R100

RX8"s are dropping like flies. Most of them are 10 years plus old now.

Engines get to 100ks and die.

Can pick up a nice running example for 6k.

For the average joe blogs its Not worth repairing one with a blown engine.

I searched trade me for RX8 and theres over 200 of them forsale. Most of them will be shit the engines in the next 5 years.

Will these be the next big thing for bridge ports to find them selves fitted into?

Despite there styling they are a beautifully designed car.

Awsum handing etc.

I guess a 13b bridgeport transplant would not need a cert

My rant/ cool story

Have done a bit more on this project but not much.

I lifted the front leaf brackets  25mm and remade the area going over the diff head to be a little shallower to allow for the head not hitting it.

Fuel tank sits to high and needs approx 35mm cut out of it to make it clear the terrano body (tank is from a ute)

I have sliced the tank in half and will weld is back together, will also need to shorten up the fuel gauge sender and intank pump assembly to suit.

BEFORE

AFTER

Weighed the engine as-well.  This is what it weighs as pictured without a flywheel or gearbox.

I never got to weigh the old engine befor i sold it. So cannot compare.

Bolted the gearbox, bell-housing and engine together. 

Next step is to remove the sump as it faces the wrong way then drop the whole lot in the hole.

I pulled the old 4 cylinder and auto out and managed to sell it for $400.

Engine bay looks nice and big, plenty of room for the Windsor.

Glad to see you put up a build thread for the sapphire. Will be following along with interest.

 

I've got a pair of front cossie calipers you can have for the cost of postage if you want? They've been in pieces for a few years and one of the bolts has snapped off in the other half of the caliper, so not in brilliant shape but salvageable with a bit of work. Even given all that it's not like you can call them overpriced! I can't remember if they're off a 2wd or a 4wd, will check next time I'm round at my parents place. 

 

Let me know if you're keen.

Sounds great. Pm sent.

Couple of goodies that arrived last week

Conversion components W series to 6 bolt windsor bell housing.

And a Power Plus Typhoon Polish intake manifold.

if its got a current style plate rather than old paper cert (i.e. the info is in the current cert system) and nothing has changed since certing and it's true to the plate and everything else is still kosher then probably not?

This is correct as long as the vehicles registration has lapsed and not been deregistered by an insurance company etc as a written off vehicle.

Pleaaaaaaaaase finish your van first

Van was being worked on today actually.

Ive located a pair of 2.75 ratio ford 9" diffs i need to go pick up aswell.

Will get some updates in the van thread next month.

finish this first! out of all your projects I hope this is the one you smash out cos its a freaking great idea. Injected windsor from a mustang/falcon?

Going to smash this out as soon as i can.

My bell-housing arrived this afternoon from conversion components in hamilton.

Scored a low kilometre 289 windsor out of a ford ranchero that a mate just imported from usa. 66thousand miles on the clock.

Will give it a little freshen up, a nice cam, lectric dizzy, 4 barrel mani with a matching carby.

Need to make up some custom headers.

Hope to have it mounted up later next week.

Wouldn't it have 16 push sticks with the Windsor?

Also I would go get it re-reg'd first with the original engine then do cert later on

Edited

www.thesteelsurgeon.co.nz   cheap as chips mate

Looking at swapping out a TD27 turbo engine for a QD32 turbo. My understanding is all the QD32 turbos are known as a QD32ETi with an electronically controlled or partially controlled Diesel pump.

Hoping someone has performed this conversion or knows a little more than myself about it.

Can i swap the standard non electronically controlled pump off my TD27 turbo onto the QD32 turbo ?

Is it easier to use the QD32 pump wiring etc and leave it electronically controlled ?

Will i loose power from going with a TD27 standard pump ?

What is actually electronically controlled and/or how does the ETi part work ?

Cheers

Hiiiii! How long does it normally take for the cert plates to show up? Is 6 weeks a bit slow?

Who did your cert check if you dont mind me asking. 

Im thinking ill go for a 20mm plywood deck. The steel under the deck witll be 400mm spacings. I will also ad extra strenght into the areas that will be under more stresswhen its loaded with a car on it. 

Thats the plan anyway

My dad had one of these but it was a 110r coupe in yellow.  Looking back i wish we kept it as i never saw another one again we sold it.

I sold a car about 6 months ago and I got a letter in the post saying I am no longer the registered owner 3 times and now I just got a letter saying the rego is due, if they haven't changed the ownership would this happen? 

