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Has it got factory belt anchorages in the back? you can buy new belts, they arent that expensive. most belts have the same mounting so they are fairly universal trans seal i wouldnt stress over too much, if its been sitting a while sometimes the converter drains back into the trans and it finds new places to leak from

I say sir, jolly good job.

yep 2 loops for 2 piece shafts. holes in bonnet- there are restrictions on how far a scoop etc can stick out the bonnet, also it cant have any sharp edges that could harm pedestrians that are too busy on thier i-thing to notice a car. http://lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards ... ctions.pdf

either way would be fine.

if you are going to bolt the x member straight to the floor, id make it 100mm wide, and along the flat part of the floor and up the side of the tunnel, on the top side of the floor, then stitch weld it in So would 100mm x 100mm x 5mm be reasonable sized plate to spread the load? depends. if its in the middle of a flat bit of floor, possibly not. if the plate overlaps a crossmember or goes up the side of the tunnel, then it might be fine. hard to tell without seeing it

there should be a form available at your local testing station/post office, MR16. fill it out and send away to get details updated

Hey man, how have you lowered the back? just blocks? i want my ute to sit about the same height, looks tuff.

FYI,last toyota i looked at (gx61 corona) had very bad amounts of bumpsteer when fitted with silvia spindles. they bolt on, but steering arm pivot points are quite different

if it was me id just cut them off before the bend

good chance it would be a LOT easier to make new mounts. in theory you could use a complete silvia crossmember/rack/struts/brakes. it would be a fair bit of work both in mounting it all correctly and setting it up. potentially a lot better handling and braking if done right.

technically any mod after the cert voids it. where is the sticker stuck on?

of course you may. design of the mount bracket is just as important as what its made of . what is this for, your diesel van?

satin. hides a multitude of sins. ha ha

ooohhhh bettyyyyy... it is a bit of an odd colour in photos, depending on the lighting... im hoping it looks good against the black. my dog is black with bronze/tan feet so thats what i thought id do, then i found this and was sold.... after looking at 188364373 pics of black cars with bronze wheels

yes you would need cert

not much done on this lately, been busy working on the ute. did go to fathers day drags, improved best time slightly to a 12.61 @109 have put tridens back on for now, have pinched the eagers for the ute- they look better on the wider rims, which wont fit on the VG. put some skid tyres on the wide VG steels- 165/70/14 on a 7 1/2 rim, looks funny. should smoke those up well.

a van full of awesome wheels done. will use stock hubcaps as well

are you going to use the engines original ecu? might be easier to just wire it up so it is still auto. also, if it is an a340, i heard rumors that you could use an early hiace valvebody which is still hydraulic. however i didnt do any research so i might be full of shite. also, there is info about a340s on here i believe.somewhere. www.lextreme.com /probably just enough info to get your hopes up

count me in as well.

last time i asked lvvta if we could do that they said the only thing we can do a plate 'adjustment' for is a wheel size change. otherwise its a re cert. only have to look at whats been modified since last cert, so its not too hard, still expensive though seems to be the latest thing that cops and testing stations have been super tough on lately too, cars that dont match the cert plate 100%. had a guy the other day that was certed for 18'' wheels on a gtr skyline, put original wheels on to go to the drags and got pink stickerd for it.

if you have an authority card, the seats can be fixed, if not then the drivers one must be adjustable. you can make your own rails. are your belt buckles mounted off the seat frame?

depends if it has been done in a "tradesmanlike manner" and the welding is acceptable. ie if it looks shitty, then probably not. doesnt have to have been done by a ticketed welder if its strengthening what was already there. would definetly need lvv cert as a repair cert only covers repairs back to standard.

that got changed in the last hobby car manual update, can now have solid engine mounts with rubber gearbag mount. dont get a urethane/nolathane bush and run a bolt right thru the mount/xmember/bush like a lot of people do, specially with rotaries. if you are going to do that use a solid bush, steel or alloy, if using a compressible bush, the bolt can never be 100% tight and will come loose or oval out the mount holes

steel is a much more manly material anyway