Metalhead96

Dunno if its come up before but i read on the lvv fb page that someone said that guard rolling is no longer legal in regards to wof? Reason being that it "structually affects the vehicle body" and thus is now a cert issue?

Wheels aquired, from a suzuki fr50 but are a 90% fit. The best bit though? Freeeebie...Zip, Zero, Naadaa Need to de spring the front and get the whole bike as low as poss, might be able to scrape the leg sheild on turns (doubt it) Also removed the motor, its well cooked so if anyone wants it for whatever reason its yours for a crisp high five Anywho heres some pickys

Ive been hunting around for a while now but cant seem to find anywhere that can supply them. Mostly found either 13s or 15s but no 14s. Wondering if its even worth "re-rimming" over banding/widening

New digs, same shit Getting a bit fatigued of the old girl. Being putting off certain jobs due to time constraints and possible skill issue. Decided best course of action is screw the rust, I need to drive this Acquired a second g200w off @CUL8R in much better condition. Need to spin some broken bolts out and give it a good clean down, after I'll buy the needed gaskets and assemble then drop in the hole. Can atleast start the motor in the car before sorting the gearbox. Speaking of gearbox have one lined up ready to be pulled just outside of Amberley, just waiting on the right time to go out and grab it plus find some pocket change in the couch cushions. Anyway here's some photos for the thread

Have removed the rear wheel, drive hub is still stuck on the swing arm so will need some persuasive action to remove. Front wheel will be next, hoping atleast the speedo cable is saveable as the brake cable has well and truly turned to crust. After that the engine will come out and I'll pop the head off, see if it's worth my time. Might have a line on a v50 donk to slap in otherwise will look for a pw80 power house

De-clutterised some of this turd Actually looks a lot better already Lots of crispy bits still falling off it Cut up a fence paling for my seat base Need some baleing wire to patch up the leg sheild

*potentially Already sussed a front wheel, once rear is acquired I can atleast roll it round. the bro is gonna take the motor to his as he is bored and wants to have a play, dunno if it's saveable though but can't hurt to try

Piazza Planet round here atm Mate of mine has a sister car at mine while he's overseas

Update time Dug into the twincam donk and all is looking... okay? Car it came out of had been parked up for about 20 years and going off the head gasket I pulled off I can see why. Completely blew out number 1 and number 2 and 4 were not far behind. Checking over the block, head and pistons etc it doesnt look like its done any damage which is good. Cliff bond has a gasket kit on shelf (un-bloody-believable) and various seals etc, coolant galleries need a serious clean out though as they are full of shmutz. Seems alright though so onwards we go. Loom is in place too and as far as I can tell I may not need to do any surgery to make it work. Have confirmed that i need a diesel rodeo/bighorn bellhousing from a c190 or c223 to work with my gearbox. Picked up a random panhard bar today to make fit as mine was bent like a banana and to be honest pretty skinny. Latest goal is I want this on the road by my birthday. At this stage its pretty obtainable if all goes to plan. chairs

Righto, anyone here done spray mig before? Specifically on a lap weld Got my machine dialled in and goes great for doing butt, fillet/tee join but lap weld is difficult. Main problem I'm having is the top of the weld is always undercut 6mm plate, 1.2mm wire, 29.5 volts and 180 amps. Have tried changing positions, moving the gun around and tried doing a root weld first then going over top. Still have the same problem. Any helpful tips n tricks? Not something I can see myself having to do in future as its only really used for think metal but is the last hurdle I have atm at course

