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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/05 11:50:33
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Yeah the cages aren't exactly bolt in are they.... Looks good, almost a shame to paint all that cold drawn steel, six hours is alright though it took me alot longer  Are your window winders clashing with the cage? Bothered me a bit, shaved down the winder spline in the end.... Cheers Drew...
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/05 13:17:04
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Hey Drew, Yeah the winders are in the way bit apparently gemini ones fit OK. The cage was already starting to get surface rust so I painted it with some matt black anti rust enamel. I'm happy with the finish. Now I need to get some padding. Cheers Matt  
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/06 12:31:45
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Good work Matt, all the hard work you have put into this car definitely shows. The cage in black is very fitting to the car.
It would be interesting to know how much of a difference the cage makes to how the car drives being all stiffened up.
Gemini ones should fit but they arent screw on, the have a clip behind the winder holding them on. There are also two lengths of chrome ones so make sure u get some short ones. If you have any issues finding any I can get my hands on a couple here in Adelaide and send them over.
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/06 15:25:30
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Hey Ryan,
Thanks for the comments. Yeah, I drove it back from my mates joint after installing the cage but didn't notice much but I am doing a track day at Sandown on the 9th Feb so that will be a better test.
With the Gemini handles you need to drill a hole in them.
If you have a set of the shorter ones that will rock.
I'll shoot you a PM.
Cheers,
Matt
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/06 17:34:11
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Ok no worries. I sent my mate a message because he has geminis. We went through a stage of trying to find them for his car so im sure he would have some lying around. If not I know a wrecker where I can grab some, just cant go there till late next week as im on holiday.
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/11 15:44:04
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Finished painting and installing the padding. I used the new style padding on the tops of the doors and windscreen and the old style on the front legs and lower door bars. Apparently you can't use the old style foam at all now so it may have been in vain. Seems they'd rather have exposed bars than the old style padding. Anyway I'll leave it on and will remove it if need be. Also, used some clips to secure the battery cable too. Cheers Matt  
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/15 10:46:37
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good job on the cage matt. I did a cage in the holidays too on the track car. i put a bond kit in as well, gonna be adding a few more bars though to the dash and rear legs
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/15 11:03:49
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Great stuff Matty, how much swearing did yours require?
Get some pics up of your extra bars too.
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Matt
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/15 15:35:22
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Lots of swearing to be honest ... ive only added one bar so far under the dash. required the steering column to be adjusted, and seeing as im not using the key barrell. i used its mount and made this up, sorry rough pic as i mocked it up 
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/15 20:44:20
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Lookin good mate, I am doing an EPAS conversion so may look at an under dash bar for ease of mounting and added strength.
Cheers
Matt
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/01/19 22:04:27
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Picked up a new racing seat today too. My Corbeau seat is built for the larger gentlemen and i was sliding around a fair bit so when this seat came up and I jumped at it. It came with a 5 point harness. I know you get an extra 5 years from date of expiry but can anyone tell me the date according to the pic below. Cheers Matt  
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/02/05 22:59:24
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Look what fell into my boot at Small Ford Sunday. A 3J LSD. Mmmm shiny. Matt   
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/03/22 19:22:04
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Hey Matt your build is awesome, such a smart looking car. Under a heavy foot do you get a lot of rw wheel spin? I'm trying to figure out what power i should aim at running for a non lethal rallycross/track car... 200hp? 
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Re: Matt's 78 MK II 4 dr
2014/03/23 12:15:17
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Hey Rich, Thanks for the kind comments. The car looks great from around 10 feet but is a track car so I'd rather spend money on making it go and stop faster than looks.
I'm only running a standard engine at the moment but I am having a race engine built with hopefully around 120 rwkw so there fore not a lot of wheel spin at the moment.
For your engine first thing to do is work out a budget and then have a chat to a few engine builders and discuss what you'd get for your money. As to a 200hp Pinto, there are very very few of these around as you have to really know what your are doing to get this level of power from them and you wouldn't expect any change from $10k.
If you were to rebore your current engine block, up the compression to 10.5 and fit larger pistons then ported the head a little and ran a decent cam you'd probably get around the 150 mark with twin carbs which would still be a lot of fun.
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Matt
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