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this is the billet supercharger manifold all finished. well, needs a bit of fettling here and there but as you can see its pretty much there. Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr Untitled by sheepers-ra28, on Flickr

You will still be cold. In fact its a well tested fact that the only way to be warm there is to stand in a circle around the fire and drop your trousers. True story.

3 years no update. I last drove this one year ago, to Hanmer knowing it had a leaking gasket. I pulled the head off the next weekend, one thing lead to another and a year went by. So, my head gasket had been leaking for some time and made a mess of the head and one bore. The block had been bored to +.090 to 4.000 inch and fitted with 351c stock sized pistons. I should probably have had it honed but hindsight is a wonderful thing. My E49 cam was worn out, valve springs soft and lifters rooted. New motor time. Blah blah 10.25 to one compression, new cam, sump baffle, oil pump brace etc etc. Put it all back together, oil pump air locked, luckily it was being turned over on the key with the plugs out. I still had to pull the push rods out again out of worry about the cam. Sorted that out more trials and tribulations ensued, nothing that some line towing, pulling the gearbox out a couple of times, and buying a new ignition system couldn't solve. It all came together today for the first decent drive in a year, I was very pleased. 245 head fitted with larger 265 valves. Decked block to push the compression up. Now the pistons come proud of the block at T.D.C. ARP Head stud kit and rod bolts. With an oil pump brace. New custom length pushrods, all the metal off the head and block meant my stock pushrods were too long. Sump baffle. All together and nearly all sorted. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?showtopic=28091

Lets all bring a mirror, if shgwag takes a selfie in your mirror you have to drink. If he posts it on facebook you have to finish your vessel.

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Now that you mention it's a 1.1 Auto with Vinyl roof I'm in! But seriously, I'm in provided I can still get a ride back with Slacker_Sam on Sunday?

Everyone should come! If anyone East or South would like to meet up we can meet at the Greenlane McDonalds carpark at 9.15 and we'll depart at 9:30 to meet the masses at Wairau Parts master.

Got the last of the goodies for the ute to display the OBDII on the screen, works successfully Have since tweaked up the items to display, now have a horsepower gauge which is a bit of a lol..

Discuss //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44865-dadams-73-ke26-discussion/?hl=ke26 Hi! After deciding that the old faithful 1200 wagon was way to far gone for me to attempt to save on my budget and skill level I decided to go pick up the next best thing, behold, the mighty ke26! Pick it up off a fellow oldschooler up in the 09 area, flew up, talked some shit, turned the key and drove back to wellington with zero dramas, so pretty much the best start you could wish for! Specs are that shes pretty much stock, will kinda. Has a big block 4k with a little head work, mild cam and Weber carb, which has around (at a guess) 10,000k on it from rebuild, 5 speed k50 box, 50mm blocks and lowered front springs with new shortened shocks. Shes no rocket ship but does go fairly well for a 4k. As it was when I got it.. Decided that I wasn't to keen on the 12's and white walls so decided to clean up some ssr star formula's I had in the garage. So out with a bunch of masking and a couple of tins of paint, a set of 165/50/14s and we're back in business. In the process also swaped it up from 4x110 to 4x114.3, so in went some ke30 front hubs and re-drilled rear axles.. Result Yea I know, need to lose another 40mm or so off height, but thats a story for another day...

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A couple of things to note. I Will be sending an email out to everyone with the finer details so keep an eye out. This is the same format as Nationals so you will need a few basics like a sleeping bag, towel, warm clothes, food and drink supplies etc Itinerary (Rough) Friday Arrive in the Afternoon/Evening Party until the early hours Saturday Catered Lunch around 12.30-1pm Pools in the afternoon/evening A drive up the molesworth road either first thing saturday morning or after lunch Party Saturday evening until the early hours Sunday Wake up/sober up, Smash down a steak and cheese pie and a blue powerade, then spew up pie and blue powerade, then clean up and go home

I've been meaning to return to this, hopefully will remember to not forget

I have a full blown erection in anticipation of meeting Danger. SO FUCKING READY

Finally got the colour on it. Came out ok for a rangi garage job. Looks better than it did so I'll take it. Managed to get the correct colour code which made matching the colour easy. Installed a few parts back on again. Started stripping down motor to tidy a few things up. Polished a few old alloy bits Starting on new brake lines this week.

