Kimjon

Post up your results. Can't see why it wouldn't work, and if first attempt doesn't get it...melt it black down and try again.

The SS sold last night for 4.8K. Someone got a pretty sweet deal, as 3 to 4K will fix all the issues and then they will have a rock solid ute with nothing to worry about for another 200,000km.

Beats paying 12k for one with 250,000km on the clock, which is on the brink of needing 3 to 4k spent on it in the very near future. 

Basically works out at 8k versus 16k...half price.

But for me, I just want to move on and this was my way out of it. Now time to start thinking through all those ideas i have and making shit happen.

On 10/05/2019 at 19:32, rivalrx said:

$70k

 

merc front s3 rx4

 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/mazda/auction-2057951391.htm

 

 

The RX4 just doesn't work as a 4 door to my eye. The others look great (RX2 and 3's), but the 4 just doesn't look cool. Well, definitely not 70K worth of cool...

Poor old Mitch must be wondering what the fucks going on with his drift trike. Sadly not much, as my parts from Ebay never arrived. First time I've been let down by Ebay... but it's been 4 months...no parts!

So I decided to do what I could with what I had:

I adapted a brake caliper to fit the rear, just needed a narrower bracket to hold it. Recycled an old brake line that I found at a swap meet (completely packed full of shit). Blew it out with air, then a generous spray of brake cleaner...repeat...

Then set up a lever I got of trademe for $20, and bled the system. 

Took a bit of bleeding, to the point I was wondering if the caliper was frozen in place...then pop! All is good in da hood, and brakes now working perfectly.

I'll buy a clutch off trademe for triple the Ebay price and finish this thing next weekend.

16 minutes ago, BlownCorona said:

fix that cam sensor and sell it.

Fault code was a red hearing. Pending code that went away. I'm still learning this OBD11 stuff...rookie mistake. I have the cam sensor and it can go with the ute if new owner wants it. I've already listed it on trademe today, time to move forwards with life.

3 hours ago, Muncie said:

Bummer about the ute. If it doesn't sell ive got the diagnostic gear to go through the body modules so at least you could dig a bit further.

It's not difficult fixing those issues that pop up. I've just lost the love for this ute. It's like been stuck in a bad relationship and all you want to do is get the fuck away from it. The ute brings me no joy in my life, unlike other projects cars I've worked on like my Series 1 RX7, or the time I put a 350chev with a 6/71 supercharger into a VK commodore, LT1 in a VN commodore, 1964 Impala...they were fun to do, in fact I'd burn the candle at both ends just to work on them. 

The ute has become meh... 

2 hours ago, Muncie said:

My vy sedan weighs around 1600kg on the tip weigh bridge. Cant imagine a ute would be very different in weight.

Carby conversion would backdate an LS to small block screwdriver tuning.

 

 

 

Sort of, but still have all those sensors that are still required for the ecu to run the motor, crank angle, detonation,  camshaft position, oil pressure, coil firing order, etc etc...all still required to run even a basic carburetor set up. .

Honestly I've got to a point where I'm just over it. Going to sell the SS and get rid of it. I've been throwing money at it all the time to just keep it going. I think its because I'm the unlucky one to own it as it clocks over to the amount of k's where shit all goes bad at once. Hopefully the next guy who buys it enters with a better starting point than me, a more honest description of what's wrong, a much cheaper price and more enthusiasm to finish it. Going on trademe today...

Use a test light on battery positive and check earth. Could be bad earth.

2 minutes ago, scooters said:

2200 KG Ute....!!!

mate... time for new weigh scales surely ? 

Yeah, got that one wrong 

2 minutes ago, Alfashark said:

Did you mean a VS Ute?  Because there's no way they're more than 1600-1700kg unless you're lugging a spare boat anchor or two around on the back, given a VS V8 sedan tipped the scales at a bees dick under 1500kg

Oh, you're right...just googled it. Not sure how I got that so wrong.

Just now, 00quattro00 said:

I thought the point of a modern dunnydore was the ls

It is. But ls doesn't make it cool.

1 hour ago, KP_wag said:

Issue with hilux was that it was pretty much drag spec motor in a 2ton brick. Big cam, single plane intake, large runner heads and oversize exhaust which went great up top but midrange was seriously lacking, so was a lazy gas pig as a daily driver. True that It did epic wheelies though... 

Re LS1, I reckon persist with it as will probably be super reliable once you iron out the kinks, have that reputation at least... Is this the candidate for retro conversion? Why not turbo the LS1 that should make all your issues disappear 

That's the only advantage the VN commodore had, was weight...or lack of. It was only a touch over 1300kg all up. My ss ute weighs 2200kg... 

