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  1. More pleasant & positive progress with this good thing. Got these made up cos lug centric mags & washers suck.. Tidied up the area where they'll be seated.. Then gently belted them in place with a rubber mallet. Needed a little tap with a drift right at the end just to get them sitting a fraction below the mag surface.. But by god did these make a hell of a difference. From lining them up on the hub easier to how the car now drives, I wouldn't recommend anything else to anyone who have these kinda mags. The car behaves awesomely up to 100-110 and beyond to a number I better not mention. Needless to say I'm a happy man again
  2. If you get stuck tracking down a couple of standard rims I could do a swap with two of mine as long as my tyres sit on the 8's which I'm guessing they will (don't know the tyre size off the top of my head) Is the factory rim 6 or 7" wide?
  3. Cheers mate.. the local guy managed to get them done today which was a bit of a surprise (got the call after i picked my rim up and had to drop it back lol). Big thanks to flyingbrick for the offer though.. great guy. Should be picking them up in the morning.
  4. Have you tried Archers Springs in Papakura/Takanini? They reset the leafs on my XD I had many moons ago and I assume they're still around? https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=archers+auto+springs&oq=archers&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l3.5665j0j4&client=tablet-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#istate=lrl:iv&rlimm=11279247411155092877
  5. Just picked the rim and hub up from the other crowd. They were a couple of weeks away from being able to do it anyway. I'll pm ya my details and we can get it sorted soon as. Cheers man
  6. Sounds awesome man. Before you posted I did tee up a local engineering outfit to do the job, but their cost was looking like closer to $100 (material & labour). I'll call round there this arvo & cancel the order & go thru you. Keeping it in the community & all. I've looked through a hell of a lot of listings as well to try & find something that matches, but as close as I could get was 88mm OD. Would you prefer it if I brought down one of the wheels & a brake hub so you can get an accurate measurement? If I bring it down when you're able to get on to it, I'll just hang around til it gets done if that's possible. I'll report back after I call round to the local engineer. Cheers man
  7. Thats great info, thanks man. I've put the call out to get some collars made, but I'll look into those washers as well. Cheers
  8. Hey all, Is there anyone on here, or can anyone recommend someone that could make up some collars for my rims. The hub diameter is 70.1mm & the mag diameter is around 91.1 - 91.8mm. I'll have to check the depth, but it'll be about 15-20mm. I'll need four of the buggars. I'm guessing they'll be made out of alloy, but steel could be the go as well. Cheers
  9. Haven't had a chance all day mate. Selling all my stuff on TM that I'd accumulated for the hatch takes up a lot of time I've found lol. Hoping I'll have some spare time tomorrow. Working from home does have it's perks. I'll put a call out in the tech thread soon to see if anyone can whip up some collars for me, as I can't imagine the tyre guy will have much luck. Cheers
  10. Thats what I understand as well. I just don't know which ones I need as nothing I've found clearly states 'these are for cragar to GM cars'
  11. Cheers mate, I'll try the HQ rims in the morning.. These unilug wheels have the stud located in the centre of the slot unfortunately. I thought I was on to something this arvo when I read that the washer sat against the locating 'bumps' either side of the slot which positioned the stud/lugnut where it needed to be. Not so though as my washers don't come near them. The tyre guy thought that because I'll be replacing the suspension bushes in another month or so it wasn't worth it. But the reality is I don't think he wanted to do the alignment on my car because of what it was and it being 4:15 on a Friday afternoon. When I got there his words were, "when I saw you turn up I was hoping you weren't the one wanting an alignment" I don't doubt his ability, just his enthusiasm. And maybe his ability.
  12. Cheers man. The cragars are the unilug design............ Hub diameter of the camaro is 70.3mm wheel centerbore diameter is a whopping 91-92mm. You can see the difference in this pic of the marks left by the mag on the drum face.. If I go down this route I'll need to get something made up as there is nothing I can see available on the market. The reason for this is explained next.. I've been doing some investigating & with this type of design, the wheel is centred to the hub by using unilug washers specific to the stud pattern. The washer has written on it "wheel side" & this is supposed to centre the rim upon fitment (washer has a conical shape to it I believe). There is a specific procedure involved as well & from what I can gather, you finger tighten the first nut up at the 12 o'clock position, then rotate that down to the 6 o'clock & then finger tighten the top 2 nuts, then progressively do the rest. Apparently by the 3rd nut being tightened it has centered itself. I think my biggest issue is the fact that the tyre outfit yesterday didn't realise any of this, & they've gone ahead & tightened all the nuts up & some of the washers are facing the wrong way, therefore flattening them out. Therefore rendering them fucked I believe. I'm finding it difficult to find definitive proof that the washers I have are the ones I need for my car (you'd think they were correct considering they've been on the car all these years). Think I might go out to the shed & redo ALL the wheels again properly & go for a test drive. Whats the worst that can happen. And to think, all this started cos of a little shake at 104kmh, and now its worse. A lot worse. Shoulda left the fucking thing alone.
