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29 minutes ago, governorsam said:

Vq30 will fit.. Read the link I posted earlier..

I just read it. Sounds like a 1UZFE will fit too.... and it makes ~200kw which will be well enough. It's also apparently 20kg lighter than the Triumph engine!!

51 minutes ago, HighLUX said:

Pretty sure Richy has put a ruler to a JZ and Trump engine bay, shoehorning requires firewall mods.

Find manual 3.8 VN commy and bang that running gear in for the best of no worlds.

Then mod rear subframe to fit R200 skyline diff so you can mang and mooooo up a storm

Dang. I really don't want to fuck around hacking up the firewall.

33 minutes ago, ThePog said:

The advice I would give is to make sure the rear halfshafts have cv's or can be converted to cv's. The factory uj/spline setup binds up under load and make for interesting cornering.

Or put a subframe from something else better in there.

I was thinking of putting a complete/modified subframe out of something better into it as part of engine/brake upgrade.

37 minutes ago, Firetruck said:

A decent V6 could be a great option, YoEddy / Alex has a 2.5 Mazda 6 in his Viva and that hauls along nicely. Slap a bit of boost on there for merry fun times.
Or a VQ35 if you wanna open a big can of worms. Toyota also has a few but I actually know stuff all about Yota V6s. However a Turbo Beams 3S could do ya good.

Really though, all you need is a Holden 3.8M8.

But slapping boost on requires aftermarket ECU's and tuning. Too much extra $$$$.

Or maybe a RB25DET..It's basically a longer version of my CA18DET apparently...... but I can think about is the flat peakers when I hear RB...

Just now, igor said:

Yes you do. Falcon 4.1 iron head crossflow.

That sounds crazy heavy?

It's pretty slow at work this week. And I'm bored because my new house and garage isn't started yet. And my toys are in storage. 

I've been thinking that I might want/need a Triumph 2000/2500 with the aim to fit a modern....maybe turbo... 6cyl in it, WITHOUT making it another racecar, so I can daily it.

Do you think I will be able to fit a 1jzgte, or just a 1jzge without major surgery to the firewall?

Is this a stupid idea? I'm not going to have a garage until the end of Feb/early March.

I'd much prefer something that does not need body work or paint. Ideally it would not need much to make it drivable.

I can't seem to find much on modifying these... do I do the google wrong????

Four months later.... Progress?

Yeh au, White paint, for the win. It looks basically done! Race against the STARVIA!?!

I'm having trouble thinking of what you would use one for instead of a more normal shape truck.

What he said

zactly that. Chur.

So I was on the way home and saw a van at the lights several cars in front.... But it was a truck... van.

It was like someone took a little box truck and photoshopped the back of a van onto it.

It had typical big truck type front wheels and duallies on the back.

What was it?

Supercheap had a sale on Saturday, so I got 5L of Penrite 85W140 LSD oil.

I drained out the old stuff. Filled it up with penrite. Then ran it in 5th while on axle stands. Then drained that oil out. It was all foamy, like mixed with water. Then filled it again, ran it in 5th, drained it. It not as foamy. Then filled it again and decided that was enough.

While running it on the axle stands I could see that the gearbox output shaft seal was leaking and spraying the underside of the car with oil. Yay. Burnt gear oil smells great.

So I'll need a new seal. I'm sure I've done this before.... I hope its not a problem with a bearing or something that's causing the seal to fail prematurely.

What LSD oil are you using? I need to change mine, but don't recall what I was using. Was Castrol something AFAIK...

went for a squirt up my road when i got home from work. 

gps indicates 70kmh max speed.

 

holy shit

 

280mm diameter tyre, 4.4:1 ratio, 5800 rpm

Did it feel like 70?

I made a veeedeeeohh on my telephone. It was in the dark, to try get the flames. You can get an idea of how loud it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaKDXuuH6u4

I'll have to get a muffler, it's hella loud. It was loud enough with the stock muffler, but I didn't like the look of it.

Blasted the hell out of the little filter in the tank with carb cleaner and the compressor. It didn't look dirty. I also stripped the fuel tap and cleaned that too. It didn't look dirty.

But it goes good now!

