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Hey look in the mirror young fella 8 ) 8 )

1980 feels like yesterday to me, well almost.

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You old farts. Whoa- that's me too🙄
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The finned box on the firewall will be the audio amplifier stage for the car radio. I'm guessing that the unit in the dash has valves in it, but the weird kind that can run from 12 V. And the manufacturers could flog the radio as "transistor power".

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I have one in EKMart I think
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lengthen the solid bar to the last adjustment point if you want to improve your pedal feel so the accelerator is less twitchy
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gpi wrote:lengthen the solid bar to the last adjustment point if you want to improve your pedal feel so the accelerator is less twitchy
Yeah we have but you get to a point where you cant get WOT which is not the end of the world so we may go that way


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its not going to look as good, but getting rid of the accelerator bar and going cable will fix the issue.
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gpi wrote:its not going to look as good, but getting rid of the accelerator bar and going cable will fix the issue.
I’ll see how it drives - it may be better foregoing WOT to have it behave better while cruising


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Same on mine. It’s like a slight detune to keep me in check.


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FJWALLY wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:59 amit may be better foregoing WOT to have it behave better while cruising
no no no no.jpg
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Harv wrote:
FJWALLY wrote: Mon Dec 06, 2021 8:59 amit may be better foregoing WOT to have it behave better while cruising
no no no no.jpg

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FJWALLY wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:06 pm
Keep an eye on workshop wars the next week - you might see a special guest EK Image


What in the world is workshop wars ???
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Blacky wrote:
FJWALLY wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:06 pm
Keep an eye on workshop wars the next week - you might see a special guest EK Image


What in the world is workshop wars ???
Rides down under - workshop wars - a good little free to air tv show that looks at cars and mods guys have done - being filmed tomorrow


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FJWALLY wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:43 pm
Blacky wrote:
FJWALLY wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 2:06 pm
Keep an eye on workshop wars the next week - you might see a special guest EK Image


What in the world is workshop wars ???
Rides down under - workshop wars - a good little free to air tv show that looks at cars and mods guys have done - being filmed tomorrow


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AAAHH - its on TV , that's why I haven't seen it ..... :D
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Not bad for a little grey Image


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