Red Rattler Revamp

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EK283
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Nice work Blacky.

Does your Cortina rack require and mods to the steering arms in relation to the tapered areas of the tie rods ?

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EK283 wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:05 am Nice work Blacky.

Does your Cortina rack require and mods to the steering arms in relation to the tapered areas of the tie rods ?

Greg
Yes mate, need to drill them out to accept Commodore tie rod ends which are parallel - HQ style power steering arms are used
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hi Blacky did ya get ya bits from Shane yet.. look forward to seeing this come together :glasses:
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Yeah got the harmonic balancer and blower drive pulley about a month ago
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Blacky wrote: Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:38 amHave 2 pullies Harv , gonna start at 12 then go to 15 , according to Shane who supplies the kits anything over 15 PSI and reliability becomes an issue and this old hooker does a lot of miles .......
Ahem... 15psi pulley? (please please please please) 😎

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Off to get the engine bay and front end bits blasted ImageImageImageImageImage

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Looks like it's off to scrap ImageImageImage

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Good stuff mate. Hopefully the sandblast doesn’t expose any nasties in the sub frame.
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Hope your sandblasting the flames off as well !!!!

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EK283 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:12 am Hope your sandblasting the flames off as well !!!!

Greg
Soap and water Greg !!!
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Mate I like the side access boot mod. Or did you cannibalise that bit for the trailer?
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Errol62 wrote:Mate I like the side access boot mod. Or did you cannibalise that bit for the trailer?
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Way to go blacky

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Blacky wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:23 am
EK283 wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:12 am Hope your sandblasting the flames off as well !!!!

Greg
Soap and water Greg !!!
The flames should be good for an extra 6 hp at the wheels!
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