Sambo

So I bought another one which was meant to be good and tidy, then I was just going to swap the trays over. Unfortunately it's got rot all along the top of the screen, and in the places I've already fixed it in the other ute, so I'm swapping the drivelines instead. Spent a couple of days last week swapping them over, now the good motor out of the new ute is in the old ute, and is running weird. It goes great with the electronic dissy, but ran really hot yesterday, then really cold today. I put a new thermostat in, so may that's a bit suss?

Are there now any legal, off the shelf adjustable suspension packages available for AE86s? I bought BC's for mine just before the rules changed a few years back and they aren't certed.

I'm pretty attached to this thing, but I'm fucking sick of having to continually fix things that were fucked up by the previous owner. So I'm getting another one.

The guy is in Stoke, free every day after 4.30.

Hey Nelson guys, I'm pretty interested in a D21 Navara that's listed on trademe. Looking at it as a replacement for my current one. If things pan out, is there anyone who'd be able to go and check it out for me? Happy to compensate for your trouble. Sam

Spent some time maneuvering for the shot?

https://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=jj586

Wish the garage had been this clean when I was working on the car here

How do you choose a base jet size to start from? Just picked up a 32/36 from a kindly chap on here, which was on an A12 or A14 or something. I'm guessing that it'll need bigger jets to suit my Z24. Would 135/140 be a good starting point for a 2.4L, low compression, low rpm engine?

Thanks Chris, will do! I've also decided to go all in and replace the fuel lines (10mm feed and 8mm return) and fpr. Will this mean that i also have to drop the tank and replace the pickup etc?

I need to buy a deeeep 21mm socket...

Would a reasonable test for the temp sensors be to pull the plug off and see if the running condition changes? I've just done that, nothing seemed to change. They're in a pretty shitty place to actually remove.. I also unplugged the cold start injector, that made no difference either, idling or driving.

To be honest, I'm not too sure about the O2 sensor, I had kind of assumed that the ECU wouldn't have enough adjustment to flood the engine. The fuel pressure was around 55psi iirc, I'll have it written down somewhere. The engine flooded this afternoon, then I flattened the battery trying to clear it, so no running video today.

That's an interesting one. I can't actually remember which walbro pump it is, but it was definitely one of the smallest ones. That is a good point though, I'll have to investigate it further.

Thanks for the reply man, that's a good point. I'll shoot over to the car this arvo and reacquaint myself with the facts. The smoke definitely smells like fuel, rather than oil, but I'll take a video for your perusal and judgement.

Basically, my 4age is running really, really rich. I paid a bloke to throw a pressure gauge on the fuel rail, which read really high. It's got a smallish external pump running up mostly standard lines to the fuel rail, standard FPR dumping to the standard return. Also has a standard ecu. When driving it has a bit of hesitation (from memory), and the throttle is quite binary, making it hard to keep a constant speed. It usually idles high (1000+), when it does idle close to where it should (~500) it's lumpy/rough sounding. Additional info: the car will run stationary all day with no problem (bar the clouds of grey smoke and afor mentioned idle issues). However, once it's being driven the fuel pump starts getting really noisy, the grey cloud gets worse and I think it gets so rich that it starts semi flooding/cutting out under throttle. - Does this sound like a potential symptom of too much pressure? In my mind, it should be worse at idle as it's using less fuel. Lastly, I've tried two second hand FPRs, run a temporary fuel return line (check for blockage etc) and spent hours and hours fucking around with it, any other suggestions? For all I know, I've solved the high fuel pressure, but the richness remains. The petrol in the tank is a bit discoloured and old, but smells ok, and the car starts really easy, even from cold.

Na man, if you find a source for center caps, definitely let me know!

Nice! You've got Riverges! What size? I've got a set of 6.5s, never seen any wider than that for sale.

Bit of a dredge.. Fuck photobucket too, gonna have to rehost all of these pics soon. Been doing stuff that wasn't really worth taking pictures of, like swapping the LSD back in after having it rebuilt with a solid pinion spacer at Steelie Gears. Bloke reckoned it was the best 86 lsd and diff he'd seen in years, so that was nice. I've also been working to clear out the garage it's in, and my shitty car port at home in preparation of moving it.

Made a massive difference! Old one with a hole. Also this: Starting swapping to a terrano front. Painted the slam panel black, then realised that the Navara corner lights don't fit over the Terrano grille, so I've got some proper ones on the way. Still rolling the terrano front with the corner lights looking wack as fuck.

This turned up yesterday, looking forward to jamming it in and seeing how much difference it makes.

So, I've done some bits and bobs on this, engine is back in but the engine bay is not fully reassembled. Bought all the parts it needs. Now I'm losing my garage. Interested in EOI and swaps for anything.

I always wanted to convert my old KE70 to efi, just for the blingy manifold (and performance). Keen to see as many details as possible of the process.

Just bought some exhaust parts from China, will see how good/shit they are when they get here. It's going to be quite a while until I start the engine swapping. Grandma just moved into a home, so I've lost the use of her garage, plus I've got two cars to finish so I've got something to drive in the meantime. I might fix this engine up anyway, got a mate with a 910 bluebird SSS with a Z20 in it, Z24 might be a decent upgrade.

I've seen a few go between $50 - $150. Cheers for the tip.