life has gotten in the way of their boys

Maybe a lend of some enthusiasm might be all they need to get them motivated again...

Nothing like a meet / greet / cruise (in the wrong car) to re-kindle the fire...

Craig... My Boy will make yours look pristine... I'm still bringing it!!

Bright Green, North Melbourne... Can only be one car.... "The Holk" (Not Mine )

Hi Steggles54
There's info about the up-coming cruise and day out in the 'cruises' section of the forum...

Congratulations on the find.
If you can wangle the short notice, come along to the Classic Japan Show with us, and meet some other owners...

Good Call Peter.

Not too sure where Manny will be coming from, but Burwood seems more central to Ben & Louise (if they're coming), Kev & Gavin & Myself. Even not too far out of the way for Paride... As a meeting point.

There ya go... Wouldn't have picked that...

Yeah, Not fussed where/when we meet... Pick a place/time... All good.

Hi Dylan.
Please put up whatever the solution turns out to be... I'm sure others will be very interested.
Have you set up a build thread ? - May prove very interesting reading.

Hi Dylan.
The person you need to ask that question of is your engineering signatory.
Doesn't matter a cracker what we think. He's the guy that will sign off your conversion as legal...
What you propose sounds feasible, but I'm not an engineer...
Cheers

Agree with Brayden. Sounds like your earth lead from the motor back to the battery is non-existent or insulated somehow and the power is finding another route back to the battery via the throttle cable and the car body. There should be (at least) two earths attached to the motor - one from a bolt on...

I believe the Deawoo Matiz 800 cc engine is the F8C and yes, they have been put into MB's.
Brayden has an engine transplant comparison here:
http://www.teammightyboy.com/workshop/3 ... onversions
Cheers

Way to go Tammy! :thumbup2: Absolutely NOT enough girls vocal in this group. 4 - you say? - sounds like you have been bitten hard by the MB bug!... (pictures please) You don't say where you are, but if you're anywhere in the lower right-hand corner of mainland Australia, we do get together every now...

When you set the points gap, it's 0.45mm Standard spark-plug gap is 0.75mm Dwell is 60 +/- 2 (If you have a meter that'll do a 60-degree dwell....! Idle revs = 950 +/- 50 Timing @ Idle = 10 DBTDC Advance curve is: Idle (950) = 10 DBTDC Intermediate (2000) = 7 DBTDC Maximum (3000 +) = 14-18 DBTDC Par...

Wow Yeah. That sure makes a statement. I've seen plenty of show cars in similar shades, but rarely spotted anything on the road in anything close to that.