#LikeaBoss Raised heaps of money for Breast Cancer Research at the wife's netball club on Saturday and went for a cruise through the local arts markets today. So many people stopped us for photos or to ask where I got it, many jealous dads

Aaaahhhh yep this has all been a kick in the balls haha. About 5 weeks off the road which isnt too bad I guess. Completed: -Diff set to one way, preload reduced, clutch friction reduced -Replaced axle wheel bearings -Reran the brake hard lines so its easier to get the calipers off -Fixed the issue of the discs pinching on the axles and not sitting straight -Fixed the issue with the Pinion gear having end float instead of preload on the bearings So there was actually a fair amount to do, I guess I'm glad I pulled it out and found these things rather than have them fail somehow later on. Good news is though... Diff's on it's way back in! I've got the housing mounted on the 4 links loosely at the moment, doing it with axles and everything else off has definitely made the job a lot easier. Fingers crossed that nothing leaks/breaks/whatever, hopefully the diff now turns the car better, not noisy under decel, and hand brake should work a bit better too. Cant wait!

Hey just putting this out there. If any one needs something taking down to hanmer from Wellington let me know. That includes anyone flying that might need sleeping gear or whatever moved. Pm if needed. Hearts Seedy al.

the beginning. 102x102 solid 6061 t6 alloy after the first roughing process after the first side finishing process all done on the new engine.... and again see supercharger! bottom of the supercharger mount.... this is my new engine, i hope to see about 300hp from this setup. fingers crossed.

I thought I had already posted this - but a search doesn't come up with anything.... so here goes Back in the 50s my old man and his brother both owned Indians. My old man settled down sold his Indian and bought a Austin A105, but my Uncle kept his as a farm bike on the the family farm in Makara. As kids - my sisters and I traveled all over the farm and the Makara coast on the back of that old Indian. It was last registered in 1974 - at about the same time a newish Yamaha CT175 Ag bike appeared on the scene. My Uncle died a couple of years back - and I couldnt bear seeing the family heirloom being sold off - so I ended up owning a 1942 Indian 741B I've been getting a few bits and pieces together over the last couple of years - and the plan is to try and get the old gal fired up this year. The main thing will be a new wiring loom and a new exhaust. The old tin can repair job might not pass a WOF I scored a new front pipe a few months ago off TradeMe This week I managed to source a Front Black Out Light - the correct Saddle and springs - and the complete Black Out rear light cluster The bike has the rear guard section not shown in the photos - but has a cut-down tail light

Hey guys and gals. Grinter and myself feel like dusting off the wagons this Sunday for a bit of a Wellington cruse. No plans as of yet as to a time or route but just looking to see if anybody else is keen for a lowkey drive and shit talk, maybe with a beer or two. Post interest here. *cruse is not limited to wagons, wagoneers or wagon related affiliates. Sedans, coupes, utes and vans are also welcome, soft tops however maybe shunned. Bring at owners risk*

Porirua hot rod show on Sunday if you want a destination

Finally i have my license back!!!! its been a very long six months and its great being on the road again .Got off work early today and decided it was finally time to get some tires on my momo's and get them on the car, Im so stoked on how they look, no rubbing or anything they fit like a dream. After i got the tires i gave her a well overdue wash to knock off the 6 months worth or dust grime and cobwebs

Removed the offending part from the lada today. Hopefully I can get the broken stud out and everything back in for Sunday.

Don't need a splitter if you hit it like a man. -edit- I can probably help whack it at some stage.

Sweepstakes for how long it takes for SHGWAG to bed Dane? ill put $5 on before midnight

If we played it like that, everyone would be white girl wasted before it even got dark............

