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42 minutes ago, Nominal said:

Berry and Mexted Auto Electrical

Oh nice spotting

Almost done removing everything.

Awd fuel tank which has pickups on both sides:

Removed dash to get the heater matrix since mine is broken. Will just keep the whole thing as spares.

Ecu has seen some moisture but not sure I'll need it. Also has this writing on it, I wonder why? Maybe repaired or possibly remapped, think some mitsi stuff can be reflashed.

Berry and Mexted? Possibly Mexted motors?

Inside looks ok with more writing inside so it was opened up.

Engine loom out, will look at using this with a speeduino.

Rear bits out:

Has some kind of aftermarket springs, kind of turquoise green. Sat very low, I assumed it was all the weight of parts in the back.

@fuel yep just measure it at 114.3!

Wtf mitsi? 

So cm5a AWD is 4x114.3 disc rear

And cm2a AWD is 4x100 drum rear

....huh?

EDIT: but wait...does that mean... not everything I read on the internet is true?

1 hour ago, fuel said:

Definitely 4x114.3, they use the same front hubs and rotors as Evo1-3/CD5A GSR/Libero GT - those same 256x24mm rotors are used on the basic 8G Galants too and they for sure are 4x114.3. I did a quick google and yeah can see lots of sites claim the CM5A as 4x100 but I suspect it's being lumped in with the regular Lancers which indeed are 4x100.

Confusing thing is my Lancer which is a CM2A is 4x100, I was surprised when I found this, I'll confirm soon for the cm5a. You're probably right, just a strange thing to do, could maybe explain why mine has 4x100 rear drums instead? i.e. a parts bin thing?

26 minutes ago, fuel said:

also if you happen to have a spare rear diff with plate LSD let me know, am after a center for mine.

I haven't checked this new one but if it has an LSD I'd definitely be using it for this project, the other one is open which isn't surprising due to the rest of the spec.

25 minutes ago, fuel said:

Being a CM5A GSR it should be 4x114.3 and not 4x100

That's very confusing haha 

To be honest I haven't checked, just assumed it was. I'll most likely be changing it to 5x114.3 anway.

EDIT: apparently cm5a is actually 4x100, weird.

This project is quite far down the list to work on but I came across a parts car for a good price so drove 1hr 45min to go get it, visited Adoom and drove 1hr 45min back, over took a food truck on the Remutaka's towing 1.5 tons uphill, the Safari does good. Would do gooder with more fuel pump.

Its a dereg GSR in rough shape (1.8 turbo 4g93), mostly disassembled had a bent conrod and engine is in bits. Guy was going to use it for his mirage race car to make it awd and turbo etc but decided to keep it fwd and put a Legnum v6 in it which looked pretty cool.

It came with lots and lots of useful parts.

Main useful stuff is 4g93t pistons, because I don't want to blow out the non-existent budget with forged pistons. Definitely going to use some kind of forge rods since its the main weakness in these engines.

Maybe use the block, but the GDI engine I have is probably in better condition.

I'll use the whole rear end, same as Evo3 apparently. Has sway bar unlike mine, and has disc brakes (4x100) while mine is weirdly drums.

Spare gearbox, transfercase, driveshafts, propshaft, rear diff etc etc. All unknown condition but it was working when it bent a rod so probably all ok. Will be testing the strength of all of this stuff so spares are good.

Has the GSR body kit which I'll probably use too. Decided I don't want to make it look like an Evo 5, because its not an evo 5. It'll be a subtle thing instead. 

Will also used the engine loom to see about getting it working with a Speeduino.

Poor thing is rough as guts. 

Unfortunately doesn't have the Recaro interior.

Good towing weather on Transmission Gully, over in the Wairarapa where I pick it up it was sunny and hot as usual.

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Safari towed great, needs a fuel pump upgrade though.

Plan is to remove everything I need then it'll go to scrap. It's dereg and the body is pretty stuffed.

For Tawa Wellington area, and Porirua

Kenepuru Car Service Centre is my go to, good honest guys, two sites, one by Moore Wilsons on Kenepuru is the original and the newer one which I go to now is by the Linden Train Station in Tawa. 

The newer one is the place that was in good bye pork pie I think. Tried to verify with google images but couldn't find it... pretty sure it was though, maybe it was the remake? 

Only bad thing is they are always super busy and packed.

Always a range of cars old stuff and new. 

Cool I didn't know this was a thing, where did you get it from?

The sound of the 5 1/4 drive reading those disks, like a time machine.

On 04/11/2023 at 08:31, Nominal said:

Dug up some old games on 5 1/4 floppys

 

So cool, I happen to show my 9 year old KQ3 over the weekend (and Doom, Wolf3d and Commander Keen) all on a 486 66mhz jobby.

I remember first playing KQ6 and was like, holy crap the graphics man!

I still want to finish KQ3 one day. I have save game files from 30 odd years ago. 

I find it quite impressive how many BYD's there are on the road in NZ now, since it was really an unknown brand a year ago. How much trust do people have in a brand they've never seen before?

I would happily own one if they prove themselves, but only after a few years of other people being the guinea pigs. (sorry flyingbrick, although being a lease its far less risky )

All of my cars are old, but an EV makes sense for the family car in a few years. Family car being a 15 year old Lexus GS350 that I've had for about 10 years/55,000 kms and all it needed was an alternator last year and brakes, I can't see MG or BYD doing that. So is it worth the terrible short trip fuel economy.... dunno.

