Truenotch

Registered and paid. Keen to meet Ham again.

Is a rear bumper required for cert?

Barry's going for the Lancia group B look: 

6 hours ago, Rhyscar said:

I can probably get them to chch in May if you need. I've got a 2zz corolla on my back lawn that's being collected by the owner and taken to chch. I'm sure there'll be room for a set of tyres. 

... Sounds like I need to talk to Shouty Dave about a freight run... 

Pretty sure those are ex Formula Ford tyres. I reckon there should be a cache of them in Chch if Mitch ever gets the car rolling.

Side note: will you run 15s for track work @Rhyscar?

Here's the info you need from @Hyperblade's thread. J160 with TRS slicks looks like it'll be OK as long as you rev it to 9000. 

4.9 will be relatively short with 13" slicks. Ruapuna's straight is long - @Hyperblade can probably chime in here with the Starlet's diff ratio, RPM and 6th gear ratio to give you a better idea. 

Nice! It's about time you had a car for yourself again.

90s cars are pretty oldschool now eh?

On 02/04/2024 at 10:15, Mop Head said:

It was built by Lin Chen supposedly who used to be one of the dudes at Speed Factor down here.

I'm pretty sure Lin is still tuning in Mt Maunganui. His business is called CDM and he's the go to guy for lots of Honda owners.

Fingers crossed it doesn't end up sounding like every Altezza in Palmy.....

Yeah, keen for some form of winter meet. Let's get it going

1 hour ago, EpochNZ said:

It came up in a discussion around fitting a larger (18mm +) carb in the Fs1 engine case.  The standard response seems to be to leave the cover off and leave it blowing in the breeze (as per @Truenotch's Fs50)

The suggetion to use a membrane carb was to get around that physical size restriction.

I'd prefer to have the side cover in place. 

My old setup was better with a Chappy big bore kit that had the carb feeding into the cylinder like a more conventional setup.

It would've been safer than riding motorbikes down here eh?

Obviously the wagnats team are getting old and conservative! Did you all drink cups of tea and go to bed at 8:30pm? 

1 hour ago, Mourning Cupcake said:

Apparently i left my phone lying around at some point...

Keeping the dick pics for yourself?

23 hours ago, bad man said:

Hi,

Ive just purchased an 1981 Honda Civic in tidy condition part from front 2 struts in pretty dire need of replacement.

Thing is, I'm having a lot of trouble sourcing new ones and was hoping I might get some recommendations for where I can look/who I can talk to? I'm not overly car savvy myself.

The rego is KJ81 if that helps

Thanks guys

I'd recommend talking to a shock specialist like Autolign or even a good staff member at BNT. Take the car in with you so they can get all the relevant info and order the right struts. 

Aaaand I'm out. Sorry guys, broke my shoulder on the Dunstan yesterday. 

Piano flat to Old Man Range is awesome BTW! And the Nevis. You're all in for a treat.

Haha, that takes me back to a time when AE86s weren't considered oldschool. 

SS2000 was the class and the Pro7s fitted the category, so often raced on both grids.

Also, did you guys forget how to oldschool? I moved both of your posts across from the main project thread.

Yeah, I can reset your password @Hogibear

19 minutes ago, Bart's Handbrake said:

Most complete and well-maintained classic vehicle that's ever belonged to this household...

It's probably the fastest around a racetrack too