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anyone used a universal kit? like speedway motors sell ect, being a square piece of glass moving only straight up and down it can't be to hard to install surely

Marty did my work mates 4wd not long ago and he was really happy with price and the service

a nice whack with the hammer pops it out of the taper too

haha yeah i didn't really think about the brakes thoroughly when i decided to ditch the dirty ole carb NA for the B6ze otherwise it all would of been fine, hopefully someone else wants some re-kitted brakes for a stock b1600 lol

yeah its probably going to be the best way forward i just hate the re-work haha the front drums already have new cyls shoes bearings hoses and all painted ect dam it

cool man will be watching this then, I'm putting a b6ze in my ute pretty neat little engines!

hmmmm maybe i will try sell later brake set-up and try find 2nd gen solids, according to lvta hobby car manual even if i retained drums i would need to run a dual circuit master anyway, which is far safer so makes sense. the joys of the snow ball effect from thinking hell yea twin cam efi

have you got this running with the turbo? or NA at the moment? looks cool on those ssr's

b1500/1600 1969-77 have single circuit master with drums all-round, so far I'm thinking, option 1: get shoes re-lined, and try brake test/ maybe add booster depending on feel option 2: try find next generation b1600 solid discs and boost front circuit only. note: in no way do I want to cheat the certification process i want it to be safe and legal in every way sr2 you are correct it wouldn't be suitable if it was tandem, but i have heard its possible to use two vh44 or the likes to boost both circuit and maybe add proportion valve for rear

aha yeah that does make sense, if I can prove that this model only had the same brake set-up with all the engine combinations until the next generation would the certification man take that into account? like various workshop manuals i have show only drum on the front right up to 77' and that they came out with the VC 1800. I've just grabbed my old boys nz hobby car manual to have a squizz through and see what it states in there

Thanks Cletus! thats exactly what i needed to know, that was my thoughts as the booster just makes it easier to apply more force. Do you know how they work out the power increase? as this model ute did come out with a 100hp engine so 15 more hp wouldn't break the 50% increase, or is it pretty strict to what the ute had in it regardless i.e. the 59hp UA Steve- Yeah I was going to get in touch with Barry Dowler soon when i have got it mounted in there, its the normal 6 stud pcd and 14" rim, but i definitely want to keep the standard wheels as they have a odd way to clip hubcaps on and I'm definitely going to use those hubcaps Maxpower- now that is some out of the box thinking i like that haha, but i want to be 100% legal tegal as I'm wanting to use it everyday and insurance and actually being safe so my wife can drive it blah blah blah

cool colour ( that bike has gears is it actually yours?) that carb looks like the b1600 nikki carb flange also

anything but turbos

i think the next shape 1977-82 came out with drums all round and solid discs/ drum rear. so i could possibly track down some solid front discs. then the following UN shape has vented discs that can be adapted with different balljoints to fit but i have heard that it messes up the geometry of the front suspension. (i have these brakes and hubs ect) its not going to be a performance vehicle, just going with b6ze to get efi and reliability for daily driving, so if i can retain the drums and just boost them to get through cert I'm more inclined to do that

Just wondering if anyone has some knowledge on this, Im swapping a mx5 b6ze (115hp) into my mazda b1500 ute that originally had a UA engine (59hp) ( the same chassis although did come out with a VB engine (100hp) and i believe it still had drum brakes front and rear). with the increase in power is there someway the Cert guy measures the braking efficiency? I'm leaning towards retaining the drums so i can keep the standard wheels ect, and i have put all new cylinders and shoes all round (all 8 of the cylinders $$$$) and they seem to work well, So i was thinking wether boosting the drums would help? I have been looking into putting a vh44 pbr inline remote booster as there is no room for a booster on the firewall ( especially once the mx5 intake is there). any help much appreciated

I like that engine bay colour, i hope your going to have a super spick clean engine bay so it surprises everyone when you open the bonnet with the exterior looking "just dragged from paddock"

i like this man looks cool, whitewalls could suit it with the hubbys?

how are you getting on Will?

awesome progress adaptor looks good, that spigot bearing looks to have seen better days haha

this looks and sounds really good, maybe i should really try to get my ute going by then so i can't put the luxo-barge on the back and join in on this

so cool man, look forward to watching what you do with this one

looks like a nice fit Steve, whats the plan with ditching dizzy? make a cas and coil on plug?

looks so good! i could imagine the new owner will be so stoked

awesome result bet your over the moon! such a cool shape

yetch- yeah thats the one i was putting together that had a bit of a freshen up, but i think its more than likely found a new home if the freight price is not too much. Alex- unfortunately I won't be able to make it this sunday! I'm hoping someone takes some photos of the museum i haven't been there before sounds cool, we were away for the long weekend down hammer so trying to catch up on jobs so i can get this engine in sometime soon!