78 2-Door Build Thread

[abreut]

Nice Has the carby manifold arrived?

[dubmc]

[GoLfMan]

looks great dude!

[dubmc]

getting there slowly now, got the manifold on last night which was bit of a job. the overall design is OK however some of the spacing leaves a bit to be desired such as not enough room to get the nuts on and i needed to grind between the two centre flanges to get the water outlet on...now i have to look into the radiator setup, setting up electric fuel pump and module for the dizzy so i can run advance...aiming to be done prior to christmas, just depends what others bit come up!

[abreut]

Carb manifold looks good, I see you ended up using the abf water outlet. Hey did the abf exhaust mani and downpipe fit ok?

[dubmc]

Carb manifold looks good, I see you ended up using the abf water outlet. Hey did the abf exhaust mani and downpipe fit ok?

yeah went with the abf outlet, it's a very tight fit so i'm hoping i can get the hose on OK once the carbs are in place! really want to avoid trying to take the manifold on and off.

the manifold bolted up nicely, and the downpipe should work fine as well! hopefully getting the carbs on tonight, once i sort these out it will be a big job out of the way

[dubmc]

bit of an update here, project was held up due to the manifold i received from Rowland Manifold in South Africa. anyone looking to do this conversion, save yourself the time and don't get a Rowland Manifold, absolute rubbish in all ways imaginable. Ended up waiting for a refund and then got one directly from Delortto in the UK which worked perfectly and it much better designed.

on the weekend we finally got the radiator in, bit of research involved here and some trial and error to find the right fit. ended up going with a 93 holden barina radiator which worked perfectly (pics below) heads up to Mikinoz (Mick) who flagged that this could be a potential option in another thread. (genuine rad was $90 and good condition bosch fan from wreckers was $50)

need to look into fuel setup and electrics now (setting up ignition module and computer). making good progress though, so will try keep this thread updated.





sits really nicely under the front slam panel for anybody looking to do this in future.