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  1. Still remember stopping somewhere with @kicker in his cedric, and asking him what that hissing sound was, thinking it was a coolant leak. Got a response along the lines of: "Oh, that, its just fuel dripping onto the exhaust, it stops after a while"
    4 points
  2. Play Taylor Swift non stop, in memory of Sparky.
    4 points
  3. Finished the vacuum tank and idle control solenoid. This will run the MAP sensor and remote brake booster Created a bracket for the throttle cable Milled the manifold a bit to get the vacuum hoses on. Some more wiring. Ignitors and MAP sensor Continued building the loom
    3 points
  4. Remove the cracked extractor section. It's pretty fucked, I'm very close to just building some flows for it, but I don't need another side project distracting from getting it certed. So I'll just weld them up as is, they'll probably fail again, but hopefully that will be after cert and I can then make something nice for it.
    3 points
  5. Man, this is wild. And yeah, will probably wait until a bit closer to warn these places, because east cape.
    3 points
  6. Rust found has been minimal as expected. Behind rear arches, in the rear dog-leg and the bottom of the front quarter panels. Would have spread over time so good to get it chopped out anyhow. Found out she has been in a bit of a crash probably back in the 70's since the rear left panel on it was bonded with lead joins (proper OS). Doesn't bother me since the repair has stood the test of time very well.
    3 points
  7. Welded up that pipe today, it welded like absolute shit. 100% temporary. also got another photo from trackday, i absolutly love this pic. Running with my brother in his XX Celica
    2 points
  8. trying to find the small extinguishers that we used to have on our dirt bikes for trail rides atm. might pay to keep one with me as i own a vespa thing will probably blow up into flames any second
    2 points
  9. Non-crossflow lyfe. It's amazing how much fuel you can tip onto hot headers without the whole show burning down
    2 points
  10. My speakers arrived. Never realised they have an SD card slot. Will try loop the "THUNDER" part of Thunderstruck on repeat for 10 hours and just play that I reckon. Should be able to mount them pretty nicely. Using the same bars as these, less the indicators.
    2 points
  11. I've always battled with idle hunting a bit, even when its dialled in nicely it would always fluctuate "a bit". Put it down to having a light flywheel and being a bit ambitious with trying to get a low idle speed. One thing thats annoying about using MAP as a load axis is that when you are first cranking, it reads 101kpa so dumps a shitload of fuel in when you really only want the amount of fuel for say 35kpa or whatever. MAF does weird shit too where it spikes the air per cyl reading. So it takes a while to crank in either case. Today I setup a TPS a based idle fuel map, thats only active below 5% throttle and 1300rpm. Now it starts out with a more sensible fuel amount and cranks a bit quicker, with less of a zing up to a higher than idle rpm. A 50 deg coldish start reached 1krpm in less than a second. Will be interesting to see if that initial richness has been the problem all along! Now have a 700rpm idle that is more stable than ever. sweet. Now that this is more stable, I can probably make it smoother again by readjusting the idle ignition trim values. My previous scheme of having a higher idle when the car is moving, and then dropping to 700 when the car is stationary is working awesomely too.
    2 points
  12. All guys who fizz over big Km rides on small bikes and between us will carry our own spares for repairs. They are all fizzing for the epic times to be had
    2 points
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  14. Here is the 5 Bikes heading north from QCR. My CT90 with Lifan 125
    2 points
  15. @mark105 has optioned to take the gyro on East Cape. He has to go pick up his flat mates postie and make sure that still goes as well. Going to be a lol seeing the likes of 40 small od bikes hooning the roads. Fuel tap arrived today. Will get some new hose tomorrow and get that sorted.
    2 points
  16. So I no longer own this car, I told quite a few people at Hanmeet but in the interests of tidying up this thread I'll post it here too. When I bought it I'd agreed to give the previous owner first option if I decided to sell up. I messaged him on facebook and and few days later he'd driven up from Timaru and away it went. It's the ideal outcome as far as I'm concerned, I've got some cash and one less thing to worry about and the car will be looked after by a genuine foamer who also happens to have the sister car to this Royale (identical spec and trim and one after another off the production line). I have no idea what's next for me, maybe a Hilux, maybe some tickets back to Europe but it feels good to have got this car buttoned up and out of my hair. My sincerest apologies for no dose video.
