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Wow that put it into perspective, look how thin the walls are in that gallery.

The Toyota engine looks tough in comparison

9 hours ago, dabuzz said:

Thick walls built for (aftermarket) boost

 

Hasn't ever manufacturer worked out that open deck motors suck? 

Or is that a purely Subaru problem?

On 02/04/2022 at 16:01, Thousand Dollar Supercar said:

 

I like turbos. 

Dunno why you are confused. Like many manufacturers, Toyota stopped making cool shit around the year 2000. (Sorry Dave, love your echo)

The sw20 turbo mr2 lost about 60 HP and became a convertible with the mr-s. They ceased production of the supra. The Celica was replaced by a pooper with no turbo variant. They had long since stopped making rwd corolla's. Bla bla bla. 

Not many reasons for me to stay up to date with current offerings from them.

I just took a look at the Yaris. Had no idea that actually existed. Very freekin cool. I think I like it more than the Corolla. 

Love that these cars are even a thing right now. 

12 minutes ago, ul9601 said:

how much?

People are expecting around 70k. I didn't know there was a gr86!

7 hours ago, 87creepin said:

Does ctek rejuvenate mode really work? Or is it just a clever trick to fool us into buying a ctek charger then a new battery? 

It works extremely well. I have used it to bring numerous DEAD batteries back to life. The science is interesting and makes sense when ya look into it.

10/10 would bang again.

15 hours ago, brocky41 said:

OK so I was all into this a few years back but with used ATF - I 50/50'd it in my D21 Navara for around 2 years straight out of customers ATF flush machines. Yes I probably should have filtered it - but didnt.

The ute is a 93 TD27 non turb ski, had 160km on the clock and I noticed no difference in power, ease of starting, fuel consumption etc - it was happy days until the fuel pump started leaking. $900 rebuild later and i was like well was it worth it? The fuel pump builder was like "WTF is this guy running this thing on, its all oily as shit in here" but as expected when I asked him, the pump was just original and worn out (shaft etc). So probably wasnt the ATF. Ran it in the Turbo Diesel Terrano (mechanical pump) for a while too - the pump already had a small leak and it didn't get any worse. Had that pump rebuilt about a year later.

I haven't done it since as diesel was at an ok price - Ive got a 44G drum full that's been sealed and sitting for 4 years so I'm thinking if I pump from the middle all the shit will either be at the top or bottom. Would definitely filter it this time. Filtering mechanically with say a hydro pump and filter id say you would want a non bypass filter to make sure you're getting everything, using a micron the same or smaller than your fuel filter would be the go, i've seen filter material you can put over a 205L drum like a sock. Chip oil would be the same, you don't want them chip bits lol.

Ive just remembered the Inter tractor is diesel so might use it in that and report back.

Also a warning - only for the old diesels - alot of vids etc out there with newer stuff really not liking it.

 

So, question for the chemists out there. Brake fluid eats buna seals, hence why everything in a modern brake system is viton (correct me if I'm wrong here, I just know I needed a seal for bikes clutch and finding a viton one was impossible).

Isn't ATF similar? Id have thought it would have eaten every normal o ring and seal in the diesel system 

Just fyi, to remove moisture you could also process the oil using a vacuum chamber to boil the fluid out. This may be easier/faster/safer than heating it. 

11 minutes ago, SOHC said:

The bronze bushes wouldn't be very hard to do, bolt the rocker cover on and bore the bearing tunnels oversize, the bearing at the far end has a stake to stop it turning, and the bearing behind the camchain sprocket had a flange, thing munt of been running like that for 30 odd years.

Honda xr200 2valve engines have a steel bush on the end of the cam

How would you set it up though? Only way I can think of is to get a piece of bright bar twice the length of the cam then machine it to fit, clamp it in there with the cover and setup on the bar that protrudes.

Or maybe you could find a few reference surfaces in there and setup to those? Bolt holes and head gasket face? 

Nice project. Good cars! We got the wife a hybrid one a year ago, both of us love it. Looks like total nana spec but inside it feels like a sports car and drives like a kart. They ain't all the same tho! Workmate had one that was a miserable thing to drive and unbelievably slow.

So good, wish you had a YouTube series. 

Hi @Vintage Grumble how will you set that up for machining? I just can't work out how you'd get it right. 

Also, how will you retain the bearings at the driven end?

Yeah well that ctek he listed is available for as cheap as 315 elsewhere.

His price beats that by a fair amount though!

9 hours ago, Thphantum said:

They have this one in stock. List is $475, staff price is $254.

Think that will work.

That's a beast. Can I get one too for that price lol

Exactly. Ctek or nothing. No fuss and they actually do what they are supposed to. Plus some good accessories.

There are some good specials around the place too 

Nice view from @Geophys place this morning.

On 11/03/2022 at 21:08, Antonio enmkekel said:

how to turn on lambretta nsu prima dynamo

Lingling is that you

Lol my bike is around 5.5l per 100 when I'm driving pretty darn nice. 

Have heard bikes have a shit coefficient of drag but no idea how that compares with an eco.

1 hour ago, mopig said:

did you go get seafood at captain morgans?  many moons ago was the best seafood / takeaways in gizzy

yeah! actually got dinner there, was bloody good! fish, chips and a number of scallops. then for breakfast the next morning got smashed avo with eggs on toast. Bloody good, and perfectly located when camping there.

My stay was lush. Very quiet and never seen facilities so clean!!!

1300km in total.

Stoop meet in Gisborne. Did 740ish km yesterday.

yeah boi. 

Rego still on hold, replacement chassis bits ready to weld into place, the formed bits of floor ready to weld into place, etc etc.

I have done probably 80% of the rust to date, what remains is ready to go once I can make smoke and dust. The only thing stopping it from being a roller is no diff center- its on the list

Completely undecided on engine now. Sold most of my v8 stuff to fund bike stuff- and the bike stuff has made trying to make a car fast totally irrelevant.