ThePog

Alfa Romeo 33 radiators are that aspect ratio..

Off grid but just my office so no serious loads. I rate the Victron stuff too

When I talked to NZ Lithium who sells victron stuff, he said there was value in having seperate charge controllers and inverters as it was cheaper and quicker to swap things if they blew up. However I also acquired this the other day; I got some advice from @Ned who said to forget about rewiring it for a 24v or 48v pack, use it as is with a Goodwe EH+ charge inverter along with a Dala battery emulator to interface with the Leaf BMS. So that is pretty much my plan at the minute.

That is a good point..

Don't think the boys are going back to chch unfortunately. I think we have basically settled on the idea of buying something good for our girls to use and then getting it back to Nelson from Qtown. Most likely an Aqua or a Vitz. So if anyone can have a look at a couple that would be appreciated..

Actually that Aqua could be a good bet as we will be wrecking the Wish we have cos it's on its last legs and need something to replace it, getting it back to Nelson from Queertown would be the only hassle although we do have our deep south trip at easter...

I have a nephew and his friend arriving for a NZ road trip in a couple of weeks, he is 20ish and has realised the cost of him hiring a car is going to be problematic. Do any of you chaps have something cheap but reliable to sell him? Or loan/rent if you dont mind it ending up in Queenstown? Or be prepared to help find something? Call it 3 to 5k, which I imagine would get something decent. He can drive a manual. Chur.

Thats not a bad idea assuming the thrust bearing interfaces nicely. I am sure there will be a pretty clear path of least resistance/lowest cost/minimum time/easiest to source parts/etc

I have enquired around for both types, we will see what comes out of the weeds. Its either a case of redrilling the vag flywheel to bolt to the engine or modding the existing flywheel to take the vw clutch and ring gear, whatever is easiest. Then its just about the box offsets. All good fun...

I had a look at some vids of clutch replacement on these and things looked pretty conventional. I have been looking at the reliability of these with some conflicting results, so the usual internet result. What I cant go too far past is our man running a 1.6 turbo through it without it disintegrating.

I have literally no idea. I guess there was a reason he did it the way he did. Kindof need one here to check it out.

I have been talking to a chap called Akos from somewhere in eastern Europe. He swapped in a VW 02a box which basically fits and as a bonus has the same output flange bolt pattern so the driveshafts do not need to change. He sent me a cad model of the adapter plate he used which helpfully placed the output flanges central to the existing ones. He used the x1/9 starter and hacked off a chunk of the bellhousing to clear it, but I imagine using the vw flywheel/clutch/starter migh be a better option assuming there are no major issues. Has anyone got an 02a or 02j box lying around?

Yea it turns out that is exactly what it meant after I asked people who specifically know. I did take a punt off a passing comment in a thread and looking at pics, the bolt pattern layout is pretty much bang on but on a bigger pcd. So IRL helped with that. No matter, its all part of the process.. I will look at VAG 02a boxes next as someone actually has fitted one to an X. And as for chat GPT, it is so self evidently worthless that I have never used it and never will, I have to rely on my own DK position to convince myself I am right...

The internet told me that you can run an alfa romeo box, they pretty much bolt up. The internet tells fucking lies

I dont think I have any cousins down that way...