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Oh man ..... if only you could find a turbo motor for this thing. It absolutely transforms them. It sounds like you have made midly lumpy screamer.... which will be a huge amount of fun.... I wonder if it'll feel lively like a GS to drive with a revvy motor
The turbo'd motors are all lazyness, torque .... and acceleration that is nothing like "big citroens" can usually do 
It will help, but wont be like my other car, the coupe goes pretty well, partly because of the balancing, cam and the fact that there is an electric water pump and fans amd mostly because of the loss of two doors.Oh man ..... if only you could find a turbo motor for this thing. It absolutely transforms them. It sounds like you have made midly lumpy screamer.... which will be a huge amount of fun.... I wonder if it'll feel lively like a GS to drive with a revvy motor
Looks wonderful. What a huge job. Alfa wheels?
Started putting the car together now, got to sort the roo bar out (the lower section to be shortened and painted the color of the car), more trimmings and the interior to make.
all in all I am happy with the way its progressing,
all in all I am happy with the way its progressing,
I really like that look. The early non pallas bumpers with no rubber, later flared front guards. The bonnet and bullbar look way nicer than I was thinking they would. That front clip should probably take a hit from small animals without to much damage too if the bullbar is bolted to it. The rear windows and removed wheel spats look much better than you would think if someone said to you "I'm going to do this" ...
What a rippa
What a rippa
Love what I can see of the front seats too. Wow....
Hi John
The person did a good job at a great price, going to make custom door trims and interior trim work at the back too.
Those are quite something. I'm looking forward to the final product, that's for sure! Thanks for posting and regards.
One guy here in WA modified his doors a bit and fitted Series II trims - worked well I thought. There's a set of fibreglass moulds out there of course, outers only if I recall.How did he sort out the door trimsThis is something we all need to know
Hi Shane and JohnHow did he sort out the door trims
The trims that John is talking about are on Greg's car, they are series II and go straight on but you need to change the window winder motors from memory. (see pics). He bought them from CX Basis.
Mine are the plastic backed ones, we stripped one door back but it will be too much to repair I think, so I am going to make mine from scratch and will incorporate two way speakers into them etc. I am not too worried about originality with this car, but would like to solve the problem too as we have plenty of other CX's with similar issues.
Will post them up as I make them.
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Correct, I was thinking of Greg's.
It occurred to me you might copy his bonnet modification! I don't know whether it improves ventilation or not but you might know?
It occurred to me you might copy his bonnet modification! I don't know whether it improves ventilation or not but you might know?
Scoops on the bonnet make no difference at all. I realised years ago what they are good for when i saw a CX parked in the snow in a picture ..... .
Those series II door trims look really nice with those trimmed inserts. Its probably the best fix.
It's really all about getting air OUT as a rule I guess. Same with radiators - you don't need huge openings in front but a nice low pressure area behind. I reckon the Vanwall showed that to perfection. Greg's elaborate bonnet takes cool air from further forward of the engine though, avoiding the pre-heater box and in a slightly higher air pressure zone!Scoops on the bonnet make no difference at all. I realised years ago what they are good for when i saw a CX parked in the snow in a picture ..... .
Those series II door trims look really nice with those trimmed inserts. Its probably the best fix.
An athermic windscreen would make the biggest difference of all IMO. The wagons are **much** cooler to travel in (well they are for passengers not sitting under that big windscreen either way
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