RACERAL - the way the Aussie dollar exchange rate has dived over the last couple of years really hurt me. In the time it took for the motor to be shipped from California to Australia, the exchange rate fell by 10%. That meant the amount of taxes and duties payable rose by the same amount. The government charge you based on the US exchange rate at the time of the parts arriving.....
M&M and 4RE, If you have a look at my photo gallery, you'll see my central dash layout. If I got the steering location wrong, at least the gauges look the same from the left or right hand side!
The steering wheel is a quick release unit - maybe I should mount a second steering column on the left side so that I don't feel out of place when I ship it to next year's Fling. Wilf's on the right track though - it looks fine just the way it is.
Wilf, put it this way - I was going to get Scott to lay the seat back a little further until we realised how high the scoop sat
It's funny - I think of it as a scoop, but where does the scoop finish and the bonnet start?!?!?
Karl and Steve - very funny!
Nobody told us that we shouldn't mix self raising flour with fiberglass resin....
Cal - The Mad Max Cobra - I like it. This supercharger is rotating all the time though. No Hollywood style "clutch-driven" blower for me!
Buzz - I'll know how it feels on a racetrack within the next week or two. There's a track about 20 minutes from home that you can pay $70- and have access to the track for half a day. We'll hopefully head out there and do a full and thorough systems check, play with suspension settings and generally run the diff and transmission gears in, bed in the brake pads and rotors, check the thermal and aero efficiency of radiator / intercooler / trans cooler etc, etc. All the things that would be impossible to do properly on a public street.
Erinie - Maybe slightly twisted, but in a nice way!
Craig