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That’s the same brown.
im down like downtown brown.
will look good slammed on 13” hotwires
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50 minutes ago, dabuzz said:
^^also have a spot spot for those full on late 90s style bright colours
Tonka style!!
I have 4l of chocolate brown, but was going to paint RX3UTE that colour.
also considering doing this one in the brown and hit RX3UTE with it’s original lemon yellow again.
or considered a baby blue on this one.
I do like factory style colours, just so clean and simple
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Ordered a loom kit so I can rewire the new ute.
40 year old looms are a disaster and not fun to work with.
so my 20 circuit loom arrived yesterday.
massive spaghetti nightmare. Now I need to figure out all the connection for the switches etc, great.
in other news, I spent a couple of hours plugging a few holes that weren’t finished off in the engine bay. Then high filled it all and sanded it.
not going for a glassy finish, just tidier than a pin cushion.
im not sure what colour to paint this one
would love to hear some solid options
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Add seat, do skids!!
fired this up for the first time in forever.
just waiting to paint the new ute before dropping it in
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Where he is located echoes like a bitch.
even being at the edge of town, there plenty of people who will quickly get over it
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Currently looking into making a whole new loom for both ute’s.
being 40 years old, the wiring is a mess.hoping I can figure out the pin outs on all of the factory switches.
will get a universal loom kit. Just need to figure out how many circuits I need.
probably a 14 for one and a 21 for the bagged ute as it has electric seats, pumps, and may end up with a couple of actuators
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53 minutes ago, dabuzz said:
Good score on that new ute, lots of goodies with it, be a cool car to just roll around in.
Yeah I’m pretty keen to make it a clean simple build and cruise it.
I’ll still bag the other one.wouldn’t mind swapping the 12at for a 13b bp for it. Not a slider at all, so can use a s1 box with it. ( I have 2 x s1 boxes and the s2 turbo box).
RX3UTE can stay the weekend show pony with the rowdy J
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Pulled the motor and box out of the new ute.
removed the crossmembers and fitted them to the other chassis to check driveshaft compatibility etc.
required slight modification to get the mount angles a bit nicer and to drop the motor another 10mm.
Took some pics of the bits I’m likely to chuck up on trademe:
12a turbo block - freshly built and unstarted
ida manifold-new
injection perfection throttle body
Injection perfection turbo plenum
12at turbo manifold
new 12at turbo ht18
microtech ecu mtx8
ar70 turbo something something whoosh whoosh
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Newest addition to the fleet is this b1600.
the body has been full rust deleted and epoxied.
rear tray floor has been deleted.
body wise I only have the engine bay to smooth off. Have been considering deleting the inner tubs though which would make it slick as haha.
he has had a new tailgate skin made up and there are 2 other tailgates with it
interior: seat has been recovered, dash too recovered but is missing a corner piece to the forward trim.
needs a roof lining and carpet, new door cards cos the ones with it are just nope.
the hubs and axles have been received to 4x110 , I test fitted my 4x108 hotwires and freaking love it.
engine:
rebuilt 12a turbo block with turbo box
has a factory turbo manifold (rare af). New turbski. Another AR70 turbo which is more suited to a 13b. Has exhaust manifold flanges and a half made turbo manifold.
microtech ltx8 ecu set up and injection perfection minus injectors. Even has the turbo hat.
bunch of parts etc that’ll just go in the bin tbh
suspension:
dead flat rear leaves
cobra springs in the front, but Jesus what a lift!!! They’ll be deleted asap.
this is the 78 shape so has the early round gauge dash, originally column slam. My favourite.
oh and it has a gay Adrenaline R rotor shape muffler and a Gilmore drive kit.
oh oh oh and a soles lock kit for max winning.
so what’s the plans with this one????
well I’ll pull the 12at block out, drop in my 12a j.
paint it and reassemble it, get it on the road.the other one , I will continue with the air ride and 4 link.
Manx once the body is tidied I’ll finish the rx3 front.im thinking that I’ll sell the 12at, microtech , turbos etc.
I prefer a raspy ear biting NA keg
thoughts???
