Toddy415
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Think I saw you heading towards town in this today just on 1pm sounded good
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So what events is he going to enter with this?
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I am not much help but I think people aim for around half of each pully to be in contact with the belt. These two pics are of single drive belt engines I have replaced belts on recently. I thought I would add pics of them so you can see how these two engines have done it.
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Good to see more progress, I pulled the pan off my TH350 a while back and mine sounded exactly like yours did inside haha. Keep up the good work
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Welcome to the club we have a few impalas some run fine on 91 others prefer the higher octane fuels. As others have said try 91 see how well it runs etc. Then decide to step it up if you need to. We dont run any additives. Nice looking car any plans for it or just enjoy it the way it is?
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So whats the plan for tuning this thing with the blow through carby? Just drive and tweak it or still going to dyno tune it?
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I opened your thread and was like this thing should look good with wheels and slam, scroll down and wasnt dissapointed. Nice car
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Good stuff im glad your looking at this thing again.
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On 03/04/2020 at 16:23, kiwi808 said:
I have no selling regrets, but was gutted when my second RX808 got nicked.
I will always regret not buying @yetchh‘s Mazda 929 when he offered it to me.
The one car miss the most was my first. It was called Mr Boggy and was such a POS. But it was rowdy as fuck and did skids everywhere. It enabled us to finally go surfing around NZ. Yep, back then we used to daily our Rotaries and even take them to the beach.
It used to break down a lot (because rotary) and I got a lot of tickets in it. So mush so that I was on a first name basis with most of the local cops.
There was a rule in it that if you opened a new packet of cigarettes you had to donate one to the ‘munal moke tray’ (ash tray) for later in the week when we were all too poor to buy them.
Going to the boat ramp at Takapuna on a Thursday night, then going out to ‘drags’ in Albany and doing skids on the diesel that was put down until it overheated. Then pull over and wait till it cooled down, then rinse and repeat.
It had the darkest tints ever.
Also, you were not allowed to put ash in the ash tray as that was for ‘roaches’ when I used to do that kind of thing.
In the end it was such a hammered pile of junk I had to pay someone to tow it away. This is how bad it was before it was towed away and crushed.
I am a little upset how much your fleet has changed haha
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I think we are heading up for a look. Once again its the shittest advertised event, they only released details two weeks out from it. They keep wondering why its not as big as the north island one. The first year we went it wasnt clear that it was at the back entrance. We and other cars went to the main gate there was two toyota fest flags and that was it nothing else. Its a good event but their organisation and advertising skills are shit lol
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Might be time to start making a list of things we know it isnt. We can cross thermostat off as even with it out it made no difference. Radiators been tested and was the same rad as before you had problems. Not the fans as you also had these before and they were fine.
Next start looking again at possible options.
Is the waterpump still good? Not worn out and not flowing enough.
Double check plumbing routing.
Wrong head gaskets? Could they be from a different version of the motor?
Water passages blocked up?
A crack somewhere allowing pressure into cooling system?
Supercharger not blocking coolant passages or something silly like that?
Might be time to start pulling things down to investigate further? Not knowledgeable on this motor, take or ignore what I have said as you see fit as I could have missed previous discussions etc. I can understand the frustration but keep at it and when its finally sorted you will appreciate the car even more.
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3 hours ago, Esky_addict said:
Oh right so is any leveling programming mandatory?
If not is what your saying that a 8 solinoid multiswitch controller setup with 2 dual gauge would be fine for cert if only the front and back switches were operational?
(If they come up and down level with out toggling individual corners)
Yea @Toddy415 for the HQ never really entertained the thought of bags, I thought they were a bit wanky but after clocking up 1500kms heading up to muscle car madness and back taking out a few catseyes and knocking the headers loose a few times i realised how practical it would be.
I do remember having a good look at that thread years ago and it seemed like more work than I was up for but after but after checking out this build thread from aussie I changed my mind,
And yes can buy kits for these now, I'm guessing it would be much cheaper to make up your own kit but being a bit green on this sorta stuff I'm not too sure where to start.
I assume the kits just using generic airbag gm stuff like the upper bag mounts from impala type setups
Sweet, yea I want to look into bags next year once chev is on the road I want it slammed but our roads are so shit my oil pan wil be the lowest point of car to im pretty sure.
@cletus whats the go with enlarging the spring pockets on chassis to fit bags? All the americans just get in there and chop away I presume this is a no no here. Best to try find bags that fit without cutting but I guess that limits your selection. And dealings with NZairride was going to look into getting a kit off them.
