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20 hours ago, sr1600 said:

Been contemplating for a while, I feel they look a bit space age in our old cars. however they are quite a good solution when you only have a few outputs and all the dash can be displayed via canbus.

Run a microtech 3.5” display with a link monsoon in one car and all the indicators are factory dash bits. 

Often wondered Speedhuts canbus gauges might be an option, anyone run one?

 

Mates running something the same as those Speedhut ones i think? Its quite cool was easy to set up and good for multiple readings without taking up heaps of space.

Im running a Haltech IC7 in the RX3 and got one of these coming

https://www.motorsport3d.com.au/collections/mazda-rx3/products/copy-of-mazda-rx3-dash

To try and tie it in a bit better than just stuck on the steering column. 

No mucking round here! Good stuff man!

In my case for the RX3, am i likely to need it it plumbed back via intake?

Im unsure if id pass 2.3(2)  which states motor to be manufactured prior to 1975.  (running a 13b) as 13b according to the interwebs were made from 1974. 

On 18/08/2021 at 22:03, AllTorque said:

You can have one pair of dipped and two pair of high beam.

Hmmm thats interesting,

The impala i got certed and vinned with 4 high and 4 low beam,

From that i take it its not allowed?

47 minutes ago, Popwill said:

I guess the weather didnt help...

Yeah , weather was alot better than forecast though, was usual chrome weather, odd showers but track drys out pretty quick afterwards. so wasnt to bad at all in the end.

On 07/08/2021 at 21:34, Popwill said:

Did anyone go to Chrome..? Any good RX photos?

Yep,

Didnt take any photos though haha.

To be honest the rotary turnout was way less than normal. the rotary only cruise on sunday only had maybe 30 cars? In previous years its had a heap more than that.

nah looks alot easier to use and makes sense to clean up errors cause cant go on being wrong right haha.

Interesting, bit of a change from the last one, fixed what was probably actually an error on the old sheet which i was hoping too use on my car but ah well it happens haha

On 23/06/2021 at 21:03, KKtrips said:

Yup, it'll be a PDF on the LVVTA website.

Hey @KKtrips is this still to come? Was looking at the wheel/tyre doc out for consultation at the moment last night, and refers to the previous multi page fact sheet for tyre to rim sizing?

Cheers

+1 to Clints method, i did this with the Impala and doing the same with the RX3.

That way you can build it once how you want and not doing shit just to get it legal that your changing after costing you more money in the long run.

Do it once do it right always works well. Albeit takes longer to get on the road but in the end its worth it.

Shit thats looking good man! You must be stoked. good progress forward

Soooooo much better! Nice work

1 hour ago, dabuzz said:

yea way tougher with the dish, and yes he has 5 stud PCD all round

Yeah his looks real good

Ill fit a 8.5 with a 20mm PCD adaptor on the rear due to narrowed diff,

Front maybe, maybe not. See once they turn up i guess ha.

3 hours ago, dabuzz said:

Azhar runs 8.5 ZS all round on his coupe - so yes they 'will' fit!

 

yeah i presume hes got 5 stud hubs (havent checked with him though haha), iv already got 4 stud hubs made up, could get another set of disks and hubs i guess but will see when i get some adaptors for the rear and do a test fit. 8.5s look so much better though so much more dish.

5 hours ago, johnny.race said:

Re those rear caliper brackets your mate made ... are they a 2 piece deal ie steel onto the diff housing then with a hunk of machined alloy to adapt the caliper to the steel plate? Or full alloy. Cheers. 

Full alloy onto axle flange.

Purchased a full rubber and seal kit for the car from Azhar so thats here ready for when it goes back together.

When i sold the 808 i had a pair of BBS RS in 15x11 with 5.5" dish and a pair of 15x8 with 3" dish which i kept for a rainy day.
Heres a pic of the 11 on the back of the RX3 for a laugh, shows how big the flares had to be to make them fit on the 808.

Anyway was browsing market place and stumbled across a set of 3.5" lip 30 hole BBS lips by chance.
A quick measure up and they look to be perfect once guards are rolled to fit on the rear with the narrowed diff.

Will give them a full recon, repowder coat centres, new hardware, full height hex centres and repolish lips once i decide on car colour.
Fit front and rear with basically next to no spacer so thats a bonus too.

I also found a set of mint 5x114.3 17x8.5 ROH Z'S. The 8.5" only came in 5 Stud AFAIK and have a huge dish compared to the 7.5" 4 stud versions.
Unsure if they will fit on the front but will definately work on the rear with a 4x114.3 to 5x114.3 adaptor spacer.
So will wait for these to get up from down south and i can work out what of these i will run front and rear and then get Toby to give a set a polish up.

Have decided to sell the SSR Mesh and the 5.5" BBS lips as im not going to be needing either of these any time soon and iv got too many wheels it seems haha.

13 hours ago, cletus said:

In some cases in the land of freedom, that's the repair, lol 

 

I have a customer with a first gen camaro that didnt quite look right, he had it blasted and it had double rear panels, the original rusty ones were still there  

My car had parts of two quarters on it too haha and a shit load of bog to make it look ok.

13 hours ago, Mr.Mk1 said:

I always had the mindset that yank cars were thick as shit and and jappers were disposable but I guess when your competing against the other guys and trying to pump out a new design each year then preservation measures slip and then boom, your shit starts falling apart! Verts are always more susceptible once parked though aye.

But, I’ll bet it’s just another hurdle you had to jump looking back, cause that thing is gorgeous now and safe for well over your lifetime

Its definately worth it when done but can feel like you spend alot of time going backwards before you go forwards ha

Oh you got some work ahead ! know your pain all too well though pretty much replaced all those rusty panels on the impala but mine didnt look that bad to start off,

Hopefully dont get too many nasty suprises after blasting cause i sure did ha!

13 hours ago, Dell'orto said:

Most Molnar stuff will be pretty old, they were good in their day though. Keep an eye out for a HL26K Heshbon though, a few friends have bought them cheap secondhand and they are an excellent bit of kit.

I scored one of these Heshbon a while back from a workshop shutting down is a good bit of kit

Guy with the 3 coupes was trying to buy some lights off me for the 3 the other day and is in Hamilton so yeah not 100% the story