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And get some big stick on pointy ears. The USS Viva....

Pretty cosy. Man you wait till you see the cool little coffee table we just built!!! Made from Rimu, Miro and Macrocarpa. I have always wanted to build a sweet coffee table and so we took our time and really enjoyed making it. I'll post up some pictures tomorrow as the first coat of varnish has only just gone on.

Yeah I found one mitsi switch listed that might do the job. Yowser looks like he has come to the rescue with a cool Jaycar kit that includes a lcd readout Cool- along with the Innovate lambda gauge I want to get in future I could have a whole star trek panel thing going on under my dash! I'll have to set them all into a red vinyl panel of course

yeah i cant stand constant fans. Just the noise alone. The fans cant last long either. What radiator was your rotor van running? At least you had no worries over heating!

Cool- thats a nice option too- cheers. Hey do Jaycar sell cheap digital temp gauges with separate probe? Like what is built into multi meters.

Nah I don't want the fan on all the time. Only when I stop etc. I have had fans on a switch under dash- you only need to forget and walk away once and......melt down. Shgwag- 82 sounds good to me. Not too hot. Not to cold. In fact....just right Mjstar - yeah most fan switches are up high. It seems only a few cars have em down low? Anyway I agree- it could be way too late by time fan switch reacts- unless its a much lower rated one. But I dont know what rating to fit without knowing how much my rad drops the temp. Unless I start mucking about with temp probes in top hose and bottom hose -and i only have one of them anyway. I think I'll get a bloody adjustable one and then I can set it properly. Anyone else know of a source for the adjustable ones- cheap- in NZ?

yeah your missing something. My cars got a thermostat and hopefully thats fine. (not test driven yet...) Hopefully while driving temp should be about 85/90 ish. But what I'm wondering here about is the fan switch.

Like this.... http://shop1.actinicexpress.co.uk/shops ... ontrollers I have used two in the past and they are great. This time round with my Viva I decided to solder a location in bottom of rad for a standard fan switch. Problem is that most available in m16 x 1.5 are top mounted with ranges like 90/86 or higher and fan will turn on too late for. I want to keep my 12A around 85 to 90 - no more. The old Mazda race manual says 70 - 90 is the best range. 90 is more fuel efficient and closer to 70 is better for power. I spent last night trawling through the intermota fan switch pages and came up with 2 switches that may work; part numbers 50420 (hyundi lantra), 50434 (mitsi colt and lancer 1.3). These are 85-80c with two wires. Zac- can you get these cheap? Or anyone else? If they switch on at 85c reading from bottom of the rad then the engine may still be running hot because I don't know what the temp drop is from the top of rad/engine to the bottom. So engine may reach 95+ before fan switches on. Any idea on what a typical radiator temp drop is? I'm now thinking that instead of spending money on another switch I should just fit the adjustable type. But I sort of wanted to avoid them this time as I end up with an ugly box with a knob on it sitting near rad. If I do go for adjustable can anyone on here get them cheap? I have found Supercheap list davis craig ones for $71 but I'd like cheaper... http://www.supercheapauto.co.nz/online- ... ab=reviews

Keep in touch so I know when to put the kettle on!

ferry departure time change gives the convoy more time to sample my housepatality and coffee! I pinky swear to bring Viva next time!

Hannah and I would both love to go! But looking at our budget its a no go (start sad music)....... Neither of us have jobs, our savings are getting low and we have some pretty bloody big bills coming up to get truck cof'd, licensed, rucs then the Viva costs too. Once I'm working in Nelson and have saved up I'll be able to go to next years. Plus a job has popped up in Nelson I want so the rush is on to get truck on road so we can shift our house over there! 4 days off from finishing truck is too much. WHAT I CAN OFFER IS... cups of tea/coffee for the team travelling up to Picton if you can spare 20mins. We are in the centre of Blenheim about 1 minute from the route you take through Blenheim on way through. I can PM address if needed to you Bart or an easier idea would be that I could meet on southern outskirt of Blenheim and pilot you to our pad for a hot cuppa in the housetruck and then onto Picton. Offer is there. This way I get to have my own mini OS meet..... alex

Yeah cool- pm me ya number and I can pop round for a look. cheers

Cool- cheers zac. Its m16 x 1.5mm. I'll do a hunt around local places too and see whats on offer etc and by how much they want to rip me off.