    2 points
  17. I was in baghdad before you were in dads bag! and other grovely old man quotes haha.
    2 points
  18. new rubber carb gaskets from palmside AND WHO STOLE MY ORIGINAL STANDARD DATSUN GREEN!? TOYOTA PRIUS....
    2 points
  19. CT70 Replica Bars .check Narrowed luggage rack. check. Small top tube. check Small rectangle Headlight. check Bar end Mirror. check Just got Slash cut High top muffler to fit & Taillight and Number plate mount then ill strip it for Sandblasting and Powdercoating
    2 points
  20. Ok, so not even slightly Baja anymore, but still a bug. 2" drop spindles fitted this morning, hopefully paint on Friday. Found all sorts of bad practice on the front suspension, all mended and safe now. pics
    2 points
  21. so with the car failing its compliance check i only agreed with two of the items that were failed on the list. one being that the rear shoes on the front brake shoes having a crack through them. they had done less than 800km and every brake part being new apart from the hard lines . so pulled the cracked ones off and got a replacement set under warranty due to no heat spots or any signs of user error. also those dam brake springs in these are not so fun to put in. and the other thing i agreed with them failing was the rag joint which is the joint between the steer column and steering box so ordered a new one from northwestern ford and received it the next day then pulled the joint out then disassembled the rubber joint and placed the new rubber joint onto the steel housing And now the old rubber joint as you can see is well past its use by date And now with those major bits fixed its now onto the silly bits they failed.
    2 points
  22. So yeah. Found out about this fine specimen right after Nats '18 after mentioning i'd like a hardtop to throw spanners at. Seedy Al mentioned I should speak to Goat, and so I did, the rest is history. It had been living in Goat / Joe's shed for a while and after some discussions I had it trucked down a couple of weeks ago. Specs: 1982 Toyota Corolla, GL ā€œLimeā€ with a 3AU powerhouse and 5 speed manual trans. Lime is along the same lines as Lisse, a luxury variant of the GL model (Lisse for XL) featuring automatic transmission and power-steering. They were marketed heavily towards women in Japan. (Thanks Wikipedia). Plans including lowering it and upgrading the brakes and giving it a spruce up. Engine can come later, as it would more than double the budget given drivetrain upgrades required. There will also be all the boring bits like fixing rust, replacing half the car and all that carry on. This is actually hardtop number two, but who is counting. Teaser pics for now. Discussion Fred.
    1 point
  23. Hey hey. So off the back of last years successful, inaugural event, lets start some discussion around who's up for round 2. I'll update this 1st post as more details eventuate. Looking at the 9th-10th-11th of November 2018 Approx 600km spread over 3 days. Laid back and casual trundle about some sparsely populated, scenic parts of our country. Route shouldn't have much traffic for 90% of it. All welcome, small and silly bikes welcomer, welcomest? I would strongly recommend something that can do maybe >60 on the flat and pull up hills OK, there are a few climbs, the guys on 50's were fine, but couldn't stop moving for long or would fall behind. Please keep in mind, the areas we're heading aren't prepared for a hoard of hungry people wanting prompt service, so hold off on ordering any complex meals during the day, or carry some light snacks if possible. Please ensure your bike is as dialed in as you can achieve, 200km from nowhere is not the place to be experimenting. Please carry a spare tube in your size and some basic tools/sparkplugs etc, or share with someone that has the same. This year we are going to ask $20 from each rider, to cover fuel for the ute, lunch for the driver, anything weird that might pop up and hopefully some snags or something. Last year I think we had 14 riders which exceeded all expectations. Sing out with any queries and so on. Friday 9th - Whakatane-Gisborne ~220km - Aim for 8am leaving by 9. Starting from Whakatane/Ohope-ish and