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Keen to hear the improvement from the intercooler upgrade, heard good things about the Plazmaman intercoolers

7 hours ago, cletus said:

Depends 

If the car has had an engine swap= have to apply emissions standard 

https://lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards/LVVTA_STD_Exhaust_Gas_Emissions.pdf

Emissions standard requires operational PCV system in a lot of cases 

 

If the car has a modified original engine= emissions standard not required to be checked  

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet cheers mate

Is it true you can’t have a vented oil catch can? Has to be plumbed back in now?

https://www.nzperformance.co.nz/search/mtx-l-plus-wideband-air-fuel-ratio-gauge-kit?gn=Search&gp=13
 

ive got this one in the Punto, fairly dependent on it when it’s running +20psi of boost on small 270cc injectors. Works well, no issues, had it in the car for 5 years. Just don’t leave the ignition on without the car running as it burns out the wideband sensor. 

Cheers guys, the seat is a basic Momo Start seat. I’ll go buy some plates to mount it. 

Fitted a bucket seat to the Punto but the replacement rails don’t have the attachment for the seat belt clasp.

Do guys just mount them to the trans tunnel with those FIA plates and attach the OG seat belt clasp to that?

I’m about do the same with the Strada’s exhaust.

Been looking at Vibrant mufflers. They do resonators and mufflers, all the ones I was looking at appear to be straight through. Speed science sell them. 

A lot of youtube reviews rate them and seem to have a good rep. 

7 hours ago, xsspeed said:

Interested in hearing prices from autolign for bilsteins. Still havent scratched the surface on coilovers for fairlady

To get the rear shocks shortened and a Bilstein insert added was $500 a side. 
 

I’ll report back with a quote for the fronts 

23 hours ago, cletus said:

If you want Bilstein,  Autolign in mt Wellington is a dealer and can custom build to your specs 

Iain did these coilovers for my project

Cheers man. Autolign on the north shore did the rear Bilsteins using the factory housings.

I’ll give Iain a call tomorrow about the coil overs 

Hey, 

Whipped the old Koni’s out of the Strada and am swapping them for some standard shocks. 
 

Wanting to used the old front shock bodies to have coil overs made. Bilstein inserts, shortened, adjustable top hats etc.

Any recommendations in Auckland?

Hey man, nice Colt. 
 

Check the progression holes on your Weber’s as mine has that similar stutter when starting off. Apparently it’s caused by a lack of fuel as the throttle butterfly hasn’t moved past the progression hole. 
 

What’s the roller weights? Is that the belt catching on the starter motor cog? 

Cheers, 

Yeah it’s got a magic eye tube in that little top left window. Plugged it in and got it running but I don’t think the tube lights up properly as it didn’t change when tuning the frequency.

Ah man I knew I should have stashed a diff in my luggage on the way home from London. 
 

How does it go with the LSD? 

Hey

Did you order the LSD diff locally or get it sent from the UK? I’ve got a Punto GT with similar traction issues and am keen to get both wheels turning.

Old discussion thread appears to have vanished.

Aiming to get her ready for Mad Mikes summer bash in December, realistically it could all be good to go next week but want to do the front shocks next and convert them to shortened Bilsteins. Currently Koni adjustable sup front which are good but they are standard length and bottom out fairly easy.

Done a fair bit since last update.

Got some rear Bilstein inserts added to the rear shocks, slightly shorter to match the ride height. Also pressed in new wishbone bushes. Tested the travel without the spring and it looks much better than before.

Fixed a lot of the wiring after a rat ate part of the main loom. Starts and runs now but the rat ate through the Rev counter wire so I still have to fix this.

Gave it a polish yesterday and wrote a list of things that need attention, mainly some small ‘beauty spots’ aka rust bubbles that I want to remove before they become a bigger issue. Mainly the interior as there is surface rust on the floor under the sound deadening which is flaking off.

I used FM7 by Newton bridge. Did a mint job on the BRZ. 

Sweet, cheers.

On 10/11/2019 at 21:08, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

Might dab a bit of 'direct to rust' satin black on the bits that need it... 

Did some things today. Stripped the Villiers carb, not too bad inside, a few previous bodges made it tricky to get apart, but they're a simple beast...

And cleaned, lubed, reassembled and ready to go...

And assembled the ignition too. Didn't feed the brown wire corrrectly but didn't notice till I checked old pics. Should run under the insulation plate in the points box, but soldered now so she'll be right. There's a new Villiers condenser under there too...

And araldited a new felt pad to the sprung steel arm...

Looks good, hope it works...

Where’d you get the coil and the condenser from? I think mines got a condenser issue as it runs good at full throttle for 1min before the power dies off.

Plus keen to have newer electronics as mines all OG. 
 

Looks super tidy too!

7 hours ago, Popwill said:

Found it! Thanks for that. I’ll need to respray it Rosso red. But looks good. Do you still have yours?

Yes, mines been resprayed in Rosso Racing red too.

On 16/07/2020 at 16:39, Popwill said:

I guess it comes down to the fact that there is probably someone out there that has always dreamed of owning such a car and the buying options are now so limited that $50k may not seem like so much to get the car they have always pined for. I cant say I understand the interest in a 1300... but most people around me think I am absolutely nuts owning a pp rx2 coupe.  Like completely bonkers. So it's all relative. Probably what mystifies me more is there are some much more usable classics out there that still sit around the $10-15-20k price when a 1300 like this is up around the $50k mark. Lancia Volumex, Saab 900S Turbo, Alfa Veloce Sprint to name a few. And if I could just get my hands on a Fiat Strada 105 TC...............

There is a Strada for sale on the FB Fiat Strada 130tc Register NZ.