The start of the makeover

Now that the car has arrived, its time to get busy.

It needs a thorough going over to get it race ready.

Firstly a little about the car.

its a Holden Gemini. not sure of the year, but i think the model is the TX.
its got a 1.8L engine, that's been bored out to 2L.

The crank is over sized and is running a set of extractors. (they don't look like much but they will surely do the job.

The only thing that's missing is the carby. It didn't come with one, so i will have to buy a 350 Holley. This is the largest carby allowed for the class of racing.
That's next on the shopping list!





the list of work seems endless. In order to get it past scrutinering the following needs to be achieved

• Install new carby
  
• Replace racing harness (seat belts can only be up to 5 years old from the date of manufacture)


• Flush radiator and replace thermostat


• Paint exterior


• Add name and racing number to car


• purchase racing suit helmet and safety gear


• get the thing started and tested

Hopefully this wont take too long as I want to get a race in before the end of the season. Margaret River has its last meeting on 26th April and all thing going well, I should be ready to go.