12:03 PM

Yeah, I got my wheels and then worked out spacing, rotor offset etc from there.

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#247 hatchssv8

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Posted 29 April 2015 - 12:20 PM

UFO, are you getting your car engineered? I was led to believe that caliper bracketss (dogbones) are not to be welded in any shape of form. Victoria anyway. Others can help clarify.

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#248 SHEEL

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Posted 29 April 2015 - 03:59 PM

it's not welded is it? looks like it's bolted on in the pics?

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#249 _UFO304_

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Posted 30 April 2015 - 06:07 AM

I am just running spacers, I dont really need to weld them so I think i'll just bolt them in like that.

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#250 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 30 April 2015 - 08:07 AM

The brackets I made up are similar and I welded the spacers, not sure if it was needed, but was just a bit of piece of mind to me to try and help stiffen things up I thought.. (If I had the means, would have made the brackets one piece carved out of one block, but don't have a CNC, sooooo...)