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Started by _northy_ , Apr 18 2007 03:37 PM

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#1 _northy_

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 03:37 PM

hey guys i though id post up some pictures of my project ill be hopefully starting in the next 6 months or so. shes an original LH sl/r with 47000 km which was my dads and is now mine. the story behind it is dad bought it as a write off and was originally chrome yellow. and dad beat her out himself and resprayed it salamanca red. it originally had a 202 in her and trimatic but dad wanted a bit more power so he got a 308 which he sent up to mal-kim baker up in sydney to be bored out and blueprinted. he ported the heads out himself he decked a set of chev piston to fit in and narrowed down chev conronds to fit the crank. he made the inlet manifold for the four 45mm webers and all the accelerator linkages and a friend of his welded them up for him. it has a fairly lumpy crane cam (grind number cc-300) and crane rockers and chromemoly retainers and solid lifers. genie extractors. a muncie 4spd with the tallest 1st he could get sorry dont know the number and it has the tallest diff ratio he could get (dont know what ratio it is he could tell me) she ust to put out 256hp at the treads at 4000rpm and the cam dosnt even come on till 4200 and do about 70-75 mile in first if she was reved out. so thats my project some pictures below of what i have to start with.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 04:24 PM

Great car northy :spoton:

I really like it and judging by the old registration label it hasn't been on the road for a long, long time.

Hopefully Dad is still around to give you a hand. Great father and son project.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 04:29 PM

thanks allot yeah she hasnt been on the road for a long time. yeah dads still around we might be respraying her which will be a good chance for him to teach me to spray and prep cars.

hahaha your a mick to that other post is right there are allot of us

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:10 PM

thats a sweet interior youve got there.
rory will chuck a chubby when he sees the black stripes.
love the torsion bar to the head too.

this car will turn out a treat

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:16 PM

Great start :D

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:17 PM

thanks allot. yeah dad had to put the torsion bar there coz the webers got mighty close to the brakes booster. the interior only has a few problems it got some rat in it when it was kept at a friends place that has horses and theychewed out everything the the bottom of the back seat and had a go at the seatbelts so well need new seat belts and the rear seat will have to be fixed and probly new carpets but it all should be good.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:29 PM

Ya cant ask for a better start than that. I wish mine was a SLR :D
Love the manifold :rockon:

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:32 PM

thanks allot dads pretty proud of it allot of ppl said it wouldnt work

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 05:48 PM

rory will chuck a chubby when he sees the black stripes.

I think Peter UC will do the same :tease:

The moment I read your post in the other thread about this car, my mind started racing. You're put my brain at rest, it's beautiful. Absolutely fantastic project

What are the plans? Hope you're leaving it unflared (makes it look like a sleeper even with the paint), and that manifold is quite something. The motor sounds like a pretty serious performer as well.

I'll be keeping an eye on your project. Where are you from btw?

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:20 PM

why thankyou very much. the plans 4 her are simmons fr17s no flares a drop tank redo all the brakes maybe new diff. a scoop maybe. were hoping for about 350-400 at the treads. keep the interior fairly stock just nice and clean. some speakers and headunit just quality sound

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:26 PM

please dont cut a hole in the dash for the stereo. if you intend to, i'll take first dibs on your dash. :spoton:

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:28 PM

nah im thinking on trying 2 fit the head unit in the glovebox. i dont realy wanna cut it either

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:29 PM

How old are you?

Looks like a good start for a project, good luck with it.

Are you gunna keep it painted like it is know? or take it back to yellow?

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:32 PM

im 17. yeah were thinking on keeping how it is now or back to the standard black stripes. either salamanca red or mandarin one or the other

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:37 PM

*Tries to think what 6cyl SL/R's paint looks like*

Shame Pat's not around anymore to defend Chrome Yellow. It's a bloody nice colour. I reckon keep it as it is now, it's unique!

You got MSN?

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:41 PM

yeah fastfours_89@hotmail.com add me if you want.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:49 PM

I hope that e-mail address is some kind of sick joke.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 06:51 PM

it was along time ago i was young and stupid

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 07:22 PM

im 17. yeah were thinking on keeping how it is now or back to the standard black stripes. either salamanca red or mandarin one or the other


I knew there were people my age who had SL/R's :spoton:

Anyway nice car. With all the dust it looks the same way my car did when i first bought it :D .

I love the webber set up.

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 07:38 PM

hahaha pitty im in nsw and cant dive it till im 20 or so you can drive yours now at least

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 08:49 PM

^ More time to make it perfect!

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 10:09 PM

Nice car northy good to see ure old man Passed it down to u im sure it will bring u alot of joy

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 10:18 PM

great car mate, love the manifold, mmm torsion bar huh..... might need one on my car... i guess it would transfer the twist of the motor to the body more, whould be crazy with a cammy v8 .... mmmm imagine at the lights shaking all over the joint, then tap the throttle and feel the twist mmm niceness........ oh god.......i just creamed my pants... lol

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 10:26 PM

hahahaha get out the kleenex

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Posted 18 April 2007 - 10:27 PM

Shame Pat's not around anymore to defend Chrome Yellow. It's a bloody nice colour.

You bet your balls it's a nice colour :D , Mines going back to it.
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