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  1. to save a click (and took me a bit to find it)
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  2. That is called a vac-u-pan system, been around since KY wore nappies. Relies on venturi effect in the exhaust to suck fumes into the exhaust, usually a drag car thing. Not sure how well it would work in a road car
    3 points
  3. They seem to know exactly how much is in your savings and then charge $10 more, CBC are much nicer to deal with.
    3 points
  4. Hey man, nice car. Just wanted to post here to question your sexual preference and to say that I too would like an M3.
    3 points
  5. Thanks man. Have now finished the manifold after hole sawing both sides/scrolls for the two wastegates and figuring out a position that would clear everything and still be able to access them to change the springs.
    3 points
  6. Guns N Roses in Auckland is the best ever reason to leave the city and go somewhere like Leadfoot tbh.
    3 points
  7. Good opportunity to get some airbrushing done maybe of a tiger or a scary skeleton playing poker with scantily clad ladys or some dollar signs or a muscley viking riding a dragon. You know what i mean, something classy.
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  8. Hey Guys, Has anyone had there brake booster rebuilt here in Chch? I'm trying to find a good guy that doesn't charge the earth.... It's for my 1983 Chev C10... Thanks in advance for your feedback! Cheers!! Scott
    2 points
  9. That was just one batch that were shit though, not all of them. The one in the rafters of my shed I bought in 1995 has been fine
    2 points
  10. Ellerslie car boot sale. I've also found all manner of ATFs and gear oils and parts cleaning fluid free to a good home. Is anyone interested in 70s/80s/90s match books?
    2 points
  11. Dude, massive respect for your fab skills!
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  12. If i was checking that it would be ok, not all modern engines have a vacuum operated pcv system, so a breather pipe into the air filter would be acceptable. Diesels are a good example, no vacuum means they dont have a PCV valve someone with a sense of humor has written in the definition section.... http://lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards/LVVTA_STD_Exhaust_Gas_Emissions.pdf
    2 points
  13. Done some things to the engine bay. Polished up a rocker cover, painted a couple things, changed the air filter to a K&N one and made a strut brace out of stainless steel and aluminium round bar. I think next up is to make some heater lines out of stainless steel tube, as having a working heater is kind of nice.
    2 points
  14. Dont stand in it though. You might get etchy feet.
    2 points
  15. 2016-08-22_03-55-20 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Chucked the wheels on, and adjusted the aprings to ensure a lower ride height with an increased spring rate. Also replaced stuff on Saturday, including: - rear main seal - rear main seal housing gasket - sump gasket - input shaft seal - full clutch kit No bolts left over.
    2 points
  16. Couldn't find any front brake rotors the correct size, the smallest I could find was 226mm diameter ones whereas I needed 205mm ones. So we made a pattern and got some cast and then machined. Installed them today along with new pads and wheels bearings
    2 points
  17. Hi everyone, I recently acquired the car of my dreams and Greg (64Valiant) has told me to share it with you. I'm pretty new to forums but here we go: She's a 1972 Datsun 240z in off-white/cream. The previous owner had her since 1976. The Z was driving around 20 or so years ago, but has been parked up in a garage with a cover since around 1995. He passed away four years ago and the family decided to sell it through the Z Club to find an enthusiast to bring her back to glory. Luckily, I was the first serious buyer and the rest is history. NZ new car 85000 original miles I'm the third owner Interior is near mint (no cracks in the dash and factory radio still installed) Minimal rust (no such thing as a no-rust 240 haha) She runs but clutch won't engage, so is probably fused to the flywheel which should be interesting. The rego has lapsed and I'm trying to keep the black plates naturally, so anyone familiar with this process please shout out! Currently assessing what needs doing for Re-vin and looking at options after that. I will keep her mostly stock, only changing the suspension to something a bit stiffer and throwing on some 15 or 16" Minilites or Watanabes a bit later on in the piece. She's a real darling so I'm not going to deflower her with flares or an Airdam. I've probably forgotten something else important but I'm sure you'll all point it out. Looking forward to chatting and meeting everyone. Thanks for reading, -Reubin First fresh air for 20 odd years! Discussion Thread
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  18. This thread is now discussion thread for Palmerston North OS meets.
