Phil's AMC GTA

[PhilA]

Update, dash lighting

 

[PhilA]

More LED updates.

 

[Chris H]

LED tell tales are great mods, I improved the bike tenfold with them.

Help a lot especially in bright sunlight.

 

[PhilA]

LED tell tales are great mods, I improved the bike tenfold with them.

Help a lot especially in bright sunlight.

Yep. My main problem was trying to get ones that had a wide viewing angle, or make them have a wide viewing angle by sanding the ends partially opaque.

Efforts seem to have paid off though.

--Phil

 

[Chris H]

tbh i find in the displays the tell tales are cubed off so its not an issue for a wide angle, to light the cluster yeah.

Sanding them is a good way to spread it, if you score them you can make nice patterns.

you need a steam cleaner not just a pressure washer, the steam will kill all the bugs and their eggs.

thats what worries me abotu moving to places where everything is created just to kill you slowly and painfully.

 

[PhilA]

you need a steam cleaner not just a pressure washer, the steam will kill all the bugs and their eggs.

thats what worries me abotu moving to places where everything is created just to kill you slowly and painfully.

no, that just makes them mad

I rely upon spraying all under the car with bug spray. not sure what it does to the paint or metal but it sure as heck makes an impact.

Raid ant & roach spray is particularly effective...

--Phil

 

[PhilA]

Update, suspensions.

 

[PhilA]

Update, driveshafts.

 

[1987gtakid]

hey i have two gta's. ones my race car the other is the one im trying to bring back to life!!! msg me if you wanna swap parts?

 

[PhilA]

hey i have two gta's. ones my race car the other is the one im trying to bring back to life!!! msg me if you wanna swap parts?

Haven't got a whole lot to swap, but I'm on the lookout for body trim pieces, the bits that go behind the rear windows and the rear bodykit bits behind the rear wheels.

Those seem to fall off for a pastime

--Phil

 

[PhilA]

Update, fuel pump failure.

 

[PhilA]

New fuel pump and video of the car moving

 

[Chris H]

not far to go now

 

[Neal R19]

Yep, I'm dying to see a vid of this driving around

 

[PhilA]

There is a short video of it going up and down the driveway

re-link here:

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8cx2oM_6E"]YouTube - Renault GTA runs well now[/nomedia]

--Phil

 

[bbracer16valver]

leds look class im gonna give it a go when my hands out of cast

 

[PhilA]

leds look class im gonna give it a go when my hands out of cast

I improved the design- the resistors fit much further down into the metal bit, meaning the LED sits flush with the top- this is better because the LED's have a fairly narrow beam, and the further the LED is away (be it only a mm or so) means you get better even illumination.

--Phil

 

[PhilA]

New fuel pump's in, it's running again, badly

 

[Renault11]

Not sure if Volvo sold the 460/480 models in the US there would be a resource for 2.0 engine parts as the GTa was the mule for that development of the F engine I think.

 

[PhilA]

Not sure if Volvo sold the 460/480 models in the US there would be a resource for 2.0 engine parts as the GTa was the mule for that development of the F engine I think.

No, and the crank was a one-off. It's a proper mishmash of different parts, some of which fit, others don't.

Heck, even the fuel injection is a hash-up because it's a multipoint injection board set up for singlepoint work, with a bunch of the components just plain missing from the board.

The car is a bit of a beta-design...

--Phil