1985 GK GSR Project

[GB_BB4C]

are there one or two wires on the sender unit. you may have them around the wrong way as one operates a fuel light. (well on the GH it does... dunno about GK). Also you dont have to drop the tank to get to the wires, the is a plate in the tire well the will just peel off and will give you access to them.

[81GH]

are there one or two wires on the sender unit. you may have them around the wrong way as one operates a fuel light. (well on the GH it does... dunno about GK). Also you dont have to drop the tank to get to the wires, the is a plate in the tire well the will just peel off and will give you access to them.

theres two wires...ok ill check it out, but before we put more fuel in the low fuel light did come on
so i dunno, will check tomoz

thanks

[81GH]

Ok sorted out the fuel sensor problem
thanks for helping out guys
looks like C_Fernance was right must of been a little bit of paint
left on the terminals of the sensor (even though cleaned before put back in), just loosened the nuts
for the tank enough to drop tank a little,
so could get my hands in there, so didnt have to fully
take tank out again, just ruffed up the terminals with some sandpaper
and now seems to be working again, yay , so now should get further on a tank
of fuel,now that the GSR has a fuel tank that doesn't leak lol

Oh and here are some better quality pics of the GSR
the ones earlier on in this topic took with my fone cam
and weren't very good.

[Undies91]

great work mate keep it up

givin me plenty of ideas for when i get a gsr which should be soon hopefully

[81GH]

dam you mark making me miss this car lol

sorry man, i reckon i should drive it back to vic and show u when
finally finish it, prob be awhile yet.
yeah i loving drivin it more and more,
ev time do something lil, seems to get better

[81GH]

great work mate keep it up

givin me plenty of ideas for when i get a gsr which should be soon hopefully

yeah, its fair tidy for age, im very happy with it.
wots ur GN like?

[Undies91]

my GN has efi conversion, K&N air intake and extractors
the only things really wrong with her atm is that there is a massive rust spot on the boot about the size of a 50c coin but i am gettin a GSR boot from Panda soonish , a few dents which give me the shits and the interior is a lil dodge but apart from that she is treatin me nicely.
i did find an imaculate GSR the other day but the guy wants $2850 for it and i don't have that molah and dad doesn't want me havin 2 cars at home :x so yer maybe one day ill find one and do her up

Cheers Undies91

[Undies91]

its in a car yard down Pt RD end of Tapleys hill RD

it is champeign gold and i don't think it has done 100,000km yet but don't quote me on that one
the car has sparkling pepperpots on her and interior is immac like the best i have seen.
the guy who has it was drivin it for a bit and the head went on it so its got a brand new head and a few hoses i think
he told me he brought it from a grandma so its been pretty well looked after.
the only things i can see wrong wif it is that the rear quarter on the driver side has been keyed and some1 has tried to paint over it with a different colour paint pen
and the dash has a small split in it near the clock so yea apart from that i thought it was a good car.

the car yard looks a bit dodgy tho he has a fair few older magnas and he said he had some scorpians out back but didn't show them to me he told me to look through the fence :x couldn't really see them tho but they are a bit dodge i think.

[81GH]

its in a car yard down Pt RD end of Tapleys hill RD

it is champeign gold and i don't think it has done 100,000km yet but don't quote me on that one
the car has sparkling pepperpots on her and interior is immac like the best i have seen.
the guy who has it was drivin it for a bit and the head went on it so its got a brand new head and a few hoses i think
he told me he brought it from a grandma so its been pretty well looked after.
the only things i can see wrong wif it is that the rear quarter on the driver side has been keyed and some1 has tried to paint over it with a different colour paint pen
and the dash has a small split in it near the clock so yea apart from that i thought it was a good car.

the car yard looks a bit dodgy tho he has a fair few older magnas and he said he had some scorpians out back but didn't show them to me he told me to look through the fence :x couldn't really see them tho but they are a bit dodge i think.

yeah i looked at that one
check the passenger door on the drivers side for memory,
completely rusted out hardcore along the bottom
$2850 he wanted to charge me 3g, mustn't liked the look of me lol
is he only gonna let u drive it if your gonna buy it?
tell him he's dreaming.....

