Nominal

51 minutes ago, cletus said:

I have both mig and tig

 

I use my mig more,

if I have fiddly stuff that I want to look pretty I use the tig, I still have a lot to learn about it though.

mig is good if you just want to blaze stuff together or do rust patches on slightly questionable panels/things that are not perfect/gaps not 100%

also mig seems a lot more economical on gas

I'm pretty much where Cletus is.

I find the mig easier in rust repair as it is easier to fill in gaps and deals better with less than perfect prep.

23 minutes ago, Steelies said:

 

buy mine!

Wrong colour!

Nah, loads of 'Trade: A Question on your auction" emails

1 hour ago, WLDRX2 said:

$95,000.00, 1862km,  lhd,  rx2 anyone ?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1645899470

 

 

Gonna ask him some questions on his auction?

Apparently sitting around for (mumble) years is bad for ball joint covers...

My little press, and the local garages bigger one wouldn't shift these, so took them back to Graham Berry Race Cars where they were built. Came out OK with maybe 30 tons? They told me they are BJ55 Holden parts.

I couldn't immediately recall what the calipers were from. Some forum stalking indicates Subaru Liberty. I'll need to go through these as at present they are wrecking yard take-offs from 10 years ago or so.

The Escort rack supplied with the chassis (at rear) was invoiced as rebuilt. Probably was, but one boot had disentegrated and the other was ugly. The mounting bushes (some sort of blue plastic) had crumbled as well. The other one is a spare from Trademe that I hadn't even taken out of it's box for years. Looks to be usable but boots were also had it.

Tack welding the rack end parts together should keep them in place. This is on the rebuilt rack.

2 hours ago, brocky41 said:

"All fibreglass panels now gone" - fuck does it come with anything lol?

Mazda tax?

You pump well.

It can sit at our place in Kapiti if you can find a driver to get it here.

without breaking. Loal.

So you now have 2 tractors?

What do you when you need a race car transporter, and track down a Morris FG, but the engine is poked?

Why, rebuild it with a Holden V8 under the deck of course.

Here's a couple of pics of the SR20DET and 5-speed.

13 hours ago, James NZ said:

Hi Nominal, would you mind measuring the SR20 and box for me when you get the time? Apart from the usual measurements I'm keen to find out the distance from the front of gearbox to the gearlever position. Thanks very much, James

Engine front to rear is about 520mm (I think I trimmed the front part of the pulley off).

Engine rear face to shifter about 730mm.

It's about 60mm tall and has a (small) front sump. Will take some side-on pics later.

This is what you need.

There's not a huge range of RWD 4-cyl modern setups available these days, as many are old/thrashed. I've got a SR20DET + 5 speed sitting in my garage if you want some measurements? 

I think the SR20 would be a good choice. Staying non-turbo will be simpler, and you may be able to keep the Viva diff from exploding.

shit...

yes.

56 minutes ago, AllTorque said:

Upstairs at the fart end. 

2 hours ago, James NZ said:

Vauxhalls

Ventora 

Estate

Viva

 Land Rovers

I think you'll fit right in here!

"Coffee"

Some of this stuff has been together so long it's crapped out.

This lower ball joint has to come out. I'm not even sure what it's from - hopefully a Mk4 Cortina like the suspension upright. It's in the 12t press now but hasn't moved. I'll have to look up a bigger press.

Had to do some research on where these calipers came from - apparently I got them off a Subaru Liberty (flaky memory)

Have lined up the NDT man so need to get the suspension arms off and power coating removed.

I've got a factory service manual here if you need anything from that. My experience in getting computer alignment setups to work on the Mercury was a bit similar - clamps don't fit inside arches, can't roll it forwards and back enough, etc etc. The printer did work OK though.

Bring back string/tape measure/spirit levels!

Happy to loan out my SWR meter.

Low mount on Oxford. Bad for SWR for sure. This is a new 1.3m GME whip and base.