FX Holden Race Car Project

[Holden202T]

Need to get the bottom tank down behind that front support then it should be good!

Here's a few pics for reference!

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[Gareth]

When do you sleep?

[HQ355]

When he runs out of reference

[Holden202T]

lol yeah probably about right thre HQ! ... runs out or has too much

I do have a very understanding wife that lets me play plenty though which probably helps a lot and I finished work early today so was able to get the radiator mocked up

[Charlescrown]

Looks like you gotta get the radiator a fair bit lower to fit under the bonnet. Might pay to put a bleed nipple in the top of the thermostat housing and bleed the cooling system like a VR VS.

[Holden202T]

Got it down lower very happy with the end result, the bottom tank is about level with the lower support bar, and once I cut all the bits off the chassis rails and trimmed the radiator mounts I was able to get it right in there!

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the bonnet actually closes now without hitting on the tanks!

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I ended up moving the motor back a few more inches because its going to make a lot of things easier where it is, and the end result is plenty of clearance in the front!

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I still need to trim a few of the front panels and weld them to the radiator support panel on either side, but other than that its pretty much sorted!

[vlt304]

will that whole front section be bolt in to make it easy to pull the engine in and out? looks good from what I can see in the photos.

[Holden202T]

Not the blue steel frame, she's welded to the chassis rails! but all the grille and front panels are removable and i will be leaving them like that.

[Holden202T]

Finally got around to getting the diff bearings all sorted out and also finished welding the ends on at the correct lengths, its now as small as it can go without having to re-spline axles, using two short vn axles.... fitted the spool and longer ARP studs as well..... i am just trying to find a set of diff gears, 3.7, 3.9 or 4.11's hopefully.

bit of grinding of some welds and some paint and it will be all but done!

After some more goodies arrived i started working on the guage cluster, after a few quick measurements it was pretty clear it was going to work out perfectly, some minor filing of the smaller holes and the water temp and oil pressure gauges will fit nicely, and some similar on the speedometer hole should see the tacho sorted too!

you can see the right smaller hole is stock, left is after enlarging it just out till that lip is removed and its perfect for the gauges!

i really wanted to keep the stock dash panel if it was possible so good outcome i will fit the boost gauge and wideband to a seperate plate under the dash most likely....

These cars never originally had blinkers, so they were retro fitted, and by the looks of this dash it was by drilling two holes in the panel and adding green lights ... kinda sucks but i will probably put alternator and CEL lights in there or something similar.

if anyone is actually interested, you can't get the degrees C autometer gauge locally (that i found anyway) so i actually ordered all the gauges direct from autometer, price ended up being very comparable to vpw in australia and summit in america, so happy with that, and i really wanted deg C not F!

[Holden202T]

Very happy with this look

Also got the diff finished, other than installing crown wheel and pinion as I haven't gotten them yet!

it sits about 1 inch from the inner guards, so should be able to fit a slightly bigger tyre under it!

also took the plunge on cutting up and shortening the rack, Biggvl you might want to look away for the next few pics!

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will make another bracket like the bottom one for the tops, then add some gussets in between them, then just need to get the main shaft of the rack shortened and re-threaded and shes ready to rebuild.