yeah how much he say to u for the scorps?
i looked at em
look brand new under bonnet really low km's
but paint looks like hasn't been polished in 10yrs
and car's prob havnt been started for that long either and
prob been sitting in same spot also fr 10yrs as well

if i was u id wait for TUFSIG to have another GSR for sale
drive to vic and buy it lol

[Undies91]

he never said anything about the prices for the scorps but knowin him probably 2 grand or something.
yea i don't think that ill get it i will probably hold off on getting a GSR until i fix up my beast and got some dosh
i have some pics of the GSR if you want me to post them.
i think it'd make a very good parts car or rust free body (apart from the door.)
he tried to start the thing but she didn't start (dead battery he told me )


So TUFSIG wen u gettin another GSR and sellin it
coz i'd be interested if i got the cash!

Cheers Undies91

[81GH]

ill let you know mate
marc got one of my best ones ive owned appart from TUFSIG lol sorry marc
but i take care of my GSRs love em so you will know when i have another 1

yeah i love this GSR more than anything lol
although TUFSIG Is betta
but ill make mine good by the end i hope.

[81GH]

this weekend i thought id try something
no one has tryed before
i granny moded the GSR put a tissue box
on the parcel shelf.......... of course its klenex would i use anything else? ;)


Then i went one better and added a granny lucifer to compliment the floral klenex box


hahahaha what will i do next.............
seriously though
ordered a nice freaking lumpy crow cam,
get it early next week will take some snaps

although they said if wanted to go EFI
will be a bitch to tune up
oh well see what happens.

p.s why the fark do nannas put tissue boxes on the back shelf?
you cant reach it when ur drivin if u need to snot ev where
pity the lucifer is broken cant put it on there.

[carcycle]

its in a car yard down Pt RD end of Tapleys hill RD

it is champeign gold and i don't think it has done 100,000km yet but don't quote me on that one
the car has sparkling pepperpots on her and interior is immac like the best i have seen.
the guy who has it was drivin it for a bit and the head went on it so its got a brand new head and a few hoses i think
he told me he brought it from a grandma so its been pretty well looked after.
the only things i can see wrong wif it is that the rear quarter on the driver side has been keyed and some1 has tried to paint over it with a different colour paint pen
and the dash has a small split in it near the clock so yea apart from that i thought it was a good car.

the car yard looks a bit dodgy tho he has a fair few older magnas and he said he had some scorpians out back but didn't show them to me he told me to look through the fence :x couldn't really see them tho but they are a bit dodge i think.

yeah i looked at that one
check the passenger door on the drivers side for memory,
completely rusted out hardcore along the bottom
$2850 he wanted to charge me 3g, mustn't liked the look of me lol
is he only gonna let u drive it if your gonna buy it?
tell him he's dreaming.....

yeah how much he say to u for the scorps?
i looked at em
look brand new under bonnet really low km's
but paint looks like hasn't been polished in 10yrs
and car's prob havnt been started for that long either and
prob been sitting in same spot also fr 10yrs as well

if i was u id wait for TUFSIG to have another GSR for sale
drive to vic and buy it lol

Hey everyone havent been on in a while,

sorry about that undies, as soon as you left i realised the scorpions had been moved out of site! They belong to my brother (its my dads car yard) and he had them stored in the corner for ages but he moved them, i didnt realise!!

And i may be dreaming but liek ive said who everyone who has looked at it, its not there to be sold, its my own car and if someone wants to pay what i want then so be it... if not, no problems!

Do old magnas make a place look bad? hmm, i collect them, have plenty, particularly the elante and gt models... if youre interested you can look at them on our site carcyclewholesale.com and click on the magna museum page

But thats just one of my hobbies, ive been intending to go on one of the cruises but ama bit scared of having teh trade plate on the car on a sat night or whenever they are... when more cars go i will for sure, blend in then!

Alex.

