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  1. Ive sacked a few vals by welding up and redrilling the holes in the front spring hanger to enable bolting it back in upside down.

    But Ive found that this lifts up the pinion snubber flange, and causes that stopper to hit lots.

    Best fix is tilting wedges. The dowel is long enough to still loacte the spring pad on the diff through the wedge. Plus the wedge gives a  sweet 6mm of extra slam.

    I think theres a pic of mine in my VG thread. (Fuck knows where that is though)

     

    Got heaps of room with the snubber (unloaded mind you) - will see how it goes... if it's too close I'll just take it off! Pinion angle seems to be good as well and no vibs coming through.

    If i need to adjust the diff angle I'll probably just machine the top of the blocks.

    I'll get a carload and fill the boot and see how it all pans out fully laden!

  2. THUNDER SUNDAY CANCELLATION


    It is with regret that Thunder Sunday has been cancelled due to issues around alcohol and licensing the event. The Council, by all accounts has made it too difficult to get this sorted and the cost has proven prohibitive.


    We have been advised that it is unlikely that the Council will allow racing to occur again next year or in the future.



    This is a regrettable decision as far as the club is concerned as Thunder Sunday has been an important date in our race calendar and enjoyable for all those who've participated in the meets.


    https://www.facebook.com/Southern-Dragways-249314205143849


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  3. just saw this thread, nice work man, wheels looking good, just a question how much were 7" rims? ive some 5 x 4" vg wheels im going to get banded 1 day (to fit over discs without spacers) but just interested to see what new rims are in comparison ?

     

    Another prob with the VG wheels is they've got the 4 Lug centres which take the larger hub cap, so you won't be able to run your VC caps.

  4. just saw this thread, nice work man, wheels looking good, just a question how much were 7" rims? ive some 5 x 4" vg wheels im going to get banded 1 day (to fit over discs without spacers) but just interested to see what new rims are in comparison ?

    Can't remember exactly but I think they were about $450. Then another $100 for another set of skinny's. Then 2x 24 packs to get them cut out and welded. 4 cans of warehouse "appliance white" spray paint.

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  5. I thought it was about time I got the ball rolling on getting my wide rims made up. Knowing that there is bugger all room in the back of VC's I thought I'd better have a measure up to make sure I get the right offsets etc.

     

    Here's how it sits at the rear currently...

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    Using the bumper jack so I can get my trolley jack under the bloody thing...

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    Sitting on axle stands under the axle...

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    In this pic you can see the inner guard lip, on the other side of this is the stainless trim, so I'm assuming it's buldgy like this to allow for the trim clips.

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    My crude measurements...

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    So on the pass side I get a total width of 265mm between the closest point of the inner guard and the leaf spring, and 264mm on the drivers side.

     

    I've purchased these 7" AG rims (I got them through TWL Invercargill, but it turns out they get them through Elite Wheels in Christchurch - so would have been cheaper to go through them directly).

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    I've also got a set of 7" & 8" wide rims with the later stud pattern, so I used these to measure the total width with a tyre on them...

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    Effectively with a 245/50 14 eager on my 7" rims I will have about 7mm clearance each side of the tyre... tight!

     

    I think I'll remove the 'trim' lip budge bit to get another 4mm-ish.

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    Either way there's plenty of VC's around here running this combination so I'll make them squeeze under there! 

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  6. Never seen this either. Very impressed.

     

    The clean up you did inc cut and polish makes the car look immaculate.

     

    Just seen this on the pics from the show, is it your old wag? If it is, at least you know they looking after it  ;

     

     

     

    Yip Cut and Polish, then went over it with a Wax. All by hand. Sore arm in the morning lol! Looks better in pics, the paints got a bit of crazy cracking and the clears a bit thin in places. Will get it up to standard one day!

    Yeah that's me old wagon... he sold the Cali's and stuck the Tridy's on. He's done a wee bit to it since I had it, bascially tiding up a few bits that I hadn't got round to yet, still makes me a bit regretful.

  7. Finally got around to getting this shitter back together...

     

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    Polishing... before...

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    After...

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    Decided to paint the visor as well. Did fuck all prep work cause I couldn't be arsed and was already half a 24 down...

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    Then proceeded with a cut and polish. Crap lighting in the garage so will be interesting to see what it looks like in the daylight!

     

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    Car Show tomorrow... prob should've posted this in the events bit ages ago, but oh well.

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  8. Right, so I bought these headlight grills to add more nana accessories...

     

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    Went to fit them and thought fuck it I've pretty much got the whole front off anyway, I'll black out behind the grill. Annoyed the hell out of me having it body colour behind there so got straight to it!

     

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    1st coat down, next one tomorrow when I've got a bit more light.

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