73' GLS Mods...

[streetracer75]

I picked up this very cool 13" Spingalex dished wheel. I purchased the wheel sometime back but could never find a boss to fit an Avenger. Turns out they are the same as a MK1 Escort so not difficult to find. I think its a vast improvement over the stock original

Next week the car goes in to have custom S/S exhaust system fitted and original Rostyles are being sent off for banding.

[streetracer75]

The 1.75" Powerflow s/s exhaust is now fitted. Noticed a difference in power and response on the throttle immediately.

Next week I should get the wheels back refurbished from the forwarder and then its on to fiiting some of the other goodies I have acquired.

[lookas]

Mate, very good looking steering wheel, big like

[streetracer75]

I just picked up the set of Rostyles from the Refurbishers. I really lucked-in with this set as they are the 5.5J versions from a Cortina 1600E with the chrome centres and deep dish. I did a trade with a set of Dunlop D1's with a guy from another part of the country so was only expecting a standard steel set with the normal O/S

Have now dropped them off at the tyre dealer where they are being shod with a set of 185x 13 Toyo R888 Proxes. Will post more pics once fitted to the car and tracking done.

[streetracer75]

Now got around to fitting the flamethrower electronic ignition and coil. Hoping to coax a few extra HP?

[JoKer]

lol massiv

[streetracer75]

Got car back from paint shop last week, now with sweet matt black bonnet and back panel.

[streetracer75]

Front

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Back

[streetracer75]

Also got the Toyo R888 track tyres fitted. Wasn't sure about them at first but they sure are sticky and I think they work well with the dished Rostyles.

[avenga]

Man. That looks awesome. Love the black bonnet and the R888's

[streetracer75]

Today she's back in the shop having 2" 4-2-1 Ashley Manifold fitted ready for bike carb conversion at the end of the month. Told by Bogg Bros who carry out the conversions that it could be a first for an Avenger?

[streetracer75]

Bad news about the manifold. Fitted it to the car and it smoked like hell and burned most of the black paint off the manifold in minutes! It now looks terrible!
When I called the company who supplied it I couldn't believe when they told me the coating was just cosmetic and not a heat resistant coating? Does not make sense to me...Why bother to coat it at all, if its not in a heat resistant coating? Anyway it looked terrible with half the coating burned away so have bitten the bullet and sent it off for ceramic coating http://www.zircotec.com/page/home/1 very expensive but I figure it will be worth it when done and be even better than a stainless manifold which I did think about getting in the beginning. I will post pics when I get it back next week.

[JoKer]

golly gosh

weird, did you order it or did they? refund?

High Performance Coatings are the norm here in nz (high temp rating

[streetracer75]

It was an Ashley competition manifold so straight off the shelf. If you look on the forums there are a lot of mixed reviews and opinions about Ashley products, but at the end of the day they are just a no-frills mild steel after-market upgrade. For the money the manifold itself is quite good value for money, but I just cant understand why they would apply a normal paint coating to their manifolds knowing that it will simply burn away? In fact it would have been better if they didn't paint it at all.
Anyway Zirotech who are doing the ceramic coating for me guarantee it so I shouldn't have to worry about it in future and obviously there will be an heat transfer/reduction advantage. Only problem is the ceramic coating costs almost as much as the manifold itself.