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yoeddynz

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  1. Don't forget to make a wooden tray for the dash and fill it with things including seashells, crystals, tiny Buddha figures, half smoked joints, entry tickets from luminate festival 2019 etc etc. Add some prayer flags around the ceiling and you're pretty much sorted for entry into tasman/golden bay.
  2. So choice. Excellent choice sir and great that it's not another red/faded to pink. My Imp (and my previous V6 Viva) have a tenuous connection in that they share the same ignition coils.
  3. For por15/other types of similar paint we punch two holes in the lid. Seal with bluetack (one is a breather) and remove both to pour some paint into a tray etc (or empty hummus pots if your posh like us) The bluetack does need to be swapped/added to once in a while but it's a good system.
  4. Chipping away at it. This project isn't the most important thing in my life right now but it's a nice way to chill out. I'll do an update at some point soon
  5. I do hope you turned away from the audience, paused for a few seconds and then turned back to face her, cupping your imaginary breasts and with a high pitched feminine tone said "well since you ask and because I'm a laaaaady, I'll now speak for all women"
  6. just to upset the barries at the jag meets - like @Sanfiddy did Plus reliable engine for the rest of your life and with the levels of jag insulation you'd not even hear the mighty LD. But mainly because this is oldschool and its just the done thing.
  7. LD28T + manual swap sounds like a grand idea, so leaving some money aside for nats. Get to it now they say!
  8. Extend the living room and move the fd into there. It's clean enough and will create an interesting talking point.
  9. So happy to see some updates with the as usual awesome zac levels of attention to detail. I'm still insanely jealous of your fd - I'd happily have one just to look at and sit in even if I couldn't afford to run it. Hence I'd be going over board to make it nice too.
  10. Nothing wrong at all with your welding efforts. Good on you for having a go and learning new skills
  11. Don't forget the big savings to be had by not using genuine mazda housing seals but instead use appropriate sized electric cable. Not kidding. I've seen it done.
  12. I didn't really know these were a thing. Very cool. Very dinky.
  13. I'll just put the old springs back in then. Save a lot of hassle. Then sort the height issues out later on.
  14. Yeah that's another idea, although even without knowing the cost of custom springs, i bet they are more expensive then making wire rope retainers (but much cleaner looking....) Currently I have something like 30mm, maybe a bit more, of droop before the straps got tight.
  15. Sweeeet. Mine are made from quality strop but I could easily whip up some wire rope items as per above link suggests. @cletus @KKtrips does this sound OK?
  16. Coil over on the front. Divorced (never actually heard that term used before now) at the back. The back end is fine - the coils there remain captive. Just these loose front springs to sort. I'd love it if I could swap the guts out and put in shorter inserts but I cant as they have non-servicable rolled over ends. If there was enough meat in the wall I'd cut the tops off the dampers, internally thread them and machine up some caps to retain some inserts.
  17. Are keeper/helper springs OK for certification? Like these sort of things.. https://www.nzperformance.co.nz/bc-adjustable-suspension-keeper-helper-spring-pa-2 One of the things I'll have to deal with in the future is loose front springs (makita one ways) when the car jacked jacked off the ground. Iirc it's about 20mm gap. Currently the car has some very well secured straps, as is done extensively in the UK with imps wearing shorter springs. But I'm guessing this fix would not pass a cert? So if my 'strap ons' are not good enough then it's some keeper springs or start looking into making some coilovers with shorter insert etc etc but that's a whole new set of questions.
  18. Oh - I've not actually watched the first vid. Hmmmm, not sure if I should? It sounds like it could be like stepping straight into the second season of walking dead, or the handmaids tale, having missed the best bits from season one and it generally all goes painfully downhill very quickly from there to the point that you wish they'd just fuck off and finish already, you've smashed the telly in and gone back to the shed.
  19. Oh trust me - I've been looking on Ali. Still yet to decide what bend/filter in using anyway.
  20. While I'm here.. would a 63mm silicone hose stretch to 64mm to fit my throttle body? https://stealthride.co.nz/collections/silicon-joiners/products/gloss-black-45-silicone-reducer-expander-hose5mm-wall-thickness-140mm-leg?variant=41522154864811
  21. I'm going to acquire said Estima from @Sparkynz strip it completely out, remove the front drive so its RWD only, upsize the crank pulley so its sees supercharging boost that would make even @RUNAMUCK sweat and build an Estima Q car. Might change the name too. Seems like a crime to miss out the opportunity to not re-badge it... 'Hot Emina'
  22. It's been on the back burner for ages. Looking forward to painting it next and have removed the guards to clean them up. Most recently it's been used for pulling flaxes from the ground, stashing old posts on the deck and putting seedlings out in the sun on the deck away from the reach of wekas. Very useful..
  23. I'm a self proclaimed expert in this field. If Monsieur Chapman was still about he'd be popping round mine for regular cups of tea over discussions about weight bias and its effects on handling. I'm not normally the sort of bloke who likes to boast about my talents but I am quite proud about my very scientific approach to modifying a small cars weight balance for testing purposes. I'll be more than happy to give you some sage advice on the subject when you need it...
  24. Hey thanks man. Hopefully it wont get too dusty or the Mandalorians will have to get little wipers on their spaceship window.
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