Heart Transplant - adding 172ci

[JB]

Yup, they are so low they are touching the ground!

[NES304]

Waaaaaaay too low

[Ol_Girl_58]

Looks about right  8) 8)

[hsv-001]

I suspect you have to jack under the body not the axle to get those wheels off . Looks good though .Cheers Haydn

[fcwrangler]

I might be missing something here, aren't the springs meant to be bent to give the proper ride hight?. A couple of options would be to put the housing under the springs or use extended rear shackles to lift it up. I have some spare springs here if you want to use them as samples to have the springs done again.
Jim

[NES304]

I told em 48" which I was told was the OFF car length originally  :'( I'm getting them pulled in so that it will lift it 3". Trouble is the custom Diff mounts Pete made up are also 40mm taller (and will lower the car) than standard.
A 5" drop is just way to much even though it looks shit hot :o

[hsv-001]

In 2000 I was restoring a FC wagon to take a family holiday back to south west Qld .Never got the laminated windshield fitted in time and had to take the wifes wreck of a Nissan Bluebird wagon instead . To shorten the story after spending around 30 hours on the road with the rear springs bent inside out and getting melted by spotlights from motorists who thought I was on highbeam , on returning home I ripped out the springs from under my FC and put them in the bluebird [all leafs except the top one ]. Because the bluebird shackles bolt to the subframe when the car finally died I reused the springs under my Vauxhall . So my thoughts are either take the springs back and get them reset or of you still have the originals you may be able to mix and match leaves till the ride height is where you want it good luck .Haydn

[NES304]

Hayden, The Originals have had two extra leaves put in.... They are being reset Monday, expect photo by weeks end  ;)

[jfk]

Great thread guys......... just read all 24 pages of it.

I am 85% through my V6, 5 speed heart transplant and resto and it has just entered it's 8th year.

I went flatout for a while, but when I missed my 2008 deadline for the Mount Gambier Nationals (I still went, but with Qantas and Avis).......it was mothballed for a few years.

Anyway, I am back on the tools and you have provided plenty of useful stuff and had me reminiscing over my many beer ideas as well.

See you on the road............. soon.

Cheers

JK

[NES304]

Great thread guys......... just read all 24 pages of it.
Anyway, I am back on the tools and you have provided plenty of useful stuff and had me reminiscing over my many beer ideas as well.

Cheers mate, Whers your build thread

[jfk]

I'll get one happening.

I've moved three times in the down time, so I have to dig out some photos. ???

Cheers

JK

[pedro]

Bummer about the springs, but it looks pretty tough like that.  8)
   Pedro

[NES304]

Bummer about the springs, but it looks pretty tough like that.  8)
   Pedro

Yeah it did look cool but not so practical.
Springs now have a 5 3/8ths of an inch gap between the line from eye to eye and the top leaf.

[NES304]

Small update. Designing the rails for strengthening the chassis

No holes yet but the Y parts done

Here's how they sit


C channel with the crush tubes checking they fit. They'll be in the original frame of the FC



Check to see they are snug in the FC frame. Have to clean up so can weld around it.


Dead straight. Ain't no fancy curves like FCRB26.
3mm plate, 50mm RHS, there'll be an RHS piece that goes across too.
Unfortunately I have to remove all the fuel brake lines and re do them. At least I've had practice!

[FCV08]

And you thought you had already done the hard stuff.
Keep them photos coming NES.

setup looks good

Cheers

Craig

[FCRB26]

At least you will appreciate how hard curves are now  ;D

[NES304]

I sure do!
All thanks to McBean again for showing me the ropes

[JB]

Hey NES, you got that thing running yet??

[NES304]

Hey NES, you got that thing running yet??

??? ??? ???ummm define running ??? ??? ???

[JB]

Grumble of 8 cylinders outside of an exhaust...