"(AUST)Mod's Turbo FB"

J · Post by J » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:23 am

it lives!!!!!!
should have called me up, i would have come over to help out!

and what day u fly out?!?!?! i need to give u $$$$

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:50 am

Reds are tough alright! I boiled the 173 in my torrie on a country trip, no guage and no light, it ended up being a busted thermostat. I swear the oil was boiling in the sump from the sounds it was making. Ripped out the thermostat and filled it with water to get home and had no dramas at all with motor after that, never refitted the thermostat.

A note on coolant, most coolants are designed to raise the boiling point of the mix in the system, but the coolants don't transfer heat as well as water alone. Really you shouldn't use coolant unless you have a problem with the cooling system, just water and rust inhibitor. I have been using this in my FE with a hot 202 cooled by an LC Torana radiator for a few years. The only time it ever chucked a wobbly was on a hot day in a long queue for petrol.

rosco · Post by **rosco** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:01 am

Good news Andrew - phew, bet that brought back the "ambience"....?

Trip to Nippon - I expect you'll have a list to "declare" when you get back to Oz.......

Bit of a contrast to the 35 plus days you folk have been in for the last week/s..... snowboarding - yep - don't think you'd get much of a chance in WA.......

Safe return, Andrew....

frats,
Rosco

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:10 am

All the best for your trip to the land of rice, sake` & snow

. Look forward to seeing the "toys" when you get back.

P.S. Don't forget to pack a Nasco Parachute just incase

.

EKSPCL · Post by **EKSPCL** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:25 am

Good to hear AustMod.

Enjoy your holiday

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:57 am

good ol' red & grey motors, can't shoot, root or electrocute 'em

have fun on yor trip

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:12 pm

Update coming soon.

She is almost looking exactly how I want her now.

Until then, here is some recent pictures courtesy of Jay

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:36 pm

looks like the visor i put on the van, wanna swap it for the fancy primered one i had to put on my car

golly that's a good looking car

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:11 am

Good photo, nice cars, except for the guy wearing Ronald McDonald boots.

FB wannabe · Post by **FB wannabe** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:50 am

They look more like Grimace's boots to me!

Cool photo's! the green and the yellow look really good together. I bet you get some looks when out cruising

spyder6052 · Post by **spyder6052** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:07 pm

the sunvisor sets it off perfectly

i get heaps of ppl asking if im going to paint mine, no fkn way

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 5:45 pm

Cheers for the comments guys.

As for the shoes, well, they are my purple people eaters. I bought them in Nippon Land as an embodiment of Japanese culture - absolutely crazy ahah.

And the visor - Nah, not going to paint it

At present I am doing an Administrative Law Assignment, and this post is my final form of procrastination before I buckle down and put the finishing touches on it

As for the car, next up it will be getting a couple of quarter window seals, the front door trims will be attached properly where the metal tabs have pulled through and I will need to massacre the rear bump stops.

Back to the GM cropping/relevant considerations/Carltona principle problem now

Andrew

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:04 pm

The FB is out of action yet again. Couple of weeks ago it was stuffed front brakes, this time its stuffed rear brakes

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:56 pm

That's called the joy of owning an old car!!!!

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:10 pm

I wanted to take it to the FEFC go karting tomorrow night - oh well, will take the EK instead