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FYI all the people worried about 10a supply. If you get an inverter welder you will be sweet. Last week at work i tested all of our welders for a long story... 1 was a hugong 200a inverter tig mig stick running off a 20m 10a lead fed from a 16a breaker. 15>10a modded plug. The welder could not supply over 183a. Plugged it into the board and straight to 200a 200a cigweld all in 1 15a plug on a 30m lead, could not pull over 185a. Removed the lead. Straight to 200a Etc etc etc. 180a at the tip is a lot of heat! So get an inverter type welder and either 1 mod the plug -not legit warranty/insurance in a fire 2 buy the adpater with a 10a breaker 3 get your wiring checked and a 15a outlet fitted to an existing outlet 4 get a dedicated 15a outlet and cable fitted. If your in taranaki i can help with 15a supply for beer money

had one of those diesel burners in my bus in the UK. it was awesome. used surprisingly little diesel was german, eberspacher or something like that.

As above, mig for general glueing of all things. I have a 3 in 1. Worst part is changing bottles to change welding type. A couple of fabricators at work run hugong welders from duroweld. They are pretty cheap and have 3 year warranty and have been absolutely flogged with no failures.

the speedos in older cars can be pretty worn out and not keep up with the actual wheel speed....

I have a mate that makes things using this method. Aluminium moulds that are polished to death. Lay up the cf on both halves, chuck a bladder inside, bolt together, pump up and chuck in hot box for a time. Impressive results on a 1m long part

See if you can get some 4943 alloy filler rod. Its better than most for alloy heads. Or get some flat top pistons?

there are a few other issues that box had. the driveshaft has been lengthened to fit the shorter 5 speed and its a bit too long so is bashing the back of the box a bit. also we put the wrong oil in it, also the gears were tired also LD28 +T!!!! The T means it has all of the torque. also i think i was @RUNAMUCKdrunk during the rebearing of that box..... You can get a 3.7lsd head out of japan landed for about 500nz. they come out of the qk30 nissan crew or something ugly like that.

Thanks for the offer, but got it sussed out. Cheers

I have a course at wintec tues-thurs this week. Anybody got a couch or spare bed for a couple of nights? I can bring beers and many sharns

s14 non turbo rear calipers on hyundai sonata 3L v6 discs fit hilux diff nicely

we have been running DC pumps on our speedway cars for years. Always with a thermostat and proper bypass. the pumps are on flat out all the time We only had issues when we hard mounted the pump onto the end of the block and the vibration at 10,000+ caused the wires inside the pump to snap. happened 3 times in 2 meetings before we moved the pump and have had no problems since. the controllers they make are just pwm controllers that slow the pump when its cold so like Dave said, its bad for ya motor

have you got it going yet? i have one of these that was on a running l28 that you can have. is corroded a bit, but the jets might be close?

Between 25 and 35 i think.

Yea dont fuck about with a generator for that distance. Bit of 16mm NS. Pretty sure you can get led indoor tomato lights now. Dont use much power at all...

Been looking into generators myself for a variety of reasons. Always a few diesel semi commercial spec used ones on tm. Probably buy a 10-20 kva one complete on a skid for 5k. Mind you of they only idling then not that great on the motor. Having said that, we have a 60kva one that has been idling for over 2 years non stop running some lights and a small compressor and aside from a but of smoke its still humming How far is your shed from power?

A lot of thise early 80s autos had an independent ecu for the trans. If your converting from carb its not like the engine is going to have any less electronic wizardy

Looks like k-series

You take the spider gears out and machine a tapered bore into them. Then you make some tapered cones that sit over the spider pins out of brass/bronze i forget exactly the best stuff. You size the cones so the spider gears are pushing towards the centre a bit. You need a bit of clearance - around 2or 3 mm between the back of the spider gear and the housing. When you spin a wheel it loads up the spider gears and they push out onto the cones and bind up. Its a bit of trial and error to get the taper correct to get good lsd action vs cone wear AND getting the spoders to free up once the load evens up again. Works best on a 4 pinion diff cos more spiders. The officials had a little roller that you drove one wheel onto to make sure you didnt have lsd or locker. You had to give it a gentle rev so as not to load up the spiders, then pump the brakes to get off. Never got sprung.

Should be ok to squeeze the sides of the kink and bend it back straight, or a little straighter so it works ok.

It would appear the turbo and non turbo one is the same. I might have a n/a one on a motor in shed on my old mans farm. I can have a look in a few days if your keen.

Can do. Can store for ages if required

Have you got a link to the carb and jets? Was trying to find similar one but it seems to be eluding me.

I currently only open it to disconnect the battery when its parked so the clock doesnt drain the battery. /too much rattle for me...

Started building a motor for this. L28, flat top pistons, twin hitachi SU's maybe a cam. Thought i would put the pistons on myself. Watched a bunch of videos of some rednecks doing it and it looked easy. Made a jig out of plywood to hold piston and allow the pin to pass through the correct amount to get the rod centered. Borrowed an IR thermometer from work and heated them to around 200degC Easy Gapped the rings last week. Next i will clean up a couple of cranks i have and see which one is the least wonky. Going to try something different with the head and use an uncommon combination. I put this one through the bandsaw to see how much i had to play with Hope to have time next week for crank and then assemble bottom end the week after

This car is soo lush. There is no better combination. Its hilariously powerful. Ol barry did a great job diy shortening the throw in the column change too. But yes, you have too many projects. Once govenorsam has done the rust ill 'look after it'