Picked up some waffles too

Well hit a snag in the road but its not all bad news. After not being able to attend nats the next closest deadline was to have this going for my mates wedding, plan being to get the g200z back together and atleast running, needing a couple of things on the head tidied up so drop it off at the machine shop. 2 days late the phone rings "yeah mate, heads fucked, bent by about 1mm" faaaaaaark, no more wedding cruising. So now the twincam swap can commence Knowing what i needed to clean up the motor I set about making a list and getting some pricing together, found all the bits im needing aside from needing a MSG 5 speed bellhousing with the starter on the passenger side, plenty of options there so no dramas. Then comes the fun bit... Wiring With the G200W I also snagged the entire loom except for what runs to the back of the car plus the ECU, digi dash and the control box for it. Needed to take the dash out anyway so whipped it out and somewhat laid the new loom in place closely to the old loom in the car. Man If looking at one loom is daunting two is even worse. Going through I found a few things that didnt match up. One being that the plugs to connect the front half of the loom to the rear doesnt match what in the car, the pods either side of the dash cluster have a couple of different plugs too but this could be from the donor vehicle having cruise control which I wont be needing, wiper motor mounted differently so will need to extend that part to reach. Have started pulling the old loom out and labeling as I go, once out i can play the fun game of matching up what is correct and what needs changing, fingers crossed I can de-pin the plugs I need to change and swap them over. I managed to get myself an early workshop manual complete with full diagrams to help with some of the problems. Other than the the rust has been put on hold as the goal is to atleast drive this to my new place then worry about the rust once there.

Sweet as, just kept buzzing me out cause every other one I could find had some sort of retainer clip to hold it in place

This is out of the bosses capri, guessing there is ment to be a clip of some description to hold the bearing carrier to the fork but can't find for the life of me a pic online of this setup. Any ideas or old Ford boffins know what they are looking at? It's a early 70's Mk1 3.0l essex

Graffiti sticker on the back window is essential Did they make modgies in 6 stud? Edit: just saw the OG. Very noice

Best methods to removing a windscreen? Mate needs his pulled so we can fix the rust around the screen but no one will come do it unless he makes a claim.

Fitzee is a damn good lad. Can also recommend Make It Custom

Twin cam time

Man where you keep finding these goodies? Nice one

Current plan was to put my old motor back in has it "kinda ran" good and only premix. Only to find my rear wheel doesn't fit the old motor, different axle spline Bollocks So need the original wheel relaced as its as straight as a safety pin and has a broken spoke Also need to tidy up wiring and replace exhaust gasket Then pesting time again

May I present the pinnacle in speed 'n' aeromatics Bow down before the Power that is... THE FA50!!! *crowd cheers* Syds 2021 fail Syds 2022 fail Just to much powaaaa

Update time Not too much hasn't happened lately. After sorting out a parts car I'd been gather bits n pieces I needed. Got the dash cluster tidy with unbroken plastics and a couple things that were missing, but now I've got something even better for this. Twincam g200w and digi dash! So the plan was my mate had bought the parts car and was taking the motor etc and said anything I need to just take what I need. Grabbed misc parts, trims and also all the rust cuts I need which I now have. Since he's going overseas next year he won't have the time anymore to complete the swap and is tossing up selling his piazza to help fund the trip but only if he can get what he would like for the car. Chatting with him we made a deal and I've now acquired everything to make the swap happen. All engine accessories, wiring, control boxes etc plus the rear garnish and badging to turn mine from a XL spec car to a XE. Stoked!!! The only thing I need to find now is the right size bellhousing/front section of the gearbox. My single cam box will work except the starter is on the drivers side and there is no room for how the block is shaped to fit it. Isuzu used the same box architecture across a multitude of vehicles (box in question being a MSG). Trolling through old forum posts and Facebook pages I've narrowed down that either a 4ZD1 2.3l from a tf rodeo shares the same gearbox but with the starter on the side I need, apparently c190 and c223 non turbo diesels are the same but no concrete info to back this up. Local pick a part has what looks like a 4zd1 tf rodeo atm so will try get down and drop the gearbox out for a look. 150 bucks there for a 2wd rwd box so I could just pick the whole thing up and cut my losses if its wrong. If I'm jammy I may be able to use my current loom to make it work for now and do the digi dash swap later. Will see how it all looks later on as the garage is choka full and can barely work on anything with all the crap around

Some good throwback rigs there. Savage - Swing will be bumping hard. Licence plate rattling in the distance