1977 Hx Styleside Ute

[orangeLJ]

Well something went wrong with the post I mjust tried!

 

so I'll start again,

 

Havent been on RC in a while, but heres the latest update on the ute.... ITS REGOED!

 

Copy/paste from another forum-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:D

 

 

 

 

Dog trying out the bench seat a few weeks ago-

 

 

Interior sans dog-

 

GTS dash, black vinyl dyed door trims, no arm rests, bench seat, grey velour headlining, head unit in the glove box, single 6" speaker just chilling on the trans tunnel (4" speakers to go in kick panels eventually... when I make some!)

 

no carpet for the minute, will go in once I fix some leaking issues. The car mats were ones I got for free (wouldnt use something with FUSION written accross it otherwise!) and keep my feet from getting too warm when the floor heats up form the exhaust!

 

225/65/14 nankang sonar rear tyres, $60 ebay specials.

 

 

175/60/14 fronts, were off Karlie first corolla (brand spankers still) I took them off it when we sold it.

 

They are a bit stretched, but fine for the minute.

 

The carport finally gave up so got pulled down (18 months in the weather, so lasted pretty well I reckon!)

 

final wash on the morning before the blue slip-

 

bluey-

 

as you can see by this picture, Karlie and the dog helped ALOT during the building process......

 

 

NOT!

 

Second maiden voyage (I did the first just me and the dog, Karlie was out wedding dress shopping with her sister!)

 

and final pictures for the minute,

 

Dinner on the waterfront at Gosford

 

 

 

and how I spent the other half of my saturday-

 

 

VT needed some TLC! lol.

 

All up we drove about 150km in the ute on the weekend, a few little issues-

 

Needs a wheel alignment

Needs bigger front tyres

Need to rebuild the carby (heaps doughy, well more than a 253 should be!)

Need to put a clutch in it (not a drama for me, but karlie can only just drive it as the pedal has to be on the floor)

Need to pull and paint some bits of the dash that I installed in a rush.

 

Need to adjust the headlights (might fit my H$ holders while I'm at it)

 

needs an alarm and central locking! lol

 

but I'm over the moon, drove it to work today! :D

 

 

needs to be lower too, dog is going to struggle getting in and out in the future.

 

Ive got a dirty idea of throwing airbags in the bum (so I can still tow with the thing)

 

First I need to get enough grunt into the thing to tow anything.

 

after christmas its 5 litre time to get us by until I can get enough cash together (12 months minimum) to go LS1 (engineering, etc)

 

I'm thinking (after backwards forwards emails with MRLXSS to bounce ideas around! haha.. ohh and approval from Karlie)

 

early pre-pol if possible 308 block (aussie pattern)

VN-VS V8 donor car (can be smashed or blown motor)

 

I'm going to take the top end from the donor onto the spare block, then use all the aircon and Power steering stuff from the donor and adapt it to the ute.

 

So thats the current plan of attack, seems I can get a donor car for 1000-1500 pretty easily (less if crashed)

 

If anyone knows of one cheap, let me know!

 

will prob consider down south or up north too if need be

[4wdwgn]

nice work mate, the ute looks very fresh.

[orangeLJ]

Well not much has gone on with the ute, wwound the timing out to 30° initial, whacked some bigger jets in a rebuilt carby and threw it on.

 

Needs a new clutch and a wheel alignment at the moment, but flatshifting means you don't need to worry about the clutch ha ha

[orangeLJ]

Building a twin turbo setup for the 253 at the moment, standard exhaust manifolds flipped side to side to bring the outlets forwards, twin td04L (WRX turbos), 650 holley (nitrophyl floats) and about 6-8psi.

 

Once the 253 pops it's LS1 conversion time.

 

Will throw some piccys up when I get a chance.

[orangeLJ]

alright parts and prices so far-

 

TD04L- $100+30 postage- $130

TD04L- $100 + $20 of fuel to go pick it up $120

 

650 Holley from running car, roughly 4 or 5 years old- $70

 

spreadbore 4 barrel holden manifold with holley adapter plate- $30

 

Exhaust manifolds- $30

 

 

Things I still need to buy-

Nitrophyl floats for the 650- $13 each x2 so $26 all up

Silicon joiners

Flange plates for exhaust up and down pipes (might just make my own)

 

Have a bloke in WA making my plenum/carby hat

 

Then just need to braze a bung onto the sump and buy a couple fittings and oil line.

 

:)