The Evolution of ORSMT - Page 3

Jeeepers · 05-01-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by scribr

paint the top of your "wog" cooler!

apart from that it looks awesome... er.. ORSM

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The painted rocker cover & pole position stuff looks brilliant IMO!

Thanks man. I actually have been planning to paint the whole intercooler in wrinkle finish black.

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Originally Posted by wikid_sticks

just read the whole thread mate. love your car. the engine bay looks awesome. also the new rims look mad!! great choice.

I saw these rims, and thought yeah! They do it. Thanks for your comments.

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Originally Posted by BLKPHN

wow kev another set of shoe's!!

What can I say mate? The FPV replica's are nice, but these kill them IMO. Was an unplanned upgrade.

Jeeepers · 05-01-2008, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by phoon

Your car just gets better and better evertime I see it Kev, great work. I look forward to seeing this year at the Gold Coast All Ford Day. If you are coming up as a sole entrant, you will be welcome to join in with The FPV&XR club of Qld display. We host the event, just let me know mate. Of course if you are coming with the ORSM club you will display with them, but the offer is there mate.

Cheers

Jeff

Thanks Jeff. Mate early days yet as far as numbers go. But as you say, if I come up solo I would be proud to display with your club.

Kev.

Jake F6 · 05-01-2008, 04:41 PM

Awesome car!

- I love the "no spoiler" look with the quad pipes at th rear!
- Engine bay is immaculate.
- I preferred the GT replicas (new ones are a bit too fussy).

Jeeepers · 05-01-2008, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jake XR6T

Awesome car!

- I love the "no spoiler" look with the quad pipes at th rear!
- Engine bay is immaculate.
- I preferred the GT replicas (new ones are a bit too fussy).

Thanks man... 2 outa 3 aint bad.

And yet I am the opposite. I thought the GT replicas always lacked something, other than 19". I guess I like detail, and they didn't have any. Added to which, the clear coat on the machined finish was starting to blemish.

vandrsxr6 · 06-01-2008, 02:32 PM

Damn you Kev, I noticed those rims about 3 months ago and thought they would look great on my T.

You can have 'em. Going to have to find something else now. Booooooooo

Jeeepers · 06-01-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by vandrsxr6

Damn you Kev, I noticed those rims about 3 months ago and thought they would look great on my T.

You can have 'em. Going to have to find something else now. Booooooooo

Ooops! :hihi:

ORSMT-6 · 06-01-2008, 05:29 PM

Looks very nice Kev, something different is always good. That car keeps getting better and better by the day,

Keep it up mate.

Jeeepers · 06-01-2008, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by PJ1974

Looks very nice Kev, something different is always good. That car keeps getting better and better by the day,

Keep it up mate.

Thanks Pete, I am ready as I'm gonna be for the next round of displays. There is always something else to do though...

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Mark^^ · 06-01-2008, 07:55 PM

What can I say Kev, its a dream car you have, one of the best.

WOLF · 06-01-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ORSMT

Thanks Pete, I am ready as I'm gonna be for the next round of displays. There is always something else to do though...

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Hey Kev, what happened to the old 19's you had on the car a while ago? from memory they looked alright

Redrum · 06-01-2008, 10:20 PM

Kev, they are nice looking wheels and I think it is an improvement putting a non Ford wheel on nice modded cars such as yours!!

vandrsxr6 · 07-01-2008, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ORSMT

Ooops! :hihi:

Haha, by the way they look I N C R E D I B L E.

Jeeepers · 07-01-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark^^

What can I say Kev, its a dream car you have, one of the best.

Thanks Mark. Mate, I don't know about dream car, but I am rather partial to it.

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Originally Posted by XR8Rob

Hey Kev, what happened to the old 19's you had on the car a while ago? from memory they looked alright

They were the D'Corsa rims mate, and they have been off the car for 14 months now. They were actually removed because of the hundreds of of little chips on the leading edge of each spoke. Another legacy of that eventfull day we both took part in.

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Originally Posted by Redrum

Kev, they are nice looking wheels and I think it is an improvement putting a non Ford wheel on nice modded cars such as yours!!

Thanks Jason, and I think the FPV replicas are becoming rather abundant. These are an 8.5" rim too, so a 265 on the rear next tyre change might be the go.

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Haha, by the way they look I N C R E D I B L E.

Sorry mate. You know I wouldn't have got 'em if I knew you wanted them.

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Jeeepers · 08-01-2008, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by scribr

paint the top of your "wog" cooler!

Done!! One wrinkle finish wog cooler outlet later.

rennie · 13-01-2008, 04:33 PM

thats an awesome ride. Good to see nice tidy setup like that.

