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Not sure whether to post this here or in tech spam. My eldest has decided it might be fun to put the 4.1 crossflow from my rusty XC into my '51 Vanguard. Is he completely crazy or is this a sensible course of action? If by some remote chance we actually did it how carried away would we have to get with brake upgrades etc? The original drum brakes are pretty big cos 16" wheels. I'm not convinced that the Vanguard diff would be up to the job either. If we swapped in a Falcon diff we'd be sweet for that if the width was suitable. Do any of you know if Standard Triumph five stud is the same as Ford? The Vanguard isn't here for me to measure it.

I have a few sets of chains. What size? I probably have both sizes. Too big and too small.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farming-industry/farming-forestry/tractors/51-150-hp/auction-1331113748.htm

is this narrow enough?

I know later Vals have adjustable torsion bars. Years ago a cadet here wound his down so far that when cruising eight up they where scraping the rrpms off the centerline.

Looks fine to me.

Our ones are better than that goat track. Can actually get some decent speed on many of them.

Been half pie planning a route through Clutha District. Anyone totally unkeen on unsealed roads? We've got a few interesting ones in scenic places. Not winch and shovel spec, just the path less travelled sort of thing.

I've been meaning to get the children to help me with this for months now but somehow we never seem to get around to it.

How do I pull static images off a video? I have a video of my Civic doing a grass skid pulling a trailer up a hill but it's huge and there's other stuff in it that we don't need to see here.

Wife's shitty BG Laser is pretty economical too. It's knocking on the door of 380,000 kms and still going sweet. Only problems we've had with it in the last 100,000ish kms were normal stuff that wears out on old cars. I've replaced the radiator, it's had a new ignition module and a dizzy cap and spark plugs cos it got hard to start, and a clutch at around 300,000ish. Not a car I would choose for myself but it does the job okay.

I can't see how a Honda Odyssey can be considered economical. A guy at Church had one for a while and reckoned it hogged the gas the same as his coon or even more. 

A chick at work has a Vitz RS and loves it. Would not recommend the base model Vitz though. They are grossly under powered. Also +1 for Jazz. Late FIL had one and it went bloody hard until the old sheila parked it in a tree. 

I have an idea that backwards cross member thing is what my boss did with his 2.0 litre 5 speed Mk2 Escort. Used the factory holes all sweet I think.

Are van and pickup leaves likely to be the same? Logic suggests that they might be. I'd be more inclined to add one leaf each side to improve load carrying performance than to remove one.

Good that you are making some progress with this. Remember patience is a virtue.

Same here Bart.

Probably should have been, yes.

They reckoned every time the same thieving cunt came back over the fence through the course of a day was a separate event and the value of the little that he could carry out each time was below the excess so they wouldn't pay out anything even though the value of the property stolen on that one day was in the thousands of dollars.

12 hours ago, Bling said:

All my shit minus the "classic car" are with AMI. Never had any issues.

BIL reckons AMI are the biggest bunch of cunts he's come across. Have you ever had to claim for burglary? He has.

Couple of sweet P76s there too.

Ours is with the same company as our house, our cars with another company. Not keen to lump everything together.

My Civic is the same as four stud Ford/Mazda. Rafaga might logically be expected to be the same.

Good to know there are still a few Belletts getting around. My dad had one new back in the day. Kept it for ten years.

1 hour ago, Tumeke said:

Shit yes. Awesome. Planning on using your services a fair bit once she's running - seen what you can do with throttle bodies - awesome result. The whole engine bay looks like the Exxon Valdez used it as a port for a while .

As long as she didn't have the Torrey Canyon and the Amoco Cadiz travelling in company.

What even is that thing?

Sounds like you are at least making some progress now.