heading through Opotiki before heading inland on the ex WRC Motu stage. A few hours of windy gravel climb in the morning as you leave the Bay of Plenty coastline, and climb from sea level to (I think) close to 800m at its highest. If time allows (20-30min return) a short side trip to the Motu falls. Matawai near midday, then starting the decent towards Gisborne and the coast again, including another hour or so of gravel and the Rere rockslide and falls. Swim etc. Onto Gisborne mid afternoon, perhaps a group ride up a scenic hill and group fine dining. You need to organise your own accommodation on Friday night. Many of us are staying at the Waikanae Beach Motel, book solo, or bunk up with others, this is up to you. Sat 10th - Gisborne-Hicks Bay ~180km - Gas station pie to leave town and head north up the coast, likely a stop at a long wharf in Tolaga Bay and hopefully lunch around Tokomaru Bay-ish. Flat-ish and sealed roads morning. From there we are inland somewhat with a few more climbs (max alt<300m) and all sealed roads for the afternoon. Past Ruatoria and onto Te Araroa and Hicks Bay for the evening. Time allowing a side trip to the East Cape lighthouse could happen in the afternoon, non-hilly side trip but rough gravel (probably allow >2hrs). Dinner likely at one of Te Araroa's fine dining establishments. Accommodation and socializing. Please ensure you have accommodation Saturday night. There is limited space available in a Bach on Saturday night, lots of space outside, and other accommodation around Hicks Bay and Te Araroa. Sun 11th - Hicks Bay-Whakatane ~190km - Pie and a Powerade sees us head away from the coast for about an hour, will be sticking to the coast for the rest of the day just about, with minimal climbs and all sealed roads. Not many places to stop for lunch before Opotiki aside from Te Kaha. Scenic Pacific Ocean vistas and derelict shit to look at. Back to Whakatane/Ohope-ish and everyone's vehicles etc hopefully by mid afternoon. Fuel stop info: Whakataneļ»æ to Waiotahi = 31km Waiotahi to Opotiki = 14km Opotiki to Tirohangaļ»æ Store = 7km Tirohanga to Waihau Bay = 96km Waihau Bay to Te Araroa = 56km Te Araroa to Te Puia Springs = 69km Te Puia Springs to Tokomaru Bay = 11km Tokomaru Bay to Tolaga Bay = 36km Tolaga Bay to Gisborne = 55kmļ»æ Gisborne to Matawai via Rere Falls = 96kmļ»æ Matawai to Tirohanga via Motu road = 7ļ»æ1ļ»ækm Coast trip Total by John Bell, on Flickr See last years thread here. Pics from page 14 onwards. Entries&Payments: @ 16/10/18 Truenotch MopedNZ Johnnyfive chris.qcr Cletus guywithaviators maxpower shakotom blizzo 64valiant runamuck Aaron Card vintage grumble geophy tumeke Duncan McIntyre mynameisrussel datlow highlux James Hamilton zeubin jeffsoldman Steve Holden Shaun Brewer Lee Alison mark105 slacker.cam threeonthetree Sentra chris.r michaeljfox Andrew Swinton Richard Wendt Lee Warnock Kass Lance Dela Cruz thphantum Beaver Nick Ching Matt Nielsen Regen Boyle Raniera Arapuke peteretep
    1 point
  24. The engine runs! Had it fired up for a brief 30 seconds, but it ran and that's all I needed to finish off a long week. Ran rough, but I won't do any tuning until I have a proper cooling system sorted out. Just working through the panel-work on the truck. Seat is out, windscreens to come out next. Pulled the tired J13 and now I'm in the process of cleaning the engine bay up to make it all pretty. Then the J15 can go in, hopefully with no issues! As a bonus, the J13 has a new clutch, (I wondered why the clutch was extremely sensitive) so that's all good and well. Also cleaned up one of the headlight surrounds, and sandblasted/etched/painted both of the headlight buckets. May have found myself a wellside, but nothing is set in stone yet. Updates to come. Cheers folks.
    1 point
  25. Coils without a ion / primary pin piss me off. So much info can be gathered from the spark ionization, can see if the cylinder is rich or lean or leaking valve and all sorts. VW coils are the worst as they are also shielded, so can't even pick up the spark via induction.
    1 point
  26. Optimal AFRs are different for every engine and RPM too, 12.6 can be a good starting point but is by no means a silver bullet.
