jamesinc Upgraded panhard rod bushings Just used a hacksaw and the bench vise, took about half an hour.
jamesinc A week back I also prepped the new M47 for the Brapwagon, so hoping to put it in on Saturday, anyone want to volunteer to help? ?
Major Ledfoot They're 15 inch gold Cheviot Quattros. Had some on my 144 back in the day. Wish I could get my hands on another set, but haven't seen them for sale new since 1990.
jamesinc jlfents;c-157964 wrotePlz slam it What are the wheels? Cheviot something or other. Probably made sometime in the early 80s.
jamesinc The wagon finally runs mint. It is quite fast. Can't wait to sort out the exhaust and see what that does to it. The issue I'd been battling in Canberra was that the flywheel was 45 degrees out from where it should have been. Whoops! Always sanity check your TDC by sighting the piston through the spark plug hole. My crank wheel had it marked incorrectly about 30 degrees, and I had been positioning things relative to it. It's odd because I set the motor to TDC using the stock pulley, then swapped the new pulley on and marked TDC with that, so not sure how it was so wrong. Anyway, ultimately the car I think had a bunch of things wrong with it, the flywheel may or may not have been wrong the whole time (it's been off the car a few times) but most of the car had problems, from the fuel system to the intake and electrics, so I think I've ended up diagnosing round in circles a few times, but the car now works great! To the track we go!
jamesinc Oh and I threw a bit more money at it to sort out a few remaining things. New strut tops, new water pump, new OE intake hoses (because the aftermarket ones are absolute garbage) and new thermostat.
ljk346 Isn’t the idea to increase suspension movement (side to side) to allow the tires to grip around corners? Kaplhenke seems to think that using poly bushings can make the rear end loose grip.
