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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:31 pm
by EKK001
Yes, good point oldnek.. havent rushed thus far and not about to start, although the goal was to have it on the road for my 21st but seeing as though im now 24.......
Dave, definitely hope to have the car on the road in the next 6 months so hopefully we can chat then, sounds great though... Never been to SA...
Anyone know any good engineers in Newcastle area?
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:48 am
by mattymartin
NoMAD wrote:
If only there was a cheap, straight bolt in Air bag kits for fb/ek's
Cheers
NoMAD
tell me about it...
matty martin
Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 12:44 pm
by mrs ratbox
wasn't having a go, just that i know how long you've had it
and it doesn't look like it's far off now
i'll PM an engineer
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:46 am
by swivel
Hi EKK001 I love the air bags, looks sh%t HOT. I'm thinking about putting air bags in my EK. I live in Stockton and was wonder if i could catch up with you sometime.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 9:31 am
by FB MAD
EK001,
Have a look on the homepage here
www.rta.nsw.gov.au and in the top right corner in the search bar type in "engineering signatories" and it will take you to VSI 15 Engineering Signatories that are approved by the RTA here in NSW.
There is a list of 4 servicing Newcastle and surrounds.The one I have spoken to is Don Mackay ph 4957 3697 and he has been doing it since at least 1985 that I know of so he should know our FB/EK's well by now I'd say.He seems OK to deal with.
There is one at Cardiff I won't go to again (without saying too much about it).
Hope that helps,
Terry.
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 10:02 am
by EKK001
Thanks for the info, will check them out.... Paul
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:29 pm
by mrs ratbox
did you get my PM ?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:33 pm
by EKK001
Yes ratbox, cheers will give him a call..... thanks...
Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 2:08 pm
by Sammy
FB MAD wrote:There is a list of 4 servicing Newcastle and surrounds.The one I have spoken to is Don Mackay ph 4957 3697 and he has been doing it since at least 1985 that I know of so he should know our FB/EK's well by now I'd say.He seems OK to deal with.
Bob is a top bloke, hes doing my engineering of the V6, and hes done my Torana and also did dads turbo FE many yrs ago!
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:25 am
by bexterity
hey how did you go about your accelerator cable setup?
I'm having troubles with mine... its all setup nicely but barely any travel at all.... do i need some sort of hinged/spring setup (like in newer model cars)???
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:18 pm
by Sammy
i haven't gotten to the accelerator pedal yet but i have a pedal cut out of a commodore for it .... i know vb-vk have the right pedal, you screw the pivot to the floor and then heat and bend the shaft to suit where you need it to go etc and they work really well.
i had one in my EK and thats why i'm sticking with the same thing for the FB.
I did once see them on sale at rare spares so they might be an option too.
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:43 pm
by EKK001
See PM, but yeh, im pretty sure its a commodore pedal... it works really nicely...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:18 am
by FCCOOL
did you find a engineer?
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:54 pm
by Harko
A VN pedal works well , three self tappers and its in , just pull the linkage off the bracket and flip it to the other side and it will allow the bracket to be screwed to the angled part of your floor/firewall
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:26 pm
by EKK001
havent had much luck with engineers yet... spoke to one and as soon as i mentioned slightly modifying the chassis rails he didnt want to know about it really..
His recommendation was "remove the entire air suspension system and return to stock".......
Needless to say, i am still trying to find an engineer....