Nice, tell us about that header!

 

I finished installing the new shocks 3 of 4 went without any fight but, the passenger front one just didn't want to leave but, with some encouragement it came out then I took her out for a test drive, here are some pics of what went in and came out.

The new stuff,


The old rears, not so bad but, I'm pretty sure they came with the car
though they say TOKICO on them,


and the fronts, completely shot, no rebound, no oil, no gas, these I am pretty certain have been replaced as they are KYB,


Overall a MASSIVE improvement over what was there very happy with the new ones.

 

Damn nice.

Looks like a RotaryShack H-Pipe header?

 

The header is from Rotaryshack. I love this thing! It's ridiculously light weight. It has 2" pipes with long sweeping bends for better flow, a crossover pipe and merges into a 2.5" outlet. I plan on upping it to 3" back from the header.

 

Just found out Sevenstock 17 is the weekend we're going to see family, so no rotary joy for me this year. Was gonna bring the car this year too.

fm

 

pickup truck....

 

and i can drive on walls, how cool is that!

 

The 7 got to spend a day out in the driveway, to make room for needful maintenance on the Z. Being my daily, It seems to only get worked on when I take time off work.

Struts, belts.. plugs were on the sched but ran out of time. Bit different scale than working on he lil Beastie.

 

I swapped out a spark plug that had a loose electrode.

 

Your lucky it didnt get sucked into the housing.

 

Replaced the old transmission oil with Red Line MT-90. Hopefully smooth out a little of the notchiness...

 

The Beastie is at the local alignment shop, finally getting the alignment I've been trying to find time for since forever. Between the Labor Day sale and the $10 off coupon I had, only gonna cost $60.

The manager of this place understands me, and she let me give the alignment tech "The Talk." Took a minute for him to grasp the whole unbolt-and-rotate-the-strut-mount idea, but he was on board. I also gave them a copy of the relevant section of the FSM. Sharp kid; he realized that this car was a bit different from what he was used to.

I love it when the tech opens the hood... and just stops and stares for a good 30 seconds. This time, I got a whistle from one, and a cell phone pic taken by another. Then they went to wash their hands before starting work.

I gave up a long time ago on valet parking. Between the manual choke and the unusual placement of the headlight switch, half the time I have to go get "the car that won't start."

 

When I put the RB adjustable LCAs on and replaced all the steering linkages I
went to the shop and told the tech what I wanted for my camber, caster and toe-in.
I had already positioned the strut tops where I wanted them.

I watched the alignment tool screens to make sure he set it up right for me. Did
a good job. Of course he had to take the car for a spin to "make sure" it was ok.
I had just put new brakes in all around including hawk pads up front. I think he
about shat himself on that drive. He came back and said the alignment was fine
and the brakes even better.

 

lol! thats why i was never worried about my Tr3, starter button, manual choke. the handbrake works backwards, so to put it on, you pull it, and push the button, to disengage it, you just pull a little, and it unlocks.

pretty sure nobody under 40 could drive it

Peepers is a bit like that too, except there is just no choke, and no headlights, and the part that scares everyone, no power brakes...

 

Lol Pretty sure i could drive it and im 27 but i might be the only one my father had his own shop for 15 years and we had many triumphs and mgs even a couple sunbeam alpines. Man i love that early british styling pure class. Post a couple picks of the tr3 i would love to see it.

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That's a neat belt guard. Not something I've seen before, but a good idea.

 

I keep toying with the idea of modifying one of my extra FBs or FCs into a small pickup...

 

I swapped out a bad waterpump. The bearings were so shot that the car shook violently at any engine RPM above 2500. It also generated enough heat to lock up the fan clutch and keep it spinning all the time. Crazy.

The new pump leaked quite a bit initially but after I tightened the lower bolt a bit more and let it run, the leak dried up and hasn't come back. Fingers crossed.

The car's so quiet now, it's eerie.

 

Finished my door panel recovery and gave it a much needed wash. Sorry for the terrible quality...

 

Although I sold my Sunrise Red GSL-SE a little over a week ago I had one more thing to do for it. When I bought it the sunroof was glass and the original metal panel had been lost in a previous transaction. I wanted the glass panel for the EV and so I put the black panel on the red GSL-SE and that is what it had on it when I sold it. I bought a metal sunroof with the correct paint and interior over a year ago but the paint needed work I had not gotten it finished. So yesterday I finished prepping it and today I painted the red primer and applied the basecoat. It was too humid to spray the clear coat.

The first photo is the panel all fixed, dents filled, rust removed and red primer applied.

The second and third photo is of the primer ready for the basecoat cross scuffed with 600 grit.

The base coat is applied but I need better light to take a reasonable photo. I did this in my garage with rattle cans from Automotive Touch Up. One can is barely able to do three light coats on the sun roof. You really need a paint booth and a good spray gun I have decided. But I think this is going to turn out good enough that I would be happy with it if it was still my car.

 

Night autocross in the rain?


You can see my SA at :39 and again at 1:11.

You can also see the light from the LED headlights to the left of center from :14 to :37 where I was showing them. The camera really made them look glaring but they don't appear to be so to the naked eye.

 

Removed dlidfis and went back to msd, wasnt happy with the results

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Here is my base coated sunroof in the light of day. It looked better last night. I will hit it with a tack cloth and then clear coat it. I don't have enough paint to give it another coat. Hoping the clearcoat will hide the dry passes is probably futile but this is as far as I am going to go.

This paint is very fast drying and they have you spray it from 8-10 inches which is pretty close so it makes it difficult to get the correct overlap. I believe the manufacturer has chosen to try to prevent runs and shorten the time between coats. Maybe with more practice I could do a better job.

 

Working on my new seats for the SA. Have to address some fitment issues but coming along nicely:

 

We've all been there, pal.