The '80 XR-7...

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The '80 XR-7...

Reply #225 – September 18, 2007, 08:20:16 PM

at least you remembered now. i wouldnt have known.

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Reply #226 – September 19, 2007, 09:13:09 AM

Well I picked up a cheap Steeda clutch quadrant, so the only piece missing from the puzzle is a shift boot and and a couple quarts of Redline MTL for the SROD.

I should be able to have the trans in place this evening.

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Reply #227 – September 19, 2007, 09:52:45 AM

Nice going Chuck!

I vote for a 3.0/3.2 V6 SHO. It really is a great motor, just stuck in a $#itty car with an even $#ittier trans. Rev'd like crazy!

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Reply #228 – September 19, 2007, 11:48:26 AM

Quote from: Chuck W;177137

Also I have lines on a couple sources for body parts, but neither has panned out fully yet.

What are you looking for? Once in awhile a Box Fox Bird or Cat shows up in the yards by me. However most of the sheet metal is, uh, snowbeltized:hick:

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Reply #229 – September 19, 2007, 07:46:14 PM

Well the trans is in place.

I may need another starter, I think I recall the manual ones being different from the auto ones. I'll just do a cross on a couple applications and see.

Time to cut a hole in the floor now for the shifter :hick:

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Reply #230 – September 19, 2007, 07:52:29 PM

No should be the same. Only the truck 5 speed used a different starter.

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Reply #231 – September 20, 2007, 04:27:43 AM

usually manual starters have a longer snout and the mounting surface area is ****just slightly**** larger than an auto starter.

typically a standard starter wont fit into the hole on an auto flex plate.

I took the standard starter nose off my starter and hunted around different yards till i found a flex plate the standard shift starter nose would go in. They seem to be very rare in my neck of the woods.

on the starter, just replace the bendix.,, cheaper.,,unless you got a bad ring gear to.

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Reply #232 – September 22, 2007, 04:47:36 PM

Well the I went ahead and removed the column shift hardware and cut the floor for the shifter.

The clutch cable is in and waiting for the quadrant to show up.

I need to take care of the neutral safety switch bypass and connect the back-up light switch, but that is no biggie.

I also yanked the cruise control out from under the hood (since I'm not using it on this car.

The next project is to get the Y-pipe sorted and back in the car and fill the trans and button everything up.

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Reply #233 – September 22, 2007, 08:04:00 PM

awesome work!!

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Reply #234 – September 22, 2007, 10:42:14 PM

Is there any difference(besides being older) between that dash and the 83-85 dashes? It looks very similar.
Brian

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Reply #235 – September 22, 2007, 10:48:30 PM

its way boxier.

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Reply #236 – September 23, 2007, 03:42:25 AM

Quote from: atariman;177908

Is there any difference(besides being older) between that dash and the 83-84 dashes? It looks very similar.
Brian

It's all pretty different. There is no "padded" portion, like the lower is on the later ones and the dash pad itself is "tiered". I have an 83-84TC cluster in there at the moment, but that is also different than the 80-82 one. This car also has a full center console, I just have it removed for the moment.

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Reply #237 – September 23, 2007, 09:00:02 AM

I spy CRX seats.

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Reply #238 – September 23, 2007, 11:20:54 AM

Quote from: BCA;177969

I spy CRX seats.

Yes you do. Both sets of my Recaros need recovered and I have these, so I'm going to use them for the time being. They are LIGHT! I was surprised at how little they weigh.

I'll have to fab up adapter brackets, but that's a no-brainer.

I'll also need to chop down that shifter a bit. I could shift from the back seat with that thing. :hick:

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Reply #239 – September 23, 2007, 02:53:46 PM

The interior is RED:D

I like it. You should restore the interior and exterior to stock. It would look so kick ass.