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weather is sweet. see you guys there

wheres your eterna got to?

im not doing to well myself either.. wagon is engineless, wofless etc haha oh shit mad mish ahead.

managed to port my 12.5hp lawnmower engine tonight.. man briggs engines have mega fail ports!

more details:

BRUNCH... we're going for a brunch menu for the buffet.. so bacon eggs sausage hash brown tomotoes etc $15ea. 10.30am-12pm

10.30-12pm <------ got that

10.30am - 12pm for buffet brunch. be hungry!

event is free.. support our hosts by having lunch on site!

just a reminder...

one week to go! it's this saturday for those memory deficient peoples

I must make one thing very clear... absolutely NO BURNOUTS! whatsoever. I cannot exert this enough! you have been warned!

anyones seen doing a skid, driving recklessly etc, this includes leaving the carpark, WILL have thier number plates dobbed into police including any related footage. (manukau police are just around the corner).

The event, the cafe owners, and other events that take place in this carpark rely on the good behavior of all participants to keep a good name and allow the continued use of the carpark. previous behaviour has been great, lets keep it that way.

Another thing, sorry guys NO ALCOHOL. Bellagio Cafe are not licensed.

Also it is up to you to make sure your car is road legal. we dont want any colourful stickers handed out on the day!

cheers.. can't wait

just checking.. but did you use the original crown and pinion that was in the hilux head? didn't swap a different crown wheel on or anything silly?

apparently in the hilux heads, theres something different to do with the crown wheel mounting in ratios lower than 4.8ish. what ratios were in the two heads that you've used parts from?

the cars looking awesome

and just in case you missed that...

WHEN: Sat 16th Jan 2010 10am-3pm

WHERE: Bellagio Cafe, Plunket Ave - Manukau City - AUCKLAND

new motorway link from manukau to the sth western being built right next door

chur

Is it definately locked in for the 16th as I missed last years one due to Kumeu being on at the same time?

yep ITS THE 16TH. went in and had a chat to bonney the other day.

pile in one car and head out for a long lunch break or something.

Bellagio Cafe can put on a buffet lunch. details soon. approx $15 ea. need to know numbers. pm me or post in thread if interested.

dunno bout you, but i reckon it'd be sweet if there were a few prizes handed out at the end. it's more incentive to clean your car etc.

16th gives people more time to get cars going. i know i'll be rushing round last minute trying to buy stuff that i couldn't over the holidays cause shops were shut.

oh and DATE is THE 16th

If your trying the judging thing try hit up some sponsors for prizes this year I've found through cannon ball they are interested in looking at one event before putting up prizes so let them know about this one ask for prizes and they will probably support next years one.

yeah good idea. i'll start asking... inviting sponsors.

these events don't exactly see a huge spectator turnout as such, as its a car owners meet, but then again its not widely advertised. i'd imagine that is what sponsors are gauging.. how much thier product or company is 'seen'.

probably start a competition thing next time. due to the open (free) carpark and peoples coming/going the whole time it's a bit unco to organise a competition. (am i the procrastination king or what!) but come the following year i think a gated paddock/carpark is the go where a 'park n show' area kept separate from general spectator parking.

that works out well then. might get a few more mazda's on this weekend too.

16th jan is the date. [/confusion]

going with the 16th. cant make everyone happy. following year will find out opinions earlier!

please post in auckland event thread from now.

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19626

oh the other thing is BigDayOut on friday. i know there was quite few that attended both events last year.

so next year i'll start poll earlier so can get a clear indication of best date.

9th?

phat, glad we got that sorted

teehee im having a good chuckle. oh man well yes the main arguement was that out of towners will not have to travel two weekends in a row if wanting attend both events. i say this because generally speaking peoples from oldschool.co.nz are into both and even more so now that oldschool has a display at kumeu. but now you guys are saying that the people travelling from a distance are probably only attending either/or event anyway?

the other possible option was to hold it on sunday.. but then this gives less time to recover/get home/fix car etc. ive gone and started advertising in other forums for the 16th so things will get rather wishy washy if i keep changing dates

argg fark what an easy one! never please everyone thats for certain.

ok even tho last minute few votes for the 9th. i still believe we'll get most people there by making same weekend as kumeu.