    1 point
  27. To achieve a completely uniform burn, you would need 1 molecule of fuel surrounded perfectly by 14.7 molecules of air. But in real life it never mixes that well, so when you run rich, you are ensuring that there is more than enough fuel for every oxygen molecule even if its not quite mixed properly. Because the limiting factor of making peak power is always how much oxygen there is, since fuel is so much denser than air its a lot easier to spray more fuel in than it is to cram more air in. As per above it seems that 12.6:1 is that sweet spot of ensuring a good burn and also the cooling benefits of running slightly richer. And also you're only ever reading the average taken across 4 cylinders, and even if it was one cylinder you dont necessarily get a uniform burn anyway. When you run lean, 100% of the fuel is consumed but it doesnt generate as much combustion pressure. But as per above there is that sweet spot for best economy before it all turns to shit. I've seen some people use the "lots of air" idle method, but then retarding the ignition timing a lot to bring it to the correct idle speed - So that when you come off idle you get a big torque bump from the timing increase. But my car becomes very noisy when it doesnt have enough ignition timing, my car is *considerably* quieter when I am running 20+ degrees at idle. But this means the engine is already making near its peak torque capability (of what can be acheived with ignition timing) so running the engine leaner is an alternative method to bring idle speed back down and give some torque in reserve.
    1 point
  28. Living the dcoe dream
    1 point
  29. A thought popped into my head today that it would be worthwhile (given how big this fiasco is getting) for the back up vehicle to carry a first aid kit of some kind. If it's @BLIZZO work ute, assume it'll have those special bandages used when chainsaws amputate limbs/heads. But if not it'd be a worthwhile investment of some of the entry money to get a decent first aid kit/perhaps a fire extinguisher too. A little bit of fire can be a big problem Without one. And bleeding can be be a big problem with no first aid kit too.
    1 point
  30. http://danstengineering.co.uk/ Have a read on that site mate. I'm running Keihen CVK's of a ZZR600 on my 1600 Escort. That's kind of the recommended bike size for that engine capacity. Guys running 2lt pintos generally use the bigger carbs off a 1000cc bike such as a R1. PM me if you want any more info. Mine runs way better than it did on the Weber downdraft originally. Is going to be Dyno tuned tomorrow so I should have a good idea oj just how good it is after that.
    1 point
  31. Don't make me go all DaveScienceā„¢ on you can get out some graphs of lobe stress. But yeah unlikely to be an issue on stock shit that's not daily driven and gets good oil changes. Its just good practice in my mind, so I mentioned it. The higher the rpm the peak stress reduces on the nose and increases on the flanks..until you start to loft the valve and there is no stress on the nose.. But the stress on the flanks are a lot less as the radius of curvature is greater. High rpm is actually a lot easier on the cam as long as the valve doesn't overcome the spring.
    1 point
  32. Yep. Love me a high idle. The peak stress over the nose of the cam occurs at idle speed, combined with lowest oil flow equals worn cams/buckets. Worn lifters / cams on flat tappets is so common though I always tell people to high idle even on stock stuff. It gets so much worse with proper cam profiles and high rate valve springs too.
    1 point
  33. Ability to run a wider valve angle than SOHC. . In reality it probably means they can use the same cylinder head casting and exhaust /intake setup with a number of different engine capacities and hp ratings saving themselves tooling and manufacturing costs.
    1 point
  34. Good work Roman! Crank that idle speed though **think of the cams**
    1 point
  35. Idling at 16.6:1 AFR? You certain your wideband is calibrated correctly (and offset voltages set in ECU)?
    1 point
  36. Man so much fizzing at the bung hole. Going to be such a large variety of bikes. Has some one thought or mentioned about ringing the old RSA in te araroa giving them a heads up about us. Bit of a change from 13 - 30 plus.
    1 point
  37. sorry Barry, but to correct you. RB's may have been in existance in '85, but RFB wasn't even a bunch of sperm in dad's bags in 85
    1 point
  38. Waiting for the invoice isn't as fun as waiting for a package from the couriers though
    1 point
  39. Most Original Rally Car 'winner' and my "Prizes"
    1 point
  40. your trying to apply logical thinking to something british. it doesn't make and sense. or work.
    1 point
  41. Yup. Outside of calliper furtherest away from master cylinder first. Then inside of that one, then move to the next furtherest outside... etc.
    1 point
  42. Only other real issue I had was I got too cocky and ended up going down a 'small bank'. Luckily the ST got stuck in a tree an I was able to clamber back up and the other boys pulled the bike back up. Apart from that. Weow. What an adventure!
    1 point
  43. Is that the maaassive place on the side of the road before the old ruined meat works etc? Looked pine worthy.
    1 point
  44. I couldn't imagine a more enjoyable way of punishing my anus for three days.
    1 point
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