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mmm looks sweet, i polished a set of hubcaps for my spare blue corona today, looks better, poor things been sitting with flat tires for a while now, i have 3 sets of hubcaps :P 1 sets very good but not perfect, another set is ok, and the last set is pretty much shagged... only have 7 wheel trims though :(

ok so time for another update, sandown was good but bad, passed my license, and car didn't miss a beat all weekend apart from going through a set of pads all round haha, But the car is a bit slow, its fine around the corners, but just too slow on the straits, i kinda knew this anyways but just had to know for sure. i ended up getting 2.5 secs faster lap in the last race than my qualy time, and in the last race the car that started second ran off on the second lap, he came out behind me and we raced pretty hard until the end of the 10 lap race, i crossed the line infront of him, so that in itself was good, he was about 20kph faster down the straits but stuffed up a few times. MOST IMPORTANTLY IT WAS EXTREMELY FUN HAHA :y: so now i have brought myself a set of xr6 turbo injectors, the cars going on e85, but isn't getting dyno tuned, i'll just do it myself for now as i can't afford it... I have entered the Aus saloon cars at winton on the 13-15 june, they have 2 x 30 lap races at winton, its going to be a massive weekend, i just hope the car goes ok, it will be on TV on speedweek :P hopefully i wont come last, at least the top speed isn't as important at winton, there is also a compulsory pit stop.

haha thanks man

yeah i was looking at it too, the yellow one, i was gonna pay $250, too far away for me anyways haha

i'll take some pics tomorrow, i don't mean the whole dashpad, i wanna recover my dash in vinyl, hate the carpet stuff thats on it haha

haha

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/68584-rt80rt81-discussion-thread/

yeah it pushes on, its a really tight fit in a few spots, i'll pull a bit of it off to show you later, mine was all cracked along there so looks so much better!

trust me you don't want it, i have not treated it well haha

Ok big update time haha. where do i start, couple of months back i went for my medical 2 days before the cams license test, failed the urine test, although you can't see it at all they found blood and protein in my urine, the doctor decided he would check into it before he would finish the medical, so i couldn't do the license test, was not happy, so after missing 2 rounds as there is not another test till may 16th, iv'e done my medical, although they still gotta look at my kidney.... doctor said it is nothing major but gotta get it checked out haha. So back in January i had the car pulled apart to get the motor, box and diff sealed, then i found out about the license test so i put the car back together, then failed medical, so i decided to go to the first round of sprints at winton, it was wet for the first few rounds, was good fun, struggled with the car all day, came 4th out of 15 in high performance over 2lt race cars, car was under steering all day. when the pics turned up you could see that the slotted holes in the struts we allowing the wheel to get positive camber when cornering :bash: i didn't weld washers over holes coz i planned on relocating them when i had more time, atleast it explains what was wrong haha. so now, i have pulled the driveline out again, got an ARP stud kit for the heads, Rollmaster adjustable timing chain kit, and Cometic mls 1mm head gaskets, its been checked by the sealer and log book checked, sealer is coming back next week to actually seal it cos he forgot his seals haha, everything is correct though so its a load off my mind. :y: also have re-drilled LCA holes hout 18-20mm either side, and moved strut holes out and up, and welded plates on instead of washers, so will sit lower and have wider track now, also gave it more caster. also mounted the nut crusher part of the harness.. mounted isolation switch. fitted a new $179 ebay alloy rad, heaps thicker than standard. Car seems to be going well, i have the license test at sandown on 16th of may, then the 17th and 18th is saloon cars, gonna be an interesting weekend, never been to sandown, should be fun though, i'm so exited, will probs come last but will be good to know where the cars at and what i need to improve in my driving. used a wheel nut with one side cut on an angle, fits in the nicely, no need to weld it cars is running rich so i'll adjust the fuel map a bit, pistons have been cleaned here, they were pretty black after 2 rounds at winton. my battery decided to leak acid over everything, dunno if the battery was at fault or if alternator is overcharging or something doesn't come off the rocker cover either, dang it haha

G'day mate, thanks haha, i'm updating now, few things happened over the last few months set me back a bit but back on track now haha, i was at phillip island when they were on sunday, was good to watch!

btw i copied delorian88 or whatever his name is on the dash haha

G'day peeps haha, been a while since i updated, not much of an update but still, i took the pinch mold off a spare corona cut it down to size and put it on my dash, nice finishing touch i think. also got this 78 hilux, got it from a mate i work on his cars, he used it around his paddocks for horse stuff haha, has 5 speed and 18rc, and 14x7 & 8 beanies (ford stud pattern...) motor runs just needs timing chain, so i'll give it a clean up and put it and 5 speed in the rona, 18r has i think 105hp as opposed to 12r 75hp, and about 30-40nm more torque, easier than doing the 12r haha, will build hotty 18r one day...

hey mate, that looks clean as!! the rt80 tail lights holes are smaller near the number plate, i'll have a look at the bolt holes to see if they line up, you could always weld a bit of plate in to fill the hole, and the bonnet, guards, stone tray at the bottom and rad support panel are different, also the bumpers mount different, but iv'e seen it done before, cheers mate

not sure if mine are any good, will have a look when i get a chance, haven't done much to the rona, put a nice finishing piece on the dash, but will put that up tomorrow, also got myself a 5speed, attached to a 18r, attached to a 78 hilux, for free, also has 14x7 &14x8 beanies but are ford 5 stud, runs just needs timing chain, so that will go in the rona soon. also been drawing tonight, drew this up :P then added this and got bored and did this lol i think its pretty cool, what do yous think?

^^ hahaha, looks good mate

looks sick mate, can't wait to see this thing sideways :P

dang, thought we could catch up for pics but I'm not driving 4 hours haha, get on photoshop haha

your meant to hit hills at 80mph haha

sweet, i saw this for sale a while back, looks good but weird at the same time haha, where abouts are you located? god i can't wait to respray mine, it looks good but its got crowsfeet on the top surfaces and it shits me haha, still looks sweet apart from that, getting a few little ripples here and there that i'll fix so it perfect :P

haha yeah, this thing ain't going anywhere so i got plenty of time

thanks guys,nothings gonna happen for another month or so, i had $900 saved up, then had to pay rego and doctor stuff, now have $20 haha, and have to get my racecar engine, gearbox and diff sealed and checked for a logbook so there goes another $500... will get there eventually haha

just make sure you do a mad skid :y:

haha thanks mate

its gonna be funny, as long as it last 5 minutes haha