Gtb 351 - 1983 To Now And Beyond! - Page 4

74xbkoop · 13-08-2012, 10:15 PM

Picked up the mag on the weekend. The shoot looks fantastic. Well done Glen and well deserved.

GTB 351 · 16-08-2012, 02:57 AM

heres some pics from the GT Nats in Adelaide in 2009.

I was parked next to Karls amazing XB GT Coupe at the show and shine which drew a huge crowd. Our Coupes were opposites, one was restored to perfection and the other basically Hot Rodded. Was a great day.

GTB 351 · 16-08-2012, 03:03 AM

The year before[2008] parked outside the shed with my Jeep daily and F100.

GTB 351 · 16-08-2012, 03:15 AM

As you can see from the above pics the boot has finally been trimmed. It was done by Steve at Stateside trim and I'm very happy with everything he has done. I took it to the Barossa Valley Ford Club show and shine again that year and to the GT Club display day in 2010.

The XB ute parked next to me is Ryans [bionic2006xr6t] Dads.

GTB 351 · 16-08-2012, 03:49 AM

In 2011 my goal was to get the GT ready for the Hardtop Anniversary at Echuca. I had a huge list of things I wanted to do but as per usual I only had the time and money to focus on a few of them. I wanted a better tune in the motor which meant converting it from a batch fire to full sequential injection. With the help of my Nephew Nigel [Strength Mechanical, Tanunda] an MSD magnetic pickup was fitted to the cam gear and wired into the MoTec ECU. While this was happening the old Pacemaker extractors were tossed and with the help of my good friends Marshy and Jake we set about making new extractors which would give me some ground clearance. Pacemaker supplied me with the basic sections and we started dummying and cutting.

They took 3 weeks to make and were then sent to get ceramic coated as per the last pics. Very happy with them, thanks to Marshy and Jake.
The 3.7 slipper was removed and the 4.11 spooled diff centre fitted for the drags at Heathcote. A bunch of other things were done, but as its getting late I will get into them next time - Cheers

TheGTCoupe · 16-08-2012, 08:30 AM

Hey glen just a few things. The exhaust seems tailored for drag use as when the outlets are shut the exhaust has to make a 90* turn. Also the 4 pipes into the collector seem to taper too soon. Just wondering about that and if the exhaust guys mentioned anything about the two.

Car's coming along nice

GTB 351 · 16-08-2012, 03:41 PM

I did do the pipes a lot like the old super stock cars of the 60,s. Probably hard to believe but the 90 degree bend is a bit of an optical illusion as you can see straight down the collector from the exhaust. Collector is 3 1/2 inch and exhaust 3 inch. Length of the four pipes is shorter, but not much. Would have worked better with my old combo, not sure about the new motor. The best thing is that I can take the pipes off without lifting the motor [could'nt do that with the old pacemakers].

lilmattie · 16-08-2012, 04:17 PM

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In 2011 my goal was to get the GT ready for the Hardtop Anniversary at Echuca. I had a huge list of things I wanted to do but as per usual I only had the time and money to focus on a few of them. I wanted a better tune in the motor which meant converting it from a batch fire to full sequential injection. With the help of my Nephew Nigel [Strength Mechanical, Tanunda] an MSD magnetic pickup was fitted to the cam gear and wired into the MoTec ECU. While this was happening the old Pacemaker extractors were tossed and with the help of my good friends Marshy and Jake we set about making new extractors which would give me some ground clearance. Pacemaker supplied me with the basic sections and we started dummying and cutting.
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They took 3 weeks to make and were then sent to get ceramic coated as per the last pics. Very happy with them, thanks to Marshy and Jake.
The 3.7 slipper was removed and the 4.11 spooled diff centre fitted for the drags at Heathcote. A bunch of other things were done, but as its getting late I will get into them next time - Cheers

That is quite awesome!

XAGSV8 · 16-08-2012, 08:20 PM

Thanks for the story about this car. One of the more enjoyable threads I have read in a long time.

gossy · 16-08-2012, 09:29 PM

Love it, this is one serious build.

GTB 351 · 13-09-2012, 01:36 AM

She all went back together well and it was off to the 2011 Hardtop Anniversary at Echuca. Heres som pics -

That was my one and only burnout at Heathecote, damage previously mentioned. Withstanding that, I had a great time and will not miss the next one in 2013.

XAanimal · 06-11-2012, 10:59 AM

Sweet XB mate, those wheels look awesome

GTB 351 · 06-11-2012, 02:23 PM

Thanks, they ended up being a pain too; took 6 months to turn up.

