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Thanks Leon, but my son has moved from Wellington up to Whangerei, so the furthest south I will get is Auckland. Will you be getting your car out of the Museum when Andy has his car going? would be something else to see the two of them on the track at the same time. All the best for the new Year...

Thanks Rick, Andy and Michel. I haven't forgotten you Michel, if you can just wait till after Christmas. Regards, Udo.

Thanks all of you for your comments. I'm a bit slack when it comes to finding time to post updates, so I must thank Clayton for his input. It's been along haul to finally get to the track and it performed impeccably. You are right about your comment on the power Brian, it's actually scary. The...

Love the roll bar Andy. Regards, Udo.

Hi Guys, It's been a while, but I've pretty well renovated just about every room in the house, so I've been busy, but not on the car. Anyway, I trailer-ed it out on Clayton's trailer to a private airstrip near a place called Noonamah because you can't get a private practice day at the local...

Back again, next stage, The Dyno. Took a while to settle on a Dyno we were confident with his knowledge on Haltech and knew what he was doing. Also one of the guys said you can't use Slicks on a Dyno, but I think that means the type of slicks they use on Drag cars with no side wall support...

Hey Leon, This would be a familiar site for you. Driving from Adelaide to Darwin you'd see 50 of these on the road on any day, but driving my Raptor home that I just picked up in Melbourne, I came across this guy on his maiden drive in his Brand new rig and he was proudly taking photo's of it at...

Hi Ryan, Here is my understanding of Trailers and I'm happy to be corrected. My first pic is a Dog trailer which hook on the back of the previous trailer ( or truck ) and then put you trailer on that. The next picture is a Pig trailer, which is a stand alone trailer. Here in the Northern...

Thanks a lot all of you for your nice comments, it's appreciated. Regarding your liftless upshift question Andy, I hadn't even thought about it. My Prosport Mulsanne had it via a micro switch on the gear stick, but I never gave this any consideration, guess I should have. Maybe I'll just do it...

I'm back. Sorry Andrew, but no residual interest. ( thanks anyway ) Okay Leon, here is how we over came this next hurdle. I purchased a set of ICE LS 4300 coil packs and they pack a wallop! Managed to mount them out of site down low on the chassis. Then we pulled things apart and Clayton...

Thanks for the compliments Leon and ditto to your build also. It's magnificent. I also want to thank you and Andrew for your responses on my Distributor issues. It has got me thinking, and one of the critical targets of this build was to have a strong reliable car that at the end of the track...

Wow Leon, that was a quick reply. I was going to try and convert it with an external coil and that way I could still have the magnetic trigger, but you are right about they are pretty much junk. Clayton's talking me into coil packs hidden somewhere. That way every thing is hooked up to the ECU...

I have struck my next stumbling block. The Joe Hunt Magneto look Distributor is Dead on arrival. It's the authentic look that I wanted and set everything up to suit it. Looking at some website forums they don't have a good reputation. Probably Chinese sourced parts. So it's either a standard...

Both look great! good job Guys. Guess what's next on my projects list between landscaping and house renovations.

Hi Wolfgang, Sorry to take so long to reply, I Haven't had a chance. I did my headers very old school. Firstly I got a chart off the net specifying the ultimate sizes and lengths for Primary and Secondary pipes for that size engine and rev range. ( See the attachment. ) Then I ordered a...

Thanks Michel, A happy new year to you too. I'll pass on your regards to Clayton.

Well I've finally brought my car home to my new property and new shed. Never again! They'll have to bury me here. It'll take another year just to get settled back in the shed Rod, let alone the property and house renovations ( my wife has along list ). Anyway, I borrowed my mate Clayton 's...

Love it! Looking really good Andy

Very nice Marcus. Love your work. Any chance you could divulge your source of wheel clips ? I have McLaren Reprduction wheels from Vintage Engineering, but no retaining clips. Regards, Udo.

Good idea Neil, I've actually used a small blob of Blue Tack- and stuck it to my finger. same way. Regards, Udo.