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  1. Yep. Cost of a cert went up $25 at the beginning of the month
  2. One thing to keep in mind While all these things are good, on an average street car, it can be pretty far off 'ideal' and still function acceptably for 95% of the driving you will do. If you look at angles on standard vehicles you will see what I mean. Lifted 4wds of all flavours are a good example of everything being completely wrong but they still drive acceptably I'd get it close as you can for what works and not get too hung up on it being perfect. The only thing I'd pay attention to, is the angles of the top arms so it locates the axle in both directions properly
  3. Haven't heard anything yet...
  4. Wof time again, gave the chassis a preemptive dousing with lanolin crc spray stuff. No , it does not like going out of this driveway. I put some wood down for the chassis to skid along
  5. Must be. It's not new cable, I got given a lot of welding cable many years ago, I think this is the third car I've done with it The cable isn't damaged or squashed or anything so it must just be bung inside
  6. Nick the sparky came and had a look. My wiring from the alternator is a bit on the small side and not the right type of wire. He made a test wire to bypass that, alternator was charging but it still wasn't charging at the battery there was a large voltage drop in one section of the battery cable that runs from front to back He said that was very uncommon and likely would have been why the original alternator shit itself Whipped the cable out and he's going to make a new one with the right stuff Pretty pleased to know what is wrong, I never would have figured that out myself
  7. Went to father's day drags. Improved PB slightly to 11.35@120 which was good Missed second round of DYO because it wouldn't start, flat battery. Jump started it and managed to get home and it had charged the batt again.. checked charge voltage and it was low. Took alternator to sparky mate, he put it on testing machine, was low on output, changed reg, still poor , had blown diode. Turns out the guy who I'd asked to get a decent alternator when I put the car together had supplied me a China copy bosch Got a genuine bosch one, fitted it and improved the heat shielding a bit as it's close to the exhaust. Now doesn't charge at all. Checked connections, checked ergs at correct spots etc, zip. Took it off again, had it tested on testing machine, it works fine . Put back on car, nothing . Checked everything 5 times, it's got me stumped . Everything that should make it work, does what it should, and it's wired exactly the same as before Sparky is going to come have a look this weekend as I'm all out of ideas
  8. rock auto has some. freight doesnt take very long Brake & Wheel Hub > Brake Line > Brake Line | RockAuto More Information for AGS CNC6 (rockauto.com)
  9. Are you planning on going faster than 11.0? Or do you want to avoid wof/reg but still run at street car events?
  10. no, repair cert is only for unregistered vehicles sounds like a wof insector who is afraid of getting in trouble so is applying rules that are not valid for wof
  11. 50mm turbosmart gate, turbo is a GT4082 which is just an oem scania truck turbo. apparently good for about 600hp i chose it because it was quite cheap compared to a "performance" turbo of similar size. turbo guy reckoned the exhaust side was a bit big and the comp side a bit small but it seems to work well. makes boost from about 2000rpm, full boost by 25-2700ish, i rev it to 6 and it doesnt drop off only downside was i had to make v band things to suit, as the downpipe is a scania specific part
  12. Something like that would be better In my opinion (and I'm not a tuning whiz, it's just stuff I've done that hasn't caused any problems) wastegate flow is important, even more so on something that is going to run lower boost (as the gate is going to flow more) and might be a bit fragile or sensitive to boost spikes or fluctuations
  13. Might want to reconsider wastegate position before you get too far along?
  14. i dont think its meant to be serviceable, but there is 2 bungs which can be removed, and under those are 2 pistons with springs behind them, a circlip holds the piston in, which i couldnt get out of the non functioning one im not actually sure what it does, it appears to be a block to pair the LF and RR circuits together i think i might just delete it altogether and run front-rear split instead of diagonal and see what happens
  15. Brake bleeding. Daihatsu Mira, has a brake proportioning valve/splitter on the firewall. Had brake imbalance problem, replaced wheel cylinders , still had problem, got second hand proportioning valve which when you blow air through was more even in what was coming out the rear ports Fitted it, had a hard time bleeding it , now can't get any fluid to come out of the left rear ,pedal is good, not a blocked hose as I can crack a pipe at the hose or the valve and nothing comes out It's almost like it has a safety thing where if something happens a valve shuts or something? Any ideas or anyone had similar issues?
  16. you would probably get away with a straight thru muffler if the engine had a turbo , but an NA engine will need something better. go hang out at a boat ramp and when a tractor with a coby sticking up launches a boat, thats a good indication of what a non turbo 2L diesel would sound like
  17. something with a bit of a 'maze'inside ie not straight through. Autobend - Universal Mufflers - Page 1 - Created with Publitas.com
  18. id suggest fitting a proper muffler there are few things more punishing than a loud exhaust on something that is slow.
  19. All 3.5" from the turbo back No other mufflers just the one at the back
  20. While we are on the subject 05 honda accord with k24 Been sitting for 4 years Starts, does the fast idle thing but when it warms up it revs up and down approx 1000 to 1800 rpm Stuck idle control valve? Tried filling it with carb clean to unstick it but no dice Put scan tool on it but doesn't show a fault
  21. Thanks. More stuff that must have accidentally fallen out of grandads work vehicle into the garage
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