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so ive been cracking on with a few jobs over the long weekend all the really big jobs are done pretty much just lots of little ones i got a new battery box to replace the smashed one and re jigged the bracket that the old owner had cut in half and made it fit the new battery he put in not pretty but functional and strong and meets manz specs looks much better with the lid on i also installed the new seats the blue one was easy the seat holes were correctly spaced for me to just bolt the factory rails on by just drilling 2 new holes the red one is narrower and i had to cut the rear adapter plate and it bolted on and i used new high tensile bolts they look much better and semi match the steering wheel now I had some autometer gauges sitting round so i got a water temp one in a smaller size so they could all fit in the panel that had a old oil pressure gauge in it and yes i know they aren't straight they are like that so in their normal range they are pretty much all straight up just waiting on a 1/4 npt to 1/8 npt adapter for the water temp gauge and they will all be functioning this is all for now

ITS ALIVE !!!!! was the txt i got yesterday and today it showed up on the tow truck again at my house heres a small video for proof https://www.youtube.com/embed/AKZFtz2UEsY so i took it for a burn round the block and it runs like a champ only issue now is its distinct lack of brakes so will have to investigate that one they are a bit spongy so will get some new fluid and bleed them up and see what happens and whip the drums off the rear to check for any leaks oh and i got the terratrip to work there's a hidden switch in the glovebox so will tidy that up and put it in the dash i also got a graytronics intercom pretty cheap and have the parts to make some leads up for it an it uses all the terraphone accessories oh and i spotted on trademe 2x momo seats for 40$ each they will work with my current rails i just need too make up some 15mm spacer for the rear bolt holes im not sure what im going to do there yet and giving them the sit test in the driveway the old autosports were comfy as but lack the hole in the base for the crotch straps

20th march alexander road hillclimb by wellington car club keep an eye on seabright motorsport for when the regs come out to enter pls dolan tell me your taking the id racing

ive done Otaria rd without a cage its not too bad apart from the top i had 2 close moments on one run including tapping the bank on the way back and at that i called it a day there's a few events around russell that require no cage mt vic hill climb is one thats coming up

so keen to come up again to race hopefully will have my car ready for march its only been like 5 years

your right so much info and no i dont ive only had the car a couple of months it has little underbody stuff on it was just going to redo the underside and redo the flaps slightly larger and put strips of it down the side on the sills to stop it kicking up the sides and chipping more of the paint

Well today it went on the tow truck to a guy who is a member of and does a bit of work for the people in harbour capital car club of which i am a member of also. Hopefully I will get it back later this week as long as there is no other damage when its all taken apart stand by for pictures hopefully he will take some for me

Hi guys and gals i need to re underseal and paint my floor of my rally car . The floor as it stands had been repainted inside but the outside has a bit of surface rust as its a fwd car that's seen some gravel time its pretty good at removing the 30 year old coating that was there . Now i need some advice on what to use to re do it i was going to hit it with the water blaster and then look at spraying it or painting it with something like wattyl rust kill like i used inside as its not overly sensitive to a non prepped surface Or using a aerosol rust killer. then spraying a underseal on since this is going to see a bit of gravel action again was thinking of maybe using the spray n truck bed liner in a can as it may be harder wearing any ideas pointers ect i want to do it once then not have to worry about it for a few years

if you get stuck man ill be there around mid day in my ute and can help out

The hardest part is getting the rear mount off sometimes you have to drop the subframe just a smidge to get it off and out of the way other than that its easy to do without removing the engine i did a gearbox swap in my trueno in an afternoon with a mate helping

so its been an interesting few days and it did not end well so the floor started off like this in the end we got it looking pretty dam good with a coat of Porirua pearl as they guy at supercheap put it or matty b to everyone else then i also found out that all the rubber fuel lines were perished so i replaced those and added a filter in so after that i started it up and re tightened a few things now the car doesn't idle too well cold as its had the chokes removed from the carbs and it stuttered out at idle and as finally died out i heard a clunk and i couldn't start it again so got a spanner on the crank pulley and could move it backwards and forwards but only slightly so i decided to take the cam cover off i was greeted with this the link closest in the photo failed and the pin came out all i can think of is the tensioner was shit or the chain was worn and it whipped round as it was dying out at idle and had enough luckly its a non interference engine and the parts were a total of $60.99 on clearance complete new old stock timing kit with the oil seals , gaskets , tensioner and tensioner arms and 2 new chains one for the oil pump and one for the camshaft originally i was keen to do it myself but it being at home i dont have all the access to the tools i need and i cant get the crank nut off so i might just flat tow it to the garage down the road and pay them to do it unless and oser is keen to do it round the jvlle tawa porirua area guess id rather have this happen at the beginning at under idle speed stationary rather than at full noise racing and i know it will be good for quite some time

right so all the known rust is now done filled and reprimed its not perfect but its close enough it was never going to be a masterpiece but it should see me though a few years of racing we noticed that there was lots of little surface rust spots on the floor so i decided to repaint it with a little help from my co driver my fiance we also removed all the rollcage padding as it was perished , We also gave it a wash chucked some fresh fuel into it and it ran way way better its idling super high so will have a look for a vac leak and start with the easy stuff and go from there need to finish painting the floor and do some undersealing over the next few days and have a look at the brakes and take it for a run round the block

