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gazza285

posted on 21/5/10 at 10:42 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by maximill666
supercharged it, running around 450bhp & a bag full of torque





What is the supercharger doing?





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carpmart

posted on 22/5/10 at 06:29 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by wacomuk
its started! no exhaust only headers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drHirvX2dMY



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wacomuk

posted on 22/5/10 at 09:14 PM Reply With Quote
lol the misses was in charge of the camera





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DanP

posted on 23/5/10 at 09:08 PM Reply With Quote
Lovely car! I had an '81 C3 last year for a few months was great fun but the thought of putting it through an MOT scared me.

I have a haynes manual and some new weatherstrips kicking around if you need anything.

Car was great fun, got about 11MPG with a 600cfm double pumper carb, fine as a fun-car but I actually ran mine every day and it started to get a little too costly.

Putting your foot down and letting it kick down 2 gears is brilliant fun but you can actually see the petrol gauge move when you are doing it. My G/F hated the acceleration, I loved it.

Looks like you've got a pretty good one there, seems to be in pretty good nick externally - TBH i think 195bhp is pretty good for a vette, they really strangled them in the later years - down to 150 by the end, but you should be able to get that up easily getting rid of the emissions crap, a decent inlet, carb, headers and igntition setup.

Hope you enjoy it!

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OX

posted on 31/5/10 at 10:39 PM Reply With Quote
no spares sorry but i got my mums running today,its been at the back of the shed for the last 8 years ,the mice seem to love it . I keep telling them its a shame to keep it and not use it and somebody else would enjoy it more but it will probably go for an mot now its out and have the work done to it... and then go back in the shed to perish.

stingray
stingray


its a got 4 speed manual box lol

[Edited on 31/5/10 by OX]

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wacomuk

posted on 5/6/10 at 08:24 PM Reply With Quote
Rear lights are now UK spec
had it lifted up today to get at the exhaust
more tomorrow







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wacomuk

posted on 6/6/10 at 08:49 PM Reply With Quote
Made a new front pipe today







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wacomuk

posted on 20/6/10 at 10:51 PM Reply With Quote
I decided to make some sides lights up today


LED strip light bought from ebay for £8 for 2


i cut a strip of plastic as a carrier for the lights. i drilled holes in the plastic and pushed the LEDs through




Glued the light into the grills



Test




on the car







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