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This is @RX FORD 's GMC

Yeah that's a real prick to do One company that does a lot of cars with ITBs fits a pipercross filter, and puts a fitting on the back side of the filter assembly to vent into Otherwise I guess you would need to make a little manifold from all 4 intake runners into a pcv valve

Speaking of fuel stuff 400 series push lock hose What's a good brand /supplier for hose that doesnt go hard and crack after 12 months?

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

Yeah was going to say that but I couldn't remember if the SC covers fit on a normal hiace, from memory the rear firewall has a bump in it that others dont as well? Theres a few advantages using a SC to start with I think

Prepare yourself for a phone call when it rains hombre

That's what I was wondering Would explain why the spring is a bit floppy Side note Making bolt together spring clamps is hot rod magazine/ car craft from the 90s type of drag racing tricks, clamping the front part of the spring pack can help stiffen the spring and reduce wrap

make sure it cant touch it, including movement on rubber mounts You might get away with a 10mm gap if the mounts aren't too floppy?

Would probably be easier cert wise to put a lump in to clear the part you need to, or move the engine, rather than space the whole thing up This is a common problem with 1uz into hiaces, the throttle body hits the lid right under the drivers seat/ buckle anchorage. The best way to sort those out is move the throttle body to the other side This is a fairly common issue with certs- people will modify safety related things to clear non safety related things, and create issues for cert later . Like instead of modifying a sump, moving the rack instead or cutting big lumps out of crossmembers Is it hitting the timing cover only?

Better post some progress for @RUNAMUCK Painted the boot floor Made alloy panel to fill hole for wiper motor New plugs, cleaned and fitted the plug leads Painted and fitted master cylinder Mounted fuel pressure reg Recycled some pushlock hose fittings It's been a bit hard to get things done, have to only do activities I have parts in stock for

Shit yes that looks sweet!

Side sharn slightly related Boss has had a blown SB chev in a hot rod for years, and always runs the belt quite loose This is because when it all gets warm it grows enough to affect belt tension Apparently if you run it too tight it can snap the end off the crank

This. I drove a 1uz powered hiace once that had a $$$ custom gilmer drive on it. After about 40 seconds on the motorway I absolutely hated it , was extremely loud and I couldn't understand why someone would spend so much money making something worse on something that toyota made so well in the first place A guy I know who specializes in rotaries has fixed a few cars because of them, heaps of toasted alternator bearings and even crank bearings that have got worn from being cranked up to 11 million tightness

Cheers Nah. To paint the whole thing properly would mean stripping and sandblasting it After being burned on the plymouth with underbody blast/paint I didnt want to repeat it or try some other place that does a shit job for cheaper I really didnt want to turn it into a big long project so I just painted the modified bits I think the height is good, if anything it's a fraction too low, the front lip scrapes everywhere, so, perfect

sweet. I dunno why corvettes are not more popular, they are pretty affordable for an older American car, and look sweet slammed on some decent wheels probably because they have a reputation as a car for people who wear heartbeat of America hats, jean shorts and new balance shoes. they probably just need some cool Instagram kids or that joker in japan that puts wide guards on porsches to do some cool stuff to them and bingo, decimal point gets moved *I know they are turds as far as a 'sports car' goes but who cares, vettes are a nicely shaped turd

Nah I sold it to a mate in Auckland and he keeps ringing me and telling me how great it is and how it's really cheap to run. Probably should have sold it to someone I didnt know then I wouldn't have to hear half drunk sharns about how good it would be with a turbo/lsd/4age/3sge/ 1uz knowing full well that talk is as far as it will ever go

Just pass a visual inspection There are 2 sorts of welding classification for cert- general welding for most things, which is just a visual inspection Or critical function welds which are something where if the weld broke it would lead to loss of control of the vehicle, like a suspension arm or brake caliper mount , then it has to be TIG welded and pass a crack test

i forgot the finished notch pics

Bear in mind if you are going to fit lowering blocks the whole lot will be quite close to the ground

Or a better leaf pack/stiffer springs

Is it 10" wheels? I spent hours and hours looking for knobbly tyres for 10" rims ended up getting some golden boys off amazon

Nikki 4 barrel off a rotary of some sort

Started making panels to seal off the boot from the passenger compartment because I've mounted a fuel cell in the boot, I had some bits of 5mm black acrylic cut a while ago. I'll put some rivnuts in so it can be removed

I spent ages cleaning the 53 years of human hands goop off the wheel, I'm going to stick with the stock wheel I think