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7 hours ago, Al1 said:
Name (first is sweet): Al
Location: Bombay/Mangatawhiri
Cars you own: '75 Trans Am. Purchased from @j.e.d.
Mods to them (can be brief or detailed): Nothing yet. Need to get WOF sorted
Pictures (Either attach the files here or use an image hosting website):
How you found out about oldschool: Referred by previous trans am owner
Anything else you want to add: Furiously youtubing on how to work on cars as I'm new to it
Local to me (Pokeno/Tuakau).
welcome aboard the crazy train
yell out if you need a hand with anything
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Cheers Clint,
im only going for a cruising ride height, no racing , no dragging it’s arse off or sick skids.
but dropping it when parked.
aslong as the bushes aren’t stressed and no binding I’d be happy ae
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On 04/10/2023 at 17:30, waspman said:
Does anyone know if 626 rwd front struts are useful to anyone in the old mazda/rotary scene? Cheers
Good for coil over conversions
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This is the same chassis but Merica spec.
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thoughts on these numbers?
I was looking at the ute this morning for about 10 mins.
turns out that the shorter 4 link bars are a perfect length to utilise the factory leaf spring forward mount point with the diff mount set vertically(plumb).
so I took some further measurements and allowed for some more low for ride height.
used the longer arms for the uppers to get an idea of what could happen.. jotted down some numbers and bashed it into the calculator.
Now im not sure if ive measured everything correctly or even entered them into the right place on the calculator.
I do know that where I had originally measured for the forward upper points, it made the IC about 1200 in front of diff centre.
So I just adjusted the forward height to get it out more to the front bumper area.
Is that right?
All the info I find online is for offroad use, so nowhere near where this will be.
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Decided to lift the body off the chassis today.
so had to tack the 2nd guard together.
got it mostly done, then started with the upper fillers, but called it there.
pulled the guards and nosecone.
lifted the body up.
now I can figure out the front bag mounts.
looks like the only way to go is to cut the entire upper spring cup away from the chassis.
the upper A arm mounts to a bracket over the top of the rail, so doesn’t touch the spring cup at all.
the lower A arm will have the spring seat removed and a cup and plate fizzed in.
upper bag brackets will mount off the rails and be gusseted.
should be all G
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8 hours ago, GARDRB said:
Could look cool running vertical
I had also thought of that as well if I could manage to find a cash poor set haha
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I’ve been contemplating using rx3 rear lights on the ute, but not paying the typical Rx tax to “test fit” a set.
do like the Tea Cup versions
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Looking for recommendations for good Oldschool panel beaters from Auckland-Waikato to get this ute moving along.
ideally I’d like to get it to primer stage ready to paint.
would also prefer to drop off the cab and deck separately so I can continue with the chassis stuff.
cash is king, I know what I’ve got.
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Finally got around to fitting the Subaru? Shifter boot.
even biffed the naff looking tek screws that I used to temporarily hold the centre down.
little bit of trimming and it clipped in nicely. Then I used some left over sticky felt stuff from the WRX to cover it.
refitted it with wafer head screws.
even got the gear knob to screw down a bit further to sit flush with the boot collar.
looks too damn tidy
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And file down the 15a plug to fit the 10a socket.
yes, speaking from experience
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Bit of a shame theyr not 15A, I could hook up my welders at home
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Just now, Alfashark said:
Kitchen stove/oven thing - Has a power socket on either side.
Are these likely to be 10A or 15A rated?
10A outlets
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1 hour ago, governorsam said:
Bloke at work daily's this.
lhd factory Ute
REPU , it’s a shame these never made it here in a correct hand drive version.
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Walked into the workshop this morning, the front flare had fallen off overnight.
Must say I also prefer the no flare look with super deep chromos .
in other dumb purchase news:
I picked up a GM electric power steering unit today. Not sure what I’ll use it for yet. But will work well with a Yaris rack or something like that for a rack conversion.
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Shizzles Mazda Dorito ute
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Not quite that bold.
could be keen to run lake pipes though, imagine a rowdy J port blowing the eardrums out