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  1. Very small next to the mk2
    7 points
  2. Jason managed to turn my "buck" (read: bucket and piece of wood) into a part that will hold the filter and funnel air towards the air box. the filter fits like a glove! Test fitted with some big hose: Gave it a wash and a paint. I didn't want to sand it too much because I hate fibreglass dust and don't have any masks at home, so it can stay rough . The setup has turned out good enough for now. I'll re-visit everything next time the engine comes out.
    7 points
  3. In a non Gyro related update, I picked up a mower from a local hoarder type character, think backyard full of mowers, weedeaters, pocket bikes, coin operated kiddy rides and just all sorts of assorted junk he's dragged home from who knows where. Anyway while haggling with him over the mower Aaron excited came up and asked about an old generator he'd spotted in the corner. So yeah he's found a Chinese generator with a 6.5hp Chonda engine on it, it's meant to run well but doesn't make electricity, we're trying to find out if the crank output shaft is the same on a generator as it is on a straight out stationary engine? If so for $30 he's got a 6.5hp to replace the 3.5hp on the death kart. Sharn
    6 points
  4. Bhg? Blocked radiator? faulty Gauge? Stuck thermostat? So much input!
    5 points
  5. Sold the Meisters when I sold the old car, all went into the home fund. This likely won't be modified, I'm just more interested in getting it mint and driving it. It's so good in stock form, does everything I could want it too.
    5 points
  6. sTRANGE bED FELLOWs.our cars couldn't be any more different! finished mounting the fuel line, ended up going under the throttle tube. mounted the coil on the cooler scoop, the extra weight makes the scoop flap about, might need a couple more screws to hold the scoop now fitted up the crusty old heater boxes, so I could button up the tins. valve covers will be painted dark grey at a later date.found these little RUBBER NIPPLES at pineline, that place has everything! these block the vacuum ports on the carbs, very handy for keeping you walrus protected also.test fitted the old bugpack zorst, fuck it's shite!!get in there ya wee bugger!! guess I'd better install the rear engine bay seal.ah yeah....
    5 points
  7. Continuing with the brakes I pulled the caliper and line off tonight, caliper was pretty well stuck, neither the slides nor the piston wanted to move.So yeah that required a bit more investigationDoesn't look too bad right?So how about after applying a bit of compressed air into the bleed nipple hole?Mmmmm tasty!Believe it or not I'd already given everything a good squirt of brake cleaner and a wipe down with a rag.Gave everything a damn good clean, used some 2000 paper to clean the bore and piston etc, seals were in remarkably decent condition so I lubed it up and reassembledAlso cleaned out the master cylinder and flushed the line, refitted it all and bled it up.Feels like it's working nicely now, decent pressure etc.The Dio line is way too short for the Gyro though, but I've got a brand new 1100mm braided SS line that was too long for the Let's, which should work out nicely!
    4 points
  8. More fiddly stuff while the car is away, I made up a batch of my re-manufactured / homegrown trim clips for the exterior door trims. Cut out a bunch of small pieces from thin stainless plate Drilled holes for the fasteners Shaped them all up Tapped a thread and installed the fastners 12 should be enough to replace the missing clips assuming I don't break any more re-installing the trims on the car.