Then I made my "performance" exhaust, out of a chair. I made the curve by making a lot of cuts almost all the way through.

It's slightly larger diameter than the original.

But fuck me, it's pretty loud! 

I don't think it's kinked, as I said, it has run well before, with the tank in the current location.

I'll have a go blowing up the fuel hose with the compressor..... I'm sure it won't end badly. Hopefully that's it.

I replaced the plug with an NGK not long after I got it.

Never touched the coil or flywheel, no reason to think it might be out of spec.

I have the china spec flywheel of random lottery explosions..... can't I just make a scatter shield with some 6mm steel strap for like free? A $100 flywheel is a bit of money, I know, I know, how much are my legs worth to me if/when it explodes.

If I ever upgrade the standard valve springs, I think I will have to also get one of those alloy flywheels.

carb drain plug should have maybe 30ml of fuel in it? but with the fuel tap open, it should empty the tank...

Sounds like maybe you need to drill out that jet a bit and get some more fuel up in there to get her to run right...?

I meant with the fuel tap open and the drain plug out, how much should it flow? It will drain the tank, but it could take some time. I was thinking that some gauze/strainer in the tank might be blocked or something..... Should it piss out? Or just kinda dribble?

It used to run alright when I first put it in, but after a while it started to run like it does now. Can't be the jet being too small...

Okay, so I had a fiddle with it today. It's not running right.

I increased the idle, as per UTERUS. Now it will start and run with the choke on, no touching the throttle.

But, even when warm, if I turn the choke off, it will die. There is a sweet spot at about 2/3rd choke on where it runs best..... least worst.

If I lift the wheel off the ground and rev it, it gets to a point then seems to be.... misfiring.. not having power... revs unstable.... like it's running out of fuel. (it's not valve bounce). It was doing this BEFORE I removed the governor. Same deal when I tried to go for a ride up the road.

I've tried winding the idle mixture screw right out which did help with starting it.

I removed the jet and emulsion tube and they were clean, but I sprayed them with some carb cleaner anyway.

I took the plug out, it was quite black with carbon, I gave it a clean with the wire brush.

I made sure it has new fuel in it and drained what was in the carb and fuel lines.

Still not right.

How much fuel should come out when I remove the carb drain plug? Just a dribble?

What could the problem be?

I made my throttle linkage. I made the leverage about 3:1 so it's gradual and not on/off.

I had a go at starting it. I needs some throttle to start. It ran for a couple seconds, but it's late, and 6 degrees in the garage so I didn't continue.

Are there some tricks to running without the governor?

I felt sad on the weekend for my mini bike parked in the garage gathering dust. So I tried to start it. NAH!!!!

I hadn't drained the carb when I parked it and the float valve dealie was all bunged up with goo.

So I took the carb off and cleaned it with carb cleaner. Bike starts! BURNOUTS in the shed!

Then last night..... I accidentally removed the governor. That little lever arm is a right prick of a thing to get out, managed to cut myself on the sharp edges of the crank case.

I still need to make a replacement throttle linkage, hopefully tonight.

I also got an old steel chair frame off a junk pile at work.... for my performance exhaust.

Buy this: http://www.bookdepository.com/Tuning-the--Series-Engine-David-Vizard/9781859606209?ref=grid-view

Do it! It is the bible for a-series engines.

Unfortunately "Modify your mini" seems to be out of print. Maybe the library has it.

How much experience do you have with engines?

Minis are great, the best part is the handling. Get some good shocks and tyres and you won't need to slow down for most corners.

Get a 1275 engine. Whichever engine you go for, I would start with skimming the head to raise the compression. Tidy up the ports yourself, just smooth out the rough bits, don't go crazy. Get an LCB manifold with a 1.5 or 1.75" exhaust with one coby.

Maybe later you could upgrade the cam.

Turbos or superchargers are going to involve a lot of fabrication and time, didn't you say it was a daily driver?

If you were lucky enough to find an MG metro turbo, that isn't fucked, the engine will bolts right in.... once you cut a big hole in the firewall and the firewall crossmember to get the turbo in....

I don't want to be captain negative... But make it handle good and don't slow down.

Website keeps falling over for me, when I try search. High load maybe?

Okay, it eventually loads after trying a million times!

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