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    Havnt been on here in ages, gotta say nice work, particularly on the hubs! Any more progress?
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    What struts are you running bro? Can proly sus you the same setup as mine for under that price..
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    Finally got round to getting a Facebook page sorted for Kermit, for people to follow. Is certainly easier to update quickly. Anyway, check it out and give it like, if ya like.. https://www.facebook.com/zeropointthree As for progress, got the holes all filled in on the front bumper!
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    Mike at Bamber Motorsport has been busy chipping away getting the last of my fibreglass parts ready. The line up of parts needing fixing/modifying. The bumpers need repairs, and the holes filled in, as Im not using the bumper indicators. The ducktail is off a 240z, so needs to be widened to suit the ke70 boot. And the chin spoiler is too wide to fit properly, so needs to be shortened. Work under way on the chin spoiler, have cut about 40mm out of the centre to get it fitting properly...
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    Alloy bands on the Longchamps. Steel for the other 3 sets. I got a discount for getting multiple sets made up, but think it works out around $120 per steel band normally...
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    Haha, cheers dude. Yeah I should actually get another one of the garage like that with a decent camera.. Think Iv got another block sorted now from a workshop. They did a leakdown test and it suggested that there was an issue with an inlet valve on number 4. Im not too worried as long as the block is ok, as Il proly use the head off my last engine. Hopefully sort that in the next couple days...
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    Moved into new place with a couple friends, and have a secure double garage now. Im waiting to sus out a couple other things to do with the car, so decided to pull the engine back out, as I knew it was going to have to be done sooner or later... Then took it to a mates workshop, pulled it down, annnnnd... Its fucked. Bought another dud engine, from T Parts in Auckland this time. It was rattley from the first time we fired it up, and some of the wear clearly isnt new. So anyway, on the hunt for another block... The head still seems ok, will test it shortly. But the block has some scoring, the pistons are rubbish, and the non existant thrust bearings means the crank has alot of wear too. For now, I want to keep the engine fairly standard. Rob from Kelford Cams is currently making up some custom cams for me, and Willie is going to mill the block a little to bump up the compression, other than that, going to try and stick to factory parts, and see what we can get out of it...
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    Hasnt been alot of progress lately, with the car being tucked away, and busy with work etc. But have moved into a new place and now have a garage to keep Kermit in, so progress should pick up again. Has been a couple little things happening, tho nothing particularly exciting... My chin spoiler from AJPS did turn up tho!
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    The Longchamps have alloy bands from Bateman, the others are steel bands from Lovelady. They are heavier, but not as bad as I expected. Will get some scales and actually compare...
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    After getting all my bands sorted, it was off to Royce Clive Engineering again to have the outer lip machined off, and the new bands mounted up and drilled. Big thanks to Kev, who did another excellent job, and turned them round in under a week. Now to get them all cleaned up and painted...
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    Colour on, before the clear. Matte metallic looks pretty sweet! Just after Joe finished laying the clear on. Stoked with how it came out, thanks again to The Englishman for his work!
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    Sooo, last wknd, this happened...
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    Things have been a little quiet lately, but there has been progress! While I have been prepping other parts for paint, Joe has been busy working on the body. This wknd, for the first time in years, the exterior is all one colour...
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    Ha, we visited Motorfix about 2 weeks after you did I guess, we were there in early May. Such a sweet workshop, and great bunch of guys!
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    Well, after years of multi coloured panels, Kermit is off to panel and paint! Everyones favourite englishman, Joe/Roco/Bubblegoose will be getting stuck into the panel work over the next two weeks before sticking it in the booth for the final spray. On the home straight, cant wait!
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    The factory bonnet and boot are pretty heavy for what they are, not to mention getting hard to find any that are tidy and rust free... So, decided to take a mould of both with the intention of making them in carbon fibre at some point, once everything else is sorted. So last week, Mike Bamber of Bamber Motorsport (who made the awesome flares) and myself started the process of making the moulds. I needed to get it sorted before this weekend, as Joe/Bubblegoose, is starting the panel and paint! Because the intention is to make the parts in carbon, the edges of the plug need a border. This will leave a nice clean border around the mould, which the vacuum bag can be stuck to. We just used thin MDF, that we cut up and hot glued around the edges. The top of the bonnet and boot had already been waxed a number of times, but we did a few more. Also filled in the wee gap between the border and the edge, to prevent any undercut. Then the plug was sprayed with PVA and left to set.
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    Picked my harnesses from the depot, after they spent two days cruising round Chch without getting dropped off. Fitted up on Friday, just in time for the track. Good quality, and loving the contrast... Nzdm yo!
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    Me too sir, me too.
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    Accusumps? Anybody using them/had experience with them. Wondering whether it might be a worthwhile investment after my oil issues yesterday at the track...
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    A couple of the boys and myself organised a private drift day at Ruapuna yesterday, so decided to take Kermit out for a thrash. Only had the shitty old slicks that iv been pushing the car round the workshop on, no windows, rear doors ziptied closed, missing a bunch of panels, but had an absolute blast! For an unfinished build with an eyelignment and a sad engine it ran really well. Iv got a couple more things to add to my to do list, mainly a decent radiator cap, as it was pissing coolant everywhere, and was having issues with oil pressure dropping thru a few corners. So will have to look at making a winged and baffled sump for it I think. Regardless, I had an awesome day! 5 years of building the car, was all made worth it, cant wait to get this thing finished!
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    Its taken faaarr too long, but I finally finished tidying up the engine loom. Definitely in no hurry to do it again, but stoked to have it done. Worked out a few tricks for making it easier to work with the braided sheathing. Once you have slid the section of sheath on, if you slide both bits of heat shrink down to the far end, and then bunch the sheath up and hold it in place with a peg while you do your soldering/crimping etc, the heat shrink will stop the sheathing expanding at the far end, and keep it from moving.
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    After a week or so away for new years, I pulled the car out yesterday and sorted a couple of things. Then decided to go for a wee drive with Gal the Piner, and Surfab, and get a few photos as this is the most complete the car has looked in 5 years. Even tho the doors were only ziptied on, so at one stage when I put my foot down the passenger door turned into a gull wing lol...
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    Once these lists are crossed off, we should be pretty well sorted. Only thing is, Performance Car would like to shoot the car in mid Feb, so I have 8 weeks to get the car finished haha. Game on... It may not be heaps of progress, but getting the flares all mounted up certainly makes a difference visually. Just need to tidy up around the door line, and finish welding the new arch in the doors up, ready for panel and paint.
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    Also, while we are on the subject of Beams engines, does anybody have any solid knowledge of whats required to stroke them out to 2.2? I know you use the 5s crank, but just wanting some more info about the whole idea...
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    Yeah we had a good look around in the cylinder with the bore scope, nothing has dropped down there from what we can tell, there are no marks on the piston or the head/valves. The rattle really seems to be coming out of the head, so yeah we are thinking the same think Truenotch, its probably something related to shims/buckets etc, going to have a decent look on Monday night.
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