ajg193 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Car is all back together now. Runs nice and quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted May 15, 2014 Author Share Posted May 15, 2014 Just been wondering, what diff do the sprint models have and is there any way to tell them apart from the looks of the diff? There is no information on the chassis tag in the engine bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Future plans: Â - NO LOWERING - NO NEW WHEELS Â Â 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 I might give my wheels a polish, but yeah, trying to keep the car as factory as possible. My friends reckon I need knitting equipment on the parcel tray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 So I am beginning to think about planning the inevitable 4age swap into the starlet. Â I am thinking a 2nd generation bigport engine mounted to a 3A K-50 (is this a cable clutch box?) ith the KP tailhousing. Â Would this be pretty much just need different engine mounts made and driveshaft modifications? Â What sort of modifications would be required to the car to get a cert? I am not aiming for massive power and would like to be able to keep EFI if possible. Â I'm heading back up north in about 2 weeks and am going to look around to see if I can find some engine rebuilding places that would employ me over summer for my engineering practical work experience. Does anyone know of any such places around Pukekohe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfoot Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 One place that springs to mind is franklin cams. Were gc as a few years ago when i went in to enquire about a cam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berjjj Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 re: identifying diffs (late I know) check this link out http://www.club-k.co.nz/Forums/viewthread.php?tid=24477  If the 4age swap does happen, let me know if you would like to offload that 4k sitting in the hole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 Will do. What is a leak free 4K worth these days? Doesn't use any oil or water between changes. (Oil checked and recorded each day before driving). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berjjj Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Not sure to be honest, I recently scored a k50 + 3k for $220 (still keen btw).Nice 4k would be a couple hundred I suppose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 I got $250 for a primo 4K recently, the old motor out of my red car which ran like a champ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AE25 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 shiney! nice choice of P-plate too. quintins site has a bit of kp61 4age info. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~quibel/Starlet2a.htm can buy kp-4ag mounts on trademe. efi can be the biggest headache if you're not clued with electrickery. plenty online guides for wiring 4age's so google is your friend. Can get away with a brake pad upgrade for cert but can easily cook them when hacking around a track. K50 and std diff wont last forever if thrashing it around all the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 This low enough for you buggers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Christchurch to Auckland and it used half a litre of oil in a 31 year old 4K? Consider yourself winning my man.  Another explanation is when was the last time you changed the oil? If you haven't changed it for a while or only been puttering around the suburbs for the last couple of months then the oil could have retained some contaminants like fuel and possibly even some water.  Getting the oil nice and hot and driving it for 8-10 odd hours constantly will gently simmer the oil up to 100 odd degrees and the water and fuel will slowly evaporate through the breathers and consequently your oil level will drop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Just saw you are using 10W-40, personally I feel that is pretty thin oil for an old 4K.  Probably flung a bit out the breather and rear main seal.  15W-40 should really be the lightest oil you should go for in my opinion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted November 13, 2014 Author Share Posted November 13, 2014 Can't see any blue smoke coming out so I'm guessing you're probably right about the fuel contaminating it and then boiling off. (Did about 1500 km of pure stop-start city driving since oil change). Â I need to sleep. :/ On the road for like 18 hour, 2 hours of sleep and then milked the cows and then spent all day getting rejected from every workshop I could find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulr76 Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Hi, Â Indeed your car is in pristine condition, keep it alive. I live in Karachi, Pakistan, here we have Starlet in limited numbers but now auto enthusiastic are working hard to restore KP60s. I am also working on my father's KP61 1984, I am facing difficultly in getting parts i.e Tail light, Front Grill, Head Light frames etc, anyway............ Â Good luck to you and kp. Â Regards, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chees- Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Just gonna point out, wof is from date of issue not like rego. Also slam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chees- Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Hurr fuckin durr, admin plz delete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Last wof said 22nd as expiry but was actually 24th.if you go two weeks early they shove the two weeks on so it would have the same expiry date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 So new sticker says 22nd of Oct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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