Hey Dave,

Yes I still have it. It hasn't seen a lot of action of late and is just acting as a daily at the moment. I went at the whole sprinting side of things fairly hard last year, so I need to focus on a few other things around the house now - especially now that I'm a dad. The car (or perhaps the driver?) has plateaued somewhat and would require a decent spend to go quicker. Something I'm not prepared to do at the moment. See what happens next year.

Springs are off-the-shelf Kings front and rear with Whiteline camber bolts in the front set to -1.5 degrees camber. Shocks are stock. Bushes are stock except for the front sway bar drop links. Plenty of areas to improve on, but as I said it's just not for now.

Have fun with the KH. Just by uprating the springs, adding camber bolts and a good set of tyres you will have a ball. Just keep an eye on your oil temperature. A small oil cooler is a wise investment and makes a big difference.

ha ha well done simon(being a father and all),they take it out of you dont they!!!! but they are great.
as for the car yes ok,Im happy to do every thing on the cheap,so I will chase some springs and a few bushes, and yes I was going to go for semi slicks. a race seat and harness,maybe a cage down the track....
as for the engine,im going for extractors, the old pod/cold air set up and yes that insnt a bad idea about the oil temp,I will look into it.
I grabed my car for $300 so i cant complain!!!!

I will be making a project thread of it soon.

I will pm you about my "tech article" for the volvo/tx3 brake conversion I did too.

Hi Dave,

Semis would make a big difference. I run on 'performance' road tyres which have been very good, but Rs would be nice. A race seat and harness also make a big difference.

With regard to the oil cooler, I mounted mine vertically next to the radiator support panel brace. There was a perfectly sized space for it. I made my own brackets to pick up existing bolts, rather than drilling holes.



The cooler I bought had no mounting lugs, so rubber strips are sandwiched between the cooler and the mounts so there is no metal to metal contact.



Once it was in I cut 'nostrills' behind the number plate for a little more airflow across the core.



Oh, and do yourself a favour and get a remote filter block. I now have a large Z9 filter mounted off the chassis rail. The stock filter location is a pain in the bum being tucked right up under the inlet manifold. I got over filter changes very quickly. With the filter and cooler I've added a litre to the oil capacity.

Looking good as always Simon.