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Will there be any sort of roadside assistance on the Sat? (if no ones to hunged that is) I'm coming up in the zeph, hopefully she makes it, been off the road for a while. Fingers crossed should be ok as the trip has been done before..

Like a two post hoist?

So I actually have 1/3 of another car.. its split between me and my two sisters, a hand me down mid life crisis sort of kombi from my old man. At the time (2003ish) I wanted nothing to do with it and carelessly discarded my part ownership, but lately I've developed a soft spot for it, more to do with the fact that it soldiered on for the last 10 years without being looked after in any real way, especially by my vehicularly abusive elder sister, sideswiping clutch riding caner b@*#h.. Her last outing ( a 1200km round trip to golden bay normally done with ease) resulted in the development of severe blow by causing huge oil loss from every orifice imaginable. My last outing in it resulted in 4-5 liters of oil being lost on a trip to kaiks easter 2012, it was then I came to the blatantly obvious conclusion something was wrong.. fuck it, they can deal with the piece of shit.. but no, I couldn't help myself... the only pic I have at the moment then this came up on the tard last week.. Which i promptly bought, I decided that it had sat long enough and if I didn't get the ball rolling it would sit till it became to much for an easy wof. So, she's a 1979 bay kombi camper obviously, has a mighty AS code 1600 twin port single carb will cruise easily at 120.. the donor engine is for a beetle Doh! should've checked before buying. A little more research finds that is an AD code twin port (73-79), identical to the AS I have except its for, yes , a beetle. The main difference is rear engine mounting points or lack of on the AD code Spot the difference.. either side of the square oil pump cover, luckily there is a fix for it in the form of this adapter This afternoon I started to get nervous even tho the guy I bought it off said it was a good runner with no leaks, at some point the pushrod tubes on one side have been dented but the rods themselves are ok. Did a comp test and came back with 1-100 2-115 3-110 4-105 A small amount of variation (max 28 from fsm) but it was cold with f all oil pressure and not been run for god knows how long, I expect it to be better at temp so my fears are allayed for now. For 400 bucks I didn't think I could go wrong.. yes, I can get a bore and piston replacement kit for 450 but this should just be bolt in.. famous last words....

had mine at 18 with a 2.5 inch system, was pretty stupid

how much boost are you looking to push?

yeah bro, names to faces and all that...

What time are we meeting Sunday? *edit.. I need to read properly... 3pm, The Valley Inn will be there in the zephyr..

Sweet wagon bro.. love that variable vane impeller, I wonder why ford never employed this method and waited for the 80s AOD till they even got a lockup converter would be nice to go from a 22 stall to a 35 at the flick of a switch..

Dunno, wasnt tunable had preset fuel and ignition curve changes.. wound the boost to about 18 and kicked arse.. CVCCs' awesome bro.. almost a hundy hp per liter.. if my Cleveland was that good I'd be doing 11's D

Haha

if I saw these bits in a disclaimer, it would put me off...

Had an hks piggy back on a T2 I used to own.. thing was pretty mental, have to watch the cvcc cam tho as they have a tendency to wear so you lean out and burn a valve or two.. but I guess if your gonna do a regrind they could re face and harden it..

ok sweet.. is there any sort of itinerary for the day?

whats the deal if I wanna come up just for the Saturday? or did I have to be part of the 60..

Wha?

Sometimes, you just can't help it.. There was a guy in rangiora selling two..

Would've thought the obvious choice would be a 5mg.. 20+ kw more than a 202 = skids..

Feck.. I totally forgot this was on today, and its like 5 min from mine..

Give tony a ring 0274308911 he's more than happy to chat about what you want, I was gonna go down this road..

wow bro, you are one lucky bugger.. only ever seen one in the flesh and that was in south melbourne parked outside a pub.. This and the 2000gt have to be the two most desirable cars to come out of Japan.. good stuff

Whats the deal with just coming for the day on Saturday?.. I'm pretty keen to come up and meet some more peeps.. prob wont be rolling old school, but could offer a lift for a daily or one way..

nah I changed it haha.. and I think he was being a little precious with regards to it breaking down..

I was talking to guy about why he sold it as he seemed so devout when it came to the 121, he reckoned he was getting to scared to drive it as it seemed to break down all the time. Reckoned he paid 300 for an alternator reco wtf? then insurance wof/reg, thought it was getting on top of him.. some collector up in Blenheim bought it..

er, bonnet did I write it wrong? I meant bumper.. mine has a 929 bumper from the crash it had, I assume they couldn't find a 121 one so like everything else in that repair they bodged a 929 one on..

Is that one of those rare sunny wellington days haha..