    4 points
  9. I missed my old white 944. I really, reeeeaaaally missed that car. The cash from that helped us into our first Auckland home. But I always said I'd get into another once we got comfortable with the mortgage and sorted a few things out, and I squirrelled together a few bucks on the side where I could, helped out by my photojournalism moonlighting. Even though the last car was an 8 valve NA base spec car, I'd always wanted an S2. For those playing at home, the basic differences are a 2.5l SOHC vs 3.0l DOHC, slider calipers vs 4pot Brembos, better suspension and bigger ARB's on the S2 and a bunch of cosmetic differences. I'd been eyeing this particular car up for a few weeks on Trademe. It was priced high and I always thought, "I'll wait until it comes down a bit." I waited. It came down slightly, but not really enough. And there the price stayed. And stayed. And remained. In the end I thought, "bugger it I'll have a crack," so called the number on the listing and named my budget, asking if I was in the ball park. The answer came back affirmative. So from then I enlisted the help of a Porsche-savvy mate, Tony, to scoot down and check the car over for me. At this stage, it's worth mentioning the Carjam report came back fairly positive. The current owner, (in his 70's) had owned the car for 11 years travelling around 250km per year in it over that period. Yeah, 250km. So the car's km sat at a pretty-low-for-a-944 127,000km. Great start. When Tony first queried an inspection, he was denied on the grounds that it was raining, and the car never goes out in the rain. A positive, sort of I guess. The sign of a fastidious owner. Anyway, after an excruciating week followed by a weekend of waiting to have this thing inspected, Tony flicks me a text with "call me now, seen the car" after lunch on a Monday. The assessment was brief but positive. I'd sent through this massive Barry-spec checklist of things that commonly turn to custard on 944's, after the rollercoaster ride I'd experienced trying to sort the wheat from the chaff while buying the white one. Most of it passed muster - a few minor problems, but the car checked out soundly - well, more than soundly - and the summary was, "it's a fuckin' sweet car, you'll be hard pressed to find another one this good." Decision made. So I called up, negotiated a price and a deposit to hold the car for a few weeks while I awaited a quiet weekend to pick up was sent through the ether. Now - the car had some pretty gaudy stripes on it. Orange, with a PORSCHE font in the negative space as a cut vinyl stripe down each flank. Furthermore, it had a bright orange window strip across the top of the screen. This was never going to do, but I was assured it didn't appear to be too old, and the vinyl wasn't of great quality so confidence was high that it'd peel off easily. In fact, I'd already decided that it would be resigned to the bin before I'd breached the Christchurch city limits. So the pick-up weekend rolled around, George (@Esprit) and I boarded a plane and set off bound for the shaky city. The flight itself was pleasant, smooth and some great sights of the setting sun over the Canterbury plains as we descended - but it wasn't without trepidation, as I was about to commit the most money I have ever laid down on a car by some margin. Spending big sums of money isn't something that sits well with me, but hey, this was one of the dream machines so I probably shouldn't let the opportunity slip by. But believe me, I agonised, tried to rationalise my decision beyond "I want it because I have wanted one for years" and even suffered cold feet over the whole deal. Tony picked us up in his Mini Cooper something hatchwagon thing with one rear door that opens backwards and a supercharged whatsit in the front. Either way, it was quite compact and made cool whizzy-doorty noises from the front bit and went hard for what it was. We ended up at the doorstep of John, the then-owner of the 944 and his son Simon, who I dealt with through the Trademe classified. John was one of those super nice older blokes, with the utmost passion for his car. I made some cursory checks in the dim light with the aid of an LED torch, just to make sure I was going to go ahead with the sale as John proudly pointed out the hard-to-find bits that were still intact on the car, as well as detailing his maintenance schedule, and aversion to driving the car in the rain for the last 11 years of ownership. As I said, a guy with a legitimate infatuation for his pride and joy. As an added bonus, a wee zipped-up bag full of 944 specific books and memorabilia came as part of the deal, how cool is that?! Stepping inside to sign the paperwork the discussion turned to motorsport, and Porsches in general. I started to feel a little bad, as John's eyes were definitely tearing up at the prospect of his pride and joy being driven away, but then the excitement of finally being able to own what I deem the best of the 944 bunch finally had us saying our goodbyes, and soon enough we were crawling down the driveway in the dark. Then we had to turn back as I left my sunglasses behind. Because you know, it was dark and I'm a Corey Hart kinda guy. 15 minutes later, we drove into another internet-acquaintances shed (we will call him Terry the Italian car tragic) where a heat gun was supplied and the decals came off with minimal persuasion and zero damage to the underlying paint. Bonus. Dinner was served, yarns were had, beers were downed and before you know it, it was 6am the next morning and we'd crawled out of bed and poured ourselves into the 944's confines for the journey north. The trip was swift, but ultimately uneventful. Stops were limited to food and/or tea and coffee, aside from an overnight stay with @Bullitt in which George and I both managed to empty the fridge of any thirst quenching, fermented grain, hopped, fizzy beverages and I built a gigantor feed of nacho's for all present. More sharns followed and then we departed early in the morning, making a servo rendezvous with another couple of far north friends who were making the same journey back in a just-purchased EF8 Honda CR-X. How rad! Anyway, the rest of the trip was fairly unremarkable. You know. Standard North Island scenery. Farms. Mountain and tussock. More farms. Large body of fresh water. More farms. Even more farms. The odd passing lane. Some more farms and then traffic jams and rain. But hey, what a way to get to know a car, and also find out all of the little foibles that are going to make life an OCD hell for the next short while. For now, here's some shots of the car as we departed Christchurch in the early hours. I'll outlay some plans and discuss the experience, as well as all of the flaws this particular car has that I have already started to rectify. Thanks for reading my massive sharn! 1991 Porsche 944 S2-5 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-7 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-13 by Richard Opie, on Flickr TL;DR - bought a poor-man's Porsche and drove it from Christchurch to Auckland.
