M.H.

Is there any way to avoid having to fit driveshaft hoops on my land rover if I turbo it? The factory turbo diesel engines had the same driveshafts, just really want to avoid drilling holes in a galv chassis

3 hours ago, tortron said:

Next question is who would stock a rebuild kit in nz?

They are pretty cheap online, so maybe out of aus with fast shipping would be ok

Any of the diesel repair shops like diesel services should have them on the shelf. Is it a turbo one? Ive got a couple of spare pumps if you want to just replace the seals on them and just swap it over

55 minutes ago, tortron said:

I have zero experience with dez but from what I have seen I think I can throw a seal kit at an L300s injection pump.

(I think there's one seal that tends to be the one that leaks)

Can anyone point me towards some info on stripping and reassembling? 

Removing looks straight forward enough, would I get away with marking the housing to put it back in time?

I've got a dti and adapters to fit the pump to set timing correctly. I can show you how if you want, might as well do the cambelt while you are at it

You can put a bit of clear tube in the return and see if you are getting any air bubbles but wont identify exactly where its pulling air from.

I really wish I still had my 300tdi disco, such a great engine, good power and so fuel efficient compared to this pile of crap 4d56t im driving at the moment

Is the lift pump working all good?

Whats the point in buying something thats not fucked? 

33 minutes ago, SOHC said:

So if I was to climb a disused power pole half in the bush to swipe a disused 1960s street light what would be the chances of being spotted?

Just wear hi vis overalls and a hard hat

12 minutes ago, johnny.race said:

Out of interest, when these things are drag raced (reasonably) seriously - say into the nines or tens ... what sort of auto trans is used behind the barra?

The ones I've seen on YouTube in oz are running power glides and th400, they also run the zf 6 speed with upgrades

For bonus points it also has heated seats 

8 hours ago, BlownCorona said:

its a 16mm shaft, which is weird because i thought it would have been imperial. but 16mm bearings arnt very common

Not a 5/8" shaft? Pretty close to 16mm

I just picked this up for a mate, he paid 3500 for it, it's a 2004 a3 3.2 vr6, 250hp, dsg, awd, same car as a golf r32. Goes hard for what it is. 

12 minutes ago, tortron said:

it is

 

digging a little further it sounds like pre 1990 bikes are exempt (but dont quote me on that) so its probably all G. 

otherwise its a rush to get it done before march and or november lol

 

 

vin number means registered in nz right

Yea easy as to re reg it

5 minutes ago, tortron said:

Motorcycle related, but i have a bike that to my knowledge has never been on the road, (and has no lights) but it has a vin number

would i go as far as to assume that means it can be rego'd? There were road/homologated  going options of them, i guess there were/are some in nz not sure

Is it a vtnz vin number? 

3 minutes ago, TimShadboltfan27 said:

google doesnt send us to Deliverence spec woolsheds in the middle of nowhere 

That's the best part

15 minutes ago, ajg193 said:

How do you get it back together without the tool though?

Assembly is the reverse of disassembly 

47 minutes ago, Chris.QCR said:

It will be minutes and alot less money if you put a Lifan in it

The atc engine is ready to go, it's just all the other bits to fix/paint and put back together 

3 hours ago, sentra said:

im in, peter t is in. any other north islanders?

can someone please hold us to task on this.

 

I would like to say im going but looking at how much I have progressed with my ct I think it will be years until it is going

9 hours ago, tortron said:

Theres some quad bike heads that are better for what i want to do

Is this one any good? 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/2880016702

Where it is starting from is there secure vehicle parking for the duration of the ride? 

Are you going to melt down some more of your titanium cutlery to make some light weight valves? 

60 degree v8 is pretty cool, yamaha use that engine on their outboards, they have taken it out to 5.2l

Just now, DoBro Jesus said:

Yeah sorry s80 t6 is what I'm thinking of, didn't think derps were still putting inline 6s in a transverse setup in the late 90s/early 2000s. Just looked it up then, shits whack. 

All I remember Is a dude I know had one a few years back and was pretty nippy, he scored it for like 2k or something. 

It's a compact and well designed engine, although the vr6 beats it for compactness

2 minutes ago, Rusted said:

S80 t6?

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