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That'd be super cool, matching walnut swirl knob for yer walnut trim dash... 

Do you finish those on a lathe or do they come out of the mould like that? 

On 27/08/2019 at 11:26, beachlander said:

Been making some gearknobs recently for the intention of selling them eventually. 

A couple of done so far

 

That's pretty cool, how do you make em? Reminded me of this youtube video saw the other day, which is ridiculously awesome 

Ah yeap, different length axles is another thing that dawned on me today re these diffs. I was under the assumption they were centre pumpkin style but after having a measure up the passenger side is ~100mm longer than the drivers side (as measured from the yoke centre to the leafs). This is not so bad in my application as gas tank is on passenger side and driveshaft in old setup was touching cloth so this would give a bit more clearance there, am wondering what impact this might have on harmonics though? The Hilux hanger (is a 2 piece d shaft setup) is actually also 30mm offset to the drivers side, but still not enough to allow front and rear shafts to run on the same axis... Any comments from you diff gurus whether this is likely to cause problems? 

It's actually ~40-50mm too narrow, so was just gonna adjust with spacers (cheap) or new wheels (not cheap). Mostly after the 8.8 as a cheap way for extra strength and discs to boot. Are you running the same in yer Valiant? 

Yeah, was thinking could just flick the arb carrier and compressor, switches etc and use that to fund one of the carbon clutch Ford performance LSD units ex the US, they pretty cheap so potentially break even for a brand new inside bits diff. Thing is the housing is also drilled for the air fitting so might be better to just sell as a complete diff for someone's offroad project and try and find another standard one for the hilux, hmmm... 

Major diff sharn for this weekend... So I bought a new diff, and it came attached to this:

Explorer was in Aucks with a dead trans for the same price as wrecker wanted for a complete disc to disc diff outa the same, so thought I'd drive up from Hams and transport back. Ring the dude up and get him to climb under the truck and check the tag, 3L73 yuss it's a 31 spline LSD 3.73 8.8, perfect. Mad mission up there showing up after dark, bundle it on the transporter without really any inspection getting home late last night. Then while basking in the 90s luxury Ford cockpit this morning I notice this on the centre console:

Initially super excited holy shit has a moonbeams air locker in it, but then dawned on me I drove all the way to Aucks to pick this thing up and now I still have no LSD, as open/full locker setup less than ideal for what's sposed to be a fast road ute. So now can't decide if it's a win or loss, prolly come out ahead if I sell it to fund another diff (or new internal bits for this one) but mo time and wheeling and dealing while I should be trying to get this damn ute finished... 

As an aside also found this wedged under the truck, looks like someone's been explorer red necking 

Hard to get motivated when its winter and the shed is cold and wet. Did a bit of welding today though...

Been eyeing up twin turbo intercoolers and the one that I wanted is only available out of the US, so was going to be spenny to buy and then get it here. Then miraculously one came up on trademe so snapped it up. Is 3.5" thick and fits well width wise, though most of it is gonna sit behind the bumper with only about 1/3rd of the core in direct airflow. Hopefully will still work OK given its supposed to flow up to 1300hp. 

Needed to change the outlet position to point directly at TB, bought a 3.5" cast elbrow (aliexpress special) and managed to get the old one cutoff and new outlet grafted on there. 

Anyone ever experimented with fans for intercoolers? Could potentially get a few small fans on the back side of the intercooler for the bit thats behind the bumper, wondering if itd make much difference tho

On 17/07/2019 at 09:43, Kimjon said:

Soon as I'm old enough to get the DOL I'm gunna do this baby up and drive on out of here...

What is this? Familia? Starlet? Lasoid? 

Needs smaller rims I reckon, and those low profile tyres look like they'd ride rough

Awesome that you can buy a brand new crank, are most other parts still available new for 4A?

So jealous, especially if it can RG500 

Wicked car, def in for sound clips 

Loving the steelies... That must cause some butt hurt among the purists

Ah yes, those, I recall much googling to figure those things out. What year is the DRZ? 

Nice, I sold my one of dem last year. Does it have the factory carb? Makes a mean commuter for sure, good height/vis and brap from light to light. Not sure I agree re comfort, my butt hurt riding more than about 40mins - very windy at speed too! Wicked fun tho

That's pretty choice, what ya had her up to? 

Sweet, is a kickass box so buy and deal with the consequences was my theory also. Depending on what it came out of different applications have different remote shifter positions - all of which are a long way back. You can also put the shifter directly on the box, that makes it really short. Hopefully one of the above works out for you, in my application it needed to come up somewhere in between the super short and shortest long so am gonna have a go at cutting and welding the linkages... Choice project btw, should be white knuckles. How heavy is the e36? 

Those mounts are lush! Any idea where the shifter will come out? The tr6060 is loooong

On 30/04/2019 at 23:49, kicker said:

Guy going balls deep in Ferrari engine mods

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/frankenferrari-v12-ferrari-308/148959/page1/

Spent over an hour reading through that, and was well worth it. If the ambitiousness of yer project is ever getting you down, a read of what that guy is doing should set you right 

If you hate the car and can't see the way through, sometimes its better to ditch and run in my experience. Feel way better after the fact too. 

Strokey strokey? 

11 hours ago, Kimjon said:

My lt1 with a 6 speed manual drove like a V8 super car. Loved that motor, and with some extractors and a mafless tune...it hauled arse. Smoked any stock ls1 Commodores.

A+++....Would definitely trade again

Your hilux sounds like fun, maybe there's some unlocked potential yet to be unleashed? At minimum, it should do epic skids?

Issue with hilux was that it was pretty much drag spec motor in a 2ton brick. Big cam, single plane intake, large runner heads and oversize exhaust which went great up top but midrange was seriously lacking, so was a lazy gas pig as a daily driver. True that It did epic wheelies though... 

Re LS1, I reckon persist with it as will probably be super reliable once you iron out the kinks, have that reputation at least... Is this the candidate for retro conversion? Why not turbo the LS1 that should make all your issues disappear 

My '05 hilux was transplanted with a '97 350 chebby (LT1) and was certed as such. I bought it that way so prolly also need to see a psychiatrist and certainly felt like I needed therapy after driving it for a while as was depressing what a horrible pig it was. Sounded good but

Off topic, this is the thread that's sposed to be about stuff that's not worth its own thread, thread, and I yer impala is about as deserved of its own thread as any thread... thread