    3 points
  10. @ThePog here it is with V12 and 1UZ, endee up with 1KZ and big turbo but cant find pics of that
    3 points
  11. The brother of a guy I worked with has a Dyna 4x4 1KZ project on the go. Its actually a hilux chassis with double cab dyna body and wellside on it with a serious 1KZ. There was pics floating around last year of it when he dummy fit the Toyota V12 he has to the chassis for a laugh
    3 points
  12. You would have to ask Ky about that...............
    3 points
  13. In August I went to a festival style event called "Chrome Expression Session". Basically it is a massive car meet, with all sorts of activities, and the opportunity for many who would normally avoid the track to drive their precious street and show cars. The event was held at Hampton Downs. For one low entry fee for the whole weekend, anyone could participate in their choice of these events Circuit cruising - drive your mates around the track without helmets, casually race other drivers, see some cool cars playing. Gymkhana - practice drifting and donuts on the skidpan Drifting - proper drifting on the Club circuit Burnouts Drag racing Roll racing - a drag race from a rolling start Circuit racing - for race cars only Show & Shine / Hardpark - youth version of car show To the average track day junkie it might sound a bit boring, but if you're into modified street cars its great fun. I joined in the track cruising sessions and the gymkhana. The track was great fun, I treated it more like a speed event than a cruise event where traffic was clear! Before I go on that circuit again I should disable my 180 kph speed limiter! I was surprisingly terrible on the skid pad. Driving like a tool and attempting to throw the car sideways, on stock LSD and stock suspension with balanced rear grip, it was more of an understeer-oversteer party. Plus I didn't want to be brutal and grab the handbrake, or kick the clutch. The cars with stiff suspension and lock diffs on the other hand did some spectacular sliding. Here is a playlist of videos from me and others, starting from the Rotary Only cruise session at sunset. The lighting for this was amazing, and driving amongst some of New Zealands wildest street rotaries was an amazing experience. Mods and maintenance this month have been focused on the cooling system, with a pile of OEM bits ready to bolt in. I also removed the stickers from the sills. Pro tip - removing old stickers from paint using a feeler gauge is really easy!
    3 points
  14. Bit the bullet and tried out my sudo "paint booth" and first time painting a car, only practice was spraying my trailer so I was a bit worried it would be a water fall of runs and oranges. This is just the main body and the rear wide body jobbies. I still need to prep and paint the doors, hatch, bumpers, side skirts bonnet, guards etc. But I've got way less time to do this than I thought I had, so I wanted to at least get some paint on the body. It turned out pretty good! It'll need some fine wet sanding and a polish but I'll let it dry for a week or so. I don't know why but I find the door jams particularly satisfying. Weird. So I've confirmed I didn't waste my time and I can paint okay. Next time I'll try a metallic and see how hard I fail haha.
