Wiring wasnt matching so i put some new tape on it
Does anyone have a picture of the wiring harness under, the dash i dont remmever where it all goes.

 

Got my oil cooler& fuel line.

 

Also turns out the gold wheels are basically useless. They were re drilled and the inserts are falling out. I have some sa wheels though.
I've been looking at the ford 9 inch, I see drifting dad has brackets. Is there any more work than just welding those on, like a new master cylinder, driveshaft, etc.

 

Weather seals came in

edit: upper rad hose was out of stock/made to order so I have to run the 44 year old hose untill i can find something

 

Buttoning up the engine i also started the front brakes. Engine should be in tomorrow and the rest of the parts to get her going should be here by the end of the week.

 

Great progress man!

 

its surreal how quick its going.

 

got the carpet, its too orange so I'm going to paint it.

 

 

You're joking right?

 

the picture really isnt showing it very well but its pretty orange.

 

I know people do paint fabric and it can come out really nice. Have you thought maybe about exchanging it for black? I only say that because your engine bay is looking really nice with the black and red and I bet the interior would as well.

Also, more importantly, amazing progress and great work!

 

I was originally going to do black, but after a while looking at rx7_brap's interior for a while I really liked the red. I'm definitely keeping black on the door sills and trim that goes arround the pinch weld. And I think there will be a good ammount of black with some of the trim and buttons etc.

 

Im going to look it over but, I just had the thought of a bright carpet and headliner with dark plastics, that might look good.

 

My new radiator came in so I decided I would polish the oil cooler, hopefully there are no holes in it.

 

I'm just saying I'd try dye before paint. Painted fabric sounds... sticky.

But I'd go with black interior over trying to make two different reds agree with each other. Even if the colors are the same fabric is gonna reflect light a very different way than painted metal.

Why not black interior with red stitching? Or all the exposed plastic bits painted with the same base you used on the exterior.

Just my $.02.

 

I'll just have to see how it looks.
got the oil cooler finished and installed



Yes, im using the crusty rad mounts. I plan to make new ones that have intercooler holes and are smoothed out.

 

Got the engine running today, unfortunately not only is the carb spitting out gas at even 1 psi, its leaking from every possible gasket, and i had a wire short on the radiator and turn my brand new ss clutch line into the only body ground on the car. Other than that everything went well and i did a little grilling afterwards for my friends .

 

How bad is the thermal reactor. Is it something I should change now even though its temporary.

 

Another question I found some direct fit jets on th​​is thread how would I make an educated guess on the size to start with when making the primaries 24mm
edit: the process of hogging the carb enlarges the stock jets so I can go from there.

 

What you have is the standard 1981-1985 exhaust manifold. It will be fine until you get your header and other exhaust on. The only issue without an air pump wpuld be the cats.

 

When modding the nikki do i just need to enlarge the venturis and match the jets or do I need all the other mods aswell.

 

Does anyone know the process of installing the steering collum

 

Might need a smaller air bleed orifice. Fuel jets might be fine.

Ever tuned a DCOE or webber? The nikki is pretty similar in operation.

How long do you plan on driving this thing without the "whirly exhaust"?

 

I was planning on making a turbo style exhaust and just atatching it to the stock manifold and downpipe, what do you mean by whirly. ive only tuned an edelbrock, where is there a good thread to learn about how a nikki works.
I suppose I could spend the money on the disassembled rb header sincd its not too expensive.