    1 point
  19. I have seen a few threads about people getting wheels sand blasted, or paint strippered, or oven cleanered, or whatever. I have had some MA61 celica/supra wheels which looked like absolute trash, they look like they had been under the ocean for the last 30 years. I took them to powerstrip in Penrose, $230 for 4 wheels to be stripped completely clean and I'm fairly impressed. It took about a week because they need to soak in a tank for ages for the process to work. The surface finish is now something like 800 or 1000 grit sandpaper, they certainly dont come out shiny. Considering that these were caked with dirt, and painted, and stained, and whatever else. I think it has been a worthwhile process. As it would take many hours of sand blasting/degreasing/etc to acheive the same thing. Will report back to this thread when I get them polished etc. Previously: Now:
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  20. I've packed a box full of bits to sell cheaply/give away. 1970s car audio, Momo horn button, soldering iron etc.
    1 point
  21. Calling all regular attendees and new! Time to start thinking about this year's Highlands 101... Fri 11th thru Sun 13th November 2016 in Cromwell, Central Otago. This year Jonny/Kiwi808 has kindly volunteered his house, situated halfway between Cromwell and Wanaka, as a possible base of operations. Stay posted for more details to come. Last year we ended up doing a heap of exploring/sightseeing in addition to spending time at the track, which worked out pretty lush. Perhaps for 2016 we should check out Wanaka instead of Queenstown? In the meantime, post general event discussion and itinerary ideas here! Choice. ...where did you find that random Asian tourist?
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  22. Awww.... you make a few Allegros and Morris Marinas and you're tarred with the shit brush forever Hahahaha!
    1 point
  23. Cool trip/car/photos. I present you one of my thumbs.
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  24. Yes. We got it the first time.
    1 point
  25. Canterbury Brake & Clutch do good work, we use them for work and have never had any problems. I think its one of those things where other work shops say they can do it, send to CBC and then throw a small mark up on the job even though they did nothing.
    1 point
  26. As much as you like your carbs, if you supercharge it you should definitely go efi your life will just be better haha
    1 point
  27. Sadly the only way to successfully run a roller on the 'drive' (i.e. tension) side of a chain drive is to use a sprocket as an idler pulley. It will need to be running on an idler shaft with bearings. Love your project however, good to see a fellow convert of the electrolysis rust removal method.
    1 point
  28. I'm going to bring a colortune, timing light, some other meter thing that I dont know how to use.
    1 point
  29. The old bitch failed the warrant on rust in the sill, not too much work to sort it tho; Warrant man should be happy, I got a blob of weld in my ear, this made me unhappy.
    1 point
  30. We have a old-school Facebook page ?! I will also be attending
    1 point
  31. Still have silver coupe, getting stripped it out track car spec. Motor is half out waiting on light flywheel and clutch to fit up the ZF 5 speed. Still have another coupe that I need to wof and sell. Bought this on Sat. M3 Evo 6 speed. Love it, so fun to drive.
    1 point
  32. Got the roof paint finally finished this weekend. mrs a found this cool lace in an op shop a while ago, and ive wanted to use it on the car since Unfortunately the spray glue i used to stick the lace down was a bit too 'repositionable' and it didnt turn out as crisp or consistent as i would have liked. Lucky i have a massive roof rack to partly hide it! I swapped a visor with j.e.d. a while ago or a mustard one that it his HQ perect, but it was gloss black I so painted the upper side to match the of white roof, but the underside has a secret special glare reducing coating. Needs some trimming and a bracket before i can fit it (and a windscreen!). The boy and I put the doors on today as well as a few of the very many trims, and Ive just picked up the boxes of trims and random bits from the lockup, at least some of which that i have partially cleaned up to start mixing and matching with bits off the parts car. As you can they do look a bit 'bolted on' but hopefully the colour and shine will even out a bit more when I get around to waxing/polishing the doors and wet sand & buff the paint (you can see a few spots of putty on a couple of the bigger runs!) Car was runnning very rough, idling on 5 and missing etc, but I ixed it with on eor a combination of a - actual new spark plugs instead of carboned up 125 hand me downs, - the 'new' dizzy cap from the dizzy I got from Horopito and - some new spark plug leads - tighten alt belt - also tightened/changed a couple of hose clamps and stuff and shes seems to be running sweet as a nut again so hopefully leaks a bit less now too.
    1 point
  33. Since it seems like every other KP owner makes another improved set of adjustable coilovers, I thought I'd follow that tradition. Used some ae82 Corolla shock inserts this time, way shorter than the previous ones. Drilled off the brake hose mounts and dropped them 30mm lower as well, so the threaded sleeve could go lower. Picked up a pair of Recaro seats as well. So much nicer than the faded pink factory ones. Also so much better sitting lower. Need to do something to those belt buckles though! Coilovers can still be wound down 25mm (captive) or 35mm (non-captive) but was rubbing way too much. Back needs to come down an inch or so now.