    3 points
  15. At work I've been replacing old parking signs which have been superceded by a new design. By the time I'm done I'll have 200-300 of them. They're all going to scrap. Since some people like old signs on their shed wall as decoration, I thought I'd offer them here. free, but you have to come get it. I can probably bring some to Hanmer for out of townerds. But if you're local you can come get your own. Condition ranges from mint to haggard as fuck.
    2 points
  16. Otaki for F'n C's might be idea @SEEN88? combo?
    2 points
  17. You'll fucking eat what you're given mate. so ribs.
    2 points
  18. I'll swing by after, text me your addy I should get to 1841 by 8 at the latest, could someone order ribs for me?
    2 points
  19. cv's are meant to be the weakest part of the factory front axle. but cant say i've had any experience myself, since swapped them out with stronger aftermarket ones before i even drove it. but other than that. yes you've pretty much covered it. i went with keep it light, fix any weak points and drive at 9000rpm option also 99% of the time i forget to use the locker anyway, even in old mates viral vid it was only 3wd
    2 points
  20. I would bet CVs will probably be ok if you have just a very small amount of mechanical sympathy and keep the wheels straightish when wanging over rocks at 9000rpm or ease back to 8000rpm if you have to saw at the wheel with it locked. Most of the bad rap stuff gets in 4x4 land is from people just being total mindless apes in 2000+kg steel duplo blocks. your truck must be pretty light by comparison so just be a small minded ape rather than completely mindless and it will be all good plus a bunch of bananas.
    2 points
  21. Forgot to take pics of the rhs sill going in Lot of work in the finishing bits,getting all lights going setting headlamps on beam setter Getting interior trim in Getting the ride height rite and longchamps on for good Had the boys @JBlades and @OldNathan pushing me along to get her woffed and reged In time to cruise up together to toyota festival Still haven't finished the lower front piece of lhs rear quarter Was a pleasant surprise to get re go $28 for 6 months Did finally finish 1 week before toyota fest so had time to do some ks to iron out any teething problems
    2 points
  22. Many of those old cars actually came with remote brake boosters fitted as standard.
    2 points
  23. I took 2x garbage phone photos before I pulled them off. As below 2017-08-16 08.27.30 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 2017-08-16 08.28.47 by Richard Opie, on Flickr
    2 points
  24. Stripped the China carb for a nosey earlier, can't find anything bad about it besides the enricher feels a little bit loose when fitting it to the carb, but it still seems to seal fine so it should be mint as. Thought some of you at least might be interested in having a look inside an NZ$20 carby And the $15 torque driver I don't know about any of you, but I'm actually rather impressed with both! Oh and I've still got a few surprises up my sleeve...
    2 points
  25. Turbo No# 3 Left - old turbo gtx2863r. Right - new turbo gtx2860r Gen II So new turbo is smaller, but later version, which on paper should flow the same. but spool better having a smaller compressor wheel. Yeah i hate that silicone elbow off the turbo too. but some diddle put a tower in the way. clutch is still broken. so no test run yet.
    2 points
  26. As I submitted that last post there was a knock at the door, another courier with a parcel from China this time New torque driver with both straight and curved slots and a 19mm variant of the stock carb, which at first look over is hard to tell its a fake, it's that well made!! Way bigger throat and slide than the stock Dio carb that's on there! Aliexpress FTW haha
    2 points
  27. So another package showed up from Japan this AM The one on the left, now what could that be? YAY CANDY! Now back to the Gyro, went out to the shed and the front fell off Then another went most of the way on!! AF35 Dio ZX front end fitted to an AF56 stem. Needs a little bit of trimming and maybe a gusset welded in under here, just so I can actually turn lol My stock bars aren't even close to fitting, need an AF35 speedo cable, brakes don't work but they might get away with just being bled as it all looks in good condition.
    2 points
  28. fan stuff.new oil cooler sealsso the fan housing could get bolted down now. thinking about mounting the coil here.on the top of the oil cooler scoop.
