smokin'joe

did this engine set-up ever run decent, or have you been chasing issues ? nothing worse than diagnosing something created by someone elses rough handiwork....... i say rough, because you mention excess silicone sealer around carb, so very possible there has been some to block the vacuum port on base of carb ? or the drilled screw is in the wrong hole and not creating vacuum?

please elaborate............. does it have centre bearing with UJ )like 2-piece Toyota) or a CV (like Holden Commonwhore ?

diesel with ported head ? sounds like i needs a lucky bumpy stick added to open valves longer as well ?

but the Tuning Book said extreme pinion angles are good for extreme tractions

think they all good, had a few yarns with them...... but were looking to sell new owners may or may not take a group booking

Toycrazy ??? @ae25 may have been involved and there was photos measurement of many conversion parts

Pick-a-part and hunt out solid rear/4wd Toyotas.early caribs/townace/liteace etc will have a nosy downstairs, but suspect mine are the short ones

unsure. i remember a few driving about, but unsure who Donny got the moulds off. used to see quite a few Taipans ? as well....... VW based .

ended up using a common Honda control arm bush as nothing available in NZ (even though genuine stupid cheap) and added 6mm spacer to each side to centre it. found a metric sh1ttonne of stuff that fitted, but nothing in NZ

kzh116 4wd. mount was only in the 4wd up to 2004. reads like 12380 is only the bore diameter that is different

looks like rear engine mount from Hillman Imp

whatever way i rungi it up, gotta be tidy as WOF guy knows they unobtainium..... they also tried for a customer 6-9 months ago. must say, did they copy these off the rear engine mount from and Imp ? https://ladapower.com/catalog/transfer-case-2/lada-niva-transfer-case-bracket-detail

thread dredge....... again. as this is a foreign material to me, and part is NLA (even aftermarket), is there anyone capable/wanting/desperate for cash to have a go at replacing the rubber with a form of polyurethane to repair this mount ? unsure if it would need casting or does it just need a 2-piece bushing of correct hardness/elasticity........ cannot even find a 2-piece bush in a similar usable size in the Nolathane book

old mate down here. Alan Humphris (bless his soul) never had anything balanced, even under LVVTA/LT400 rules. just prepared the job, set in lathe, and welded to speed. he done hundreds of race car d/shafts with no complaints regarding vibrations........... and yes to the naysayers, real fucken racers who knew balancing(if needed) was 0.1-1 second a lap, proper oldschool clever and fast racers

hearing good things bout Justin Neal? Engineering. runs a fast class Mini on the track. seems like a good rooster to talk to as well