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Got a nice bonnet from Tim...

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[Casey]

That looks to be in good nick 

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Couple of small marks...nothing to be concerned with..underside is mint..no rust..like the rest of my car woohoo.

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I do believe a different shade of red...this is sunrise red. Car is alittle more orange..is there a subtle different to the shades of red?

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[RE5]

How does it compare in places out of the sun as Red is notorious for fading in UV

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Its very close...under flouresent light at mo..

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Now properly lined up.....i can live with it better than gold...previous bonnet poor fitting...not me..

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[Casey]

I don't think it's a different colour, just different degree of UV fade?

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I ended up googling paint codes and its the only red used on an 85 fb sunrise red...its fine the whole car will probably get painted away depending on how the mechanical bits go.
The underside is very nice with all the stickers intact and no rust like the gold 1...if anybody wants the gold bonnet just say its free...go going to tip soon..Tim didnt want it...where the bolts go in for hinges 2 are useable rest is rotted out. Rust issue bonnet free!


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Oh forgot to say...Tim had the blue 1 and all the spares..so gone to a good home.

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[Casey]

Oh forgot to say...Tim had the blue 1 and all the spares..so gone to a good home.

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Ah, good to know Tim's added that one to his spares collection, rather than being "lost" somewhere 

[KiwiDave]

No choke at all and running at 1500rpm...albeit with blow at header end..
 suspect vacuum leaks fair few pipes crudly plugged around air cleaner and carb...its loud...brap brap brap. Theres no flange at either header end or start of centre sections and prior clamps real tight that has ovalised, absolute pig to get the new reducer pipe on and the headers back on the studs...will need a bit more work possibly a flexi..

Vac leaks won't cause fast idle but will cause rough idle.  get the motor warm then turn the idle speed dpwn to about 900 rpm. Turn the mixture screw until the motor almost dies then rotate back 3/4 turn. That's a baseline then you can fine tune it back to around 750 rpm when you've cleaned the carb and chased any vac leaks.

As for exhaust, a lot of aftermarket header systems were slip on joints and clamps. I think Doulble S did a system with flanges IIRC. In fact, if you contact Double S, they will still supply you with that system today.

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Thanks Dave...ill report back gonna be a few days b4 get on it again...work and trackday prep on Westory And Fd depend on weather...ref exhaust theres a 200mm gap between slip joint of head 50mm and start of middle silencer..pipes have ovalised from exhaust u clamps so difficult to get a seal with the st/st 1 i had made...so next plan is remove and redo in mild x2 extenders welded with slip joint in middle on fresh round steel.

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Well..whilst raining i thought id tackle a  few fb jobs...clean polish scub rub airfilter cover and fit new filter, .rear number plate bulb fix, windscreen squirters with a new plastic t piece...and indicators fixed themselves hoorah..front wiper didnt though..can hear relay screeching under dash...but all lights now working...once JDM done its coming outta garage as i keep having to step over it and going down side of house...i can work onit there but i need my garage space and storage back.
Anyways few piccys...1 2 3 on the cover bout 45mins so with abit more could look very nice..

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[Casey]

  Good to hear you are making some progress. All these little things add up 

Engine bay looking pretty clean too