for those entering the kumeu show which this affects the most.. can you not get arm bands in the morning, then rock out to manukau around lunch time for a few hours (have lunch)? if cars cant leave during the day, then you're not going to miss the show! jump in a couple cars that aren't entered in the show and go for a cruise! easy

its pretty even stevens at the mo. would've hoped it was a clear winner

KE70 is same as ae86, << (top hat bolt spacing and steering arm spacing)>> ae70 same as te71. Me and my cousin have had alot of problems with this, ive got an ae70, he got te71. dunno why the stupidest things are slightly different

just to try clear that up.. ke70/ae70/te71 had an equal spaced bolt pattern on the top hat up til *around* 1983 where they changed it to the unequal pattern that you see in ae86. that applies to all the E7 chassis cars from what ive seen.

i believe the early top had bolt pattern is also same as ke30 and kp61. same as ke20 too but spun around 180degrees.

about this same time, but maybe later like around 1985.. the steering arm bolt spacing on ke70/ae70 changed from 87mm (that you find in ke30's) to 85mm that you find in most T powered cars and ae86. the changeover was later than the facelift of the E7 cars. te71 always have the 85mm bolt spacing.

you can also identify the differences in the struts easily by the way the disk bolts to the hub. the te71/ae86/late ke70 85mm style bolts from the inside out so the threads are in the hub. early ke70/ae70/ke30 87mm style bolt from the outside in so the threads are in the disk. the spacing between the wheel bearings are also different.. the stub axle is longer on the ae86/late E7 so the bearings are spaced wider. you cant swap a late hub on an early strut.

there is also a different shaped recess for the disk bolts in the hub. 85mm style is oval, 87mm style is square.

in my ke70 i run an ma45 strut, ke70 top hats, ae92GT shocks with spacers, ae86 p/s arms and about to swap disks to vented ones once ive made some caliper mounts.

just remember kumeu is friday/saturday/sunday. this meet is for 3-4hrs on saturday.

relating to the event thread

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19626

what weekend best suits?

2nd weekend sat 9th jan. most people still on holiday. Cannon ball run.

3rd weekend sat 16th jan. BDO on the friday. kumeu car show all weekend too. many peeps in town for these events anyways.

hey fullas it seems more like 2nd or 3rd weekend. alot of people will miss it if its too close to new years eve. also many people are in aucks for BigDayOut and also the Kumeu car show. last year i made it the same weekend and worked out good for most. so thinking to go with that again.. so Saturday 16th Jan. (BDO is on the friday). the four'n'rotay nats is end of jan so i wana leave a gap on that event.

cheater5.. postpone the trip!!! you have to be there

but nothing set in concrete yet.. i say vote now! 9th or 16th?

in here

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=20500&start=0

would this help?

http://toycrazy.net/tech/struts.html

you'll have the 85mm bolt spacing at the bottom of strut to steering arm. so yes ae86 struts could be bolted in. not sure if tt132 top hats are same bolt pattern.. so change your corona top hat onto the ae86 strut if needed since the top of the shock are same.

as to lca's, ae86 and ke70 (rack) are identical from what i could see. te71 and any recirculating ball steering e7 versions have a steering arm stopper on the lca and steering arm. tt132 and ke30 lca's are identical.

you could always do the 504 peugeot disk with hilux 4pot calipers to your stock struts?

get an RN41 hilux G series diff. 1420mm wide so dont need to shorten

F series wouldn't last for ever with that sort of power

T and F series are different bolt pattern, not just bolt size

ma46 is a US spec'd supra.. which we didn't get? our ma45 are the jap spec ones and have a smaller 6.7" diff. hmm.

ha yeah costs a fortune to store the shit too. ended up building a diff rack to get the live axles off the floor

good to hear it worked out. are they still adamant the original crown/pinion wouldn't work with the lsd?

looks like a cusco unit

this altezza diff is not from the GITA model is it? the 2jz model... they have bigger diff i believe.

did this diff guy measure anything up or had done the swap previously before saying these things? theres one guy in the link below saying he used a spacer on the crown.. who knows if he kept the gears as a set.

i found the live axle side bearing was wider than the altezza.. but the width of the carriers were different so they ended up both being 150mm wide outside to outside once fitted. outside diameter was the same. pretty sure ID is same too. its the WIDTH that varies.

different offset crown? sure these are same ratios? live axle head has side bearing adjustment nuts.. they're there for good reason

will be interesting to see how you go with it.

http://www.toymods.net/forums/showthrea ... +live+axle

side bearings stay with the carrier.. so if using altezza clutch lsd into live axle housing.. keep the altezza bearings.

lol at retaliation. so your user name is your p-plate huh? mine could be too, but it aint.

80's cosmo all good. roudy rotor.. boso styles i guess (but please swap some jdm goodness onto those hubs for the day)