LTD3V-8

by **SLY5LT** » June 18th, 2011, 5:07 am

a couple more pic's from the meet.....

by **SLY5LT** » February 4th, 2012, 11:32 pm : **LUXO_8 Likes this post**

SLY5LT wrote:this car will stay as a LTD, not a XR-8 wannabe
NO hood scoop's or over the top stuff,
it'll just be plain...simple...clean, & all going to plan enough poke under the bonnet to keep a few guy's on the hwy honest

hmmmm ...how time's change :lol:

i've still got that "old school" bug in me & have put another reverse cowl scool on the cruiser

and once again...i'm not 100% happy with what i got (to be expected from phat custom kits, did'nt listen to what i wanted) :roll:

i got it back late friday arvo, and when driving back home got EVERYONE'S attention (being a black car with a white'sh bonnet)

so called into supa cheap for some flat black paint, did a quick job to make it blend in before heading out last night, the "export paint" did'nt help time wise...because of the 10mm spray width & a bit of wind blowing. :glare:

anyway, here is how it is at the minute....(still alot of prep work to be done before paint).

i'm also looking at getting the back part of the scoop extended, to go back more like the one i had on the NL 'lane (round 1) ?

by **[D1SCNT]** » February 4th, 2012, 11:41 pm

yer if they had gone all the way back it would have looked more at home.

i think you should swap the LTD wheels for the stockies tho. those wheels and that scoop clash IMO. but it could just be the picture's not doing it any justice.

by **SLY5LT** » February 4th, 2012, 11:48 pm

steelie's will be back on this week....i'm over getting the centre cap's stolen :evil:

i'm thinking covo pro's (still getting info on fitment) for drag day's & cruising, still have'nt seen any modern rim's i like that are in my budget :roll:

by **[D1SCNT]** » February 4th, 2012, 11:53 pm

SLY5LT wrote:steelie's will be back on this week....i'm over getting the centre cap's stolen
i'm thinking covo pro's (still getting info on fitment) for drag day's & cruising, still have'nt seen any modern rim's i like that are in my budget

lol fucking cap snatcher's. i recon now you got the scoop the LTDs just dont work on it any more

also i was going to suggest going a set of convo's aswell.

At the end of the day, this'll be going quicker to suit the look

by **XR_Lightning** » February 5th, 2012, 7:18 pm

scoop looks sick man! me & Damo only noticed it when you were leaving Narre on Friday nite

by **SnyperEB** » February 5th, 2012, 7:35 pm

Will look good once it's colour matched!!

by **SLO4LT** » February 5th, 2012, 8:17 pm

Yeah as damo said definitely looks tuff mate!

by **SLY5LT** » February 5th, 2012, 11:07 pm

Cheers guy's :good:

Still alot to do to it yet $$$$$ :lol:

****UPDATE****

it's now got a LSD with 3.73's, i got a few months back from james "Parfrey" and got it installed soon after.
i also scored another auto (mine was shagged) from gill "needforspeed" and had that put in thursday, it's good to have 1st gear back :grin:

over the past few weeks i've also got some rim's (7 in total) very cheap, there DODGE "NITRO" std 20" rim's.
got some tyre's fitted friday and slapped them on with finger's crossed the offset would be ok :beg:

they fitted with no drama at all....and have'nt any scubbing problems etc !!!!

the test fit with the std dodge tyre (245/50/20)......

now with (245/30/20's) fitted.......

it's almost time to get the bonnet painted and a general outside tidy up.

by **Bob Lablaw** » August 26th, 2012, 6:34 am

very cool, love the look

by **EFFalcon** » August 26th, 2012, 8:03 am

wow... didnt realise they were nitro wheels.
suit it awesome.

by **SLY5LT** » August 26th, 2012, 9:09 am

cheers bob :grin:

i'm still looking at "convo pro's" for cruise/drag day's :cool:

john, i thought you would've seen these on F-B for sale thread's ?
while these are'nt those being sold on there, it put the thought into my mind..... and grabbed a few at a good price on ebay & through a mate of KENNAY

by **nothin suss** » August 26th, 2012, 12:30 pm

Looks great. Even looks a bit American now.

by **SLY5LT** » August 27th, 2012, 3:03 am

Cheers, i can live with that :grin:

by **DJV8T5** » August 27th, 2012, 8:43 am

Those wheels really suit the car. Looks mint.

by **Ef_frmnt** » August 27th, 2012, 8:49 am

That looks f*cking awesome.. nothing better than a pimped out LWB cruiser

by **braad** » August 27th, 2012, 10:23 am

That looks so gangsta it's cool. First pic I thought they may been short a term option, but they look awesome

by **get_an_ea_today** » August 27th, 2012, 6:48 pm

I'm jealous! It looks freaking awesome!!!

