FCRB30 Wagon

[pedro]

am I the only one that noticed he referred to having two couples in the car ? That's not how I remember what used to go on at the drive-in!  Maybe I am conservative!

This being a family friendly site I'll keep my answer as sanitised as possible, what can I say Kathi, we were young it was dark and I was too busy concentrating on what i was doing to worry about what they were doing , besides we all rode bikes together, surfed together and lived in the same flat on the Gold coast so it's not like we hadn't seen each other umm, unclothed before
                        Pedro

[pedro]

wont be long now Pedro and you will be firing it up,
there is an engine in my105 I think the same as yours check it out $16000  BIG HP
Gary C

G'day Gary, I'd be very interested to see an RB30 in another build, could you point out to me which post it's on, I just went back and looked through a heap of pages and couldn't find anything
                   Pedro

[Gary C]

Pedro, I stumbled across it last night.
I was checking out the wa sports car club and there was a link in the for sale that took me to my105.
I just had a look again and couldnt find it either, I will dig a bit deeper later.
It wasn't in a car, just engine and transmission for sale, it said rb26/30 engine $16000 980 hp spent big dollars.
Gary C

[FE_UTE]

G,day Gary

Would this be the one....that'd be a whole lot of fun in an FC

http://www.stoneskartsport.com.au/classified.asp?id=15727

[Gary C]

Yeah thats it Gary, there you go Pedro.
That would be a bit hairy in the wagon eh.
Gary C

[pedro]

That would be a bit hairy in the wagon eh.

Definately would, only problem is it's worth more than my whole rebuild , It looks like the same type of engine Pete(fchoon) is putting in his FC.
      Pedro

[FCRB26]

Almost this ones a hybrid rb25 top end rb30 bottom end (i have one with a a monster TO4 turbo on it i was going to use)

But iwent for the RB26 as it has 6 throttle body,s twin turbo,s and i think is a cleaner smoother looking engine bay as im going for the whole sleeper look i want it to look like its meant to be their instead of a monster top mount turbo...

at the end of the day you have to get that power to the ground thats why im going down the whole mini tubbing scene at the moment to try get bigger rubber under there.

[DN2168]

Go on Pedro, you know you want to  .

Dean.

[FCRB26]

Here are the pics of my ones

they were cut with a oxy profile cutter water jet is heaps better i will add more meat around the callipers ect also i wll tack on the spacers for the callipers
they are about 4mm

[mcl1959]

How did you machine down the stub axle?

Ken

[pedro]

pm sent.
      Pedro

[FCRB26]

Hi Ken i Did mine beetween centres on the lathe But i have also done some with a 1mm cut off wheel 41/2 inch grinder and a 60 grit soft pad to clean them up.

Have a set of HT drum stubs here i will do them this afternoon.

[pedro]

Just ordering all the parts for my front end and I thought I'd pass this on, I found a mob who sells a HR front end kit containing 2 upper ball joints
                                2 lower ball joints
                                2 inner tie rod ends
                                2 outer tie rod ends
for $110 plus postage, e-bay item Ebay Item #280522548530 a lot cheaper than anybody else I looked at.
                 Pedro

[FCRB26]

Bought all my nolethanes ball joints the whole lot off a mob in sydney CV joints something like that is the business trades on e bay as suzuki super.

Bought every bush for the wifes HT half the price of the local bloke.


Pedro just waiting on bolts i used Bis 80 its a lot harder than mild steel for that other job will send you a PM when im close.

[pedro]

Bought all my nolethanes ball joints the whole lot off a mob in sydney CV joints something like that is the business trades on e bay as suzuki super.

That's the same bloke I got mine off, bloody good deal compared to the others.
                Pedro

[pedro]

Adaptor plates painted and fitted, thanks to Pete(fchoon) for making them, the Lovells springs look flash and ended up being only $160 for 2" lowered, The ball joints tie rod ends and the radiator just arrived so i'll be assembling the front end this weekend



I had a drivers door and a set of guards sandblasted this week and was completely dissapointed, the door was stuffed so I had to take another one over, luckily that one was reasonable, the guards were crap but I'll just have to repair them as I don't have any better ones (wish I hadn't sold you those fiberglass ones now Fatboy), rang Gavin at retro rods and restorations and he knocked me up a guard rear and eybrow for $50 and gave me a heap of scrap plate for free, top bloke if you need any bits.












         Pedro

[pedro]

Somehow I managed to put the same pic in twice, it was meant to be this one


           Pedro

[FC_fer_me]

Your guard dog is sleeping on the job again Pedro  Cheers Jack

[pedro]

Your guard dog is sleeping on the job again Pedro

Yeah he sleeps a lot, it's definately "a dogs life" as the old saying goes, I'm quite happy he does though really i've always had cattle dogs before and you have to keep an eye on them all the time you never know what they'll get up to next, Merv's great though wherever I am he just comes and lays down near me and goes to sleep, different story if someone comes up the drive though, people who don't know him don't get out of their cars unless i'm there.
           Pedro

[pedro]

Finally got to have a play with the front end, couldn't fit the springs yet as I'm waiting on the bump stop rubbers but at least I can now get a measurement and cut down the diff.





Nice shiny new radiator





One of the pursuit/interceptor rims I got with the VL has a different offset to the others and fits the front end a lot better, I'll just have to find another one to go with it, I'm still going to have the same problem with it scraping on full lock as you though Jase, time to get out the hammer and dolly and fold the lip up I'd say .
                    Pedro