FX Holden Race Car Project

[Macca97]

so when you do the next revamp it'll be a Jzed head?

[Holden202T]

Probably not, need a whole new inlet to use that!

[Charlescrown]

Is that Yella Terra head alloy? Where I used to work we had the cast 12 port head with the roller rockers and I am sure it has been put in the recycle bin after the place was closed down. A teacher there had a passion for the old Holden 6 and taught a specialised course for HP mods and tuning so he bought all the good gear for out Turbo 6 and had a great time but the course got shut down (Government politics) and then the section closed not long after I retired so the illiterates got in and just put it all in the recycle bin. ARGH.

[Holden202T]

Yeah it would probably be the same casting as your cast iron head just in alloy, shame if something like that got tossed out!

[heff0018]

Just found this thread. This will be awesome.

[Holden202T]

Thanks!

[Holden202T]

So I had a complaint that there hasn't been any updates on this car in a while, and while there has been plenty happening, its not really a lot to show for it, but anyways here it is

installed some crush tubes into the chassis rails for the gearbox crossmember

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Ground back all the welds and gave it a bit of a hit with some anti-rust protection!

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I then put them back in the car and actually got them fully welded to the front of the four link and worked out where they needed to go to be in the right spot for the front end etc, the front end is actually connected to the rails now, but I haven't taken a photo of that.

So with it in the car and a few angles and lengths worked out I decided to make the notches for the radiator to slot into, similar to the crush tubes, a lot of time and work with not a lot to show at the end of it!

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Its worth noting that the chassis rails are 50mm wide, and the slots on the front of them are 25mm wide which is the same thickness as the square tube I used to make the radiator support on the original front end before I went down this chassis rail upgrade path .... so I will make another one very similar.

Next I made the gearbox crossmember as I want to sit the motor and gearbox in the car over the weekend so I can make sure all my measurements are right of where it all sits before I go too much further and so i can start on making the engine mounts!!

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[Jayme]

thats better!

[jenko]

nice

[Charlescrown]

Has that dog normally got red eyes or is it just the flash? Red eyes means too much Dingo.