Truenotch

The front is now in epoxy primer. I have a couple of areas to rub back and then it’s time for colour.

Quick degrease and rattle can resto for the crossmember and castor arm brackets. All coated in epoxy black which should stick well.

It’s getting very close to paint time! Please remind me to visit the sandblasters if I ever decide to paint an engine bay again... I have some more cleaning and sanding to do before we lay down some epoxy primer on Monday. Hopefully we’ll see colour in the next week or so!

If you decide to go the ITB route, talk to @BobbyBreeze at Whitleytune. He casts inlets and throttle bodies and can help with getting the right lengths for harmonic wave tuning.

Pretty sure it'll be last year's day 2 but in reverse (which means up hill). It's 155km so you might be 'right, Jim!

Yes please, sign up!

We've checked amongst the mods and I don't believe your posts have been deleted at all. You might have lost some posts if the forum rebooted at a bad time, which seems to have happened a few times lately. Sorry! I enjoy your posts, so please keep them up.

We have 58 entries now. Still plenty of room for more if you want to come and play. # Name Username Vehicle PAID? 1 Gavin Gardner Gavin Ford capri 1974 PAID 2 Jason Batchelor j.e.d. Holden VL Walkinshaw rep. 1987 PAID 3 Adrian Hill slugggy 1962 Chev C20 PAID 4 Drew Blewett VK327 1986 Holden VK royale PAID 5 Tui Tauroa tuit 1984 Toyota Carina PAID 6 Richard Opie Snoozin Honda Integra Type R 2000 7 Tim Wittermans 66GT HSV Senator 1996 8 Stuart Stupra Toyota Supra 3.0GT 1989 9 David Robertson dave123456789 1994 Nissan skyline gtr 10 Steven Blair Steven Blair Holden Kingswood, HQ 1975 11 Paul Hollingsworth Paul Hollingsworth 1975 toyota ke25 12 Sam van de rheede Sam van de rheede R32 gtr 1990 13 John franich John franich 1980 toyota corolla 14 matt henderson BIGMATT4 MK2 ESCORT VAN PAID 15 Aaron morrow Aaron morrow Chev 82 Silverado. Or GMC Jimmy 6.2 desiel 16 Mitchell Kear mk2mitch VW Golf 1985 17 Mateja Matic M M BMW 328i E36 1995 PAID 18 Ben Jones keltik 1990 Mazda MX5 PAID 19 James French James French Honda Civic, 1982 PAID 20 David Frost James French 1994 Mazda MX5 21 Ollie Genet Ollie Genet Toyota Corolla KE20 1973 22 David Arthur sheepers toyota celica 1977 PAID 23 David van der Haas Roman hopes and dreams PAID 24 Matt Gill Drifter4ag Toyota Corolla 1984 PAID 25 Joshua Joshua Ford escort 1600 sport 1979 26 John van der Haas Johnv Toyota Carina TA?? 1982 PAID 27 Billy Adams Terminator 2 Nissan 200ZR 1988 PAID 28 Andrew So ch4ng 91 Mazda MX5 PAID 29 Aaron Hickson Aaron Hickson 1977 Ford XC Falcon PAID 30 Anthony Pearse oldrx7 Mazda, 323, 1985 PAID 31 Mark Ireland CorollaGT Toyota Corolla GT 1997 32 Damien Clarke OSM Garage 1986 Mitsubishi Sigma 33 Brandon Geaney Brandon Geaney 1970 chev nova 34 Ants Clarke Ants Clarke 1986 Holden Commodore 35 Tank Er macabre honda civic 93 36 Mike hillyard Mike hillyard Holden torana 75 37 David Goodall Toyota MR2 1986 PAID 38 Jai monaghan Minicranks 1959 mini 998. 39 David Torckler Davet Vauxhall magnum 1977 40 James Pearse madaz62 Mazda 323 1980 PAID 41 Craig McGill Kiwisurf Ford Escort 1979 PAID 42 Ashley Chalmers 1993 Toyota Supra PAID 43 Jason Curran Ford Cortina MK5 PAID 44 Mike Clarke michaelme 1984 Rover Vitesse 45 James Boyce punkoutnz Volkswagen Golf 2010 46 Justin Derrick Nissan skyline 2008 PAID 47 chris read chris R 79 holden 1 ton PAID 48 Gareth John Knox Ford escort 1980 49 Tony Jelaca Tonyga61 1982 Toyota Celica xx. 50 Dylan Cornfoot piazzanoob 1964 ford galaxie 51 Ryan Fels Ryanfels Ms65 toyota crown 52 Greg O’Rourke Cjc member Honda Civic 1998 53 Blair Cosford BLUOVL 1978 Ford Escort MK2 54 Fred Cooke FishtailFred Volvo 360 1989 PAID 55 Steven Bow Holden ss 2015 57 Johl Jamieson 2006 R8 Clubsport 58 Renee Lydolph 2011 Holden Walkinshaw GTS 59 sam longley Dodgee Mazda rx3 1972