I'm picking the extra weight is all shit that keeps you alive in an accident, so maybe not a bad thing. But kills power to weight ratio.

The new build, or more me thinking out loud at the moment, involves a sbc into a newish commodore. With a few twists to make it interesting. I'm adding up the numbers at the moment and it's not looking to bad. Just hard to justify removing what's considered a better motor to put in old technology. But yeah...

Cars are for dicks! Well my mate flea who is a very talented mechanic/engineer always says this, and I'm beginning to agree with him now. 

I ran this process as per Holdens workshop procedure:

I've gotta admit, it did recalibrate the idle and all looked promising for a short while. After all this is a big leap into a new world for me...technology. okay, its (OBD11) 30 year old technology, but I've only ever fixed motors with carburetors, not injectors...so it's new to me. Any electronic work was always happily palmed off to auto electricians in the past. However I'm trying to learn all aspects of cars these days so jumped in the deep end.

On its first test drive it throws up a check engine light (again) after only 5 minutes use!!! Balls!!! Scanned it, fucking cam sensor is now dead!

So that's just about every sensor replacement you can do on an ls1 now.

Fuck old new cars and their shitty electronics. I'm starting to like the idea of that 173 and trimatic?

On 06/05/2019 at 20:06, bigfoot said:

Barra turbo into your SS ute doesn't count as an older engine

Now we're talking. Like the train of thought and where that's going.

However having just spent more hours than I'd care to admit groveling around underneath the SS changing every fucking sensor the LS1 has to offer, after scanning it to find what DTC's where causing the check engine light to come on (pretty much everything), I'm hoping today it runs like it should for the first time I've had it.

My lt1 with a 6 speed manual drove like a V8 super car. Loved that motor, and with some extractors and a mafless tune...it hauled arse. Smoked any stock ls1 Commodores.

A+++....Would definitely trade again

Your hilux sounds like fun, maybe there's some unlocked potential yet to be unleashed? At minimum, it should do epic skids?

It's got some shit attempt at crudely fitting some squirters, a real home job. And a jappa tank from a wrecking yard hooked to that. Better off without it I think.

It's not like I intend to drive it in the rain, but just checking if pre 92 vehicles need a windscreen washer/squirter bottle?

I found this, and that how I read it:

I'm having a bit of a dumb night where I'm struggling with written English.

9 times out of 10 its shit in the pilot jet/emulsion tube. However I've found that spending $7 for a new carb off Ebay is by far the easiest solution and best use of time.

One thing to check is the spacers and gaskets all need to go back, and in the right order. There's a few air circuits that need to line up right or it wont work. Including the plastic on the air filter housing.

2 hours ago, scooters said:

Sure beats the fire extinguisher c02 like mine. 

I don't think they can charge them as hard as a real bottle either..? More in the real deal ones. ? Me thinks 

Yeah, fire extinguisher will only be good for co2. Old oxygen bottles, as in oxygen acetylene sets can be converted to hold argon, or argon shield.

If you're lucky, sometimes you can find them at the dump where the old lpg bottles go to die. As long as it's not visibly damaged, chances are it will retest okay.

21 hours ago, johnny.race said:

There seems to be surge of owner bottles for sale on TM. Fuck, I am glad I am out of the market. I reckon the entry of new players into the market spells the end of owner bottles (again) Owner bottles were always prioritized last by Supagas and now Coregas has its own program happening ... it won't get any better ... if anything - they'll price and deliver in a manner so as to encourage you to ditch and join the clan.   

Gaspro in Hamilton fill my mig bottle while I'm standing there. Takes 5 or 10 minutes tops. Normally enough time for me to walk to the dairy next door, buy lollies and an icecream, eat said icecream, then walk back and it's waiting there on the counter for me.

I brought my own bottle off trademe secondhand for $20 (old O2 bottle). Got it cleaned and tested for $50, painted it blue, put a stripe on the top of it with some duct tape to make it an "Argoshield" bottle....job done. Test cert lasts 5 years, so another $50 to pay every 5 years....but still cheap.

Every 5th fill is free on loyalty card, so what's not to like.

1 hour ago, Nominal said:

https://lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards/LVVTA_STD_Exhaust_Gas_Emissions.pdf

Awesome, thanks. Looks doable...just need to see my physiology now to talk about the voices in my head telling me to do bad things to a new car.

What's the legalities in NZ if someone wanted to put an old motor into a modern vehicle?

For example, say a 350Chev into a Nissan Skyline or a 2010 Commodore?

Apart from requiring certification, and perhaps needing your head read by a physiologist for taking a giant backwards step in technology... is there any  legalities against/preventing doing such a swap? 

Cheers