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Just an fyi... Once upon a time, Lance the cert man pulled me up for the centre lap belt bolts in my Navara being the wrong spacing apart. They were too narrow. I had used the wrong holes on tunnel so was an easy fix but the width rule is there to stop anyones pelvis getting crushed in an accident if the bolt spacing is too narrow. So if you do end up fitting a centre belt to the orig holes just double check the hole centres are within the requirements (which I can't remember off the top of my head but I'l check my book later)

Also, a bit of advise when dealing with Russel... Although he is a good sort, his default will be the most expensive and overkill drivesahft rebuild. It will be $2500 and be good for 3000hp so instead of letting him decide what needs to be done, you have to tell him what you want and set limits.

Yeh hes moved the operation out to his home shed. Rent was getting too expensive in E.T.

I did one a few years ago for a customer to adapt a hilux uni to a navara pinion flange so we could run a surf slipjoint rear shaft section. It hasn't gone for a cert check yet though. I can't fully remember the outcome of the discussion with Clint at the time was, but I think it was a grey area as its not something commonly done. If sure he will chime in I made this one from steel to avoid any issues with internal threads Lvvta have with critical stuff made from Ali. You might need approval to make one from Ali if its threaded and would need to be 6061-T6. As long as its hubcentric and you follow the Lvv fastener requirements for shank then itl be decent.

Anyone here in Auckland do ultrasonic engine parts washing or even a turbo parts wash? I have a pair of Aluminium cam covers and 2 plenum halves that I have cleaned by hand and then smoothed out/shaved for polishing. They need another good clean to get all the Ali filings out of before I send them to Rkm. If theres nobody on here doing it I'l go visit some engine shops.

Suck it up, throw ya nuts over your shoulder, crank some Slayer, and fix it properly. If everything else has been done then its just lazy leaving that shit.

The main thing to look at is the duty cycle. That xcel arc 230 is a bit better than the 195 thats rated at 15%. But for the price its still a bit average. I think thats the trade off with alot of those multi process compact machines and I guess its relative to budget and what you will use it for as to whether the dutt cucle matters that much. But theres always much better rated 2nd hand gear popping up for the same kinda money.

Its critical. I think I was about 50kg out on my b2000 with 215/35r18 and ended up having to raise truck a bit and fit 225/40r18 to get the right tyre load rating. You'll just have to do what ya gotta go unfortunatly as you can't de-rate.

Thats really piss poor and amateur of them given how many people have a gmail account. Considering the Govt ruled that the Ccm be made freely available to Nzers I wonder how well that would go down if brought to light publicly.

You looking for a single or 3-phase setup? I have a Lincoln Pc60. Blows through 16mm steel and 12mm Ali like butter. But they are 3ph. They pop up on marketplace every now and again for reasonable money. Or the Miller Spectrum range are a good bit of kit.

I think you can make FC rx7 crown/pinions work in 90s b2000 nuggets with a bit of fiddling to give you better freeway gearing. Or maybe the whole head swap over but rx7 length length requires d-shaft to be shortened. And possibly those light trucks (Mazda Brawny?) that have the really small rear wheels. Its been a while since I read up on it but think those are the only ways to get high 3.xx or low 4.xx gearsets for UF B-series.

I'm assuming its glass and on a shortened beetle pan? Who made the body? If its glass and on a beetle pan I would think it would be treated no differently than a vw beach buggy so it would end up as a 'scratchbuilt replica' But if its on a 356 pan it could be a different story.

Chuck some pics up of the offset engine mount situation before you get too involved in it. There will likely be a limit to how much offset the certifier will allow.

Probably worth doing the vinegar test on them before putting any cleaners on them. I would probably have them vapour blasted and ceramic coated.

Hell yeh, thats cool. Now every time you hit the spacebar a few little rust flakes will fall out.