Sorry WhiteSedan, yes I am running the 180B master 13/16. One size smaller than the 7/8ths one. It feels pretty good with the booster.

I bled the brakes, and it brakes well. I am still having a couple of guard clearance problems because I'd decided to use Taiwanese guards. I'm going to try and order some factory guards if the finances stay ok. I'll need to get them flared properly and resprayed. Doing it home without a good sheet metal roller/bender is too damn hard if it needs to look good. The HKS ssqv is too damn loud, so I'm machining up a recirculating fitting so I can pipe it back into the intake.

I learned a lesson in that I'd set the base fuel pressure on the external regulator too high, and so the autronic was over-fuelling making the car run rough and stall at idle. I reduced the fuel pressure down to 36psi and that fixed the problem.

I should get a few k's on it this weekend.

The steering is fantastic now..I'm excited about getting it on a track. The 23mm swaybar wasn't too stiff from the short 500meter run I took, to test things last weekend.

Cheers.

as always a work of art and inspiration to us all

........ and all in the space of week

Thats a lot done in only a week.
Are you still using a 180b master?

Please dont chip your paint on the gravel road!

Awesome stuff Chris. Hopefully i will be able to see it in the flesh if i make datnats. Definately the most well presented 1200 sedan in OZ.

Hey Guys, Another update.

I managed the following in the break.

1. remake front and rear brake lines
2. reinforce/paint radiator support panel for maximum airflow
3. Make up alloy intercooler piping
4. Make front pipe from dump pipe to intercooler.
5. Install new brake master cylinder
6. Install rear brake line bias valve
7. rewire parts of the engine bay
8. design, order, and fit a 23mm front swaybar
9. remake lower radiator crossover pipe
10. Move Horn
11. make/fit intercooler brackets
12. set fuel pressure on new external sard fuel pressure reg.
13. Start up engine to make sure it works after fitting new cams, valve springs, retainers etc a month ago. Started first go.

So it was a productive week. This weekend I plan to fit a ssqv blow off valve, bleed the brakes, fill it up with coolant, set the brake bias on a gravel road and then go for a drive. I'll need to get it to a tuner to dial in and make the most of the new 270 degree cams.

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So there you go.

That's definitely the plan. I hope to get it running properly on the road over the next month. Taking a week off work on 18July to work on it some more.

of course you're driving it to datnats?

yeah bends and flanges are expensive sometimes they come up cheap on ebay, i just bought a whole heap of silicon hose sections pretty cheaply.
liverpool exhaust may be expensive but they do good work ive had my exhaust manifold and 2.5 inch wastegate shaped dumpipe made there, hopefully one day il get it back there for full 2.5 inch exhaust.....

The manifold I made meant that the turbo was further forwards. This made it a nightmare to fit a filter and get cool air to it. The car's performance dropped after 5 minutes driving in summer.

For $180..it was almost cheaper than building another myself.

Damn exhaust places charge too much for bends and flanges these days.

I was charged $50 for one 90 degree stainless mandrel bend by Liverpool exhaust. Damn robbery.

Hey Chris,

The car is looking good. I look forward to seeing some big numbers in the near future!

When and why did you decide to ditch your home made exhaust manifold and go with the fancy one?