Kostamojen

Engine situation is good. More concerned with the clutch and engine/transmission mount situations.

Which is also why they made the solid-deck block EA63 replacement shortblocks Also, the valves are spaced closer together on the EA62 heads versus the EA63. The rockers are also different because of this.

RenaissanceMan's email isn't working and he hasn't been on in awhile... Anyone heard from him lately?

I'll be around Just PM me if you are going to be in the area.

Is anything still going on with this? I need 40-50 feet of the stuff for my FF-1, sooner the better.

Some test fitting done today, along with a few installed parts. The fenders and grill and such are not installed permanently, however the trunk is done:

Have to be in New Zealand to watch that video :-\

*awaiting link*

Sorry

Thats the plan, one step ahead of you on that one I don't plan on touching it for a couple weeks to make sure the paint is nice and solid before I start doing anything. It still smells like fresh paint too, the garage is quite toxic now, LOL!

The 5-speed has a 3.7 final gear ratio, and 5th gear is .789, so its .1 taller than the 80's 4-speeds, so it will have a lower RPM at high speeds (IE better mileage)

I'll get more photos of the fenders/valence/trunk etc. later probably next weekend, and push it outside for better lighting too.

Photos from picking up the car today. Sorry, nothing of it getting loaded/unloaded, I had my camera buried by a fender!

Ya, the rest of the case is the same minus the rear. I'm sure the rear transmission mount will bolt up differently, and the shifting mechanism will be different. I'll try and look into it more this weekend, get some service manual photos posted perhaps, but right now i'm working on uploading more FF-1 pics from picking up the car today Oh, and the gen-1 5-speeds were in the mid 70's coupes and hardtops I believe, I'll have to confirm that too.

Almost! BTW, I'm thinking of having some sort of "open house" next weekend (not this weekend) if anyone nearby wants to stop by to see the paint job.

I didn't do the 5-speeds, I'd have to bust out the books again and make another chart. What years were they in, the 5-speed FWD cars?

Ya, awesome vid, saw it on the JNC site one day

Ya, that top speed thing is why I swapped early 80's FWD gearing into my FF-1 transmission. Those transmissions have MUCH taller gearing:

At long last... ITS PAINTED!!! The paint hasn't even been polished/etc. yet! It looks fantastic! Picking it up Saturday!

Airbags should probably be disabled for slow speed offroading anyway. You can pull the fuse, or even install a switch.

They don't have a bracket connection, just the circle connection on the bottom and the top of the strut on the top, right?

IIRC, the Brat has a different mounting style than the rest of the models. Is this correct?

I'd have to charge you labor for looking up the part number...

Give me an itemized list and i'll give you part numbers and prices.

FF-1 at a Gymkhana! No i'm not kidding! I hope my car handles this well...