GTB 351 · 03-01-2013, 03:07 PM

Been a little more progress this week, I'll put up some pics when I get my internet speed back - bloody school holidays - already brought an extra block this month!!!!!!!

GTB 351 · 08-01-2013, 04:15 AM

Spent last Thursday, Friday and Saturday working on the old girl! Marshy's hoist was free and the plethora of Mopars he's been building/working on for customers were elsewhere so we got into it (mornings at least - 40+ degree days - hate to think how hot the shed got!)

Ripped out the old diff and sat the new one in. Marshy had already machined the hats to fit and made cardboard templates of the brackets needed to mount the 4 spots.

Didnt take us to long to make the mounting plates from 1/2 inch plate, and tack them on. That was enough for thurs, time for a few paleys.

Friday we got into the handbrake calipers. They are wilwood go cart brakes and needed quite a bit of work to fit my rotors. They are meant to be floating but we didnt want them rattling so we solid mounted them on 10mm plate and will make some shims for when they need adjusting.

We didnt actually get this far friday, I'd just finished night shift and couldnt wait to attack Marshy's fridge; guessing it was about 48 degrees in his shed when I cracked the first one.

Saturday we also worked on fitting the factory style tramp bar/top links on the diff. We will probably use Left and right hand thread rod ends so they can be adjusted. The springs will need some work on the front half for 1/4 mile launches as I think the links will encourage the springs to open up and produce tramp.

We then pulled the new diff out and put the old back in. Cruised her home and tucked her in Sunday. When Marshy gets some time when its cool he'll TIG it up.

TheGTCoupe · 08-01-2013, 05:24 AM

lookin' good - love those little go kart calipers

how they hold?

GTB 351 · 08-01-2013, 03:09 PM

I'll take a pic of the back. Will need to get cables made to suit.

brad24 · 08-01-2013, 03:11 PM

Any reason you didnt go with the rear willwoods with the intergrated park brake?

GTB 351 · 08-01-2013, 03:20 PM

Yea, coz they look so much different to my front set up. A mate runs them on a track car and took the guts out of them to save weight; he thought they were too heavy. My brakes are light but I guess the car is still way too heavy. Also I like the effeciency of a 3 piece hub/hat/rotor.

brad24 · 08-01-2013, 03:22 PM

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Yea, coz they look so much different to my front set up. A mate runs them on a track car and took the guts out of them to save weight; he thought they were too heavy. My brakes are light but I guess the car is still way too heavy. Also I like the effeciency of a 3 piece hub/hat/rotor.

Yeah cool,
I have a set that I havnt fitted yet
Cheers

TheGTCoupe · 08-01-2013, 04:47 PM

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I'll take a pic of the back. Will need to get cables made to suit.

sorry i mean how well do they hold the disc eg. work as a handbrake

GTB 351 · 09-01-2013, 03:03 AM

I think they will work well, but I've been known to be wrong before.
I havent had a handbrake in it since the eighties. Bad me I know!

TheGTCoupe · 09-01-2013, 05:28 AM

since the 80's!

i remember my handbrake seized one day and i didn't have one and i hated it! Kept thinking it would jump out of gear and roll away

so whenever i parked it on the road anywhere always searched for something to chock the tyre with. Anyway looks pretty nifty hope it works well.

GTB 351 · 10-01-2013, 03:47 AM

Nice and cool today so she's all welded. Next step is to machine all mating surfaces and then blast the axle tubes etc, then I can make it look purty!

When I get up (late morning) its work on clevo time woohoo!

GTB 351 · 14-01-2013, 01:34 AM

Clevo porn -

Couldnt resist showing it off! More in the cleveland section.

GTB 351 · 20-01-2013, 04:22 PM

Had my car on display at Tyreright Woodville yesterday as they had Allan Moffat there for the opening. What a great bloke, he didnt stop meeting, greeting and autographing for nearly five hours. I had a long wait to wrestle him away for the following pic. They had a bouncy castle, free sausage sizzle, free icecreams and face painting, triple m was there etc. I think they were still surprised how many people turned up. Allan was booked from 10am to 2pm and was still going at 3pm; he said he would keep going til he got through everybody, twas a great day.

Sorry about the fat bloke in the pic

Xf85spac · 13-02-2013, 10:24 AM

This is one very nice coupe even in person I've seen it around the barossa were I live good build and great job
Thanks Chris

Claytopia · 09-05-2014, 04:54 PM

Hi

Nice coupe, sorry to bring up an old thread but what size rims and tyres are your running.

They look like 17 x 8's on the front, are they 17 x 10's on the back and what size rubber have you got on the back.

Cheers
Clayton

GTB 351 · 14-04-2015, 06:22 AM

Sorry that I haven't been around for so long, more updates soon.