  13. Alignment was a non starter. The guy rebalanced the wheels I got balanced last week cos they were way out. Checked the rears as well. My problem is these rims have a bigger center bore size than the hub on the car. Not normally an issue except they're a slotted mag so you're relying on your ability to manually centre it by eye. Never gonna work. He measured the rim and hub and it works out I need a 4.5mm collar to take up the difference. Massive. The guy is seeing if he can track anything down but I'm not hopeful. The problem is finding a supplier that does a collar to suit a camaro hub I guess. Update.. Soo... did a Google search and looks like they're called a hub centric ring. Think I'll head out to the shed this morning and do some measuring. Cool story.
  14. Minor update. The seatbelt guides & rear seatbelt repair kit turned up yesterday from the US of A. Only took about 2 weeks to get here so pretty rapt with that. For now I like the seat covers on the front seats so I cut a slot & steteched it around the guide mount.. Then popped the guides on easy as, so now the belt won't be cutting me in the side of the neck! Rear seatbelt kit literally took 15 seconds to install. The insides of the belt buckle went missing at least 10 years ago, but never got pulled up for a warrant. These seatbelt buckles have the nickname "the exploding seatbelt", this is because the plastic retainer gets brittle & the spring pops everything out.. Very happy with this as now I can feel a bit safer taking my kids out for a drive. I'll probably pick up another kit on my next parts order so the other one matches, but that's not a biggie for me.
  15. Alignment all booked in for this arvo. Will report back later with results.
  16. I like your attitude. Do it the way you want cos that's what you like. Good onya
  17. I know nothing about these cars, but when I saw that rear end pic I thought of grandma with her teeth out. Just sayin.. I'm not normally opinionated, but Mr kyteler started it. So there.
  18. Fair call man. That's always my first thought too when thinking of anything bigger than 15", but it'll be something period correct in style. As much as I'm sweet with the 14's, I'd rather a better handling car, not a boat. You should experience this car doing 150kmh with light as fuck power steering. Now that's exciting.
  19. Will do. Was told from the guy I got the manifold off that the big cap HEI won't fit with this manifold. You ever hear or know of that? I like that street fire option you mentioned but this could be a stumbling block and I may need to go with the other one.
  20. Thanks again for your feedback mate. I picked up my air gap rpm manifold today and the guy was very helpful as well with my setup. He suggested with my current carb that I'll need to richen it up a little bit because of the longer runners.. he recommended maybe looking at changing the carb to a 570 street avenger for better adjustability, but said see how my 600 goes as it could be fine. We'll see I guess. Those avengers aren't cheap. He's the secretary of the Puke Hot Rod club so was good chatting with him about all sorts of shit. Top man. Handling? Yea, I'll definitely look at all those things mate, thanks. As much as I love the look of the 14" cragars, it'll be on the cards for me to change to a bigger rim, either 17 or 18 at the most I think. Cheers
  21. Food for thought thanks. This is just a car to cruise around in on weekends & it's the sound of a big block that appeals to me more than anything, but I do like the idea of an overdrive trans too. Meh, gotta stop thinking about something that won't be happening for a while yet. Unless a well priced 454 pops up. No. Mustn't. Lol.
  22. Thanks again mate, I'm picking up my new manifold on Friday but won't bother putting it on til I get another mortgage to pay for the MSD. Was looking at the kit that k-trips posted & was wondering, is it worth getting that with all the leads & their coil, or will my existing leads & coil be up to the task for now? Saw this TM listing & have queried for a price of his MSD setup, would this suit me or best to pick up a new/simpler one? He says that it has a 6000rpm rev limit set to the ignition control. Other than it being for a marine application would this work for me? What kind of value would this be worth 2nd hand? (he's asked me to make an offer - I see they're about $1200-1300 from the states plus postage. Crikey) http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1047993340 It's pretty much this kit I'd say.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MSD-Ignition-6560K-6M-2L-Marine-Ignition-Control-Kit-/111446062975 I like the ready to run type though, that his lordship suggested a few posts up.. this should do the job? http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1046536443 After all this I think I need to concentrate on improving the handling of this thing. Shakes like a haunted shithouse around 96km & 104km.. very annoying, I'm assuming it's suspension rubbers as they all look as though they're original 1974 vintage. I balanced the front wheels yesterday & one of them was out a heap (maybe buckled rim), but I don't like the slotted stud pattern of them either as they're relying on being centered off the hub - that can't be super reliable.
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