OK cool. whoops...a pun.

cool- yeah i sort of get it. good with watts and volts but add resistance and my brain starts getting hot. I'll just get a resistor and put it in. if it blows it blows. Nup dave- no skid marks yet sorry.

should i put the multi meter between pot and gauge and see what current its drawing because the pot does get slightly warm? Maybe it draws something like 10watts?

Yeah I reckon sleeperish is a word. Its definitely how I want the car.

Yeah the carb is big enough. Elford converted about 500 cars and they received good press about the performance. Cheers zac for techno babble. What i did yesterday morning was buy a 0-500 ohm? pot from jaycar- all of $3.50 I wired it in series and so that turning it clock wise would make needle go up. Then I installed my temp probe on multi meter in side top hose. I started engine and when temp on meter read 40 i adjusted viva gauge to read 40. at 70 they were the same. At 90 it was ever so slightly out so I tweeked it as this is the important area. Now viva gauge was spot on I marked position on pot and will take it out, measure the resistance (was about turned about 3/4) and buy a resistor to suit. Now I also know that fan switch doesn't work. I took it out, put it in a pot on stove and it switched on at about 96! Bugger. I had bought it second hand from local radiator place and he thought it was a 85 degree one. I'm actually not that sure what I should have the fan set to turn on at- I think 85-90 is about right on a rotary? photos... Adjustable resistor pot thingee.. Multi meter visible from seat.. The fan switch- is this a common looking style?..

Phew- that is expensive- well for one use. I'll pop down to jaycar and Penis smith and see what they have in stock.

cheers guys- yeah bloody happy and quite relieved- especially as its the first rotary engine I've rebuilt. Wasn't hard but just new things to learn and look for eh. Good meeting ya too Billy- will stay in touch about that cert man. A variable resistor- like something I just wire ine series and can turn a knob? That sounds good. Where? Jaycar?

Its a runner!!! I had given carb a check over, discovered float height was way off and wouldn't have closed needle valve properly! Re set that, after much searching for info on proper oil to run in dashpot damper and decided to go with 3 in 1 which is meant to be about the 20 weight required. Re-installed carb which luckily is really easy. Checked fluid levels which were spot on. Went to start it and no fuel to the carb from regulator??!! I removed a bung I had put over the rising rate vent tube on top of my Malpassi reg, it hissed and fuel was delivered So that was part of the problem then. Turned key. nothing. choke out. Vrrrrommmmm Here is the vid... Pretty bloody happy. The exhaust sounds good- not too loud. Biggest issue is the temp gauge- I have ford escort sender installed and it reads too high on viva gauge, like 40 when cold and off the scale before fan even comes on (82). Prozac mentioned fitting some resistors in line to drop the reading. How many/what resistance? And this being my first turbocharged petrol engine I have question on boost gauges.. my gauge reads vacuum at idle and then when I stab the pedal will go back up to 0? When should it show boost? So list of things to do are; Fit a filter. Fit my rev counter subtly under dash, Sort temp sender. Maybe install a decent after market gauge and sender? Fit a lambda gauge. Fit boost gauge. Cert car and drive. Very happy I am! Now back to housetruck work.... alex

Where did ya go for the wof? Bummer about the setback but at least you'll get it sorted now and it'll be good for the future.

Bloody useful link there Dave! (whoops...I swore. sorry) I have book marked it and will read in the morning with a strong coffee. I opened up the carb tonight and its really clean inside with out the usual signs of gum deposits from old petrol. I think that having put a plug on the float chamber vent hole didn't help matters I also checked the float chamber valve with my expensive float chamber valve checking apparatus...

I'll try Basis then. Full rebuild kit is 47 squid in the UK. I'll see what our NZ tax adds on....

If I'm out and about when you walk past and ya see me then sure, pop in and say hi Mind the smelly doggys otherwise.