[81GH]

got a call my cam was in
on wednesday
so today left work at 5 exactly
so could pic it up
here some pics.







gonna be awhile before can put in
but should be pretty good hopefully

[81GH]

its in a car yard down Pt RD end of Tapleys hill RD

it is champeign gold and i don't think it has done 100,000km yet but don't quote me on that one
the car has sparkling pepperpots on her and interior is immac like the best i have seen.
the guy who has it was drivin it for a bit and the head went on it so its got a brand new head and a few hoses i think
he told me he brought it from a grandma so its been pretty well looked after.
the only things i can see wrong wif it is that the rear quarter on the driver side has been keyed and some1 has tried to paint over it with a different colour paint pen
and the dash has a small split in it near the clock so yea apart from that i thought it was a good car.

the car yard looks a bit dodgy tho he has a fair few older magnas and he said he had some scorpians out back but didn't show them to me he told me to look through the fence :x couldn't really see them tho but they are a bit dodge i think.

yeah i looked at that one
check the passenger door on the drivers side for memory,
completely rusted out hardcore along the bottom
$2850 he wanted to charge me 3g, mustn't liked the look of me lol
is he only gonna let u drive it if your gonna buy it?
tell him he's dreaming.....

yeah how much he say to u for the scorps?
i looked at em
look brand new under bonnet really low km's
but paint looks like hasn't been polished in 10yrs
and car's prob havnt been started for that long either and
prob been sitting in same spot also fr 10yrs as well

if i was u id wait for TUFSIG to have another GSR for sale
drive to vic and buy it lol

Hey everyone havent been on in a while,

sorry about that undies, as soon as you left i realised the scorpions had been moved out of site! They belong to my brother (its my dads car yard) and he had them stored in the corner for ages but he moved them, i didnt realise!!

And i may be dreaming but liek ive said who everyone who has looked at it, its not there to be sold, its my own car and if someone wants to pay what i want then so be it... if not, no problems!

Do old magnas make a place look bad? hmm, i collect them, have plenty, particularly the elante and gt models... if youre interested you can look at them on our site carcyclewholesale.com and click on the magna museum page

But thats just one of my hobbies, ive been intending to go on one of the cruises but ama bit scared of having teh trade plate on the car on a sat night or whenever they are... when more cars go i will for sure, blend in then!

Alex.

yeah once again sorry
for seeming like im having a go
twice already my bad

i should shut my mouth

[81GH]

ok so finally go stuck into the front shocks
havnt finished yet but gonna clean up today
while it horrible rainin weather
hopefully will be better weather tomoz
so can get stuck into painting them

then get the the springs and shocker changed
during the week
and then whack back on car
can't wait to drive it with new suspension all around

better quality pic of vented disc
bit more rusty now


Driver side, can see how much the power steering was leaking before
it was reconned, still gotta give this beast a degreaser bath lol


how dirty and grimey they are




after bit of clean,

The drivers side one
has been rewelded at the bottom
which is something that i didnt want to find


will get it checked out though

them a bit cleaner, actually sanded all the pinky paint off
back to the metal but forgot to take a pic
them half done



Had time to spray the back of both of them



hopefully a nice sunny day tomoz so can finish painting and get the
new shocks and springs in

[81GH]

are you going to take them appart and paint the inners

i want to
but dad reckons to much mucking around

sunday was so annoyin
painted em up good
then it rained all over them
have to paint em again lame

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr i hate winter

[Undies91]

Its Spring now hope the weather improves!

[81GH]

Its Spring now hope the weather improves!

hahahah finally yeah sick of this winter shiteeeeeee lol
yeah hope it improves too aye lol

[81GH]

Ok so shocks and new springs in
one more coat of paint and prob put back in
thinking paint hubs too......

theres also some pins on top so when mount it
the struts back in
you know there the right way around
guy at pedders said cut em of
and spin top around 180 degrees
spose to give you better toe in
or something

i just hope makes front end feel better

this what the look like now


a comparison to the original springs a bit shorter ;)

[panda]

Spinning the top mounts around 180 degrees will give you 1.5 degrees of extra negative camber on each side. This will give you better 'turn in' on high speed corners, but may make your 'straight ahead' steering feel vague. Try it & decide for yourself, easily restored if you dont like it.

panda

[81GH]

yeah i took for a drive, think i like it like that
think ill leave like that

thanks guys

[81GH]

Ok so, finished painting friday
did hubs too

Whacked the struts back in today

rotated the top mounts 180 degrees like talking about above. just enuff clearance for the tyre.

