They look awsome Josh

Cheers gents! I'm really happy with them, Now all I need is to replace the GTR wing (still) then it'll be finished in the looks department. Then more boost, because you can never have enough of that.

Bit of a delayed reply but the rims look great!

I don't mind the rear wing to be honest, but it'd look good with or without!

On 13psi (heat soak is a b!tch) last night I ran a best of 12.6 @ 112.5mph which I was stoked with. I'm going to order a Cryo sprayer bar for the intercooler to freeze up the intake temps a bit to eliminate the heat soak issue. That will go in when I get the cams in and a 20psi retune. If I don't walk away with 450hp I'll be surprised!

I'm already planning my next Classic Ford though!!! And I'm terrible at keeping a secret, so - Mk2 Ghia in either white or silver with the vinyl top, stock restored interior, and either 13x7 Superlites (again) or RS 4 spoke replicas being the only external modification. Then it's going to have either an ST170 motor or a 2.3L Duratec with a small Whipple on it. Then everything else will be what I wanted on the last Escort - coilovers, sorted brakes, 4 link coil sprung rear, Quaife LSD, all the good stuff. It will be a neat sleeper.

Sleepers and 4 doors rock my world.

Thanks Damion!

I spotted a semi-decent Ghia (auto) for sale in Brisbane, but failing that I'm just going to have to convince Tim to sell me back my old car. Hahaha.

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Originally posted by Timmeh
Maybe she's holding out for a return to Queensland! [:u] [:p]

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Don't tease me like that! Hahahaha.

Like I told you, if you ever decide to sell it....you know the rest [:p]

Nice pics mate that old Holden aint looking to bad either.

Okay so here's my story. On Saturday I was pulling the harmonic balancer off to remove the timing belt and put my new cams in, and to my surprise I find the keyway on the balancer has been flogged out. Then after closer inspection I notice a cracked edge on the balancer which looks like it's from a hammer. Obviously some jerkoff in the past has tried to put the balancer back on and has had trouble lining it up on the keyway, so instead of trying again, they've bashed it on with a hammer. Not cool...here's the flogged out keyway (the picture is off my phone so you can't really see it, but it's the top side).



To make things worse, the key itself on the crank has been chipped off completely. So I was left with the following choices:
a) pull the motor down and put a new crank and balancer in (probably rings for good measure)
b) pull the motor down and send it away to get built properly
c) put an RB30 bottom end in

I chose option C I will most likely go for a R.I.P.S bottom end. If you haven't heard of them, they are pretty much kings of RB engines outside of Japan, they're in NZ.

So anyway, in true Sinclair fashion, my car is off the road. Again. Right before I had the chance to put my new cool stuff in!

Bosch 044 and surge tank


Cryo! There is a sprayer bar for the intercooler to go with these but it hasn't turned up yet, not that I can use it yet anyway!