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23 sleeps

Because @Roman is the goodest of c*unts he found me a cheap Link, then went and collected it and couriered it to me. So far I have: - A Vitz drive by wire pedal - BMW/VDO N54 drive by wire throttle - A test print of a 2 piece throttle body adapter using heat inserts for the first time ever. I'm supposed to be working at the moment, will update more later.

Looking forward to the big turbo 2JZ you're putting in this @Dudley

It's only one rotor. Pull the injector and coil plugs off and live the 650cc life

Looks like Hayden needs a web developer, do we want a group contra deal?

Kayne Barrie told me he could get me a really good Hawk for my Wilwoods, but I'm not sure if it's a race or road pad. I assume it was a road pad based on the context of the conversation

Altezza on R33 GTR wheels?

Altezza?

Got both the kids tucked away in the shed. They seem to attract Daves. First @Dudley came scrounging coz he smelt 5k parts and then a wild @Roman Dave appeared and used his Barry attack. He sharned me into submission.

And then there were two. @Dudley found a KE74 on TradeMe and wanted the 5k and T40 and this was too good to turn down. @lush hooked the trailer up behind the BT50 and we headed down to Auckland to grab it. There is a whole car in labelled bags in boxes and it’s in much better condition than the CE71

Scott from Elite Motor Trimmers in Hamilton has bought Dashboard Restorations that used to be in Auckland. He has the equipment to completely vacuum wrap a dash with brand new vinyl. He told me to expect to pay $2k-$3k to do a KE70 dash which is a whole lot simpler than a 370gt dash. Amayama lists them for around $1350 There is also this option...

Doing my best “dad I’m bored” pose there

Ok, felt pretty clever with this one. I'm definitely more of a computer guy than a fabricator and hate measuring and marking stuff out. So I took a dirty thumb and rubbed it on some masking take that I'd placed where my missing bumpstops went. I then measured from the tape and drew the bumpstop plates up in Fusion, exported the DXF and dropped it into lightburn, chucked the steel in the laser cutter and etched the lines onto the plate. I then cut them out with the grinder and had nice centre points of my holes that the centre punch located in. I drilled them and rounded them. Then bolted my Bunnings Race Supplies bumpstops to them. This was when I realised I had made the plate too long, so I cut the ends off them, undoing all my nice rounding, drilled the holes out bigger, and chucked the plates in the vice to put a bend in them to match the chassis rails. I bent them with some sockets in the vice and managed to shoot myself in the stomach with a 19mm socket. Good times. Got them bolted in the car and took it for a drive. Much less smashing now. Just need to make a bigger gap between diff and bumpstop to keep the cert man happy.

SUtututu

IDF?