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what a see you next tuesday who crashed into you - was he apologetic? seems he ran out of talent and you paid for that.

** Discussion https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/74793-helium-elbows-magical-rx-7-fb/ ** As 3-4 months of winter snow is coming up in just a few weeks I'm going to take it off the road and do a bit of a refresh. It needs a bit of a tidy up body wise as there is some faded/crazed paint on the passenger guard and door, and some little bits of surface rust here and there to tend to. I've salvaged the Racing Beat Road Race header and Power Pulse pre-silencer and main muffler from the parts car And picked up some Enkei EK98 15x7 -3 wheels which could do with a bit of a tidy up. The lips have been painted silver and I want to take them back to polished metal. Not keen on the black centres either, looking to go a metallic silver or bronzey/gunmetal. Also found the original owner's manual

yeah just hope that none of the parts are wrong cause you're gunna miss that 30 day return window haha

I was fuming and I was waiting a while for the person to come back, but what would it have achieved? it could have been a widdle old lady who was completely oblivious, or it could have been the hulk who would beat me to pulp. There wasn't any monetary damage other than a bent plate, but that didn't stop me from writing the most Canadian passive aggressive note left on their windscreen. But yeah, next time it'll be four flat tyres with their valve stems removed.

not hugely, I would say FCs and FDs are more popular here.

Just a small update - not long after getting it I put it through the Ontario equivalent of a WOF, the "Safety Check" which it passed not needing much. With new plates (old owner takes their plates off) and ridiculously expensive mandatory insurance it was back on the road. It's first legal trip was to the supermarket, where someone in their oversized Datsun prompted used my bumper (and 2 day old fresh plate) as a parking spot. I now have a dashcam & tyre valve stem remover kept in my glovebox for these times. Bought many a box of service items from RockAuto And some Solex locks from 'straya maaaate because the original lock barrels can be opened with almost any key and it has keyless entry anyway. Also had my first break down, can you spot the problem? ** Discussion https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/74793-helium-elbows-magical-rx-7-fb/ **

I was literally about the link the same video too! that coolant muck looked exactly the same!

I'm definitely looking back at the 9752 "is my car oldschool?" forum posts and having a mild chortle

So when are you selling up and getting a Proton Saga? Would be interesting to see what has been done to that lead car, that original 4G15 would probably move like that!

I remember your one - whatever happened to it?

diesel oil is fine it just has extra detergents in it, but judging by the varnishing under the rocker cover it could do with a bit of a clean. I'm running 15W40 diesel oil on my 6G72 DOHC and so far so good - has made the lifters quieter too.

holy crap that sounds amazing! you can dort right passed the po-po and they are going to have no fkn idea where that Honda is.

those compression numbers are pretty low (although they are relatively even) - combined with smoking issue it sounds like your rings are defective and it's perhaps letting too much oil into combustion chamber.

small world, I know Brendan (and his brothers) from Taumarunui.

Because I'm looking for some disc rotors myself for the VR-4, I went looking for the same rotors on rockauto and after looking more closely there and above at your pics, I still don't think those rotors are multi 4/5 stud. Compare the pattern on those disc rotors with the multi pattern on a set of multi 4/5 stud spacers and hopefully you'll see what I mean: Would love to find a pair of 276x24 4x114.3 slotted or slotted & drilled/dimpled but local options in NZ are very limited and even finding something overseas is hard now. Rear disc rotors are under $20 each on rockauto so I'm definitely getting some of them as they are a bit lighter than the fronts.

If you're staying 4 stud why are you getting DSM Eclipse/Talon rotors? They are 5-lug. The VR-4 Evo 90-92/Lancer Evo 1-3/Galant VR-4 92-96 rotors are the same 276mm as DSM Eclipse/Talon but 4 stud.

turbo RWD = wideblock N/A RWD = (generally) narrowblock, with some exceptions like 4x4 L200/L300. I believe all RWD N/A 4G64s are wideblock. turbo FWD/AWD = narrowblock And then when it comes to RWD 4G54 there seems to be a difference between auto/man that determines wideblock or not.

in Toronto just a couple suburbs over. It was originally from Chatham-Kent which is near Detroit.

yeah I believe only the North American market GSL and GSL-SE's had this dash with the rest being 'GS' style. I wonder if anyone could hack up a LHD GSL/GSL-SE dash to make it RHD much in the way some companies make LHD cars into RHD cars. I would have a spare dash to offer up.

** Discussion https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/74793-helium-elbows-magical-rx-7-fb/ ** So I never thought I would end up owning a rotary any time soon but wasn't having too much luck finding a sweet Starion/Conquest near me over the last year or so. This came up locally for a good price and thought why the fuck not. It's a 1985 Canadian spec FB RX-7 GSL-SE with the IMSA Targa option. It's basically the same as US spec top of the line GSL-SE with 13B RE-EGI engine just with km/h dials instead of mph. IMSA Targa package adds faux brushed metal targa band (I'm not the biggest fan), front splitter (currently off the car broken) and rear wrap around wing. Factory options include maroon leather interior, electric windows/mirrors, push button climate control A/C, LSD with larger vented disc brakes F&R, cruise control, and glass moon roof with carry bag. It's a two owner car with 167k kms on the clock. Needs a little tidy up with a few small rust patches but otherwise it's a solid body and completely factory original inside and out. It comes with an almost complete '84 GSL-SE parts car that has a 10k old rebuilt engine (though hasn't run for years) and a Racing Beat full exhaust which will probably find its way onto the good car. Plans are to tidy it up over time and bring it back to as factory fresh condition as possible. Probably hang onto it here in Canada for a while and perhaps even bring back to NZ with me. Discussion https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/74793-helium-elbows-magical-rx-7-fb/

no cert for the brakes I gather?

can't unsee this now, thanks

Am I the only one who can't see Zep's pics that are hosted on Google?

I don't believe you can fit a TD05H cartridge to a TD05 turbine housing. You would want to use the H turbine housing as it separates the wastegate outlet for more flow.

Hard to tell without pics but it sounds like it's mostly stock with perhaps a wheel upgrade from a later model TD05. 14B is early E39A Galant VR- compressor wheel, and the blades are uniform. 16G is late E39A Galant VR-4 and Evo1-3 compressor wheel and they have a staggered blade arrangement, with the Evo 3 16G wheel being slightly different again (more curved). Then you have the TD04 series of turbos from Lancer GSRs, Saabs, Volvos, Subarus etc which can come with 13G, 15T, 16G, 19T etc which introduces another bunch of wheels into the mix. I would just fit a TD05H-big16G complete on your existing exhaust manifold (will need some porting) and then clock the compressor housing (requires drilling out locating pin) and relocate wastegate actuator mounting bracket or weld up internal wastegate and use external wastegate. Will need a different downpipe made up too.