Lower

 

I may try to find some RB springs or something, but I don't really want to lower it any. My other car is 3 inches off the ground... I'd like to have something that can take a speed bump or pot hole without swerving or slowing down under 1 MPH.

 

Freaking beautiful man! My stock formula white paint is awesome, but I know I can bring out more shine. I'll have to do that someday.

 

I also managed to find a gas station down the road with gasoline in stock so I threw a bottle of Seafoam into 3 gallons of gas. Let it idle in the driveway for about an hour giving it a few revs here and there.

 

Sweet as It would look and feel right a bit lower IMO

 

Updates.

Well... I've had the car for almost 9 months now, and a LOT has changed.

Engine...

-All fluids changed and bled
-Racing Beat carb hat and RB foam filter
-New fuel filter
-New OEM fuel pump
-New brake lines
-New alternator belt
-New alternator
-New battery tie down and terminals
-New clutch lines
-New radiator hose
-New Exedy clutch
-New fuel lines
-Sweet new rotor oil cap

Electrical...

-Rewired rear defroster
-Replaced all fuses
-Electronic ignition upgrade with a brand new harness made by myself
-Engine harness loomed and taped
-Replaced gauge lights with "hyper blue" bulbs
-New antenna
-New spark plugs
-New NGK plug wires

Exhaust...

-Pace Setter header. Brand new heat wrapping. Re-welded the flanges.
-Racing Beat PP mini pre-silencer
-Racing Beat PP muffler

Misc...

-New hatch struts
-New Rota RB wheels. 15x7 +20.
-New Falken tires for the rears, New Kumho tires for the front. 205-50-15.
-Removed side molding
-New lug nuts (bling bling)
-New Pioneer 4 1/2 inch front speakers
-New wiper blades
-New undercoating for the wheel wells

LOTS of cleaning. Light wet sanding. Rubbing compound. Polish and wax. Scrubbing the engine. Conditioning the interior.



With the FC...

 

Looking very fine, sir!

 

Electronic Ignition swap..





Sweet rotor oil cap...



Plans I still have...

-2nd gen coil pack direct fire
-New front bushings
-MAYBE Racing Beat springs and new struts someday. Stock is fine for now.
-Better condition driver seat top with no rip
-CD player?

 

BTW it's actually dirty right now. Hasn't been washed up in 3 weeks (GASP!). So it would probably be shinier if it had a fresh wash and wax.

 

looking good. can't believe u got rid of the weber tho.

 

be a shame to futz the OEM dash layout with a CD - I went the iPod route...
Nice car! Another Sunrise Red SA resurrected to the Fold
Curious with all the Racing Beat love, why you went with the Pacesetter header??

Stu Aull
80GS (Sunrise Red)
Alaska

 

The Weber was a POS impossible to deal with on cold starts. It would flood itself out at idle. Idled at 1500RPM. LOUD! Made Ok power, but at a cost of reliability and a tolerable sound. It was for track use. If I ever change out the carb again I will go with a basic Holley setup.

Pace Setter header came with the car. I don't mind it. Sounds fine. Can't beat free!

 

Really, really clean car.


Pacesetters are notorious for being one of the worst flowing designs out there. But for free it flows better than the stock exhaust. No matter how you look at it a Holley is a downgrade from a Weber. I understand it was giving you headaches, but it probably just needed a rebuild, or simply the mixture and idle tuned.

 

You've done a great job! This looks like a pretty early car, I'm guessing it has bonnet mounted, right side prop rod? Nice to see an intact speaker dash in great shape too. You got a nice jem there.

 

It has all the early production goodies. Manufactured 9-78. The best thing about it is every thing on this car works! Except AC... It was plucked out for dead weight savings.

The Weber was new. They are terrible for reliability. Cold start problems. Flooding. It's just too much for an NA.

 

nice ride buddy. lookin real clean! ive had webers my last 3 cars and ive never had a problem w them, esp on cold starts. guess it all comes down to tuning