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i think thats whats inside a fuelstar, magical mystery petrol beads. funny thing was, we fitted heaps of them, and nobody ever complained or wanted thier money back. anybody read about the Peter Brock Polariser? interesting how a little box caused so much drama for a clever guy..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Brock http://www.peterbrockfoundation.com.au/ ... 41&pgid=7#

is probably a mistake.... if you go see your local certifier he could probably organise a re printed plate for you. nostalgia motors in hamilton

when fuel changed and went to unleaded we used to fit those fuelstar units to all sorts of cars- supposed to increase economy, run on 91, stop valve recession etc etc. boss had/has one on a blown smallblock chev and reckon it ran better with it. ive got one i scored off something have been meaning to fit to a vehicle and see if it makes any difference to economy

Whats it got written on the plate/whats weird about it? there is some paperwork that comes with the plate, but its not really important, the plate covers it all. ie if its not on the plate then the cert doesnt cover it.

3'' is probably overkill for a n/a 2litre especially if you want to keep it quiet even if it makes 4 more killerwatts its not worth the hassle if you cant drive it cause youve gone deaf or pissed off neighbours have thrown rocks at you

probably best to have a chat to/show it to the certifier you are going to use in welly, i wouldnt want to say yeah thatll be fine if i havnt seen it in the metal. i dont think ive ever even looked at a tipo before cheers

was the buckle mounted to the seat itself or to the original runner? what sort of car is it? usually the buckle is attached to the runner rather than the seat frame

yes correct, doesnt apply to carb`d cars. probably a good idea though. you could run a relay off oil pressure switch, and a momentary switch as well to prime it before starting.......make the owner feel like hes starting a spitfire ignition- check neutral-check prime fuel-check starter-engage select first, chocks away biggles, tally ho what

i had a fwd 626 years ago, they were well known for blowing gaskets.... i retorqued it about 3 or 4 times and it never blew again even giving it death. the only engine i wouldnt be doing a retorque on would be later model engines with torque to yield bolts

height change needs a re cert.... costs the same and is just as much paperwork etc as starting from scratch roll bars (1/2 cages) bolt in or weld in dont actually need certing if they meet the requirements in the wof bible. however most cars that need a roll bar have enough other mods to need a cert anyway. as mentioned above need authority card for roll cages in a unit construction passenger car. height is measured from the center of the hub to the guard straight above it

yes does require certing and yes it can be certed, needs to have all ABS components removed properly

should be ok this is a situation where you should get your local certifier involved so they know what you are up to

if it was mine id leave the outer ones alone they look like they would compress a lot anyway, maybe trim a bit off the one in the middle, be careful not to cut too much off and have the driveshaft rub the floor

am going to watch. went last year and it was awesome. wanted to take motorcar to do loss of traction but its not going yet .

you could use a relay to just make the system work when the engines not running eg a switching relay off the + side of the coil cant remember how much crack testing costs, depends where you get it done i spose. magnaflux is fine usually

modern fuel is not good for older engines that sit for longtime- fouls plugs easily. if you start it and hold rpm at steady 2500-3000 at a light throttle opening that usually clears it out pretty good, you will hear the fouled cylinder start popping and eventually clear itself. pumping the throttle will make it worse, dumping more fuel into a cylinder that isnt firing will make it harder for the plug to sort itself out thats if somethings not fucked like a valve etc as previously mentioned sometimes a leaky headgasket will cause the same thing

was it sitting around for ages? rusty water shit in exhaust getting blown out?

nice car. love xa-xb falcs + looks good in that colour and on those wheels

sold the old engine on trademe- got a whopping $20 for it haha was going to keep it at that $ but no room at my house

engine 90% assembled just rocker gear to go on, painted, bunged into enginehole. Was going to paint engine red as per factory but started painting it and it looked too RED so went with a lovely industrial shade of grey carb on its way from aussie still got to get ignition/fuelpump/reg/ a million little things and sort out diff this engine should be a good test for the trademe timebomb torqueflite- supposedly rebuilt 10 years ago and not used much. not expecting it to last too long. only got small tyres so hoping they are the weakest link

cool wagon. i had a purple one for a runaround years ago its funny how something i thought was butt ugly at the time actually is quite cool now

some stuff needs to be welded by a ticketed welder and crack tested but its only parts considered "critical" eg brake caliper brackets, loaded suspension arms etc. engine mounts and things like that are ok to be welded by joe bloggs as long as the welds are ok

a starlet with big outboard motor/expansion chambers would be awesome. Like a rotary but probably more annoying for everyone. ningningningning+blue smoke clouds

droop again depends on the suspension, but usually can get away with a bit less droop than bump travel

hobby car manual says 40mm minimum as a rough guide. really depends on the suspension/how big and soft the bumpstops are/what car/how many passengers it carries/what it drives like etc. a vehicle must still be safe loaded- eg a 5 seater must be able to carry 5 X 80kg persons and still have travel. a lot of smaller cars dont meet this requirement because the springs are too girly. eg a 323 wagon with reset original leaves with 40mm bumpstop clearance, usually is on the bumpstops with 2 passengers in it