The white 74 - restoration/ 6 conversion, ? - 2056 - 2.7 w/CIS - 2.7 w/dual carbs - finally a 3.2 |
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The white 74 - restoration/ 6 conversion, ? - 2056 - 2.7 w/CIS - 2.7 w/dual carbs - finally a 3.2 |
JStroud |
Jul 10 2012, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,463 Joined: 15-January 11 From: Galt, California Member No.: 12,594 Region Association: Northern California |
I started a restoration thread for theYellow 75
And the New car thread when I bought the white 74. But since the yellow project has been put on hold, I guess I need a white 74 restoration thread, So here we go... Here are some pictures of the car when I first bought it last November. At least the lights all work! That doesn't look good The first month it spent on jackstands while I worked on the engine and brakes to get it driveable and able to be registered. Put in some new used seats, a dash mat, some carpet pieces and floor mats, a stereo and speakers, a new steering wheel, and fixed the odometer. After months of driving/working/driving/working, replaced the AAR - twice, the MPS - 3 times, decel valve -once, McMark adjusted my valves, sealed the tranny, replaced the cracked windshield, and drilled/taped and plugged 3 leaking galley plugs, that was a long day, ya McMark (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) . Well I finally got it looking and running fairly well, been driving the piss out of it, almost 8K miles since december. Drove it to WCR (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) My car on Laguna Seca Drove it in an autocross school, and two AX races. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) But now it's time for big changes, I had built (McMark) this 2056 for the yellow car. And it's been sitting on my workbench since December waiting for the yellow car to be ready. The yellow car's going to be a while..... So I decided to put it in the white car instead, but not only that, the D-jet system on the car now has been a pain (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) to sort out and its taken 3 complete systems to finally get it running this good, still needs a better MPS. So I pulled the trigger and bought a crankfire-Microsquirt FI system from McMark at Original Customs. Here's part of it No more distributor, no more obsolete FI parts, and tuning with my laptop how cool is that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Thats almost caught up....more to come Jeff |
JStroud |
Jul 16 2012, 06:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,463 Joined: 15-January 11 From: Galt, California Member No.: 12,594 Region Association: Northern California |
Well I ended up staying home and worked on my car today. I got the trunk and engine compartment stripped down of the bolt on parts.
The trunk needs some attention as well as the engine compartment. Then I thought I might as well fix this as well, PO thought they needed starter access through the trunk (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) I got the battery tray cut out and cleaned up the area around it. This is what I found (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) I knew the battery tray was toast, and had planned on replacing the engine shelf where the dealer cut for the AC install, but the rest is more severe than I had hoped for. I know when I'm beyond my capabilities, I put in a call to McMark today, looks like it's going to Original Customs sooner than I had planned, and the bill is going to be bigger. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) Oh Boy! Not sure if I'll meet my deadline to get the car back on the road in time to make RRC, we'll see. If it ends up being to severe to my wallet, I may have to switch back to working on the yellow car. I need a beer (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) Jeff |
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