Don't forget those lightweight rods! *These particular rods are not from Roman's 2NZ. AFAIK he hasn't stripped his engine down to fit bigboy rods yet.

Re-mounted the radiator today. I decided that I didn't like the position, so have moved it to the middle. Ordered a new k&n air filter to fit the space which will mount on the side. I'll make a new transition piece to feed the air box. I'll figure out the ducting once there's an engine in the hole again.

An old fire extinguisher clamp would be the business for carrying those bottles.

I've just ordered one of these from Aliexpress. Hopefully it arrives in time! I went for a 5L because my MX100 tank is so small (4.5L or so) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000187680968.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.53fa4c4dQY7p6x

Into the fun jobs now. Welded up my firewall notch, removed the whole seam along the back and have now removed the suspension, crossmember and swaybar/castor arm mounts.

I'd say it’s long gone Steve. This post is from 2006 and I don’t even recall @mikuni owning it. Put up a wanted post in the for sale / wanted section. Never know what’s out there.

See you all there. I'll be bringing some kind of small old bike. Better go and make sure the lights work! Up on Facebook now: https://fb.me/e/1wAaSHG2T

44 entries now, thanks for getting it done. Keep 'em coming. # Name Username Vehicle PAID? 1 Gavin Gardner Gavin Ford capri 1974 2 Jason Batchelor j.e.d. Holden VL Walkinshaw rep. 1987 PAID 3 Adrian Hill slugggy 1962 Chev C20 PAID 4 Drew Blewett VK327 1986 Holden VK royale PAID 5 Tui Tauroa tuit 1984 Toyota Carina PAID 6 Richard Opie Snoozin Honda Integra Type R 2000 7 Tim Wittermans 66GT HSV Senator 1996 8 Stuart Stupra Toyota Supra 3.0GT 1989 9 David Robertson dave123456789 1994 Nissan skyline gtr 10 Steven Blair Steven Blair Holden Kingswood, HQ 1975 11 Paul Hollingsworth Paul Hollingsworth 1975 toyota ke25 12 Sam van de rheede Sam van de rheede R32 gtr 1990 13 John franich John franich 1980 toyota corolla 14 matt henderson BIGMATT4 MK2 ESCORT VAN PAID 15 Aaron morrow Aaron morrow Chev 82 Silverado. Or GMC Jimmy 6.2 desiel 16 Mitchell Kear mk2mitch VW Golf 1985 17 Mateja Matic M M BMW 328i E36 1995 PAID 18 Ben Jones keltik 1990 Mazda MX5 PAID 19 James French James French Honda Civic, 1982 PAID 20 David Frost James French 1994 Mazda MX5 21 Ollie Genet Ollie Genet Toyota Corolla KE20 1973 22 David Arthur sheepers toyota celica 1977 PAID 23 David van der Haas Roman hopes and dreams PAID 24 Matt Gill Drifter4ag Toyota Corolla 1984 PAID 25 Joshua Joshua Ford escort 1600 sport 1979 26 John van der Haas Johnv Toyota Carina TA?? 1982 PAID 27 Billy Adams Terminator 2 Nissan 200ZR 1988 PAID 28 Andrew So ch4ng 91 Mazda MX5 PAID 29 Aaron Hickson Aaron Hickson 1977 Ford XC Falcon 30 Anthony Pearse oldrx7 Mazda, 323, 1985 PAID 31 Mark Ireland CorollaGT Toyota Corolla GT 1997 32 Damien Clarke OSM Garage 1986 Mitsubishi Sigma 33 Brandon Geaney Brandon Geaney 1970 chev nova 34 Ants Clarke Ants Clarke 1986 Holden Commodore 35 Tank Er macabre honda civic 93 36 Mike hillyard Mike hillyard Holden torana 75 37 David Goodall Toyota MR2 1986 38 Jai monaghan Minicranks 1959 mini 998. 39 David Torckler Davet Vauxhall magnum 1977 40 James Pearse madaz62 Mazda 323 1980 41 Craig McGill Kiwisurf Ford Escort 1979 42 Ashley Chalmers 1993 Toyota Supra 43 Jason Curran Ford Cortina MK5 44 Mike Clarke michaelme 1984 Rover Vitesse

