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Damn, that’s a great front light!
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That's super nice, congrats! Get a Gotoh, 3 sadddle brass bridge on there, stat.
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Haha - I know exactly what you mean. List growing...must write down.
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Took a good look at the wiring on my old car over the weekend and it's in need of some upgrading. Too many electrical loads a 60yr old car was never intended to handle. The bloody to do list keeps growing. So far, the essentials seem to be:
Remount the fuel pump behind the tank
All new fuel lines
New alternator (got one out of a Toyota truck.)
Rewire all high current areas forward of the firewall.
Junk the mechanical fan for a big electric one out of a Ford Taurus.After that, I'll have a last crack at unsticking the troublesome lifter and if that doesn't work. It's new solid roller lifters, new pushrods and a new valley plate so I don't have to pop a sodding cylinder head off every time I want to get to them.
If that isn't enough - I'd still like to swap the current 1 3/4" headers for a 2" set I have, then fit a modern steering box and maybe some stiffer torsion bars, so it's not quite so terrifying to drive.
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I wouldn’t stress about your air filter too much dude. As long as it’s not dry and dusty, or you’ve dumped it in a stream it should stay pretty clean. Make sure there is a good seal around the edges when you put it back.
Did the valves on the XR today, barely budged in a thousand hard miles. Plug was a little sooty which makes sense as it seems rich on the needle. Compression seems fine. Fucked if I know where all the oil is going, could well be it was just blowing it out somewhere at high rpm?
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Good luck mate, fingers crossed!
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I can’t think of a bigger lump in a smaller package.
Classic 80s solution would be a fox body mustang. I’ve seen a few ludicrously fast ones. They’ve got bloody expensive now though.
Ah that’s shite, sorry mate. Why?