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Toucan

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  1. Awesome fab work! Mean.
  2. Got a picture of your wagon? Mitsubishi's down in these parts used the colt name on a few models if I am correct and we wouldn't want to lead you down the wrong path...
  3. It's worth the drive to have a look yourself, sooo much eye candy!
  4. What a sweet event! Owned by the sun but loved it. Only had a Saturday ticket so I am hoping to find somewhere I can watch the top ten online
  5. Niiiiiiice. Always happy to see someone finally acquire what they were pining. Real cool 180sx anyway
  6. Awesome. Belletts are great vehicles, people will either have never heard of them before or recognise it with fond memories from one that so and so had way back. I did about a 1000kms no problems the same day I collected my old one. Inspiration car is a cool one too
  7. Mean Phil, should be able to produce heaps more blue smoke with these well thought out modifications
  8. This is hands down the best thing I will read all year
  9. A+ review, very informative, tanks. Hand finishing next step?
  10. Also schedule just says racing for both sat/sun, which is best viewing?
  11. Quite keen, does this sell out or can you usually buy tickets close to the event?
  12. That Civic is awesome. Don't do anything like that to the Carina plz
  13. Toucan

    D's GS550

    This post is for Joe Awhile ago I began cutting up seat pan and making mounts for the tail fairing to go on. Recessed tail light into the fairing a touch etc. Got just beyond the point of no return before I realised I have no idea what I am doing. Need to shape the seat foam a bit lower then cover it all up. Will likely paint side covers black and tail fairing the same? or white. Also carbs have been off and on a heap of times trying to determine why fuel is leaking out one of the overflows, have put a new needle valve and seat in that carb and checked float height but its still pissing out which makes me grrrr. Also stick with fiber gaskets cause the silly plasticy ones I got last time which are meant to be very reuseable shrunk like crazy. Despite the leaking it starts real easy on both kicker and starter motor, idles smooth and revs well. Haven't played with colourtune plug thing any more but that is on the cards for fine tuning later on once carbs are not leaking and on "for good".
  14. ^ one of only a handful of cars not riding on foose wheels, heh. Was mean, got there early Friday and had a look around then watched the parade leave town
  15. Weather looks poo poo for the weekend. Planning to head up Thurs night or Friday. I saw on FB that they are resurfacing the gorge an there are lots of delays
  16. Skids for the kids mayte. Onemana cruise is always a highlight. I hope to be there for a weekend but unlikely to get time off work to come any earlier
  17. Brown on brown on brown, I like it
  18. Toucan

    D's GS550

    So I read on the internets there was such a thing called a colourtune, made by Gunson. Its a spark plug with a sight glass essentially which lets you see the colour of the flame. I was pretty interested so I had a play last night and made myself one. Smashed all the porcelain and other innards out of an old plug. Taped over the top and poked a bit of wire through the tape that will be the new electrode, then mixed up some epoxy and filled it up to what I thought looked right. I let it cure overnight then put some heatshrink over the electrode and soldered the old plug top to the end. Just put it in one of my cylinders before and what do you know I can see the combustion. Pretty far out concept and I'm surprised I haven't heard of it before now. Vid: http://tinypic.com/r/16i5q9/9 Only tested it for a tick, you can see the spark is arcing across the top a bit but I already have ideas on how I'd make version 2 better. Main problem now is I need to get a screw driver short enough to actually get under the carbs and adjust the pilot screws while it's running hah
  19. Toucan

    D's GS550

    Have a new set of correct plugs but smashed one of the old ones getting it out, watch this space etc
  20. Toucan

    D's GS550

    Still need to grab 4 matching plugs but I went for a hoon an did a plug chop just for interests sake, sooty! Manual asks for 8's, the left there is a 7 and the right is a 6, so should be at a better starting point to tune once I have a matching set of correct plugs in there
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