[Australia] Something special, FC Build
Slow week due to couriers. Shelving and work bench arrived, so I've been able to organise things into their permanent homes. Today I stripped out all the interior and started labeling and pulling the body looms / harnesses, as I will be stripping the wiring harness of all non essential stuff. Out of the 30+ things the car needs wiring for (ecu excluded) I'm retaining only 10, so figured it'd make sense to get rid of the inactive wiring, neatening everything up, simplify it all.
Headlights & coilovers arrived, as did my order from ProBolt, got some gold anodized hardware for finishing touches when the time comes.
Will be pulling it apart some more tomorrow, get it up on stands and ready to drop all the under carriage.
More updates soon.
Headlights & coilovers arrived, as did my order from ProBolt, got some gold anodized hardware for finishing touches when the time comes.
Will be pulling it apart some more tomorrow, get it up on stands and ready to drop all the under carriage.
More updates soon.
Got back out there today, removing more gear, got the car up on stands, removed a bunch of factory bash plates, dropped tail shaft and gave all the bolts for the subframe / *** end a good squirt with inox to work its magic overnight. Dropping rear end tomorrow.
Few piccies;
My shelving all set up and holding the majority of parts
BC BR coilovers sitting waiting.
Couple of her up on stands, looking a bit rough
Some decent updates soon.
Cheers.
Few piccies;
My shelving all set up and holding the majority of parts
BC BR coilovers sitting waiting.
Couple of her up on stands, looking a bit rough
Some decent updates soon.
Cheers.
Also for my American brothers, I'm looking for a full set of crown vics, prefer the SE region, as they'll need to be sent to Landons place in FL. If you know of a junkyard with them, or someone selling them at a reasonable price ( >$200) send me a PM.
Went and got a wire wheel for the die grinder and gave the underneath of the chassis (just the rear for now) a tidy up before re-sealing it all with Dynagrip rubberised paint / stoneguard stuff, looking fresh now ! might give it another coat in a few days.
Few bits came in the mail this week also;
LS1 coils bracket
Shifter spring, short shifter kit, gaskets etc
Genuine OEM mazda door rubbers, window channels, windscreen trims, shifter rubber boot seal etc
Still waiting on a metric **** tonne of gear to arrive.
More updates this week.
Few bits came in the mail this week also;
LS1 coils bracket
Shifter spring, short shifter kit, gaskets etc
Genuine OEM mazda door rubbers, window channels, windscreen trims, shifter rubber boot seal etc
Still waiting on a metric **** tonne of gear to arrive.
More updates this week.
Another box of goodies today from mazdatrix. Had to nick down the shops for a 1 1/4" socket for the rear drive shafts, made a half a day of it and went to Bribie Island as well.
At a bit of a stand still until the post man comes, only thing on the cards for this week is to strip the rear end into individual components, remove bearings & bushes, clean up and paint / powdercoat the big stuff.
Today's parcel:
Drive shaft nuts.
Front & rear bearings & seals.
Dash demister vents, idiot surround, interior light cover.
Flash to pass and front repeaters.
Can't wait to start piecing this back together, gonna be clean :bounce2:
At a bit of a stand still until the post man comes, only thing on the cards for this week is to strip the rear end into individual components, remove bearings & bushes, clean up and paint / powdercoat the big stuff.
Today's parcel:
Drive shaft nuts.
Front & rear bearings & seals.
Dash demister vents, idiot surround, interior light cover.
Flash to pass and front repeaters.
Can't wait to start piecing this back together, gonna be clean :bounce2:
Post man was good to me, another box from mazdatrix containing brand new tail lights and a new rear vision mirror.
Handed over $1100 in shipping fee's today, 70kg of gear on the way from the states !
/Droooollll
Still at a stand-still, waiting on this next lot of gear from the states, fingers crossed next week.
Handed over $1100 in shipping fee's today, 70kg of gear on the way from the states !
/Droooollll
Still at a stand-still, waiting on this next lot of gear from the states, fingers crossed next week.
Nice & warm in Brissy today, got some mates over for a beer and some **** talking.
Roll on this week, hopefully post man has the rest of my gear.
Thanks for the encouragement guys.
Roll on this week, hopefully post man has the rest of my gear.
Thanks for the encouragement guys.
All my gear arrived from the US ! Thanks Landon !
Included is, RB adjustable endlinks, bushes bushes bushes & more bushes, RB Mazda competition mounts, DTSS eliminators, 4 brake rotors, a set of Crown Vics ready for a good polish, brake lines, caliper rebuild kits, some USDM goodies, ARP extended wheel studs and whatever else is in the pictures.
I gotta get motivated to work on the FC again now, the cold mornings won't be helping !
Included is, RB adjustable endlinks, bushes bushes bushes & more bushes, RB Mazda competition mounts, DTSS eliminators, 4 brake rotors, a set of Crown Vics ready for a good polish, brake lines, caliper rebuild kits, some USDM goodies, ARP extended wheel studs and whatever else is in the pictures.
I gotta get motivated to work on the FC again now, the cold mornings won't be helping !
