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it was mostly welded but im only new to welding and i was struggling so i thought it would prolly be ok but if u think it will crack i better sand it back and redo it i guess =\

hey mate look the quickest easiest way to do a colour change is to just do this:

select paint brush
choose size to rough fit for item being painted
select mode as hue
find your swatches pallete so you can pick a colour
then paint away

took me literaly 5 seconds to paint the roof of your car a ...

so i finished this up today the last little shape was a bastard to make. lol and i mixed to much hardner into the bog and it went hard before i could get it smoothed out lol. soo much sanding. it looks pretty good i think. i have sealed it with some primer for now but when i pull the body apart to ...

yeh im aware of the other carbs but i managed to get these for a good price and they are fully reconditioned top to bottom and they came on a new manifold.
i also have a set of triple strommies on a cain manifold i got with the motor too, still dunno if ill end up running those yet depends if the SU ...

what did u do to strip the engine back before you painted it? did u pull the motor to bits or what?

well i drilled all the welds out on the battery box and removed it so i could get the SU's in place properly for a test fit and measure to cutout the firewall
i ended up not doing what i did in the photoshoped version above. it would have been way more room then neccesary so i only moved the ...

so... i photoshoped a very rough idea of what i think it will look like if i modify the firewall for the triple SU's



can u forsee any problems with this?

=0 no idea i havent looked for a aircon unit yet.. or a radiator...

i got my car in a million parts so i am just trying to get something done on it a bit at a time. i think i woulda been better of getting a complete one for my first renovator =\

alright i need a few opinions and a reason for your opionin would help me greatly..

should i run, the 1 3/4 triple SU carbys that are fully reconditioned from the XU1
cut the firewall and move it back a inch behind the carbs which would also make room for my extractors and save me modifying those ...

hi guys been a while since i posted a update have moved house and everything so moving the ute and all its part was rather time consuming also been to a wedding and had the inlaws and so much stuff that ive barely had any time... so heres a few pics, i managed to get my hands on a pretty nice motor ...

Hi everyone i managed to pickup a motor and gearbox and a few other things for my project but i was looking at the gearbox and i dont have the shifter position i need, has anyone got the A - 18" shifter position for the celica 5 speed? i have the one thats back further, i need the one thats pretty ...

wow i dream of an engine like that!

well i was considering
port and polish (havent done it yet)
stage 1 cam (havent bought it yet)
triple carbs (already own)
stainless valves ( so i can run standard unleaded? ) (havent bought)
extractors (havent bought)
celica 5 speed box (havent bought)

dunno about diff yet, i would like a lsd but ...

are standard extractors ok for triple carb application & stage 1 cam, in a standard red 202 or do i need to get something better? im just trying to get gear together to assemble my engine, and is it worth slapping roller rockers in there?

anyone got a bellhousing laying around or a gearbox and bellhousing like this one. w50 toyota celica, to go to my red 202

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