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I called to schedule the inspection, and they had a cancellation for tomorrow, so I have been busting my rear to get it buttoned up.

Trunk sides and bottom


as she sits now:

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Best of luck to you. It looks great.

Cheers,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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Passed inspection, got the title and VIN paperwork in motion!

Just a little bit more red tape and she will be on the road!

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Congrats! The car looks great.

Yes, congratulations indeed.

Cheers,

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Damn! That front slip angle is way too large and the Ackerman is just a muddle.

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Finished the trunk

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Good job! Hope to see your car in person.
Gale

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Weighed the car using a bathroom scale, some 2x4s, and a 5' chunk of c-channel for a lever. Came out to 845 (52%) on the front, 780 (48%) on the rear, 1,625 lbs total.

Not sure how accurate it is, I will probably still end up going to the truck stop and use a certified scale at some point.

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Hi Lux
Great lookin' car, and legal too! Cool!
Congrats, Bro!

JD

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Sometimes, it really is better to be lucky than good. I tried finding information on the internet about connecting a GM style speedo to a Toyota transmission, or a Japanese transmission of any kind. I couldn't find any info at all, so I figured I would find out the hard way how to make it work, and if the drive ratio was anywhere close.

GM Speedos use a 5/8"-11 thread on the back with a 1/16" square drive, like the Speedway gauge set I am using:


The Toyota trans uses an M18 thread with a round drive and a crimped 'paddle' drive, which is common among other Japanese transmissions, including early Miatas:


The speedo cable for the 1979 Toyota Pickup donor utilized a square drive on the speedo end, but has a simple clip hook that hooked into a groove on the back of the speedo:


It turns out, that this hook setup will snap on to the 5/8"-11 thread of a GM speedo and the square drive will spin the speedo!!!


The icing on the cake: the speedo reading is within ~2mph of a cell-phone GPS speed reading!!! That's as good as a factory car!!!!

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300 miles on the car now and I have made a couple changes:

1. I replaced the glasspack muffler with a Jones turbo-tube muffler. The glasspack was way too loud for right next to my ear, and it sounded like a rice rocket over 4k which was the dealbreaker. The Jones is the same size and shape as the glass pack, so it didn't require a complete rework of the exhaust. I would recommend this muffler to anyone for a locost application.

2. When I was replacing the muffler, I welded in a fitting for an 02 sensor. I used an inexpensive unit with a bosch wide band O2 sensor and zip tied it to my brooklands temporarily. The wide-band is the ONLY way to tune a carburetor, and has made a huge difference in performance. I have a better chance of reading a crystal ball than reading plugs accurately for all RPM ranges which a lot of people think is good enough.

3. The one-piece hood is a giant air-trap and would cause the engine to run way too hot at speed. At idle, the engine would sit at 180 and then at 60+ it would hit 230. I pulled a dzus fastener on each side of the hood and stuffed a rolled up work glove in on each side to get it home, and the 1/2" gap the glove created dropped the engine 30 degrees. I cut some louvers out of a machine stand panel I had and bolted them to the hood to prevent future issues.

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I'll 2nd the the Jones muffler! Better then your typical glass-pack, plus they are avaliable in longer lengths and larger Diameters. I still ended up adding a baffle, in the tail pipe.

Great looking trunk

You might also want to look at adding ducting for the rad.
Dave W

Are these from Fenders N' More?.

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MGB/GT V8 5.0L. viewtopic.php?f=36&t=20782

The rear fenders are, yes. The fronts are from etrailer. Big difference in price.

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Can I ask what you paid for them? I assume their aluminum?

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