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whoa -she's really taking shape now
What wheels have you got in mind?

the Wartsila-Sulzer RTA96C in line 14 cylinder
max power 108,920 Hp @ 102 rpm
max torque 5,608,312 ft/lb torque ( over 5 1/2 million ft/lb ) @ 102 rpm

that's sooo much torque. I wanna see a rich car nut like the Sultan of Brunei build a car to scale around that engine just for the hell of it.

Got LIL RED WGN lowered with King springs all round earlier this week but as outlined on a different thread; the fronts came down lower than specified and the rears almost unchanged which results in a pronounced rake front to rear. :facepalm: King springs part number for rear lowered springs for a w...

Hi Chas, (also my cat's name, lol)
That lancer is 'mintox', man.

(apologies for the random use of 80's era school-yard vocab -I've been having a few quiet ones tonight you see..)

actually, how DO you get it out of a sedan?? Do you have to roll it up in the car or something?

Hi there,
Welcome to Sigma-galant!
I have a 1979 "chrysler" sigma wagon. Your sigma is one year older but has "GH" front and rear ends that we didn't get until 1980.
I like your plans for your car -good luck with the project!

Took my headlining out the other day to get redone as it was sagging badly. Got it back today, very happy with how it came out. $50

so cheap -it cost me more to do it myself! lol -though the sedan headlining is almost half the size of wagon's. Looks great

Wow, your LA is unique and looks stunning. I'm also impressed you've held on to it for so long. I love LA lancers but the rear is my least favourite side because the regular tail light treatment makes the car appear even narrower than it really is. Have you considered some pinstriping or blacking ou...

the fronts look spot on now

Are you sure the spring's are installed and sitting in the correct position? Was your origional spring's modified in any way? chopped, sagged.... Well, there were pedders springs in the rear but the ride height looked totally stock to me -see old pic below and new pic below. The wheel centres were ...

OK, King springs only have a 30mm lowering option according the local distributor. That's fine cos tinkering in photoshop i ideally wanted 30mm for the front and 20mm for the rear. So i take it in but what happens is that the front comes down 50mm and the rear 0mm. WTF? The dudes say they use the eq...

i really like your rims/tyres. i reckon 6s on the front is probably the go too. love how those tyres sit on the 8s -perfect!

sounds good -wish we had something like that in Perth.

There's a nut holding the 'peak' lights down directly underneath it. You'd probably have to take off the fender- or at least enough bolts to reach under there. EDIT: woops GLANT got there first -sounds like he knows better -i didn't know about any hole in the engine bay (also assuming it is same as ...

Hey there,
I'm from Perth too, welcome to the site.
That's quite a list of mitsus there.
Are you a general vehicle mechanic or specialist in particular area?
If i need something done to the siggy maybe i'll come and see you!

it could be you have an air leak bypassing the carby. Either at the base of the carb or at the manifold? Could also be the carby itself; The accelerator pump on the carb is meant to meter extra fuel when you suddenly accelerate. Without it, the mixture will be too lean for a moment and could cause h...

personally im not generally a fan of big rims on old school or small-medium size cars

me neither, but of all the 17"+ rims I've seen on old cars, the FR Simmons do look the best IMHO.

you can check out amgisobrut's V8 sigma build in the Builds section: Title is G spec GH, i think.

our steering is on that side so we don't have anything as wild as that.

i didn't think any sigmas came out of the paddocks alive. It's like death roe for cars.
Well done and welcome!

http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.p ... 186#p39186
there was quite an animated discussion on extractors at this link above. Hope it's of some help.

http://i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae340/duff-munt/LIL%20RED%20WGN/IMAG0061lilredwgnvenetiansmudflaps.jpg Ok, fitted venetians. Keeps the rear shady but rear visibility is slightly affected. Tyres are now Pirelli 195/55r15s all round (they weren't keen to let me have 195/60 on the rear). They ride ...

new carpet, paint a few area's and put some wheels on it and just cruise.

nevermind

nice cheap little galant!
do you have any plans for repaint at this stage?

I wish they made them for Galant wagons? (they don't. I've tried) I might have to make them, if I really want them That reminds me when i had my 8 seater TS magna wagon and was thinking how to make up venetians for the rear sides by butchering up an old set of wooden blinds i had. Never got round t...

Venetians usually have tabs that are jammed into the rubbers. The tabs are fitted to the uprights and are held in place with grub screws. I find it hard to believe that they don't have them. Have a close look. Ah OK -that's exactly how i had mounted the one in the pic! But there's definitely some k...

Test fitting some 2nd hand venetians i got a while back. The tint is quite dark so effect is subtle. Anyone fitted venetians before? It looks as though they were glued in place -probably using that glue made for sticking up rear vision mirrors to windscreens? I don't really want to commit that far t...

I love this thing, i did like it better with the factory rims on it but it looks good with the turbo's I'm still keeping the factory cheviots as they have good rubber (but have to do something about the corrosion). I've got some pepperpots to clean up that i picked up for $50 too, but have outrageo...

thanks for the comments. The GEs had a smaller rolling diameter than the GHs -i think 175/75r13s so 195/55r15 is closer to original. 185/60r15 is a bit bigger but is a bit narrower less chunkier tyre. I might keep the 195/60r15s on the back to give me more legs but put the narrower ones on the front...

Put on a set of turbo rims (Globe Montego) that i got from Smithy. They were fairly rough but had all the centre caps. I hit em with heaps of 120 GRIT wet and dry, making sure that the final passes were in the same direction and did a once-over with 400 grit. I didn't want a 'chrome' finish as i thi...