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  1. There was a thing earlier in the year that they were going to modify the brake rules. Have you got any info on this?
  2. Yes It's a shit of a thing to machine. Freezing makes it easier and having an air supply to cool your tool helps. High rake angle and razor sharp tool helps a lot too. The boys at SAS or Autoline (I've forgotten who) here in Christchurch have someone who can machine bushes and I'm fairly sure hes based up your way. Might pay to ring them.
  3. Wurth Liquid Metal is the tits for shit like that. Is a grey epoxy that sets rock solid and sticks like shit to a blanket as long as the metal is clean and its got somthing to key into.
  4. @Beaver also check the voltage to your coil under cranking. Had it in the past with a valiant that was really hard to start. Only had 4V at Thebes coil.
  5. Check resistance in primary and secondary windings. They fail due to insulation breaking down. low resistance or very high resistance is bad. If engine stalls or is hard to start pour water over carb and fuel pump to cool them down. If it fixes the problem then your fuel is getting too hot.
  6. Was a bit of a sad day. I said goodbye to the R30 wagon. It's headed back up to where it came from and going to make a surprise visit to its previous owner who thought it would never see the road again. But don't worry the funds will be used for more fun with diesel swapped nissan/datsuns so keep an eye out
  7. My experience with Pertronix stuff is fixing poorly installed units and dodgy reluctor wheels. Unless you're running a well tweaked engine my general advice stick with the points. The number of people that fuck up fitting those kits is amazing. But cheep points like fuel miser are shit too. Good quality points and condenser in a distributor that isn't worn to hell will fire up no problems and run sweetly.
  8. The require servicing from time to time. I imagine its got dirt in the mechnism
  9. Chrysler didn’t this for testing for the cross ram engines. My Forman has shown me pics of a mechanically injected 265 with a similar setup that was in a jet boat. Was quite a Rocket aparently. Used centrifugal weight to push them out.
  10. Isn't there a formula for working out the curve of a velocity stack bellmouth? similar to that of how they work out sizing of trombones and of the like.
  11. The quality of Fenix was obviously better then. They're shit now. Stay faaaaaarrrrrrrr away from them. Will fail in less than 6 months.
  12. Hey @cletus, this is the cert tag on a 180sx at a dealer. Would the fact that the the model hasn’t been inputted incorrectly be an issue? Resulting in you being reasonable in requesting it be fixed if you were a prospective buyer?
  13. Carsnz123

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    Fuck really??? what sort of hourly rate are they charging? Pretty sure i was quoted less than that to blast an entire cedric shell after I'd steam cleaned it.
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    Would pay to get a quote for sandblast. Make sure its a company familiar with doing cars. Youll get 20 min into it with the wire wheel and realise its a massive ball ache.
  15. Hasn’t been one one yet. That’s the goal following TRDs bible. Need to go see damo with some money for new carbs. Nothing wrong with 20 year olds
  16. I'm sure @RUNAMUCK will pipe up soon with supercharger sharns and that the A series is the greatest engine second only to the Chrysler Hemi. You might also want to take driveability int to consideration too. I've spent $4k so far to make a toyota 3K push 150hp because I'm silly. Could easily do that with a 20V 4age for the same money, it would make power below 5000rpm, and probably last longer before needing an overhaul.
  17. Can I get a TLDR version of the last few posts @sr2 and @mjrstar
  18. The Bloke at Under Car services on blenheim road has the most amazing stock of odd ball NOS master cylinders. I think the one i got for my cedric has made its way onto one of karls cars
  19. Any you'll also notice that the drift guys with well built cars have a dirty great vent closer to the front of the bonnet.
  20. I suspect an awesome injector rebuild will do it a world of good @brocky41 but it’s running currently so it will probably happen when it decide to run on less than 6 cylinder again. It’s a weird piece of crap that I can’t quite bring myself to make an honest effort to sell. That being said if I got made an offer I couldn’t refuse... well yeah.
  21. Bit of productivity has happened while being off work Chainsawed my way into the woods to get bits from the parts car. And retrieved some upgrade parts. Then went on a spanner hunt Now the car has power steering. Was a massive ass to park and drive at slow speed. Best part is no leaks or whiny pump. Had to get creative with the tensioner as the belt i had was a touch too long. Ill get a new belt and change the tensioner when things are open again. For some fucked up reason it Didn't want to start when I went to test it. Even after swapping to a better charged battery. fired a bit of brake clean in the intake in lue of engine start. It finally caught with some horrific knocking noises but then purred. I know the starter is getting tired so my guess is Its drawing so much current that the voltage going to the cutoff solenoid is too low and its killing the fuel. Another thing to fix. Also loosely fitted a china click clack fuel pump to help the built in lift pump. The factory diesel cars use 5/16 hard line to the tank. This being originally 1.8 petrol only has 1/4. It seams to starve of fuel under full load. Problem goes away with extra pumpage. When I can buy things I think ill make a 3/8 hard line for future-proofing. Oh and I got some new wheels. Well I got them a year ago but have only just gotten around to getting tyres fitted. And Yes I attacked the decals with a caramel wheel because they were falling off and looking even worse. Will tidy up the paint and add new pinstripes along the body line. That pretty well brings things up to date. See you in another 18 months.
  22. The rear shocks failed a wof which was a massive ass seeing as the rear shocks are NLA and I needed them to be shorter with the slight lowering of the car. Ended up getting Vanette shocks and had a friend tig the top eyes of the old shocks onto the new ones. Also bought some lush mustard colored wool carpet and fitted out the rear with new carpet to reduce some road noise. I took it for a trip to Blenheim and back with a trailer on and wondered why the fuck it was so slow (even more than normal) turned out the front hoses were holding pressure in the brakes and causing them to drag. New set of hoses mostly solved the issue but Id say the pistons are a little sticky in the seals. I've pretty well replaced all the coolant hoses now. the first time it dumped it coolant I'd just gotten home. second time it let go just as I left home and I didn't notice until 10 min later when the tmp gauge pegged at full. I've done other things but can't remember/dont have pics. Here are some tow mission pics Skyline to the rescue when the fuel pump failed. Load was probably more than what the car weighed This was a tad iffy in the wet Using works resources to fix the Crown Then using the Skyline's weight to help run the new engine in Off to surgery
  23. So I still have this and quietly work away at it from time to time. During the Hanmer trip in 2018 it missfired quite a lot and was really only running on 4-5 cylinders (sometimes 6 but rarely). The Injector pump packed up fully a week later. I sent the IP away to get rebuilt and got it back a few days before Christmas 2018 along with a new timing belt and tensioner. The seals in the IP were old, hard, and not working like they used to. Also spent time painting the door frames, Fitting a 3.7:1 diff, removing rust, and resealing the Jurassic Park windows. like usual I was a bit lazy with the pics.
  24. Yes they are an F series (or interchangeable enough) The A on the end means they are open. B would indicate a torsion LSD. A03A is 4.1:1 A04A is 4.3:1 If you want LSD go flogg it out of an altezza. most of the manual 4 cylinder cars have a torsion unit in them. According to wheel side data yes the townace is 4x114.3
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