2 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

No I know nothing about byd (except for apparently shite range... ) but I now know quote a bit about Chinese steel and paint quality on ldv vans. I'm still removing rot from this van.. 

 

 

Man how old can an LDV van even be? That looks like 40-50 years of rust to me!

Had to change the radius arm bushes for a wof, man what a bastard to get out.

I had this press frame from my wifes uncle years ago, never used it because it didn't come with a hydraulic ram or anything.

Now, it looks to me that it was designed to use a bottle jack, but from the bottom.

Bought a cheap 20T bottle jack, with the intention of modifying it to work upside down.

But it worked reasonably well as is, pretty awkward balancing it though.

At first it just pushed the rubber out and left the outer sleeve behind.

So I tried a few different things the same diameter as the outer sleeve but they all bent or crushed. That sleeve was not wanting to come out, so I cut a slot in it and chiseled it out.

Then I made a round plate the diameter of the outer sleeve, out of 10mm mild steel flat bar.

I thought that'd easily work.

Snapped one bolt in the frame, doesn't look like high tensile to me though.

Found some more better bolts.

Tried again and got one out with a loud crack each time it moved another 5mm.

Even bent the 10mm plate.

New Nissan Genuine bushes as well as the rear chassis/frame mount ones.

I made another 10mm plate with a hole in the centre for the centre sleeve to rest in while pushing against the outer sleeve.

They went back in nicely, super satisfying after the bastard it was to get the old ones out. 

Few hundred in bushes but it'll last another few decades hopefully.

EDIT: Wof man laughed and said he's done heaps of them and the press fittings get ruined after doing only a couple. Sometime you have to gas axe the bolts/bushes at the rear of the arm as well. So I guess I got off lightly.

EDIT2: yes my workshop is a mess. I'm reorganising while putting up more shelves... that's the excuse at the moment anyway.

Drove it to work today and man it feels great, these are such fun cars to drive. Just makes you want to heel toe down shifts everywhere like an idiot.

Also feels really good with the upgraded sway bars I put on just before starting the 'just fix that dent'.

Smaller Momo steering wheel is much nicer than the stock one and a bit more leg room. A bit harder at slow speeds with the manual rack.

EDIT: typos.

On 19/08/2023 at 18:34, crustywhip said:

Thd cars been there for years and I wonder if there's a sex swing in that garage. 

Garage door was rebuilt a while ago, so we'll never know re: swing.

Car is 'his baby' according to lady I spoke to. Unfortunately it's just going to get more rusty. Big hole in the rear quarter under glass so water has been getting in for years.

EDIT: it's been about 10 years now since I first saw it there and it looked sad then too.

1 hour ago, Vintage Grumble said:

Is Toyota full of it, or are they being fucking awesome as usual?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jul/04/toyota-claims-battery-breakthrough-electric-cars 

I do love me some Toyota but I have seen this talked about and apparently Toyota have been saying this for over 10 years. If you Google it they said we'd already have solid state batteries in consumer EV's back in 2020. Now its 2025 or 2027 depending where you read it.

Ford say they have one too and everyone keeps saying 'our new battery will blow everything away' etc etc.

I'm sure there are plenty of proto types, but the problem is making it viable on a large scale.

Fingers crossed all the lofty promises actually come true.

3 hours ago, locost_bryan said:

Ah, yes, I see the E-NV200 used the Leaf motor and front subframe but had a unique battery to fit under the load floor.  It's been replaced by the Townstar, a rebadged version of the Renault Kangoo.  Renault have the Kangoo E-Tech on their website as "coming soon", but no pricing.

Big difference is the e-nv200 actually has battery cooling unlike the Leaf. Apparently the batteries do much better because of this.

On 06/05/2023 at 08:52, kpr said:

Tuned a  1.5jz  with all the good bits on it the other day.  had those xpert injectors in it. maybe the 1350cc version, still a decap'd bosch either way.     was happily making over 400kw, no drama tuning it. 

you can also get the genuine 7 hole bosch injectors which are 980cc.  if dont want a modified injector

Yeah I am leaning towards just using the 1000cc Xpurts again. A few people have said they should be fine. I not sure what the problem was with them appearing to make it run rich at high rpm. Maybe it was number 4 not completing combustion or something similar?

I also ended up send the Link ECU back to Link in Christchurch to put it through their stress testing etc. It made sense since I had no explanation for the intermittent misfire. That GOD DAMN misfire I have been chasing for bloody years.

A few weeks later and I have had a reply stating:

Visual inspection revealed a solder blob between IGN5 and 14V NOT making a direct short circuit.

This could change under load +temperature+humidity ratio conditions.

Fault however could not be replicated on the bench.

Removed solder ball and tested ECU.

Passed functional stress test.

So not a certain cause but also a possible cause? All of this time and it may have been a manufacturing defect completely out of my control? ...fck.

That now leaves me with what to do.

I can't get new injectors, Toyota NZ confirm they are not available.

Next option is to get some Bosch 630cc's (from a known supplier, because fck that noise) so they still have a pintle cap for a proper spray pattern. I message the local guy and he is certain that I should just use the Xspurt 1000's that I originally did. He was going to talk to Chris at Prestige but haven't heard back yet.

I guess they do work, but not efficiently.