    1 point
  34. yea, so it goes really well now. 14 pounds equates to about fuck all rpm so its interesting to drive. its got a LOT of pull from basically idle and it makes boost almost instantly. the joys of a small turbo i suppose. now to do some more Ks in it and see if anything wants to have a melt down. it would be nice if this is the end of things shitting themselves.
    1 point
  35. I'm unsure if I have the room in my shed for this?? JUST JOKES HAHAHAHaH!!!!
    1 point
  36. I didn't really need another car. I was pretty set to pass on owning it due to already having a moderate to large fleet of broken down shitters, impending surgery and another child being due in the coming months. With sitting for so long. it needed a bit of recommissioning work. due to not having alot of time at the moment due to some of the above things I was going to throw it under a tarp and forget about it for a few months. Dan (DPNS) - a mega GC was not overly keen on this happening. Since his project is currently on hold decided that he would take the lancer and get it running. this was relatively uneventful. the hardest part of it being that the fuel tank was blocked. I took it to the radiator shop to have it steam cleaned. Turned out it had rusted out inside and blocked the outlet from sitting with fuel in it for so long. It took a wee bit of messaging and calling people to find a tank. i eventually found one through a friend of a friend of a friend Dan installed it then drove it around to mine. next up I need to do a full oil/coolant etc service, replace the super crunchy rad hoses and attempt a wof.
    1 point
  37. Vantages are so practical. Used it to shift the boat this afternoon.
    1 point
  38. Boss life eh. was keen to make sweet yarns about shitty jobs that we all just love on a Friday. Till next time I guess.
    1 point
  39. This gunna look so swish behind my C10!
    1 point
  40. You do a good job of making yourself look like a knobjockey Fred...
    1 point
  41. Dave's guide to obsolescence, through the ages: 500BC: "grogogkgjgjgog" (Translation: "I dont even know how to speak, would you fancy that!") 100BC: "I dont even read books, would you fancy that!" 1850s: "There's no way I'm going near a blimp! That's Vampire Technology!" 1900s: "The only Electricity running to my house will be lightning, When God strikes me down for leering at Shakotom's Great Grandfather's Sister" 1920s: "I dont own a car, because its unnatural to travel faster than a Horse. The human brain just isnt designed to go 40kph" 1990s: "I dont even own a TV, because I'm quirky and cool and in touch with the real world instead!" 2000s: "I dont even have a cell phone, they cause radiation in your balls! Call me on the landline" 2005: "No email address for me, PCs cause cancer! Send me a fax!" 2007: "Modern cars have too much technology in them! That's why I drive a car from the 70s without my seatbelt on." 2010: "Broadband internet is too expensive, dial up is fast enough" 2015: "I dont have a facebook, why dont you just email my hotmail address or txt me on my Nokia? " 2020s: "I dont even have a brain stem connection to the brain-net! I still out here in the real world and on broadband internet on facebook! Haha I'm so quirky, isnt that neat!" 2030s: "Modern self driving electric cars are too complicated! What happened to the good old days of CAN-BUS, EFI and OBD2 when everything was simple and the average person could actually work on their own car?"
    1 point
  42. smack some widened steels that are about half the normal rolling diameter on it. oldschool.co.nz
    1 point
  43. Did a little photoshoot
    1 point
  44. Shit got a birthday, new studs and nuts all round;
    1 point
  45. Made some coilovers. Ended up getting MR2 inserts I think, they weren't really short enough and 5kg springs. I shortened the struts and TIG welded them up. Applied paint Test fitted and the springs were too hard, didn't go anywhere low enough unless I pulled out the keeper springs and wound the collars right down. De-sprung the rear to see how low it could go. Removed the bump stops as well Did some calculating and figured some 3kg springs would be better and shortened the insert shaft a bit. Bought some cheap evo camber plates and drew up some new top hats to get laser cut. Cut another coil off the rear springs and installed some shorted shocks, so this is how it sits now. Hopefully settles a bit lower. Bought another K50 shifter housing thanks to enzee. Shifts much smoother without the one that's been brazed and welded!
    1 point
  46. Now has a K50 in it, so no longer sits at ~3600rpm at 100kmh Also bought some struts to start cutting up for more low!
    1 point
  47. Put some 175/60/13 tires on. They make such a huge difference. Just needs lowering another couple of inches.
    1 point
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