My GC Hardtop project

geezer101 · Post by **geezer101** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:09 pm

Gee, you got that in quick! Noticed you've deleted the recesses for the indicators on your guards- what's the plan?

Post by **A112H** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:24 pm

No messing around, lol
I just never liked the look of the guard mounted indicators so thought I would delete them. Gives it a smoother look that I was after.

webby · Post by **webby** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 5:57 pm

I think it'd look better if you kept the bright colours to a minimum, black block, unpainted head, crinkle red cam cover? White bay would be good too, makes it easy to spot any leaks

That's the way I'd do it anyway.

Still, should look pretty ace

Post by **GC75** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:58 am

cant wait to see this finished

hurry up! haha

Post by **A112H** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:37 pm

Got my brand new redline manifold today, cheers Scott

Might have a go at polishing it and the rocker cover over the weekend. But will probably get stuck into the gear box and shifter fitment.

Post by **GC75** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:07 pm

how much did the manifold cost ya jason?

Post by **A112H** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:12 pm

PM sent

Post by **84GKSIG** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:27 pm

Might have a go at polishing it and the rocker cover over the weekend. But will probably get stuck into the gear box and shifter fitment.

manifold looks good

and i do like the look of polished up rocker covers, done a couple of them my self in the past

and half way through polishing this one possibly for my turbo motor, dunno yet

cant wait to see this thing on a cruise

M.B

Post by **A112H** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:34 pm

That looks sweet, think I will give it a go.

Post by **GC75** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:43 pm

yeah i polished one to and liked the look of it.

Post by **A112H** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:07 pm

84GKSIG wrote:
Might have a go at polishing it and the rocker cover over the weekend. But will probably get stuck into the gear box and shifter fitment.
manifold looks good and i do like the look of polished up rocker covers, done a couple of them my self in the past

and half way through polishing this one possibly for my turbo motor, dunno yet

cant wait to see this thing on a cruise

M.B

I have had a go at polishing it but my polishing wheel on my grinder is too small and it is annoying, think I will get someone to polish it for me

I have decided not to polish the manifold as it matches the head, just polish everything that bolts to it.

Where did you get that oil cap from 84GKSIG? I had a look around for one and all the ones I saw were ribbed like mine, I like the look of the smooth one.

Anyway, I am getting the gearbox tomorrow morning so should have that all fitted up by lunchtime, gotta cut a hole in the floor.
Heading off to UPI in the morning to grab a heap of bolts, some Magna V6 injectors and a starter motor.

Post by **84GKSIG** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:11 pm

with the oil cap, I * believe* ( someone can correct me if im wrong ) that it is the original oil cap for the GH turbo? difference between the 2 is this one appears to be a 3 piece cap with a rubber seal and is much harder to pull out apposed to just the solid one piece cap , I think that was done to stop the cap flying off due to more blow by while boosting? all I know is that all the stock turbo gh engines ive seen personally have that rocker cover oil cap, only ever seen 2 lol

my turbo engine

TR11KYs GH turbo engine

random one off the net that looks to have a custom manifold? maybe just an astron one carby intake manifold with an adapter?

but they all have that cap

M.B

Post by **A112H** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:40 pm

Cheers for that, I just think they look a bit smoother

kenvv · Post by **kenvv** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 4:20 am

i want my vr4 rocker cover looking that shiny. the red is all chipped and flaky so looks ugly. any particular way of polishing them? was thinking just wire wheel on a drill to remove the paint but unsure of polishing techniques

Post by **75wagon** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:46 am

A112H wrote:Where did you get that oil cap from 84GKSIG? I had a look around for one and all the ones I saw were ribbed like mine, I like the look of the smooth one.

That cap is the standard cap of a chain drive Saturn. The ribbed ones were for Astrons 1's.
The Galant ones have a problem with the rubber seal gasket shrinking (then they rattle around and leak oil, or blow off). The Astron 1 cap is a tighter fit in an Astron rocket cover so anyone with a little bit of blow by who doesn't want to make a bracket to hold their cap on then it's the way to go. A new Saturn cap should be alright though?