As the seller of a vehicle you are responsible to ensure the new owners change ownership. But if you got a letter saying you are no longer the registered owner then you may want to write a letter to the NZ Transport agency or give them a call on 0800 108 809 and explain the situation. 

You can always go www.nzta.govt.co.nz and theres a section where you can put in your rego, driers licencse etc to check if a car is still registered to you.

Best to get onto this sooner than later to avoid fines if the car is in fact still in your name.

Im manual converting my outback and i might have to use a Legacy prop shaft and trans crossmember.  The only difference is that the outback stuff is spaced away from the floor by an inch.  Can i just slam some spacers on the Legacy bits or will I run into problems come cert time and should just use the Outback stuff?

You should be able to space your standard legacy crossmembers as long as your spacers have the same amount of surface area as the crossmember mounting surface had.

If you want to space everything down by 25mm (1inch")  then i recomend solid steel for the spacers. 

Looking to throw my VT 5 litre v8 into my VX v6 commodore mainly because i already have car and engine and the v6 is sick its been hot a few times. Question being as the vx only had the Ls1 is this considered a bolt in conversion do i need d/shaft hoops are my brakes up to scratch?

Because your car came out with a V6 and your now converting it to a V8 it will still need to be certed and driveshaft loops will be required. 

I would imagine your standard brakes provided they are in good working condition should be more than sufficient.

Where are all the years going. Its true what they say. The years go faster the older you get.

Im sure i had only started this project last summer.

I finally removed the cab last week and started stripping it.

Going to strip the cab to a bare shell and get it repainted in the standard white.

Because im building my own flat deck and tow bar i need to get them certified.

The certifier came over last week to point me in the right direction.

I can design and weld up almost the whole flat deck myself but the load rails and mounting brackets to chassis need to be done by a ticketed welder.

Same with the tow bar, it can be cut and tack it together myself but it needs to welded by a ticketed welder.

There is a few rules to go by in regards to steel size and spacing between rails etc but nothing complicated.

Also. If your super rare car is replaced entirely by something else....its not really the same super rare car is it?

 

Not according to page 4 of this LVV PDF 

http://www.lvvta.org.nz/documents/consultation/Info-2012%20New%20Scratch-built_Modified_Production_and-Rebodied_definitions.pdf

It's not rocket science man and it's not at all conflicting  But just to answer your questions - even though I'm not sure if you are trolling or genuinely a bit confused.

Yes swapping vehicle identities is 100% illegal.

 

Why? It's illegal because you don't want the bro down the road to pinch your Subaru with a good motor and take it home, then switch the identity of his Subaru with a fucked motor onto your old Subaru. Because then he could legally own your car by the fact it has a VIN number that matches his ownership papers.

 

I was on a jury for a court case where a guy bought bank cheques worth $5 and managed to erase the pen on the cheques and write his own amount in there to buy the cars. He then transferred the cars into his name and the cheques bounced some time later. The insurance company would not pay out because he had legally bought the car - even though he had bought it with illegal cheques. It's not the same situation but it proves that a technicality like that is a fuck up. Not allowing jokers to switch identity plates willy nilly is a loophole closer.

 

For the hard proof... https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/virms/in-service-wof-and-cof/general/vehicle-identification/vin-and-chassis-number

 

edit - beaten by Clint while I fucked around writing my post and eating dinner.

The removal of chassis number on a vehicle with no VIN number makes sense.

But my argument is this.

If i want to replace the bumper on my car then i can. I dont need permission nor is it illegal.

Same if i replace a door, or both doors.

If i replace both doors, the bonnet, boot lid, all the running gear and every nut and bolt i do not need permission nor its illegal.

Its allso not illegal if i unstitch every spot weld and remove every screw and replace every part with OEM parts.

So would it be illegal if i unsticted the spot welds holding the panel with the vin chassis number attached and fitted it to another car.

or this,  if its illegal to cut a chassis number out, how big does the cut need to be befor its not deemed illegal. Front cut ?

I will rock down to a VTNZ next week to have a yarn.

Will be interesting to see what i come up with.

Read the link?

 

"Refer the vehicle to a VIN issuing agent (VTNZ, VINZ, NZAA). They will inspect the vehicle and seek approval from NZTA to issue or re-issue a VIN plate."

 

Basically as above, take it all to a repair certifier, both vehicle identities, all the paperwork to prove you own both and go from there. Good luck.

 

As for R100's phone calls, the repair certifier probably figured you were being a dick.

Cheers. 

I wasnt being a dick. I was asking genuine questions.