Thankyou Sir, you're right, the rush you get from pushing your car as fast as it can go is the fun part. Knowing that you built it & it didn't blow up when most likely to is a massive bonus. :yes:

 

DPB ran a faster time than me in his EFI 16v BP powered Orange xE7x, so I'm aiming for mid 15's now. I still want the Gulf colours, there's a TCCAV Drag-Racing Day coming up soon, stay tuned.

 

Also, made some edits to the videos/photos so they match up. *facepalm*

Edited March 9, 201412 yr by carbonboy

I still want the Gulf colours

 

Yesssssssss

Evolution, not revolution. Not much has changed visually over 9 years. This is also the same car that I said I'd NEVER modify. :rolls:

 

 

Blue Thing is becoming a bit of a hybrid beast, input from Toyota, Yamaha, Kawasaki & now Honda. If it doesn't fit, make it fit. The two bolts holding the Civic clutch-master to the firewall were spaced slightly further apart, so out with the hand-file... The rubber seal over the piston/bore was a tight squeeze through the hole in the firewall, but it made it through. Slight adjustments needed to the clutch pedal position & some alterations to the Civic's clutch line are needed, but it all fits relatively easily.

 

Evolution, not revolution. Not much has changed visually over 9 years. This is also the same car that I said I'd NEVER modify. :rolls:

 

..I said the same about 67Rolla :blush:

It's like a disease, but.....good.

 

No, I'm not going back to EFI, especially not after cutting the fuel rail in half. Just a temporary measure until the proper plugs arrive.

 

 

My kind of clearance, much better now. Had to cannibalize the Toyota item for the push-rod, the Honda item was slightly shorter & meant that the pedal was almost to the floor just to hook it up, even at maximum length adjustment. Swapping these is easier when they are both out of the car, not when in the car, just as a heads up... Basically cuddling the steering-wheel but upside-down is the only position I could access things.

 

 

Basically cuddling the steering-wheel but upside-down is the only position I could access things.

 

I had to do this to rig up the custom throttle cable to the pedal on 67Rolla... not nearly as fun as it sounds. Worst part is when you're finally done but you can't figure out how to get out again :P

Removing the drivers seat makes things 'easier', but you're right, getting in is one thing.....my spine hated me Tuesday morning.

 

I still don't know how to convert the O2 wideband logs to video, but in the meantime, things are looking pretty healthy.

 

Kevin Dennis?

I presume Kevin Dennis Holden/Hyundai etc & Harrop Racing are sponsors of Calder Park, so they have the right & left (respectively) lanes named after them.

 

The fuel pump died on me in peak hour traffic yesterday afternoon, loved it, really...... Thanks to a fellow TCCAV member/blindkidseeks I was hooked up with overnight parts in the form of a new fuel pump. Discussion on Facebook has lead me to re-connect a fuel return line & also to mount the pump on thicker rubber bushes. Hopefully it lasts longer than the original.

Replacement fuel pump dummy-mounted for photo, now mounted permanently with thicker rubber mounts. A.K.A old sway-bar bushes.

 

 

Remember that injector port plug that went MIA at Calder Park? It didn't go far after all...

 

While retrieving a dropped nut re-configuring the fuel system, guess what I found on top of the steering rack?

 

 

These are also in my plans.

 

That awesome moment when after replacing the fuel pump, testing the switched 12v supply, testing the LPG trigger relay & relocating the pumps earth point twice, I find the pumps positive wire had worked loose from where I had connected it to the supply wire. Didn't crimp the spade connectors, basically, the problem wasn't pump failure, it was my mistake with the wiring. On the bright side, the new mounts make it very quiet & I have a spare pump.

 

Fuel pressure's a steady 2psi & she's running a touch leaner too, should help the fuel economy figures. Having the return line seemed to make it easier to adjust the pressure too.

I find the pumps positive wire had worked loose from where I had connected it to the supply wire. Didn't crimp the spade connectors, basically, the problem wasn't pump failure, it was my mistake with the wiring.

 

 

 

 

I should've used something similar, or just done it properly. Soldered the connection this time around.

Found the culprit responsible for my persistent fuel leak, leaking from the seam where it's pressed together. Throw in bin, replace with new one, triple-check for leaks & contemplate filter-type change.

 

 

Even with the leak, fuel economy figures are getting better.

 

 

I slept in, but still made Cars, Coffee & Donuts...just.

 

 

The bad news is, burning oil. Lots of it, as in, I filled two lanes of the Citylink tunnel with smoke when I gave it a bit of a free-rev for the sound. :(

Thinking that the piston rings are stuffed. Fan-bloody-tastic.

 

Rabblerabble...me & the mad scientist...Rabblerabble