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some parts arrived today. got the clutch pedal helper spring on which makes a huge difference even with it interfering with the accelerator shaft. lesson learned that there's a difference between left and right and drive. considering shipping doesn't change too much when ordering guess I better load the cart up.

tempted to just drive it how it is and just lube up everything so isnt rubbing too bad.

at this rate car will be mint just in time for me to go back to work

6 hours ago, yoeddynz said:

How much did it cost you?  Its money in the bank no matter what you do imo. 

Like imps. 

 

Only on a slightly different level.

Wasn't cheap but I think it was ok priced for what it is. Happy with it just needs a couple of things tidied up but so far its easy to work on. 

2 hours ago, Flash said:

 

For now just want to tidy a few bits up and a bit of maintenance and then just start piling on some k's then will go from there with any other updates. Have ordered a fair amount of stuff of pelican so far, im stoked how you can just buy everything for these brand new from big items down to tiny grommets or a screw. Im used to having to constantly be searching trademe and the internet for parts.

That car looks like quite the bit of kit. Whats the engine setup is that? is it on carbs or is it some trick efi kit that looks like carbs?

17 hours ago, Flash said:

Nice porker Dave. You are in for bucket loads of fun. They are simple to work on and parts are plentiful.

I owned, daily drove and raced a 82 SC narrow body for just over 17 years. I bought it in 1999 with 119,000 km on the clock and sold it in 2016 with 376,000 km on the clock. The engine was untouched up to 370,000 km with the only work done on it apart from servicing being a new alternator, two clutch replacements and a timing chain tensioner upgrade to the newer Carrera hydraulic tensioners. I foolishly replaced the engine with a newer 3.2 litre Carrera engine complete with the Motronic fuel injection. There is a whole story behind the engine swap that I won't bore you with. The 3.2 was a great engine, but it hurt the resale value being a non numbers matching car. Not that I was too worried about that as the SC had quadrupled in value during my ownership. Was one of the best cars I have ever owned. Funnily enough we ended up buying a second 82 SC for my missus and the VIN numbers on the two cars were exactly 300 units apart. While I still owned the SC and business was booming I moved on to a 993 Carrera 2 and about 6 months later a GT3 MK1, but I had both for less than a year and sold them  to go back to the SC as my daily. You just can't beat the raw feeling of the older generation Porsches. My missus moved from her SC into a 964 Carrera 2 and that was a really nice car. Just enough rawness left with a lot more grunt than the SC. If I had my Porsche time over I should have purchased the 993 RS that I was offered when I was looking for a GT3. One of life's little regrets I guess.

I sure hope its not a back wheel bearing that you need to replace. It's an absolute bitch of a job. I replaced back wheel bearings twice on my SC. The second time I removed the back banana arms to press in the single piece sealed rear bearings and it was much easier than trying to do it insitu.

Bit of useless information for you. The offset pedals is only on the RHD cars. LHD cars don't suffer the same quirk. Probably the result of trying to make a factory designed LHD into a RHD.

I love running into old porsche owners and hearing their yarns. so far general consensus is everyone regrets selling the car.

Im not too fussed about holding resale value with this car so will likely just do whatever I want with it. Unless I completely butcher the car I doubt ill ever sell it for a loss. An efi conversion could be on the cards and then was thinking turbo charging it would spice things up nicely.

I did read about the chain tensioners being a problem but unsure if I should dive in and upgrade those. isnt a cheap fix either. engines got 100k miles on it and from what I can tell hasn't been opened.

Cheers mate!

The carrera would certainly have more pep than this. This car isnt fast although maybe im kind of used to faster vehicles. Needs less muffler so I can sound like im going quick

its basically an imp/beetle with a different body. you basically have the same car. these also seem to love to leak oil (luckily I dont have too much weaping going on)

Im thinking either go with the 80s wall street trader look or coked out miami vice... its tough decision. mrs wont be impressed either way.

On Tuesday, 7 August 2018 at 17:54, siren676 said:

St hitec in silvia park road? Couple of the mx5 guys had their cars tuned there

I have had a couple of tunes at st hitec and both times service was great, also fixed some issues and were also calling me often giving updates, asking questions about the car etc. will be going back there again if I ever want more power.

pretty sure it was 899+gst so over a grand but you get what you pay for. its a hub dyno so can do 4wd also. they seem to do all the big dollar builds I know of.

Hey guys,

mrs has a ae111 with the 4age blacktop in it, it's auto as well if that changes anything.

This is the issue, car drives fine but if you turn the air con on you can get the vehicle to just die sometimes, same with any other electrical load. Doesn't always happen and when it does you can start it back up easy. I can be sitting at an intersection, idling fine, indicator on then all of a sudden engine shuts off. I barely drive the car so can't really describe it any differently. 

Apparently it also dies just while sitting in traffic for a while but I can't get it to die unless I flick the air con on or off. Unsure if radiator fan kicking in causes the same issue.

where do I start? Cars only done 140ks

I spent almost 30k on a 32 gtr skyline. It will only go up in value. Look at 34 gtr prices, some going for over 100k!

Wish I got one when they were 16-18k or so back in my younger years.

Just now, kyteler said:

I don't remember doing that but anything is possible.  I guess it could have been solidstripe?  Like I said though, I understand if you don't want to part with them.  I tell you what.  I'll talk to my brother and see if he can CNC me a key based off my current one.  I've tried to get a key like mine but they're a weird setup and no cunt has a blank anymore and as dave says they're soft as fuck which is why i need a new one.  It scares me turning mine in the ignition, hah.

It would have been 5 or 6 years so who knows. Maybe solidstripe or stevemax who knows. 

I thought about trying to make a new one but never pursued it. There is also a pile of already cut prince keys which don't even fit this car I was going to try fill back out somehow and recut.

On 7/17/2017 at 09:25, Matteybean said:

 

 

Cheers bro.  Ive worked on this few times before owning it. I fixed all the rust in the doors!

 

Yup i saw that he offered you one. Ill see how many ive got. The current one is slightly bent/about to break so i plan using one to to be cut. 

Id also like to keep a spare for the new one i get cut soon. If there's a 3rd blank. Its all yours. Will confirm tonight 

 

Cheers

There's two spare blanks. Spare blanks are pretty soft metal so only real good for show plus ones very slightly bent. Get a generic key cut and one of the spares cut for show if you want. 

Send other to kyteler if if your keen. Without this man you would have no interior door handle on drivers side lol. Unless it was someone else who hooked me up with that..  either way send it haha

13 hours ago, HighLUX said:

Wow

A skyline with the passengers air vent still intact

 

Mate she got all the vents in mint condition.

Fancy living.

Went Hampton downs sat for a club day. Was a bit wet and foggy to start with but dried out pretty quick.

On Monday, 12 June 2017 at 02:46, Ashkellybarr said:

Video of launch please 

Going to clubfest at Hampton downs this weekend. Will be drag racing and shit there.

Otherwise Ill give your carina a good go at the oldschool xmas drags if they firing that up again this year.

Will provide video as requested

Alright so I guess everyone has to turn up with open headers just to keep the tranquil feeling?

sundays suppose to be thunder storms so bring your best windscreen wiping rags for when shit gets foggy.