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Good turnout tonight. Added bonus was nobody got shit on by the epic seagull swarm! See you all next month.

sweet catch you fullas around 7pm. if its raining meet in the pack'n slave underground park

Bit of maintenance post Nats. Things happen slowly round here. Hmm strange bonding rivets on this shoe. No wait, just screws. Thought it was about time I fixed the shoes up. Got me home from Nats via the wangamomonas plus done a couple thousand kms like this no worries. Bought a 4 speed column box the other day a day have located a 3.9 diff so should be top spec luxury cruising in no time. So next year basically.

Wipe it with greasy hands then half clean it with a rag/throw some dust at it.

Normally around 7pm. Talk some shit and have a feed.

All of the likes!

Yea cheers bro.

Yip should be a go. Daylight hours are starting to increase too which is good.

Yeah what Clint said. Worked on my mates one a while ago. Had similar problems. Lots of shut stuck to the sensors cos they magnet.

Hydrogen is good. They use it to cool the generators at Huntly power station. Probably the best heat capacity vs price

great photos of milford and stuff. You did well to get there on a clear day. I have been a few times for various reasons and the weather has always been shit and foggy.

Send ja1lb8 a pm about century wheels. He has a set he might want to part with.

Looks mint. I see your running the auto fan belt tensioner. If you find your spitting fan belts when your doing hectik d1 clutch kicks, you will need to make a bracket to hold the tensioner tight. The manual version has a little shock absorber thing on it, but Toyota want around 800 nz pesos for it.

Jackpot. I have this issue with a car but it's a long way from getting on the road. Have all the paperwork so should be OK Thanks man.

Is that the vtnz in the valley or town? I have a car I want to attempt to Vin.

Sweet. Taking the wagon for wof tomorrow.

Good to put another face to a name. Was keen for sharns but had to get home.

Excellent work again! Looks like it's coming along well.

Yes but it's the acceleration that matters. Traveling up the bore then stopping and going back down is where all the force is. A longer rod reduces the peak acceleration of the piston.

One of the main reasons is slower acceleration of the piston at TDC and bdc. For backyard cowboys like us it means you can use a cheaper piston and rod due to lower stresses. I read somewhere that the screaming v10 f1 motors had to run a real long rod as at 20k rpm the piston would out accelerate the flame front at the point of ignition and lose torque!

Yea it's the heavier casting rfb block. I think they use them some places as they are taller than the rb25/26 block. Most people just run the rb30 block. The LD is just an L28 block but 3/4 taller and bit smaller in the bore. With a filthy deez head on it

Yes, but only really matters on high rpm motors. This one won't see over 7000 so the only reason for doing it was the supposedly thicker bore that could go out to 89 or 90mm, and the taller deck to more easily fit a bigger stroke.

It's a v57 block which apparently has thick walls. But has not. The taller deck gives more room for more stroke from am offset ground crank. Obviously only worth it if you can also go to 89mm or more bore

Haha. All good. I'll be there next time. Maybe buy some beers and come to mine and help strip some motors while drinking beers.

Not looking good here either. We have some err.. water damage at work....