Nice! See you there. Thanks to everyone who's entered in the last week. We still need another 20 entries to be able to run the day. Here's an updated entry list with payments: # Name Username Vehicle PAID? 1 Gavin Gardner Gavin Ford capri 1974 2 Jason Batchelor j.e.d. Holden VL Walkinshaw rep. 1987 PAID 3 Adrian Hill slugggy 1962 Chev C20 PAID 4 Drew Blewett VK327 1986 Holden VK royale PAID 5 Tui Tauroa tuit 1984 Toyota Carina PAID 6 Richard Opie Snoozin Honda Integra Type R 2000 7 Tim Wittermans 66GT HSV Senator 1996 8 Stuart Stupra Toyota Supra 3.0GT 1989 9 David Robertson dave123456789 1994 Nissan skyline gtr 10 Steven Blair Steven Blair Holden Kingswood, HQ 1975 11 Paul Hollingsworth Paul Hollingsworth 1975 toyota ke25 12 Sam van de rheede Sam van de rheede R32 gtr 1990 13 John franich John franich 1980 toyota corolla 14 matt henderson BIGMATT4 MK2 ESCORT VAN PAID 15 Aaron morrow Aaron morrow Chev 82 Silverado. Or GMC Jimmy 6.2 desiel 16 Mitchell Kear mk2mitch VW Golf 1985 17 Mateja Matic M M BMW 328i E36 1995 PAID 18 Ben Jones keltik 1990 Mazda MX5 PAID 19 James French James French Honda Civic, 1982 PAID 20 David Frost James French 1994 Mazda MX5 21 Ollie Genet Ollie Genet Toyota Corolla KE20 1973 22 David Arthur sheepers toyota celica 1977 PAID 23 David van der Haas Roman hopes and dreams PAID 24 Matt Gill Drifter4ag Toyota Corolla 1984 PAID 25 Joshua Joshua Ford escort 1600 sport 1979 26 John van der Haas Johnv Toyota Carina TA?? 1982 PAID 27 Billy Adams Terminator 2 Nissan 200ZR 1988 PAID 28 Andrew So ch4ng 91 Mazda MX5 PAID 29 Aaron Hickson Aaron Hickson 1977 Ford XC Falcon 30 Anthony Pearse oldrx7 Mazda, 323, 1985 PAID

I can collect it and probably get it to Hamilton on election weekend.

Bring a Falcon instead.

Awesome day! Thanks to everyone involved with organising it. Glad I wore all the gear today and survived my first lowside.... in the middle of nowhere, but directly in front of a a marae where 3 people happened to be working on the grounds! Pretty funny to fall off and hear “YOU ALL GOOD BRO?” from up the hill.

I’ve now made the move to Palmy and have spent this week sorting out the wee workshop I’m renting. I’ve set up a bunch of shelves, built a bench and added a tyre rack along the back. It’s about 40m2 (10m deep, 4m wide) and has a decent high stud so I can hang junk from the ceiling if needed. The unit number will make @kpr jealous: #unit4A Unwrapped my fresh bottom end for the first time... really keen to get the head built now... Then I finished the rear suspension guff from the previous post, removed the springs and dropped it on the ground to see what rubs. The front LCA angles are pretty bad at this height. This is on bumps and I don’t have roll centre adjusters yet. At full compression the front lower arms just touch the chassis and the tyres rub on part of the inner guard (I’ll remedy this before finishing the engine bay tidy up). The lowest point of the chassis rails are are at 35mm or so. That’s with 225/45/15 tyres... probably safe enough to not scrape ripple strips at full compression? It will never run this low, but it’s good to see what the suspension will do over big bumps.

Fizz levels are way off the charts after the last couple of updates. Well done man!

Great meet last night! The location was super sweet and it was cool to head to the pub for a brew afterwards. Stoked to hang with everyone for my final OS meet as a Hamilton resident. Sounds like the owners of Mizoni were very happy to have us too .

See y'all tonight!