Jeeepers · 13-01-2008, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rennie

thats an awesome ride. Good to see nice tidy setup like that.

Thanks rennie.

Just finished painting the rest of my cooler in wrinkle finish. The T has neen stealthed out a little.

The paint is still wet, but it will look the same as the shot in post 78.

XXRR-50 · 16-01-2008, 01:01 AM

Kev, love the new wheels mate, can't go wrong with the dish! They really suit the car and make it stand out even more! Well done!

Looks like I'll be following you with changing my wheels very soon...

Jeeepers · 16-01-2008, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by TOPGIA

Kev, love the new wheels mate, can't go wrong with the dish! They really suit the car and make it stand out even more! Well done!

Looks like I'll be following you with changing my wheels very soon...

I saw that Bud. Those Cobra rims will look fantastic on your ride mate. I reckon the 18's personally, but you choose mate. And thanks for the kind remarks Brother.

P.S. What the hell are we doing up at this hour?

XXRR-50 · 16-01-2008, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by ORSMT

I saw that Bud. Those Cobra rims will look fantastic on your ride mate. I reckon the 18's personally, but you choose mate. And thanks for the kind remarks Brother.

P.S. What the hell are we doing up at this hour?

Thanx mate, I'm leaning towards 18s as well, considering the car is a a daily and I'm driving a lot.

P.S. The day(or should I say night) has just started for me!

Jeeepers · 16-01-2008, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by TOPGIA

Thanx mate, I'm leaning towards 18s as well, considering the car is a a daily and I'm driving a lot.

P.S. The day(or should I say night) has just started for me!

Shhhh I'm on a sickie... By now I should be on my second last trip... LOL
But I have had a migrane for nearly 2 days now.... Not nice.

Jeeepers · 23-01-2008, 08:21 PM

Well after some fairly frustrating efforts, today I have a working FPV starter button. Tony (ORSM5LTR) and myself had look last night at fitting it, but we couldn't get the required wires out of the factory loom. Very frustrated, and defeated I decided to fit the switch today, regardless of the wiring status. So after having a look at the position of the real deal, I took some rough measurements.

The FPV switch in a Pursuit Ute.

Armed with that info, I went to work on the hole. The centre of the switch should 30mm from the edge of the dashpad and the top of the switch should approximately level with the top of the hazard switch. Mine ended up just slightly higher, but still came up ok. I used a compass (drawing type) and a hobby knife to etch the hole in outer dash. And a drill and round file to go through the backing plastic. A little rough, but effective. I'm no expert...

I then gently pushed the switch into place and removed the cluster to fit the fastening nut.

I then fed the switch wiring down to the steering column, and replaced the cluster.

Then I cheated. Having tried a few times and wasted hours to get the wires clear of the plugs, I went to a sound system fitter I know. Even he had trouble, but we won in the end.

A working FPV starter is now in the T. Woohoo.

RED FGII · 23-01-2008, 08:35 PM

hahaha, good work big kev.

think i might be the first E series with 1 ..................................

Jeeepers · 23-01-2008, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ORSM5LTR

hahaha, good work big kev.

think i might be the first E series with 1 ..................................

Go for it, wanna hand?

**MR_LON** · 23-01-2008, 09:08 PM

great stuff Kev, can you get the light in it to be blue??
the 'wog' cooler looks much better black

Jeeepers · 23-01-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MR_LON

can you get the light in it to be blue??

It wouldn't be easy mate, but I like the red. It's a nice contrast.

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Originally Posted by MR_LON

the 'wog' cooler looks much better black

Yeah, I agree. I have just been too slack to paint it.. LOL

JAKHMR · 23-01-2008, 09:33 PM

Fantastic job all around Kev...once again, very inspiring!

RED FGII · 23-01-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ORSMT

Go for it, wanna hand?

gotta get ron off my bonnet first man

Jeeepers · 23-01-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JAKHMR

Fantastic job all around Kev...once again, very inspiring!

Thanks Jack. I was begining to think it was a bad move for a while. My confidence was somewhat low.

DarkXr · 23-01-2008, 10:06 PM

Nice ride mate, I got barry at BPT to my starter button and its not easy even though I was only watching.

I assume the cooler was silver before like the typhoon, if so why did you want black. Just curious.

Jeeepers · 23-01-2008, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkXr

Nice ride mate, I got barry at BPT to my starter button and its not easy even though I was only watching.

Nightmare job IMO, glad it's done.

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Originally Posted by DarkXr

I assume the cooler was silver before like the typhoon, if so why did you want black. Just curious.

The pics earlier in the thread when it's on the dock show a very pronounced cooler, and pushed me to paint it like I always wanted to. Makes the front look cleaner, and stops alot of people peering back as they pass, and flooring it.. LOL