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Another option if you still have leaks, is from repco you can buy gasket making cardboard stuff. Fancy weetbix packet essentially, but might be worth a try if you're still having leaks. There are a few options, not sure if one in particular is better for coolant. https://www.repco.co.nz/parts-service/car-engine-parts/gaskets/permaseal-gasket-sheet-boj-500x500x1-5mm-mp0152/p/A1290061

Great effort getting this far man I'm super impressed at the progress in such a short time. Sucks about the license and logbook situation but there is always another event to go doorting at!

I hope kitty is doing OK now. Engine sounds mean. Take your time and just enjoy the process. There will be other drag days.

Engine sounds hektik man. One thing I learned in the last couple years is to just let yourself off the hook (aka forgive yourself but that sounds pretty lame) and restart the counter on whatever you're focusing on. Takes a weight off your shoulders and lets you spend the time to do things right.

Has been a crappy month in terms of getting car stuff done. Had the dog/cat/finger thing. (wow, that might sound bad out of context) Garage has still needed work. Ended up away for work for about a week in South Island (Which was great! Just not good for getting car finished) Then lingering flu bullshit that has been sapping my energy. Not gonna lie it sucks big time to miss OS drags again. But I guess I'm still on track towards the important part of the project (drawing graphs)

Engine sounds like its on track to make good v6 noises which is great news. Cant wait for the Blog about this and instagram posts "He put a hilux engine in his Corona, you should rage post below about how your gay engine is better"

Excited to see this run! Good luck mate.

See you all tomorrow. It has a tiny weep that evaporates before forming a drip..... it'll do im to scared to touch it, i resorted to double heatshrinking the bolt thread taping it to death and a fibre washer as its an 8mm bolt in a 10mm hole seems very dumb and floppy its another days problem ill still bring water though Just need to get some 100 octane and pack trailer and start to relax. I've got a tune with the rev limit mapped to 6400rpm and a decent amount of timing pulled so I can go maddog and up the boost to 12-15psi if I all the stars aline.

Just waiting for repco to open so I can grab a few supplies. Waterpump gasket delete partial success have small leak from one bolt that goes into Water so im going to fit a fibre washer and o rings and hope for best @zach_munce suggested just weld it together at this point im starting to consider it as an option. Anyway to distract myself I Fitted the Tein adjustable rear shocks @jakesae101 sent me originals have gone a bit flacid.

Well done on the efforts so far bro. Sometimes you gotta know when you're beat. If you want to feel good about yourself you can follow my progress. God I would love another AA63. One day.

Well, that sounds like a saga and a half! Always the way when you're working to a tight deadline, though I must admit I haven't had the whole 'bitten by a cat I was trying to help' thing happen to me specifically... Sounds good though. Sounds real good.

Probably smarter. I just took one look at the price of remanufactured master cylinders or my Mk1 and thought 'screw that for a game of soldiers'. Been thinking of trying to do a servo-into-twin-masters things somehow as that'd open up opportunities to do something similar with my SD1, but not got that sussed yet.

So taking the daily down the strip or pushing the carina? I'm sure they'd let you push it down last run of the day I'm glad cars are held to a safer standard but I do miss the days it was possible to get a wof sticker posted

Sorry to everyone that I have blue balled with this project! Over the period of god knows how long it's been so far without any cool stuff happening. I have not yet made good on my promise of doing zillions of rpm with a shitbox wrecker engine. In V6 variant at least. I've been putting in some solid hours to get things finished to try get to the drags. But tonight I've come to see I'm not going to make it. If it was just about getting the car finished enough, might be feasible with some long nights. However it turns out I need an MSNZ license as well as a log book in order to race without wof/reg. I've been going down this road over last few days to try organize it. I paid $70 to join a car club, which is a prerequisite to applying for a license. However it was then was going to be another ~140ish bucks for a license that might not arrive in time. So combined with some extra expenses to get car in a drivable state I'm probably looking at $7-800 I need to pull out of my ass in a hurry. My bank balance got fairly well emptied a week or two ago when the neighbors dog tried to eat our cat. Then the cat crunched my finger when I picked it up. So big vet bill for the cats injuries, and a week on antibiotics and a day or 2 with bandages for me. So as exhausting as it has been pushing hard to get this done. For now I just have a rest. But it's really close to being drivable. Since last post: -Firewall finished -Put crossmember and steering rack back in -fixed gearbox leak (loose bolt) -fixed engine oil leak -finished exhaust manifolds on both sides, down to a finished flange. So they can stay in for good while I make rest of the exhaust. -Got motor and box back in -TA63 booster fitted -Interior started going back in -Started on battery tray -ITBs properly fitted and bolted/sealed up -Exhaust manifolds on properly with gaskets etc, all bolted up properly -Some wiring stuff sorted -2nd wideband wired up -radiator back in -front of car back together -Motor fired up again! My collector flares out to 2.25" or 2.5" (cant remember) but then you can see down where the flange ends up, thats where it flares out to 3". So does this mean it's an F1 car now? haha. The last weld I did on this pipe was the one on the rear of the 3d printed part, and turned out quite nice compared to some earlier efforts. Also, although I'm no welding expert by any means. Holy shit, it feels like cheat mode being able to weld indoors. So much easier when you're not battling a mild breeze on the driveway. haha.

I found the dyno graph online so here you go.

I have paper but couldn't be assed after 4 attempts, the bloody gasket once it started to snug up would wrap around bolt and rip itself too pieces. So bugger it goo it is.

Think im back on track again also got that AWOL bolt out was just getting flung about inside of a drip shield bit of prodding it fell out fortunately shame I had 6 litres of new coolant in it and almost all of it came out. Better now than on way to track that would have been shit. Ok tomorrow fit the rear shocks.

Surely a real Barry would have popped down to Woolworths for some weetbix, and made a gasket from the box? I hope it holds for you it's been a bit of a journey.

I've given up on the gasket its fucked now anyway and special order from basically anywhere that sells such things so scraped the mating surfaces till they are shiny and am resorting to only grey gasket schmoo. It's on sitting properly and has bolts hand tight I'll nip up in morning and pray to the gods this chapter is closed.

Panel n paint progress… ooosh blocked right back, and into primer.

Of fucking course this has has turned in to a cluster fuck has been off 3 time and is still leaking from this flimsy fucking gasket that keeps falling out and getting jammed. Oh and now ive dropped a bolt which has found its way behind the harmonic balancer..... guess I'm calling in sick tomorrow.

Yeah that's them. I had them do the Minx MC and rear brake cyl.

Canterbury Brake and Clutch?

There is the brake cylinder/ MC etc rebuild place in Christchurch that will rebuild them in a couple of days. They do a good job and reasonably priced as well. Can't remember their name at the moment.

The 2ZR uses the 1ZZ header flange so I might see if I can get some factory MR2 headers. The car needs a WOF first though