1981 244 GL High MPG - daughter's first car

[nedc]

Man, did I hate cleaning Coronas when I had them- tedious work to get in between those fins!

 

[fatcatbestcat]

foreskin farming

Did I miss the page where the Coronas got cleaned up? I used to hate on them because they're 14s but I'm thinking about burgling a set of them for my 144 when I get tired of the obliterated tires that are on it.

What was the deal? Powder coat again? How did you clean them up? Asking for you to do it for me a friend

 

[240 240]

Did I miss the page where the Coronas got cleaned up? I used to hate on them because they're 14s but I'm thinking about burgling a set of them for my 144 when I get tired of the obliterated tires that are on it.

What was the deal? Powder coat again? How did you clean them up? Asking for you to do it for me a friend

10 million psi Acid pressure washer and 2000 degrees oven

 

[Jack]

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Those pie plate center caps would always rattle on me and my friends cars. We would RTV them into place to stop that crap. The car would drive by and you could hear ching, ching, ching inside and outside the car.

Good stuff. Wheels look fantastic as does the whole car.

thank you
the wheels @vonheck sent me had rtv all over. If these are noisy I'll add some felt/foam tape

Gotta powdercoat the wheel wells

OMG just like the fronts the rear wheel wells will get a wash and 3m undercoating touchup where needed... when I do the rear suspension stuff

Man, did I hate cleaning Coronas when I had them- tedious work to get in between those fins!

I breifly had AAracki wheels on my 850, just as terrible. These being Powdercoated make it easy

Did I miss the page where the Coronas got cleaned up? I used to hate on them because they're 14s but I'm thinking about burgling a set of them for my 144 when I get tired of the obliterated tires that are on it.

What was the deal? Powder coat again? How did you clean them up? Asking for you to do it for me a friend

1981 244 GL High MPG - daughter's first car

Picked up this 1981 244 few years ago for a cheap. I saw it parked in Chico, left a note and got a call the next day, not really wanting another car. Woman said it had a charging issue, new alternator and battery just replaced. She was asking $800 but I talked her down to $550, she even got is...

turbobricks.com

first post, you even "liked it"

144 look great with steel wheels and white walls

blasted bare, smoothed the curbrash and powder coated. So far only few members on here got stuff coated by me ... I get messages all the time but it goes nowhere.

10 million psi Acid pressure washer and 2000 degrees oven

acid wash is how you flip them on ebay. b

 

[fatcatbestcat]

1981 244 GL High MPG - daughter's first car

Picked up this 1981 244 few years ago for a cheap. I saw it parked in Chico, left a note and got a call the next day, not really wanting another car. Woman said it had a charging issue, new alternator and battery just replaced. She was asking $800 but I talked her down to $550, she even got is...

turbobricks.com

first post, you even "liked it"

Let me fix that

144 look great with steel wheels and white walls

blasted bare, smoothed the curbrash and powder coated. So far only few members on here got stuff coated by me ... I get messages all the time but it goes nowhere.

The only thing I don't like about OEM wheels on the 140s is that they're too damn narrow and stuck too far inboard. Needs more tuck brah

Also I had a set of ronas for my first 144 that I never used so I need them for that nostalgia factory. I'd love to get you to powdercoat my whole car but it's not super time/cost effective for me to do that

 

[Jack]

Let me fix that

The only thing I don't like about OEM wheels on the 140s is that they're too damn narrow and stuck too far inboard. Needs more tuck brah

Also I had a set of ronas for my first 144 that I never used so I need them for that nostalgia factory. I'd love to get you to powdercoat my whole car but it's not super time/cost effective for me to do that

Narrow is good for tires, they’ll never wear out and makes speed limit turns feel like a downhill slalom

 

[fatcatbestcat]

Narrow is good for tires, they’ll never wear out and makes speed limit turns feel like a downhill slalom

Perhaps, but good tires in 14s are getting really hard to find. I'm considering doing 7/9 15" steelies if I can't get what I want in a 14.

 

[Jack]

Perhaps, but good tires in 14s are getting really hard to find. I'm considering doing 7/9 15" steelies if I can't get what I want in a 14.

240 14r wheels - whats the decent tire to get these days

looking for tires for coronas on daughters 81 244 185-70-14 whats the good deal these days?

turbobricks.com

if you're going steel 15s go with 1800 or 164 steelies

 

[Toybox]

So far only few members on here got stuff coated by me ... I get messages all the time but it goes nowhere.

And probably 10x as many of us have thought about messaging you for such help...

 

[JW240]

Appreciation post. Been reading the updates almost daily for the last couple of months, really great work. Attention to detail is second to none.

Does the cerakote work (as advertised) for reducing heat transfer? On my bike the header pipe is annoyingly hot and the turbo redblock I daily drive the heat in the engine bay is hotter than I like. Might be a good solution to reduce temps somewhat!

 

[Jack]

Appreciation post. Been reading the updates almost daily for the last couple of months, really great work. Attention to detail is second to none.

Does the cerakote work (as advertised) for reducing heat transfer? On my bike the header pipe is annoyingly hot and the turbo redblock I daily drive the heat in the engine bay is hotter than I like. Might be a good solution to reduce temps somewhat!

Thank you it’s been a fun project but taking too long

cerakote helps a lot with the temps. On my Amazon with a header it was really noticeable especially when I was adjusting the carbs. Seems like stuff cools off quicker too, you can touch the headers, turbo shield and exhaust manifolds within few min of the engine being shut off.

 

[240 240]

nice. now spark plug wires on turbo cars can last longer than 2 seconds before melting

 

[Fandango]

Just binge read the whole thread. Great work, keep it up.

 

[Jack]

Just binge read the whole thread. Great work, keep it up.

thank you, Im trying to get it done... wont make her 18th UGH

after a weekend trip to Desert Meet I got some work done today

installed Dave Barton wiring

shifter is all put togther

cleaned up the instrument cluster
tested all the bulbs

decided to give a try and paint the faded orange needles and "red zones"

before

masking it off

"red zone" turned out OK... if I had taken my time, got better masking tape and a scalpel I probably would have done slightly better.. I can hear my virgin model building self yelling at me for being lazy. Fuck you Jack it's good enough and will be hard to notice when installed in dash

this one is the worst - I globed on too much paint and didnt let it dry enough before pulling the tape

not bad from a distance

 

[Toybox]

Renewed orange needles make a huge difference, especially at night.

I'd love to know more about the rear wiper on your sedan.

 

[Mueller]

Great project here, super impressed that she'll be driving a manual gearbox!

 

[Jack]

Renewed orange needles make a huge difference, especially at night.

I'd love to know more about the rear wiper on your sedan.

it's for the rare volvo bided accessory

Great project here, super impressed that she'll be driving a manual gearbox!

Thanks Mike, good to see you on here

installed the cluster and did some cleaning

 

[302ftw?]

Not to be that guy but....all this work and you didn't replace the dash?!

 

[Jack]

Not to be that guy but....all this work and you didn't replace the dash?!

Do you not see the carpet

I do have an uncracked original tan and black dashes. These days it’s best to send it to www.justdashes.com

 

[302ftw?]

Do you not see the carpet

fixed.