Operation stick shift

[DD289]

Yes thanks Kerry. Make it 4 tyres. Some nice sticky 225/50x16's. Should go well on a set of Simmons

Moe I see you're offloading some of your Simmons on the other sight. What happened? Is the love affair over?

Bingo! The ulterior motive!

[moe]

Moe I see you're offloading some of your Simmons on the other sight. What happened? Is the love affair over?

Bingo! The ulterior motive!

Have some 2 piece rims to go on.... sought some advice from the US of A in making these rims a little different. May have some tyres for them shortly.

If the hustlers sell, cool. If the Simmons sell, ah well, until the next set presents itself (think Saleen, if you know what I mean)......

[DD289]

Well it seems Oz is knee deep in gyprock setting cement etc, so time for an update with what I have. Limited by a pretty ordinary phone camera

The Office:



And the new stance courtesy of the UCA drop:


Obviously now considered worthy of being in frame with the Mach:


Wheel alignment booked in for Monday. It's getting close

[Pinto-Pete]

how far down the option's list was the hood mounted hills hoist...? :rotfl:

[MaxPower]

:rotfl:

I got to get me one of those handy items

[xpconnor]

Imagine how fast the clothes would dry on that while cruising down the freeway.

[moe]

:rotfl:

I got to get me one of those handy items

Better radio reception!

[ozbilt]

Last lot of pics before I take it for a run & get the alignment checked tomorrow ......

Had to pull the front seats out to fit the shifter boot (so I could get the carpet out of the way) .......





The office (a better pic because someone was not happy with the phone pic ..... ) ......

[DD289]

Apparently the iPhone 6 has a pretty good camera Oz
The shifter looks like it belongs in there mate.
Obviously looking forward to the old girl getting aligned (sorry, checked) and given the all clear for the drive home. The wife's Mazda is getting used to living in the garage again!

[DD289]

Have to start thinking of a new Avatar. Speaking of which, Pinto Pete's been a bit slack!

[ozbilt]

& a new sig line. Suggestion ......

"See Dad... if the old farts had installed the Tremec, rather than standing around talking about the good ol days, we could have clutch-started it and drove it home" - my 8 year old son at the time.

[DD289]

& a new sig line. Suggestion ......

"See Dad... if the old farts had installed the Tremec, rather than standing around talking about the good ol days, we could have clutch-started it and drove it home" - my 8 year old son at the time.

Something like that...
The fact is though, two old farts who know what they are doing can spend half the time doing as said, and still get the job done a shitload quicker than us mere mortals!

[Pinto-Pete]

Have to start thinking of a new Avatar. Speaking of which, Pinto Pete's been a bit slack!

Been busy, so bite me....

[DD289]

Picked up the coupe this evening. She drives really nice with the new suspension setup, and the T5 is great. Shifter is spot on for the street, and the cable operated clutch has a great feel... Certainly not too heavy.
I'm stoked with the diff ratio (3.25:1), and the 0.63 OD means she purrs on the freeway effortlessly on around 2 grand at 70mph. Drop it back to 4th and giddy-up!
Just got a bit of a vibration above about 65mph, which we suspect is a drive shaft balance issue. It was shortened, fitted with new uni's and balanced but perhaps not well enough. Oz suggested we rotate it 180 deg in the diff just to see if that helps.

[DD289]

Drive shaft issue sorted out. Turns out that somewhere along the line I ended up with a rear uni joint that was slightly incompatible with the diff yoke. Seems there is a few different yoke sizes, and the one I have could actually be from a 9", but not quite sure. Anyways, got that sorted out with the correct uni and a new set of u-bolts to suit, and learned a bit during the process.