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hope my overalls don't shrink in the wash, with clothes on underneath things get a little tight in the netheregions when at full stretch.

Happy that the arms/legs are nice and long, but fit is fairly slim. overalls i've tried before = real fat.

+1 for pitstop guys ass.

if your pipes are too fat you lose power as the exhaust gases flow slower -> less scavenging.

reducing diameter to optimum will increase power but not due to backpressure.

don't know what optimum is for your motor but someone here probably will.

aluminiums way cheaper and lighter than brass, use that

i like japanese cars too. but i like fuhrerwagens also.

generally pretty much everything costs more to restore properly than the value of the restored item.

unless there's a known demand it's probably not worth a whole heap so just clean it up and use it i say.

Shrink to fit, just follow the old levis ad

any word on this?

disputes tribunal.

+1 on the 97 black overalls if it's not 2 late.

Let me know and I can deposit the money.

yeah go back to saved game and buy a mig

Bought the hubs/rotors/calipers I need for the vented fronts, $50 delivered. Nice.

Hotrod guy at work has convinced me I need to supercharge it. Or did I convince him to supercharge his bucket?

gonna keep it oldschool and run a suck through carb setup. Obviously that means no intercooler and mild boost but should go good.

the m45s seem to be less common and more pricey on the ebay uk market since the minis swapped to turbs motors a year or two ago. There used to be heaps available with very low mileage. Might just go toyota sc12 route as there's heaps and they're cheap.

Got my workshop - a shipping container. Getting it wired up and will build benches/shelves etc over the next couple of weeks.

I just remembered I was ok with duty coming back from uk - if you've been abroad more than 2 years or something personal stuff is not charged.

I had a mk2 astra in england that went up to an indicated 100mph.

I bought it for 200 quid so i was pretty impressed with how well it did. never managed to kill that thing and sold it for 330.

Bear in mind that customs will charge you 12.5% import duty on everything except clothes. This includes personal goods, I got stung coming back from USA.

Gutted ... no subaru shizzle.

rarespares will charge about 250 for windscreen seal, was hoping to get it cheaper + door seals

I just bought my second '81 Subaru Brumby.

The very last of the old round headlight subies, the first with the 1800 EA81 engine and dual range 4WD.

The new one's on the left, I've had the right one for 3 or 4 years.

I've done some upgrades to the old one over the years. I'll transfer these over to the new one after a bit of resto work.

The new one's in better nick all round.

current/soon to be done mods:

weber carb

massive 14" rally rims

halogen headlights

viscous slippery in the rear

I have a pair of big valve heads I've done minor work on which I'll throw on. Major limit is that ports are siamese int+exhaust.

other planned mods:

upgrade solid disk/drum to vented disk/solid disk front/rear off turbo leone

upgrade gearbox to AWD/4WD instead of current FWD/4WD

still seriously considering:

Eaton M45 supercharger from a mini.

love to but probably won't:

adjustable ride height. It rides and handles pretty well, but would obviously handle better on the road if it was lower. I love driving it offroad/gravel road though so don't want to sack it.

84 mazda capella

73 austin 1300

73 ford transit ambulance 2L V4

79 ford transit crossflow

1981 nissan micra

1993 vauxhal astra

1996 LDV DAF

1988 nissan sentra

1979 lancer

1981 subaru brumby

70%

I'm looking for a workshop somewhere in Welly city.

It's gotta be reasonably secure and have power. Double garage would be ideal.

Anyone know anything?

Beautiful shot of the cement.

The scrap place on college st is worth a try too

I had the same thing on my bumby a couple of months ago on cylinder 4.

Turned out it was the almost new spark plug, so don't assume yours is OK cos it's new.

If it happened suddenly without lots of smoke or something, I'd look at spark first.

Yeah the craptachi is shit.

Mine hesitates on my ea81 it needs a rebuild but it's gonna get a weber when I get my workshop set up.

I just replaced my coil with a mallory promaster off tardme which made it smoother throughout the rev range, especially off idle. It still has a hole when I stamp the throttle.

The EA82 turbo is reliable if you don't let it overheat.

Make sure the radiator, hoses and water pump are good and you'll be fine.

They don't have a hell of a lot of grunt but they're fun to drive.

The real bulletproof engine is the EA81, 81-85ish.

GC at SAS sorted me out. Think they were for a similar vintage corolla.

good thinking batman

Only 60mm of shock travel, but it attaches halfway between the hub and the torsion bar so 120mm of wheel travel.

I found 5 shocks from there that would fit durty, but they're american numbers and don't match the aussie built shocks available here.

I got some from SAS in the hutt but the bottom mount is too small (12mm, needs to be 15) else they'd be perfect. Hopefully they'll have some others that will fit.