Blue Thing: The Daily / Motorkhana Hack (Now Efi)

[kickn5k]

What's this A/R business Luke???

You do know we are a metric country?

 

My two gauges arrived today(so much for 6 week wait!).

 

Catch you Sunday. Keen to hear some induction!!

[carbonboy]

I thought I was speaking metric...8.0 is plug-fouling rich & 22.0 is engine exploding lean if that helps? :P

[carbonboy]

The legacy of rubbing remains.

 

 

Fine, Plan B it is then. Just a tad more discrete too.

 

 

Test-drive soon to see how it sounds, should be at CC&D tomorrow morning too! :D

[carbonboy]

The test drive went well, still has the boxer-engine burble but is sooooo much quieter now, my housemates inform me that the house no longer shakes when I have it running.

 

I wired in a resistor between the MSD tachometer feed & the standard tachometer wire, needle continues to sit at 0 rpm. *sigh* I guess I'm stuck having to buy the MSD Tach-Adapter, considering its cost, it can wait. Also adjusted the speedometer, still reading about 7km/h on the high-side so needs another tweak.

 

Edit: Also wound out the idle mixture screws on the carburetors from 2 to 2.5 turns, has a much nicer idle & running a bit leaner too.

Edited February 15, 2014 by carbonboy

[carbonboy]

Well the drive out to CC&D today wasn't much fun, it did highlight just how crap these tyres are though. Raining, just enough revs to stop it stalling & gently letting the clutch out still resulted in massive amounts of wheel-spin. Can't say I've ever broken traction by squeezing the throttle in fourth gear at 70km/h in this car before either. Those Toyos are going on ASAP.

 

Photos courtesy of silverra23.

 

 

[B.L.Z.BUB]

[carbonboy]

:hmm:

 

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/Export-Aerosol-Paint-Internat-Orange-250g.aspx?pid=13107#Cross

Edited February 17, 2014 by carbonboy

[B.L.Z.BUB]

It honestly doesnt look half bad.

[coln72]

Yes it does...

 

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Edited February 17, 2014 by B.L.Z.BUB

[parrot]

If you look at it from the right angle (standing on your head whilst having your testicles squeezed) you could almost swear it was a Gulf GT40.

 

As in ford, not Bosch.

[carbonboy]

I want to do it for the laughs from watching people getting upset, especially fans of a certain German marque.

 

I don't want to do it because of the attention I would most likely receive from some vehicles with a certain colour scheme of their own.

[Mark90]

If you do it don't use exports lol

[carbonboy]

I'm now actually thinking vinyl wrap, how good of a job it is doesn't matter since it would only be temporary. I'm willing to do it for a laugh, but not permanently.

 

After the last week (hell, more like 6 months really) I've come to the conclusion that life's too short, make it interesting.

 

On the 7th of March I'm going (legal, off-street) drag racing, if Blue Thing runs a 14.999 seconds or faster quarter mile, the colour scheme will be the next modification for one round of the 2014 VMC. I'll be running in motorkhana-spec (minimal interior & semi-slicks) so don't got thinking I'll half-arse it to avoid the colour-scheme change.

[B.L.Z.BUB]

So sub 15 = madness.

 

I've always loved the orange/blue contrast. I have been thinking about doing some crazy colour on my wheels with Plastidip. If you go sub 15 you can choose the colour.