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2 hours ago, Esky_addict said:
Hey @cletus what makes systems with out e-level so hard to comply? I'm kinda thinking that extra $$$ would be the deciding factor on whether I pulled the trigger on bags or not
Is this for the hq? You have to change to aftermarket front A arms and stuff dont you to make them work? Im not sure though there was a light blue bagged hq on here in the build threads and I think it was a ballace but can remember maybe try find it and technology has probably changed since then. It would be sick to do. Surely aussie has a kit for them by now. But they might not as they dont seem to be into max slam.
Edit heres the link can probably get pics working on computer web browser with an addon
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On 22/01/2020 at 08:00, Toddy415 said:
This car show is coming up soon it was run for the first time last year and had a great variety of cars to suit everyone. Im sure it will be even bigger this year. They also have a stack of trophys up for grabs for both winner and runner up on each class.
On tomorrow should be a good turnout.
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This car show is coming up soon it was run for the first time last year and had a great variety of cars to suit everyone. Im sure it will be even bigger this year. They also have a stack of trophys up for grabs for both winner and runner up on each class.
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Great couple of days in Cromwell had a blast on the cruise friday night and had an awesome day baking in the sun looking at some amazing cars today, cant wait for next year definately one of the best shows around these ways. Good news the lip on the skyline survived some big scrapes and plenty of close moments. Cheers @kiwi808 for the car wash and organising our small group of jappas to park up together.
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8 hours ago, oldrx said:
Has anyone successfully put bends in straight rubber heater hose? Thinking of filling section with sand, bending as tight as possible and baking in the oven something...
What I have done before when I couldnt get a moulded hose was get the old hose and cut it open bend the new hose to shape then put new hose inside old hose and cable tie together. This helps hold new hose in correct shape. Not the greatest looking fix but works if your stuck.
Mine was low pressure powersteering hose so didnt have the heat of a heater hose. Not sure if that will also affect it once its hot but if you get stuck give it a go.
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3 hours ago, kiwi808 said:
Yep, my new Outlander!
@Toddy415 normally comes up for the Friday night cruise and lurks around on the Saturday.
@Mazda Dave might still be around, it not sure.
@kyteler should bring a car.
For the car show itself the VCC parts shed is normally open and worth snooping around.
A couple years ago we have had a BBQ at mine on the Friday but that will depend on who’s coming.
Ill likely be tagging along with a few locals this year for both events.
@Bling are you keen to head down?
Yip we are up for friday night and head home after the car show on saturday. @kiwi808are you registering for the show on friday night or on the day or have you already registered? If theres going to be a few parking up then ill get rego sorted so i can park with you guys.
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12 minutes ago, Valiant said:
Axle seals are easy to replace Much like any other diff/axle seal
You could get your shoes relined by Safe r Brakes or someone similar.
Could you use a cable guide out of an Australian BW diff, or if it's the auto adjuster you can delete it the dont work well anyway.
The drum v shoe is pretty common, don't worry. Unless you can see wear marks where shoes have run on the unused section of drum.
Ill get a photo of it to compare when i take the wheel back off im pretty sure it was missing on one side or i just missed it. So you dont need to run the auto adjusting cable and associated parts?
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34 minutes ago, johnny.race said:
The bigger drums had the fins from what I can see and yeah - I am saying 2.5 for 2.5. I don't know for sure but it makes sense to me ... or why would Ford make them any bigger than they absolutely had to. Go well. You must be running two different stud patterns aye matey.
Mine are only 10" drums to
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3 minutes ago, johnny.race said:
The bigger drums had the fins from what I can see and yeah - I am saying 2.5 for 2.5. I don't know for sure but it makes sense to me ... or why would Ford make them any bigger than they absolutely had to. Go well. You must be running two different stud patterns aye matey.
Yip 2 stud patterns but may sort it at some stage but focusing getting the car back on the road first. Not a huge problem though
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3 minutes ago, johnny.race said:
On those things ... by pulling an axle. It'll be either a ball or a tapered roller. If its a tapered roller it'll be a Timken SET20 and you'll be the owner of a late model big bearing Torino style housing. If its a ball bearing style and it measures 3.150"/80mm then it will also be big bearing but the early style. Ifs its a ball bearing but smaller than 80mm in diameter, then it'll be a small bearing type. Pull an axle man. See what spline you have got at the same time. You can't go off the old 1/2" or 3/8" rule anymore ... I've seen tapers come out of holes where there should have been a ball. They obviously knew what they were doing because they had removed the seal too. Just saying.
Thanks for the info I appreciate it as im still learning all this stuff. Ill pull an axle and see what I have got cheers. It also has finned drums which doesnt seem to be super common? So just to clarify you think since the drum surface is 2.5" wide it should have a 2.5" shoe?
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Shit yes gonna be epic when I get onto that build