    2 points
  29. Hah, do you scoot the seat up? I couldn't fit in mine if the seat wasn't as far back as is possible.
    2 points
  30. Image via Facebook group & very little information Well aware this isnt my car but its very similar (Over-riders on bumper) can anyone work any magic & enhance / shed more details on the image? I have reposted it in the 1980's Street scenes group too so will update as more info surfaces (like rust)
    2 points
  31. You and me both! At this rate, you'll be finished before me. Haha.
    1 point
  32. holy smokes! I just clicked that the pics on the mags are not photoshopped, haha. well done.
    1 point
  33. alas my partner is working... but feel free to pop in before/after the meet for a visit/beer/puff
    1 point
  34. Plugs mate? I had same issue, was dickey spark plug.
    1 point
  35. Got the bobber running. But would only run on one cylinder until I took it for a blat and had it under load at high rpm and then it would kick on and off two cylinders. Will whip the carbs off again tomorrow before meet and see if she'll fire on all two properly. Fingers crossed
    1 point
  36. Is the XL small enough? If I have it registered before then I'll definitely bring it! I'd rather the CL, but I don't think I'll have that complete before then...
    1 point
  37. What is this? A girl who has good taste in cars and knows how to take care of them? Is she a witch?
    1 point
  38. last update for tonight gearbox filled with fresh oil taxi sign for hanmer meet pickups. 240k skyline steering wheel. os.Co.ng sticker
    1 point
  39. the doors off the parts car were heaps better so they went on. the green doors look a bit funny with the blue interior but meh no rust wins. deleted the mirror mounts off the drivers door too
    1 point
  40. Cheers for the link, they don't look too bad at all really, will keep them as an option for sure/buy them anyway cause I'm sure I'll find a use some time. The Stage6 I've got is a Pro/Replica, it was for a Minarelli but I had it cut and welded for my original Frankenstein AZ project. Nice pipe, high RPM powerband though and the real problem is I had it set up for a naked frame and now it fouls the Let's plastics a bit. I'm watching a full set up on Yahoo, with the little rack and the indicators and all, if it goes cheap enough I will get my bud to whack a sneaky bid on it. I'll likely end up with an LED lightbar tucked under the front deck too. Tipped the hydrochloric acid out of my pipe just before, flushed it out with the hose then managed to burn a bit more carbon out too Was just starting to cooch at that point, added a stream of compressed air and it really took off! Pipe is pretty much as clear as I can get it, obviously as soon as I can change to something better I will be! Result: Now time to keep tidying it up a bit and start on the bodywork, need to save a bit more $$ before I can really get stuck into it though as I need to get plastics shipped from Japan.
    1 point
  41. That's an interesting combo, I'm spotting AF35 Dio fork and wheel etc, Beat body (one would be cool for my spare engine...), looks to be possibly a Gyro S engine etc. Finally took mine for it's maiden voyage with the new engine, lets just say that while it could have gone worse it really could have gone a LOT better! So I hadn't test rode it since fitting the engine as the front plastics and lights are all off and I've been either working or it's been raining enough to put me off riding during daylight hours. Decided today was the day, fired her up, started first pop and sat there idling happily while I put put my helmet etc on. Hopped on and opened the gas, was bit spluttery but once the clutch engaged it mucked around gurgling a bit then took off (I fleetingly thought it was a bit rich on the idle circuit), it pulled fairly strong from about 5k right up to 45k and then took a few hundred meters to climb to a peak of 50k. I put the initial splutter down to over oiling due to the fact it has rather oil heavy premix in the tank + the pump delivering oil as well. All was going well, I was leaning side to side trying to get used to the much stiffer swingarm pivot (feels spring loaded now!) and then about 1.5k away from home it starts loosing speed and spluttering a bit at WOT, crap! Pull into the local BP and fill it with 95 and go in and pay and explain WTF it is I'm riding to the bemused chick on the till. Took a bit to start then was heavily either 4 stroking or missing right through the throttle range, max sped 30k and taking a long time to reach it! Pretty crap video of it, the second bit I'm holding it back with minimal resistance. As my first thought was fuelling I whipped the carb off and checked it was