'75 99 Rally Car Restoration

[Luke]

Yep, we had a marathon weekend which resulted in a lot of things getting accomplished in preparation for Black River Stages in just 10 days!

Some of us stayed at the shop until about 5:30 in the morning trying to make some headway. I slept under a furniture blanket in back of the van. Fun times!

[Crazyswede]

things left to do:

mount codriver seat in position
install harnesses
connect rally computer
put wipers on
install door cards
mount inside door handles
hood pins
look over ignition wires, wiring, make sure everything is secure
triangles
jack/tools install
check spacing on skid plate
adjust front ride height on suspension
solve spongy brake issue
install any needed roll cage padding
order go pro camera mounts

I am sure I am missing something

[SwedeSport]

I had some concerns about the front springs. On the jack with the suspension at full droop, it kinda seems like the springs want to fall out of the car. Might not be a bad idea to put a limit strap on it.

[Luke]

things left to do:

mount codriver seat in position
install harnesses
connect rally computer
put wipers on
install door cards
mount inside door handles
hood pins
look over ignition wires, wiring, make sure everything is secure
triangles
jack/tools install
check spacing on skid plate
adjust front ride height on suspension
solve spongy brake issue
install any needed roll cage padding
order go pro camera mounts

I am sure I am missing something

A few more:

Mount/wire oil pressure gauge
Mount oil cooler
Wire radiator fan thermal switch
Weld in lower sill bars on cage
Setup PCV system/air oil separator
upper mount for dipstick
Point conversion in distributor
Mount rear probe for rally computer
label all switches
mount/wire codriver map light
mount/wire intercom
Set Toe, camber, caster
Fab front exhaust mount
Run wiring harness for rally lamps
Swap mounts for rally light rack from other car
mount upper shock reinforcement brackets
final mount rear windows with sealant
Plastic on rear trailing arms
Mount fresh wheels/tires

[saabfan9]

looks good!! hope shes ready for black river

[Crazyswede]

I think i need to come down friday

[Geoff]

It looks like Groo is doing upside-down pushups in Mongo's first picture above.

[Luke]

Well Seth came out again for the final push and we pretty much got the car where it needed to be - there are still lots of little odds and ends and we are waiting for a 2nd set of harness's to come but overall things are looking good for Black River Stages in just a few days!

We also did a full alignment and got the fresh tires mounted on the minilites.


The fully assembled engine bay:

[squaab99t]

Looks fantastic. Excellent preparation as usual.
How does that alignment tool work? Looks like sharks with frickin lasers on their heads.

[SwedeSport]

Holy Crap, I guess I should beg my boss for a day off this Friday.


I hope he lets me,... he's a DICK!


Looks Great, but I really iked the Soccerball wheels on this car.

[Luke]

Just a few shots to cap off this project thread....

[squaab99t]

Rockin. You guys look like you drove that out of a time capsule.

[Crazyswede]

That was the goal. We were running stock timing on stock points on 93 octane fuel. We are finding out that the engine was run prior with 105 octane race fuel and very advanced ignition. We also need to install a more powerful ignition. We had fun with the car as it is but it sounds like the engine can wake up a bit more

[DrewP]

Is the compression stock, what was done to it to take advantage of the 105?

Those photos are awesome.

[Luke]

Engine has forged high compression pistons, bored over to 91mm and head shaved to the max. I didn't build the engine but best guess is around 11:1 or so. Not that high but the 8V does not have very good chamber design, so good gas is needed... With the 8500 rpm cam, MSS race header and the side draft webers, the pull is fairly impressive though!