This ones from gisbourne engine revs out pretty hard too finished up the welding on the roof today cant wait to finish it tomorrow just need to put filler in it then prime and fix one tiny patch on the c pillar and a small patch in the floor then the rust is done for now and can start on the brakes

so im off work till the 5th so trying to get some done in between family time at xmas its quite a bit rustier than i thaught the inner skins are rusty also so im rest neutralizing and sealing what i can theres a bit of filler and there will be more filler going in its not huge amounts and its far better than what i cut out its all been repaired before with just filler in some places some bits have been badly patched with filler on the bare steel im really shit at taking photos as i just get into it and dont think about it much i got some done on xmas eve after work and some done today after it had cooled off a bit and the car was in the shade as its a scorcher here today so these were the patches i did on xmas eve today i wanted to see what was under the bog between those 2 patches no clues on the outside but it was pretty grot underneath cue this slowly getting a bit better at it i think one day ill be as good as sheepers and azzuro maybe that patch extends to the gutter aswell as that was all rotten there too all primed up my sweet welding setup i got some new tinsnips also this made everything much easier and lastly the rest of that side is pretty chooched so going to cut it out in one big strip and weld a new bit in im really hoping the other side isnt as bad and i just have to patch the floor i hope to get the other side done next week and the floor then fill it and prime unsure what im going to do re painting it was thinking i might just wrap it or something

Got much love for these nzgts a mate has 2 3 doors and his old man had a liftback i used to co drive in a nzgt liftback that had a hot 20v we used to hit over 200kph on gravel

pictureless update for now Well its home set off from my place at 7 am to pick up my mate then went and got a trailer from a friend we got into napier at around 1230 and loaded the car on in 30+deg heat and set back home . the roof rust is definitely worse than expected i think its had repairs done to its previously and the small patch of rust on the floor is actually a hole but other than that its not bad . Has had an electric fuel pump ect installed and it seemed to go pretty well and was making all the right noises when i took it for a hoon round the block the carbs need a bit of a clean i think and the brakes are a bit spongy from sitting around so picked up a new(er) mig and will get some steel the best bet would be to find another roof and get it put on by a panelbeater but parts are pretty few and far between so for now im just going to start patching the rust and priming it. I will get a panel beater to spray it so stand by for some terrible body work i haven't done too much of it before but we all have to start somewhere right? ill chuck some photos up in the next few days

possibly could talk to the oser borgweiser i think he has opened his shop again https://www.facebook.com/J-A-Davison-Motor-Engineer-226903350744211/?fref=ts

Not many at all as im now finding. However i see the bf suspension bolts on as do the kc laser brakes for a bit of a upgrade. going to pick it up on sat hoping to get it on the road by the end of jan. Id love to find a side draught manifold to fit

id say go see the shazzfather (kevin) at autocare in kilbirnie he has been fettling with carbs for forever

i love me some backwoods engineering theres a dude on a NZ hunting forum that does some wicked stuff with just a lathe to make black powder guns ect http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f53/making-sharps-barrel-my-lathe-16567/ http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.nz/f53/hawkins-plains-rifle-project-8740/

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feel free to talk shit here about my latest money pit ect / source of financial instability have a feeling its been a rally car for a while autosport seats , a terratrip 2 and that momo to just tie it all together apparently it was built in the waikato so if anyone knows any history im all ears its been in gisborne for some time keen to see if its had bf brakes put on it to be rid of the tiny solids if anyone has any pro tips for me im all ears having never had a mazda before

So after a few years away from any motorsport I went and volunteered for targa to do timing again for them with a bunch of mates i got the bug again i had eyed this up as it was so cheap anyway. I convinced my other half that there was no way could I finish my trueno for what this cost so that will be going even further on the back burner now after a lengthy chat with the seller the deal was done it has a bit of rust to contend with but none of it overly serious reg is on hold did its last event rally of gisbourne in 2011 then the guy had a kid and he didnt race again engine is a 1500 single cam engine, dual carb, has had mild cam work, mild porting, polished port, the pistons are one oversized and has been balanced. It is a standard gear box Has a terratrip. Has a full manz roll cage. Comes with it's log book it needs new belts but im fairly sure the ones in my trueno are still in date / they are cheap anyway so he said for a extra 100$ hed bring it to napier for me to halve my drive to go get it. I pick it up the first weekend of december as im away again in a couple of weeks so I cant wait plan is ill tackle the rust and give it a clean up on my break over xmas oh and look at that sweet momo steering wheel that really sealed the deal

Hi guys got to go pick my new race car up from napier and before i hire one anybody have one they are willing to lend for some bevvies ect looking at the first weekend of december the 5th or 6th any help would be great

love the old skodas a mate has a 120L with a hotted up alfa engine in it i link him to most skoda things that pop up here he said to tell you to take the front guards off and have a look, they go bad at the front of the door post and lateral chassis rails