Before:


After:


pic of opposite sides so confusing my bad
before was pointing to side guard now pointing to engine.

Measurements

Before:

After:

roughly about 35mm lower
Before:

After:

also changed fan belt , with a made in korea one (oh no snap lol.)
wanted a bosch one but wasn't listed sigh
Took for a drive and yeah feels alot better in front end now
i like i like ;)

but on a downer the freaking fuel gauge isn't working again, lame
have to use up all the fuel lol

next we're getting all cooling sytem stuff and heater
changing that, cos im on 2 weeks holidays from work
after next week so can get stuck into it more

dad has another head on order
so can get that done up and the cam put in
and still drive it till we ready to do the rest.
getting there slowly

[81GH]

also we were gonna change the power steering belt
does any one know how to loosen it so
we can take the belt off
without having to disturb to much as the power steering has been reconned
we tried loosenin some bolts one on top and bottom but still didnt seem to move

we thinking should be able to adjust like the fanbelt some how
because its so loose suprised it works at all.................

thanks

[81GH]

nice height at the front a bit lower then mine
might have to invest in some new springs after motor lol

yeah i didnt check with the front lip on but hope enuff clearance still
gonna have to get new ramps though
won't clear the ones we have now i think lol

[81GH]

if you scroll up a bit can see passenger side, side indicator has a big crack in it
we got one from wreckers awhile ago, better condition forgot bout it
but put it in today

the orange isnt as faded as the otherside but will do for now
have to keep an eye out for a good set

also raised the ass end of the spare GSR today, out of the dirt
so can take more off it

nice a sturdy lol, bush mechanics style.
nice big rust hole behind the plastic cover between taillights

also dropped couple radiators ans heater cores
off to be recorred this week
so took off the the surround around fan
and painted that up was nice and rusty and also the bonnet stand thingo


Early last week got another head to do up, but unfortunately wasn't an asstron2 had to take it back


hopefully they can find us an asstron 2 siggy head, if not a magna head

[81GH]

today continued taking stuff outta the spare GSR
all seats are out(should of done earlier now all mouldy lol), parcel shelf etc was gonna do more but started rainin again
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr





those rags could be ladies knickers

also found some treasures under back seat

$4.35 and found another dollar in there the other day so thats a total of 5.35 so far
and counting
also to the right a 25year old extra sugarfree gum
i do believe spearmint flavour ill will save that for a special occassion :?

my topic is getting really boring, hopefully exciting will happen soon
so don't make ev bod full asleep :?

[81GH]

today took the GSR to get few things checked out

compression test: (dont know what it should be???)

DRY WET
1 167psi 180psi
2 185psi 197psi
3 180psi 195psi
4 173psi 182psi

also got timing checked- ok

also got a flange joint put in at end of extractors so people can unbolt
it instead of cutting it everytime they have to do something to engine.
already had to cut it to recon power steering.

also got it dynoed just out of interest of what sort of power we start with



61.8kW (82.9Hp) at wheels, was expecting a bit less
spose ok for pretty much standard 24year old siggy.
look at those peppers spin lol

also picked up EFI stuff today

looms is all labbelled where everything goes
should make it alot easier ;)


so getting there slowly ;)

also roughly worked it out that does about 12.7L per 100km's (twice what my toyota gets roughly)
but guess it was the 80's, nobody cared about fuel economy then lol
but don't think thats right, have to work it out again

[Undies91]

Awsome work now to get the efi in before the next cruise!

cheers Undies91

[81GH]

Awsome work now to get the efi in before the next cruise!

cheers Undies91

yeah hoping so lol, when is it october?