KKtrips

1 hour ago, mk2marty said:

Totally expecting to see this at work tomorrow btw

No WoF, No Reg, No worries? LoL

11 minutes ago, Goat said:

Hows the steering?

 

Also, man this sounds tough IRL

Its great, still a bit heavier than I would like with my weak ass arms but about 3.04 times better than it was. I think as the rack wears in and the balljoints and tierod ends bed in, it will get much better. I parked it back in the carport just before and it was so much easier than yesterday when you watched me struggle. LeL

The wheel alignment guy said it had low caster on one side and about the right amount on the other, so he has dialled in more caster on one side, which I did not expect, and it had 2.5 degrees of camber on both sides which he pulled back to 1.5 per side. The toe was also out miles to start with, but I kinda knew that would be the case.

But believe it or not, I think the big culprit was the tyre pressures, they were set as 10psi... Even the wheel alignment guy was surprised because they looked fully inflated.  (I now don't trust the gauge at the workshop) Go figure..

No worries @Flash. FYI, the wheel has a brilliant "feel" under your hand when driving so 10/10 for that, but 3/10 for installation ease, it is a CUNT of a thing to install, the wheel bosses have 2 PCD's and you have to bolt up the steering wheel, the steel ring that retains the horn button and the polished alloy cover all together using tiny pan head bolts, all while making sure it is into the right set of holes, you'll need to dismantle it all to realign the steering wheel (can't just pop out the horn centre to access the centre nut) so make sure you have all the straight ahead position set up the first time you install it so you don't have to install it twice.

Also I just got it back from the alignment shop, it drives like a freaking dream now, and I calibrated the speedo on the way home so it is not telling me lies any more.

Next step, WoF

11 minutes ago, piazzanoob said:

goodshit on getting some progress and getting it closer to the finish. 

Im not sure if your aware but edelbrock make a fuel fitting from the carb to a 90 that comes out the front which softline goes straight on. or they do a fuel filter fitting end version too 

also if the fuel filter you have is the clear glass/plastic jobbie from speed shops ive seen them blow apart which isn't good and they are really restrictive. once you open them as from memory you can unscrew them and see how shit they are. 

Any car i worked on that was getting fuel or engine related work on would get them taken off and a steel one fitted. or the customer was told about those filters.

not that im telling you how to build your own car. just some advice if you weren't already aware

has a nice lope to it too  

Not sure what you mean by the 90 degree fitting on the carb. Got a link?

Also Joe said the same thing to me earlier today so yes I do now plan to replace the glass filter. I have it fitted for now just to keep an eye on the fuel, the tank has been 10% full for 7 years and who knows how much surface rust formed on the top of the tank.

I have a big fuel injection type fuel filter at the back of the car before the fuel pump but I still want to see if any crap is getting through from the tank and the glass filter is the easiest way to watch.  

After I've jammed a couple of tanks of fuel through I'll ditch the glass filter and replace it with an anti return valve.  

49 minutes ago, Flash said:

What an amazing milestone. Well done. Engine sounds really good in that video clip.

I really like your steering wheel too. What is it and where did you get it from ?

I got it from VPW in Aussie - https://www.vpw.com.au/parts/SAA-SW704PSW

1 hour ago, LoLlife said:

Excellent werk my guy..... Can't wait to see this hooning again. Can really hear the energy polarizer doing it's thing in that idle. 

I'm putting the Chris into Energy Polarizing Crystals...


 

Yeah, one of my must haves when I specced the cam with @BobbyBreeze was a fairly ropey idle. Also the decent bump in compression helps that along nicely.

Just now, Nominal said:

Nice work KK!

 

You can get a huge number of installation kits on Amazon etc so they bolt directly into your vehicle with the surround etc. But be wary of LHD vs RHD market.

I ordered a dash insert for my Prius when I fitted a non OE double DIN head unit and when it turned up it looked correct until I fitted it and it was ever so slightly out. there was a small gap around it on the left lower corner and the right lower corner had interference.

I could make it fit with a bit of muscling it in, but it didn't look right, I ended up getting a different insert and wasted the US$50 or whatever the first insert cost me.

5 minutes ago, SOHC said:

Would you need a cert for a RPV or hold off valve to?

If a safety related system and its not listed in the threshold, then technically it requires cert.

But people don't normally install an residual pressure valve on a completely stock good condition set of brakes, or the vehicle would come with one from the factory.
Most often they are fitted to fix a problem that presents itself as a result of a modification to the braking system and its that modification that would usually kick it into requiring cert.

Nah mate, car is sitting at the sparkys waiting for some smoke pipes to be installed.

1 hour ago, Unclejake said:

I loved the BA wagon.  K-trips possibly still has it? Dunno. 

Rumrum - talk to Vivaspeed. He knows import GS stuff

Nah I ran that around for a couple years and spent a bit too much moolah on it. Then one day I realised that I owned  a BA wagon, an XF wagon, a VH wagon and a Xantia wagon and realised one man can only get so erect/should only get stay erect for so long. So I sold the BA and XF and scrapped the Xantia, concentrating on the VH now. Which in saying that, is fairly close to driving.

Looks fucking banging son. Good job.

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On 02/03/2021 at 11:53, Thphantum said:

That's not asking for trouble at all.

Heck just noticed the date this was posted, guess I haven't kept up to date...

Beaudy, thanks Daffyd.

Question for those who have fitted v-band exhaust flanges onto their ride.

Is it possible to fit these v-bands and weld the exhaust pipe on, from the inside of the v-band flange (B in my picture) instead of on the outside of the v-band flange (A in my picture)

The reason I ask is there is very little room to weld the top of the v-band on without removing the headers because the floor is in the way, I'm trying to avoid what would be an absolute cunt of a job.

Your pal Sparky Al

 

On 02/01/2023 at 23:52, My name is Russell said:

Starting 2023 with a fail 

anyone got any recommendations for getting this from Middle desert road to Wellington? 

Chairs 

Yikes Russell. did the axle break or springs detach?

On 05/12/2022 at 14:58, SOHC said:

I got a wof for my mums car from him, not much brake checking went on, I wrote a letter to Waka transport and used google translate to translate it into maori and sent it to them

That's a bit of a dick move, why are you wasting the time of people just trying to do their job?

6 hours ago, Goat said:

I love electrical misery. Giz a holla and i'll help you wire it up dogg!

Might just do that, will pull things out and scope the deal next Monday, I'll give ya a holla, big dolla.