by **icachn** » August 27th, 2012, 7:34 pm

love the dodge nitro 20 factory wheels, they really look neat and classy. didnt actually know they were post au ford offset pattern as well.

by **Parfrey** » August 27th, 2012, 8:45 pm

New wheels are looking good, the rear looks like it wants a 20mm spacer to fill out the guard a bit

Good to hear the diff is going well too!

by **[D1SCNT]** » August 27th, 2012, 9:38 pm

wheels looks tits steve. i like

by **SLY5LT** » August 28th, 2012, 1:04 am

thanks for your input guy's.
I hope to get upto heathcote in a couple of weeks time to see what time's it'll do now ?

by **SLO4LT** » September 1st, 2012, 11:41 am

Hell yeah looks dope with those wheels Steve!! Nice!! :thumbsup:

What times you hoping for?

by **SLY5LT** » September 1st, 2012, 12:06 pm

SLO4LT wrote:Hell yeah looks dope with those wheels Steve!! Nice!!
What times you hoping for?

They look better up close :grin:

The car feels alot better off the mark (still have'nt pushed it) but having 1st gear again will do that

Anything better than the current P-B will be good, i'm thinking - a couple of tenths ?

by **SLO4LT** » September 3rd, 2012, 8:27 am

Well all the best when you do go for it!!

btw need to see the wheels up close now

by **BROCKYB8** » September 3rd, 2012, 9:16 am

Awesome work SLYSLT .
Love the wheels really suit it .
Cant wait to here the new time

by **SLY5LT** » September 4th, 2012, 2:24 am

Cheers brockybait

I should be able to give you a run in GMTEZA now that it's been down graded :grin:

by **OMY-747** » September 4th, 2012, 7:01 am

Love the car mate. New wheels suit it awesome and stand out without being in your face, made a good choice with them :good:

Also I reckon it'd look tuff on convo's to

by **SLY5LT** » September 4th, 2012, 7:30 am

OMY-747 wrote:Love the car mate. New wheels suit it awesome and stand out without being in your face, made a good choice with them Also I reckon it'd look tuff on convo's to

cheers, i'm still looking at convo's for drag day's etc.

by **SLY5LT** » September 16th, 2012, 11:56 pm

ok...... i stopped by a local spot for a quick pic on my way to heathcote raceway today, thinking i was going eat up my previous PB.

well....... i ended up looking like..... ummmmmm.....

i did a couple of run's on the 20's to start off....with 14.7's the result (my PB'S 14.48) :roll:

chucked the 16's on & got a best of 14.5.... still short of the mark :banghead:

i did have prob's with axle tramp & ignition (plug's/coil's?) at low rpm , but have also come to the conclusion that the new diff.....
what i thought was a 3.73 diff is more than likely a 3.45 and very sloppy :lol:

as the rpm at 100kph is only 2000, and the std 3.23 is around 1750...and my old 3.9's were around 2450.
oh well, on the the next step of the build :clapping:

by **icachn** » September 17th, 2012, 8:48 am

hhaaa love the shark grafiti mural backdrop pic, good idea!

by **Parfrey** » September 17th, 2012, 1:14 pm

Sucks to hear that about the diff mate.. but doing the calculations it seems like it is 3.73??

(1750/3.23)X 3.73 = 2020rpm @100kmh

What were your 60' times on your pb and this time?

by **SLY5LT** » September 17th, 2012, 2:18 pm

2.22 on my pb & 2.30 at the w/end...just .06 between them in the overall et.... go figure :write:

a couple of 2.25's was the best 60' for the meet, but overall the top end mph was down and axle tramp & ignition (plug's or coil's ?) at low rpm was a factor :this:

i did 6 run's all up (could've done 60) as there were'nt many there... but did'nt think it was worth doing anymore.
it's all good mate, just another baby step to where i want to be :good:

by **Parfrey** » September 17th, 2012, 3:36 pm

Mph can be down due to the diff ratio as well..

Seems like if your 60' was as good as the pb you would have smashed the 14.48 ;-)

Once you get it sorted it'll be a bit better!

by **SLY5LT** » September 17th, 2012, 4:08 pm

lol... a bit better yes....... but it's no G6ET :lol:

thing's will be back on track soon, and although time slip's are good....it's a daily/cruiser at the end of the day.

by **SLY5LT** » September 22nd, 2012, 3:11 am

a couple of snap's from the test & tune at heathcote.

as good as is going to get in it's current state.... (apart from a final quick clean in the morning)...for the cruise today :drinks2:

by **icachn** » October 28th, 2012, 1:36 am

looks immaculate!

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