Elle’s 1960 FB 225 mild custom

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Errol62 wrote: Sat Jan 25, 2025 3:30 pm This thing….Image
I studiously avoided driving today.


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Yep. Thank god that is over and I can flog up the hill in peace. Got to test this out…..Image


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How did the brace go Clay? I was going to fit one one day.
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I put one on my ute - didn't really make a huge difference - guess if the subframe was rusty or fatigued it might make more of an improvement ?
I started with nothing and still have most of it left.


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I haven’t driven it yet Trevor. I doubt I will notice a difference but there is a slight, very slight, clunk that I will notice if gone. It was $65 posted, easy to fit, and I’ve done everything else, bar overhaul the box, so I thought I may as well. It is a mill finish steel, so I just doused it in wax to retard corrosion.


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Blacky wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:02 pm I put one on my ute - didn't really make a huge difference - guess if the subframe was rusty or fatigued it might make more of an improvement ?
the joys of living in Coffs Harbour :roll: mine was sitting on the shelf in the shed less than a week and started to rust :x now it's black :lol:
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Mick wrote:
Blacky wrote: Wed Jan 29, 2025 10:02 pm I put one on my ute - didn't really make a huge difference - guess if the subframe was rusty or fatigued it might make more of an improvement ?
the joys of living in Coffs Harbour :roll: mine was sitting on the shelf in the shed less than a week and started to rust :x now it's black :lol:
I was too impatient to paint it and liked the mill finish. Hopefully the wax will preserve it.


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Did a test run. No noticeable difference in the steering. It is faultless on the highway. Extremely slight clunk still just noticeable. Some understeer since I took off the rear bar.

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I don’t think I will use that air filter though.


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Errol62 wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 3:28 pm Image
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There are unplugged bung holes in the tops of both metering blocks. Car Parts Plus should have bungs if I need them. Supposed to have been overhauled by Outlaw Speed but I have doubts. Choke mechanism I put on it when I got it has a bit missing so I will rob the one from the 350 that Harv gave me.


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Errol62 wrote: Sat Feb 01, 2025 8:08 am There are unplugged bung holes in the tops of both metering blocks. Car Parts Plus should have bungs if I need them.
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Errol62 wrote: Fri Jan 31, 2025 3:28 pm Did a test run. No noticeable difference in the steering. It is faultless on the highway. Extremely slight clunk still just noticeable. Some understeer since I took off the rear bar.

Next to tackle the economy…..Image
I don’t think I will use that air filter though.


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McLaren Vale Swap in the morning, so might pick up some bits there.


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