still clean, it was spotless, I still gave it a blast with cleaner and compressed air to be safe, swapped the 77mj to another 77mj I had just to rule out the slim chance it had been drilled or something. Made no difference. So next I started down the road of possible ignition/wiring issues. Since the CDI is still the stock 1983 issue it was my first point of investigation, took the cheap "racing" CDI I've got and added a plug from a chopped up Chinese loom so it plugs right in to the stock loom. Started fine with it, sounded a lot better at low RPM, max speed 20k and still a lot of spluttering. Next we pulled the cover and fan off to check out the pulse coil The rust was so bad the pick up on the flywheel was scraping the sensor when it passed! All the magnets and the coils had crusty rust built up too and something had made a nest in behind the coils, thinking about it there was chucks of something like the nest in the blocked exhaust too lol. Not perfect, but good enough for my uses. Again no change, other than the dry scraping noise I'd been trying to ignore is gone, might have started a split second faster too. Then I added a couple of plugs and tidied up the wiring a lot, it's still rough I know, but before there was a mess of bad connections and stuff like squashed female bullet connectors wedged into other female bullet connectors, only intended just to get it running No change, fuck it I'm done for today. Tiding up and since I had the socket in hand I pulled the plug, just cause As I first thought, pig rich! I'm now wondering if the enricher (choke) is actually turning off at all, or if it's just staying wide open and causing the 4 stroking etc, could explain why it's worse once it warms up too. Also, again just cause... That'll take some cutting and cleaver welding to squeeze in! Got talking with the tuning garage in Japan again, he's put me onto these Talking $400 just for the pipe and domestic shipping though, so closer to $500 delivered in NZ No thanks, I'm sure I can buy enough beer to convince a friendly welder to help out for less than that! Also package one from Japan should be in NZ tomorrow or Monday, package two is being tapped up ready to send in my bud's "scooter bedroom" in Japan right now, so 4 days for that...
    1 point
  42. The weird thing is that he had been told a total of what the build would be and had heaps of time to say no don't go ahead on the job. But they went ahead with it and then couple months later they hadn't heard anything back from him and he just became really hard to deal with. They ended up trying to sell it on trade me for 3k and had no luck at all. I said I'd give him 800 dollars they said no they had been offered 1000 for one door........ Vw people are crazy. I then emailed him going at 1500 and settled at 1800. So I don't know what he was upto. He still owes the vdub shop money for the work/sand blasting of the buss. Aiden and I have a funny feeling he lives in Australia now and just gave up on it. Also the side doors are huge. Don't fit in the boot of the wagon. So roof it was.
    1 point
  43. Could be your loose screw?
    1 point
  44. Managed to snap me accelerator cable coming over the Saddle Road tonight right at the tip just after passing a couple of slow pokes so I looked like a right chode coasting and pulling over and up onto a curb Bonnet up assess options and a helpy fellah pulls up and promptly gets stuck in the bog in front of me Think about the choke or kickdown cable.... Went with robbing the choke connection and a Brazilian zip ties we're good! Quick call to Graham Etkins and he's got a couple in stock for around $20 each! Zip into palmy a bingo, not quite what I need (didn't check till I got home but the man is the dude for parts Need a short motorbike cable with lead bit at each end for the setup I've got so should be able to get home and sort it tomorrow
    1 point
  45. Well, unproductive weekend. Have a new front bearing for gearbox, a new clutch fork on its way, and a new rear main seal Non of which have been fit yet unfortunantly Will make a stab at gearbox tomorrow. So yeah, looks something like this in the engine bay now
    1 point
  46. Home at last : I dunno how many miles I clocked up! Should do Clac's shortly since last Friday 27th DVK>AKL>Leadfoot>Whitianga x3>Napier>DVK Feb 8th Here's my last pic from Leadfoot, note they updated the Mobil 'livery' Car never missed a beat, used no water or oil that I could tell & a few of the other volunteers there also "used to have an Avenger once" half a tank of gas / 20L from Taupo via Napier to Dannevirke aint too bad i reckon edit : 1000 Miles or 1654km's round trip
    1 point
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