Here's one http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/chrysler-gal ... 2a111395ec

Dave...

Post by **A112H** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:23 pm

Just a quick update.
Got my narrow Jap box on Sunday, cheers Cottee's

That will be fully cleaned up and painted over this weekend.
I also have the basic specs for my engine; Astron II Magna block fitted with a Astron I 2.0lt shaved head, flat tops, balance shafts removed, big cam, double valve springs, 3 angle valve grind, electronic dizzy. It is apparently running about 10 - 10.5:1 Can anyone confirm this?
I have put the feelers out there for some quad throttle body set ups, I was suprised how many companies do them.
Can anyone offer me a good size for the ITB's? 40mm, 45mm? I really have no idea

Should get my Microtech MT4 after the 15th so will be looking to get the ITB's shortly after that, it will be close to running by then. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT, driving is a fair way off but I am getting excited

Last week I took a trip to UPI and scored some V6 Magna yellow top injectors, I reckon these should be okay, might need some bigger ones later. Maybe the blue 2.6 ones might be better. 2.6 divided by 4 = 0.65 and 3.5 div 6 = 0.5833, I guess this means the 2.6 injectors will flow more???
Scored a smooth cap off of 84GKSIG, thanks mate

I have also scored some sweet parts from Affa that I will reveal when they arrive.

geezer101 · Post by **geezer101** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:42 pm

kenvv wrote:i want my vr4 rocker cover looking that shiny. the red is all chipped and flaky so looks ugly. any particular way of polishing them? was thinking just wire wheel on a drill to remove the paint but unsure of polishing techniques

Don't wire wheel it man, it'll munch holes everywhere! Paint strip it and wet ad dry it with a sanding block (or better, give it to me and I'll polish @#$% out of it!)

Post by **A112H** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:43 pm

How much geezer? I tried to polish mine but lost interest in like 5 minutes, lol

geezer101 · Post by **geezer101** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:55 pm

That depends on how mental you want it to look. I'm currently polishing (stuffing around) with a 2L manifold that I'm file finishing. I've probably spent 10 hours on it and it's nowhere near finished. PM me if you're genuine (p.s. I won't scalp you for it- not my style...)

Post by **A112H** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:01 pm

PM sent
I am thining of leaving the head and manifold 'raw' and polishing everything that bolts on, rocker cover, thermo housing and such.

geezer101 · Post by **geezer101** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 10:22 pm

PM replied!

ISKA8 · Post by **ISKA8** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:10 pm

hey jason,hows the beast coming along? when are you thinking of coming to melbourne?

Post by **A112H** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:13 pm

When the Galants finished, so maybe 2016, lol.
Nah, the plan is to have it done around October I reckon so maybe sometime around Xmas maybe Easter.

ISKA8 · Post by **ISKA8** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:59 pm

hey jason,let me know when you guys decide to have a cruise and ill make my way down there

..like to the face behind the name and also the other members too..

Post by **A112H** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:07 pm

The mullet is gone, lmao
No worries mate, would be fantastic to get a close up look at the black beauty

Post by **A112H** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:42 pm

Okay, so I just got a phone call from RPW and found out some interesting information.
Basically the ITB's are out, apparently they are a pig to tune and once they are tuned they will hold that tune for about 4 minutes, lol. They are great for drags or track work where they will see between 80 and 100% throttle usage. So any sort of street driving will be nasty and not great.
They recommended twin 45mm side draught webers, will get about the same hp and hold tune really well.
So the hunt is on for some webers.

Post by **84GKSIG** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:22 pm

computer controlled multipoint injected throttle bodies fall out of tune?

BlueThunder · Post by **BlueThunder** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:24 pm

maybe the computer runs on windows? :p

Post by **A112H** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:28 pm

Dunno guys, I am only going on what I have been told, ITB's are new to me.

Post by **84GKSIG** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:34 pm

BlueThunder wrote:Re: My GC Hardtop project

Post by BlueThunder » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:54 pm
maybe the computer runs on windows? :p

LOL