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Title: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FireKraka on October 06, 2011, 01:56:17 PM Hi Everyone, I have been looking at the forum for some time now and thought it was about time I showed my own car. It is still a work in progress and has been for some time but hopefully I will be able to finish it soon. A friend of mine named it the FireKraka, at the time it was running a very hot 208 (bored & stroked 186) and said it was a FireKraka because it was Small, Red and went off with a bang so the name stuck.
I love the forum and have found so much information that has helped me with my own car so please keep the info coming. (have been trying to upload a picture of my car but not having any luck at the moment so will try again later) Regards NeilH Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FireKraka on October 06, 2011, 02:47:33 PM Stiil can't get imgur to work it keeps locking up, anybody able to help ??? >:(?
Regards NeilH Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: Not Happy Jan on October 06, 2011, 06:19:00 PM Neil
welcome to the forum See RET's post in general board . should give you a clue. Nick Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FCV08 on October 06, 2011, 11:02:02 PM Welcoem to the forum Neil.
Looking forward to seeing the pics. R Craig D Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FireKraka on October 06, 2011, 11:44:06 PM Hope this one works guys
(http://i.imgur.com/b7B6c.jpg) Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FireKraka on October 13, 2011, 02:56:56 PM I thought I would add some more info about my car.
I purchased the car from a guy in the Blue Mountains back in 1996 it was already painted in the red and white scheme as seen in the picture and had a new interior. It had the grey motor and column shift still as well however the electrics were a mess and the engine and diff had a lot of oil leaks. I joined the NSW club after I got it back on the road and went on a couple of runs with the club in that time. I came across a warm 186 and ended up fitting it and a HR disc break front end before driving the car to Perth when I moved over early 1998, the car won the readers car pack in the January 2000 edition of Streetmachine in a picture with a friends green FB. I ended up blowing up the gearbox at one stage and then started the long drawn out project of fitting a series 2 3800 V6 (started in 2001) with narrowed Commodore diff and all of the usual things that I think the forum has discussed, it has been a long winded road but I think I can see light at the end of the tunnel (just hope it isn't a train coming the other way). I am still struggling to complete the fuel system, wiring and a couple of other things, I probably should have put my thread in the project cars. Will post some more pictures when I get a chance. Regards Neil H Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FireKraka on October 13, 2011, 04:09:28 PM I have a question guys.
I put the cars details into the website that tells you all about your car and I find that the body was built in Sydney but the front end has a B (Brisbane) at the end of it. What does this mean, does it mean that the front end has been replaced???? The original engine number also told me that the engine was FB/EK. Should the front end have the same number as the body. Regards Neil H Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: mcl1959 on October 14, 2011, 08:21:50 PM No- all cars assembled in Brisbane, hade the body made in Sydney - There was no manufacturing plant in Brisbane, just an assembly plant. Your engine must have been changed somewhere along the years.
Ken Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: Siggs on October 24, 2011, 06:31:15 PM Nice looking car 8)
Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: camxsmith on February 20, 2018, 09:27:15 PM Hey Neil Do you have more pictures of your car on the forum some where.????
Would love to see more of it ? Even any of your build Cam Title: Re: My FC Called the FireKraka Post by: FireKraka on February 20, 2018, 10:56:36 PM Hi Cam there are photos in the "completed cars" section of some things but I started posting on the forum a long time after I started the build.
I have a lot of photos mainly later in the build but if there is something particular that you would like to know then just let me know mate. I'm currently building a V6 EK Ute and have a lot more of the early stages of build if you need to see anything in particular. Thanks for your interest. Regard Neil |