Callum's new 85' ET (stuarts old car)

amraks · Post by **amraks** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:10 pm

Hey I noticed where you have your gauges above your cd player, how big are your gauges because a 52mm gauge only just fits from top to bottom.

I'm wondering how you did that?

can u take a closer picture for me if you could?

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:08 pm

hey i just checked its a tight fit ill get some pics up soon, and they are 52mm

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:20 pm

here you go

amraks · Post by **amraks** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:14 pm

Cheers, I will have to work something out there.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:37 pm

Yeah mate they are a tight fit. The guages touch on the top and bottom. I removed the plastic pocket thing and used that plastic to make the new face. I sprayed it all black but the paint ate into the plastic a bit. It is still ok. I also put a guage where the ciggie lighter was. Easy install as there is already accessory power behind the panel.

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:40 pm

thanks stuart for that news flash lmao

when you gonna come for a drive???
actually, wait a month or two because by then ill have a few new toys in the beast......*cough* microtec *cough*

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:27 pm

Hey mate,

I will come for a drive soon mate.

I had a microtech for it at one stage but I decided that it was a mega job to install it.

YOu should be right to chuck one in and wind up the boost, we did put some new rings, bearings and head about 15,000km before you got it. The motor is pretty strong.

I'm heading up the hume on Saturday, i'll drop past on the way.

Cheers mate

Stu

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:22 pm

yeah man what time though?

im working sat morning but ill be home about 12:30 1ish

if your coming through then we should go for a drive

and before you ask, NO YOU CANT HAVE IT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hahahahahahahahahahaha

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:32 pm

Sweet, send me a message. I have lost your number.

And no I dont want it back. It has claimed enough of my time and money in the past. You will understand once you have owned an ET for a few years.

Talk to you on Sat,

STu

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Fri May 15, 2009 10:59 pm

I got bored tonight and because i have recived my cooler from jettet, i thought id see what it would look like so........................

And my new clutch that will go in sometine in the next few weeks......

I have decided to take a new approach with this car, now that it seems that im going to be able to drive it on my p's I have started to make plans
for mods that i can do that are sort of undetectable, such as the cam that
I have been enquiering about and poss port the head, I plan to remove
the engine soon and i will be doing the clutch, head and be re-sealing any thing that looks like it might leak as this car will become my daily soon
so i want at least 80% reliability(100% is too much too ask from an ET i know lol). If i hurry up and get that dammn rudd money then i will still purchase a microtech but will not fit it till later on down the track till its
nessacery.

JETETT · Post by **JETETT** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:40 am

i think iv seen that cooler B4

Ahh there it is LOL... nice work mate

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:54 pm

looks the goods i think mate, thanks for it lol.
BTW what are you using now that ive got your cooler?

JETETT · Post by **JETETT** » Sat May 16, 2009 9:47 pm

BLUE ET wrote:looks the goods i think mate, thanks for it lol.
BTW what are you using now that ive got your cooler?

no worries mate... i kinda like the look of the coolers on the rx3 rotors so i got my self quite a good one from pac performance

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Sat May 16, 2009 10:00 pm

nice mate, looks tough as.
i too love the rotors with a front end thats all cooler lol
my dream car is an RX2 with a crazy 20B, fuckin sick

JETETT · Post by **JETETT** » Sun May 17, 2009 11:36 am

BLUE ET wrote: i too love the rotors with a front end thats all cooler lol

same here... i like that type of look on old school cars, i got asked a couple of times if my car was a rotor when i was waiting at a set of lights lol... reason is i did an afm relocation in my car yonks ago, instead of hooking up the idle cuircit after the AFM i accidently hooked it up B4 it, and yeah the car didnt know where the extra air was comming from and gave it fucked up fuel mixtures and made the car sound like a loud rotor lol until i fixed then it was sweet... lol no rotor here mate its a 1.5L 4 banger