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Good work posting that one up mate. I usually hear about these types of events after they've been and gone. Not sure if my car will be ready by then, but it might be something to aim for....................

Sucks that NZDRA licenses aren't applicable. $100 is a lot of money for one run! Do you get a radar reading of your top speed?

I wish!

I did buy some drag slicks of tardme really cheap. But when they arrived I was like fuck! They are enormous! So they are going to stay in the shed untill I either sell them, or build a car that can take their massive girth in it's holes.

Sick looking 1200 though!

I hope to be at the next meet. It's been too long since I've unleashed the supercharged fury on the 1/4. Damn teething problems.

FTR, vals handle like shit/chew front tyres if they are on the stops up front.

Drop spindles enable filthy lowness with less dieased-ness. But on the whole dispite looking uber sick, too low on a VAl is ftl.

Yeah, you should buy it fo sho RT. I have untold val parts gathering dust/leaves too.

bawhahahahaha!

me too!

Tell your old boy to scope out www.nzdatsun.com btw.

The new rego charges are gayer than Julian Clairy. I don't think they've come in yet. I'm septic as a mofo that my nifty rego is gonna go up by an insane amount. It's uber gay.

Shit fiddler, I haven't looked at your build thread for donkeys!

your manifold looks nice. You need to finish this car so you can buy a datsun!

safe R brakes do cables, but they are a killer rip off

I doubt it will be. It's been cast, so It shouldn't be anything special.

where would you wanna cruise to?

It ruled hard. I worked on my car non stop untill the 630 the night before and was thwarted by fucked bearings in my blower tensioner wheels. Came close though.

Got a wee bit sunburned, and drank too much. Epic afterparty too. The pole dancing was disturbing.

how did you get on mate?

drilling out the carrier isn't too hard. I did it once with an R200.

rustroy FTW.

I'm in the wont effect me catagory. In CHCH it'll only be the four ave's after dark where you wont be allowed to cruise. Then when people cant roll there anymore, they'll go somewhere else. And then those streets will get included too. This will go on forever. I don't go out fuck all at night anyway, and certinally don't take my datto out. Last time I did (To pick up a mate from the airport) I made a point of not taking the ave's, even though it was the shortest route.

Although doesn't it refer to repeatedly driving over a piece of road?

But the whole suspecting a car is dodgey is a fuck off big can of worms. I Spoke to Wayne Martin a while ago, and he said what EVERYONE who gets rolled needs to do is fight any tickets/charges, and plead not guilty ect. If averyone did that, the entire court system would grind to a screaming halt. He also said the cops will target a few individuals over and over again till their cars get sqaushed.

Doesn't look like I'll be able to come to this one. But I shoiuld be able to make the november meet.

Sure is James. Brendon, brock, Lisa and shane are all coming down from the Bay.

Are the tapped bolt holes in the crownwheel bigger or smaller than the holes in the crownwheel that you're replacing? It the bolts that hold your crownwheel to the carrier are smaller than the holes in the carrier, my bushes slip over the bolts (snugly) and have the same OD as the ID of the hole in the carrier.

Does that make sense?

What was the diff from originally? Vals ran 25 spline axles also.

most vals ran the type 78 diff boe. How many spline are your axles?

I can turn you up sone adapter bushes to make the bolts you have fit if need be. I've sold a few sets to peeps who have adapted R200 VLSD's to longnose R200's for datsuns.

Depending on the spline count, the 3.23:1 is the diff for choice for Vals. The E series chargers an said ratio in them. (But they were a handfull in the wet!)

At this time, I'm still waiting on the UC's at Kelfords to grind my cam! They've only had it two fucking weeks!

Hey kiddies, it's that time again!

This Epic day of non stop datsun madness is open to all Datsuns, Datsun era Nissans, and vehicles manufactured by the prince motor company.

SUNDAY, 25th of October. (The sunday of labour weekend)

Meeting, at the halswell domain, Halswell rd at 9:30 am.

we're going to Akaroa, with a few pub stops along the way. And a BBQ lunch in Akaroa.

This is going to be the biggest datsun get-together in the country this year! Last year saw 31 cars turn out, and the weather was atrocious! We have members coming from as far away as the Hawkes bay!

bring your datto out, and come meet a great bunch of like minded people.

further details can be found here; http://www.nzdatsun.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=413

Tell your friends!

PS, Dave and Rob, I fully expect you two sad bastards to make the effort and show up!

I did a winter in my 1200 with no heater. A friend gave me a 12V hair dryer that he had left over from a hotrod he'd owned. I'd drive to work on a bitterly cold frosty morning wearing gloves, with the dryer in one hand trying to defrost the window so I could see. It was up to fuck all I'd have to say. Doesn't mean you can't get better ones though.

FTR, I'm going to install a factory heater back into the 1200 at some time. 80% of the energy is lost as heat, and considering how friggin cold it gets here, I gag to put some of it to good use!

Thanks guys. Got it all sorted.

Hey,

I have an inline four which I'm slapping together with pistons from another flavour on engine. I don't know which way the piston is suposed to go on the pin, (There is no notch to say front on them)So which way does the gudgeon pin offset go. (as a rule of thumb)