Yes, that's usually what that means

to be honest it feels the same, although it's been a year since I drove it last so I've totally forgotten how it was. It's smoother up over 3000rpm and seems to rev freer above that point also.

Fuck yeah will be rad to convoy with you Alex. Will hace to also grad pie. As far as car work goes. Do need to get time to cut out inner wheel arches on crown. But. I did buy 8 cds of gross 90s style music for the trip today from the tip shop.

That would be the 130 one. I'm going to shoot out to dads in the morning and grab the val. I went out there for brekkie this morning. (He babysat my doooorter last night) his mrs was unimpressedface.jpeg when she learned he's lending me his car.

For sure, we're on lock for meet up, pies and cruise with your fine selves!

New Wof on the Torino, heater working good. Just have to get the red wall flappers fitted this week & will be away. I was hoping to meet Alex & Hannah in Wakefield like last time & cruise to Nelson lakes.....I'll also need to Stop for gas in Murch.

Cheers, happy with how it came out. The engine was a bargain really, but like most things european buying them is the cheap part, repairing or buying bits for them is where it gets expensive! Hopefully I can get this running without doing a rebuild for a while, when that time comes I will be doing the 2.3 crank swap and get some real hp out of it, well around the 200 mark at least. Sad part is that this car once had a genuine Vauxhall TC unit in it, but was was swiped for an HSR Chevette by previous owner. Apparently the Vauxhall head out performed the Lotus one too. Oh well, the weight saving should balance things out. This is the Vauxhall unit.

continued... Fixing it bit by bit wasn't really working so i bit the bullet in May this year and stripped it down and sent it to a panel shop to be fixed. (6 1/2 hours drive to drop it off) New wheels 1st - to get the body massaged to make them fit Dropped off at BigA's dads shop to get all fixed up. Nice to have 2 Celica liftback's together (BigA's RA25 in the background) Some of the work done - very pleased

Haven't really done much on this recently. I managed to purchase a rebuilt engine for it from Horse25, so have been tidying that up a bit and painting it before I get ready to plonk it in. Will probably tidy up and paint the engine bay at the same time as well as getting a new exhaust made up for it. Not entirely sure what my plan is for intake yet, got a Weber 32/36 and manifold off i500gt which I have (probably badly) rebuilt and will use to get things running at least. Still contemplating if I want to go down the bike carbs or sidedraught route in the future. If anyone has any opinions or suggestions feel free to let me know in the discussion.

lightning pipe goes in, care of friendly sparky also, check out the rainbow of rainforest within the container floors

Dude! You just clocked the two wheel section!

Well this thing is useful! after moving everything around I can even fit the honda inside, It was out in the pissing rain and I felt sorry for the old thing, had it for ten years now, so reliable. broke out the wire wheel to see whats what. rust is what it is! rusted from the inside out. this is what's left of the heater fitting that takes the heat up to the windscreen cut the bottom of the quarter panels off a bit of dirt and crap, mainly just surface rust. I'll make a new panel up to replace this most of these holes are old rust from before the shell was dipped, so all these areas you can't reach with a spray gun where bare steel. luck for me everything was caked in fish oil, so is pretty solid. I scrapped some of it off, it's like wax, but it has done it's job well.

you damn straight! down the sides too. cant wait to lay a 1 up it

screen capture freeware been busy again after work. got new wheels, pretty sweet 15x8s. the inner of the rim was a bit smaller than expected so my brake hat offsets are pretty wild but thats all good.

Few upgrades under way!

more half finished stuff. have been working on this for awhile, but cant finish till car is going

Valiant 6's are rumored to have more power potential than the v8s (up to a point of course)

so i have it spinning backwards and it works fine. so there! hahaha also only runnning 4psi. i need to make a smaller sc pulley for more boost. ma crank pully is as big as i can go. other option it to go turbo but it just sounds so fukn sweet sc!

well its all finished now so yea................... anyone got me sum cams for a zetec???? want more power