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I'm jealous of this fellow.... Have only seen one in my life and wanted it - sports model too.

My other car is a.....

The Ratrod:

Meet you at U-drive at 3:30 for skids in my mums Wagon? .

Didn't have a good weekend this time. Went out for practice on Saturday and sheared an axle, which the nom-nom'd the bearing cage on the diffs carrier bearing and put a stop to my racing. Diff: How it should look: Sponsor: So the plan is to get some nice chrome moly axles made up with hardened splines before the next event (not till november or so). Will be getting them done by Howat Engineering in Nae Nae http://howatengineering.co.nz/ .

2x Matty B pipes going straight out the back with an angle slash on the end would be sweet. MX5's are for having fun in, not ricing up....

Front guards on the back is smart.... Makes a lot of sense. whats next?

Saw a 620 rolling round today. Blue, flat deck with wooden crate stz on the back.... Reminded me of you.

The August round of UTRS was good fun. Switched classes to run in the middle group, instead of the fast one as I was always at the back of the pack. Had a blast and had a lot of cars to compete with - namely the 300hp AE86 that's new to racing. Qualified on pole for race 1, which was greasy but not totally wet. The other AE86 ran away on the straight and I was unable to catch, but be broke out of the time bracket (went under 1:23) and got a 10sec penalty... People spun out and the race finished under the safety car - I was the official race winner. Stoked. Race 2 was a handicap race. Started at the back of the pack. The weather had cleared up but stayed with semi slicks in an attempt to stay above the time bracket.... Had a good race but got stuck in traffic and tried to hard at one point, ending up on the grass and finished mid pack. Race 3 was awesome! Started in a mid group cause of my poor finish in race 2 and had a lot of fun battling toward the front. Had a big battle with a Super6 commodore who was very good at blocking and holding his line. Managed to get past and found a pack of HQ's... 3 rows, 2 wide. They are scary to try and pass in the corners! Started passing them on the back straight but made a bad choice of line and the white Porsche 928 (v8) took advantage... Decided "fuck it" and dived into a gap between an HQ and the grass, found space and ended up in 2nd place heading into the last lap. Sweet! during this I'd had a few runs over the ripple strips and my exhaust had come off the hangers... So going though the esses on the last lap the whole lot fell off! 3SGE with open headers for half a lap is painfull.... Finished in 2nd place but had done a 1:21 on the last lap so got a 20sec penalty and officially finished 8th or so. Pics: The last round is this Sunday, September 6th at Manfeild. Come have a watch! BYO old man for fathers day. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=14421&start=120

That's some stance right there.....

I've got a spare FA50 spindle at home, want me to measure it for you? There are two different ones. A large spline and a small spline, and both are completely different. I have a spare big one at home, want me to measure for you?

Better not!

I haven't looked at it in depth yet but the first bit that I read (bottom of the first page) is bullshit The pulse doesn't 'bounce' off the plenum it does so off the general mass of dense air at the opening to the trumpet. Posted that mostly for the sweet pic of soundwaves bouncing into a OHV engine. Didn't actually read what they were saying about the different pleniums. The other link is cool though.

Found some more interesting info and think this is a fitting place to put it: Honda guys talking about soundwaves etc: http://www.team-integra.net/sections/ar ... icleID=466 Some guy with a computer program: http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-tech-en ... study.html And how NOT to do a set of trumpets!!!

Is is classed as a moped? .

Next OS trackday = if you own one, you bring it or Ban?

So I decided that I wouldn't put up a thread for this until I got a speeding ticket on it ..... BUT .... scooters draw zero police attention so I gave up. It's a 1982 FA50 in 2 stroke blue Mods: De-mirrored left handlebar, "Re-jetted" throttle needle, Custom 1-3/4" Muffler (Car muff converted into makeshift spannie chamber), Reamed exhaust port, Matched exh manifold, 2 speed auto from FS50 (but using FA50 big wheels, not FS small wheels). Originally got this for free from a friends dad. It was in a bit of a sorry state - not running and was quite filthy. He'd taken good care of it over the years, though, and was gutted that he couldn't find the fault. Took it home and got to work. My old man happened to take a break from work at around the same time and spent ages getting it going, straightening wheels and cleaning things up. Had to replace the wiring strap using parts from my old scootercross FA50. Did all that, add fuel and oil - Brrriiiiingg**** It lived. Since then I've changed the trans to the one from the FS, which is a 2 stage auto deal. The FS originally had a tiny wheel on the back, so I figured add big wheel and gain KPH... Worked well. Also sanded down the throttle needle that goes through the jet for more gas at high throttle. Did the muffler at the same time and it made a huge difference, it loves the fuel and when you throw the enrichener/ choke on it un locks 5kph or so. At first it would do 70K everywhere! No problems... but since then it's run out of 2 stroke once and is probably a bit coked up so chuggs along at around 65 on the flat with no wind... pretty happy with that since it did 45 originally. The clock only goes up to 60 and the needle stops near the bottom of the gauge... Where it stops = at least 70k. Smiles per mile are at least 1:1 ratio .

I like it John. Please take the seats out and see how many fronte's will fit in there .

Sorry KK, I should give up on the non-committal language. It will be slammed.

Hey Boes.... May be in Napier over the weekend of 12/13sept so would be keen to come have chats.

Will hopefully be nearly that low in the next couple of weeks.

OK so after a lot of searching I finally found an Auto trans that matched. $50 - mint. Funny thing is it came from a car that I got offered for $200 which had a few trick bits like wheel spacers and extractors. Should have bought it really but who cares, got the trans from it for cheap. Picked box up on Wednesday afternoon and it was in and working by lunchtime on Thursday. Much better than old box, this one doesn't try to kill you when it changes gears! Big ChurChur to KY for sending me the spare AFM he had lying around. Looks like it's solved most of the problems! I think a new set of plugs and leads and it'll run like a dream! Lubs. Also chopped 2 coils out of the rear springs and sorted a deal with Simon for his mesh. Looks better but needs 195/55's all round (has 50's on the front but they're too lowpro IMO. Will take some meat out of the front on sunday to get it sitting more even, but going to try and keep it captive till after the next for in Sept. //oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=18883

Yuh, from what I've heard to weld heads you clean it up as much as possible in and oven (till it's softish) and weld from there.

Got any blowby? ... could be a worry if you do.

Try calling these two places for prices on custom bands - bateman racecars and Howatt engineering. Both in wellington. Otherwise measure up the PCD of where the centres bolt in and count the holes, then keep your eyes peeled.