cute wee gem

Sync errors?

wow

world record, because only 2 people in the world compete?

Peak power at 7350 must be awesome to drive.

So jealous of your rpms

Awesome link, Tom.

Now I'm gonna go turn lap top on and see how rough my old tunes were. I'd never really used/understood the scatter plots before.

fuck that was sweet

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/isuzu/auction-806656858.htm

If you don't mind 2.6?

coupe vs wagon = coupe wins, and I'm biased towards the gem

go find a gem coupe instead

Engines are complete rubbish?

Fastest G Series powered Gemini run's a 8.69 @ 158mph 1/4 mile.

Just a little correction

Runamuck is obviously butt hurt that someone would pick a Gem over his beloved Datsun lol

The only issue I've had with window winders is that they jab you in the knee when cornering hard

I say go have a look and make the call yourself - I've always wanted one with that particular front! They're quite hard to find

Be aware that twin cams are hard to get bits for so try to get a runner at least.

Epic work as usual you mad bastard.

That makes sense. It spun when i pulled it down so assumed it was meant to haha.

Cheers man

I'm reassembling a R154 at the mo after putting in a marlin crawler thrust washer and have a question about the output shaft bearing clearance.

Basically as per the photo it goes: output bearing -> spacer -> 5th gear -> center bearing -> 1st gear

Now I pressed the 5th, center bearing and 1st gear on at the same time, then slipped the spacer on and pressed the output bearing on. Which cause the spacer to be locked tight, I'm 90% sure it spun on the shaft before I pulled it to bits, so i pulled it all off and pressed it all on again, using a .1mm feeler gauge between the spacer and the output bearing, so now it spins.

I can't seem to find any form of spec on this clearance or if it even needs to be to a spec?

It has a table for axial play, but I'm a bit confused tbh

amayama.com

I have a 4jb1t rodeo that has 500,000km on the clock

I took it 4wding the first day I got it, then the clutch started slipping after a river crossing, which took a day or 2 to come right

I know nothing about 4wds other than this

This is my story

nope lol

Wouldn't even waste a pinto on an rx8 tbh

lol'd me when the first reply suggested isuzu v6

Mrs loves it when i rebuild stuff in the lounge.

Tonights job, rebuilding the H1C.

^^ this

It's a TG, so has plastic bumpers etc. definitely looked tidy and probably worth 2k to the right buyer. But yeah I wouldn't expect to make much $$ on it if that's what you're thinking

If it was worth 2k to you, you'd have already bought it

injector stuck open?

edit: i should learn to read. ignore me

Bit of a mock up as there's a few bits left to put on, turbo is back off to rebuild it this week etc

Ported, cleaned up, skimmed, valves and seats cut, valve clearances all set with new shims

^^ just a silly excuse.

Time = money, they're just impatient

So I finished this. Then someone gave us a wad of cash and drove away with it today. Never really ended up using it, so made a couple $$ on it instead

Finished article

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=767823006

holset hx35