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On 15/06/2023 at 08:15, dabuzz said:

Van breaks down just out of Auckland.....

I'm sure he's got Longley Bros Towing Co on speed dial

@Roman sell the crappy wrong-wheel drive carina and build a destroked 2gr fwd carina please

2 hours ago, Roman said:

If I get to the point where I can get the motor started up, I guess I can always just put the auto flex plate thing on it for the meantime. Whether or not I've solved gearbox issues.

Auto flex plate and a sexy little Tilton multiplate clutch

22 hours ago, SHGWAG said:

Can confirm the following:

Racelab did a lot for the fab work.

Jono from Racelab knows his stuff

I'm contemplating doing bolts in 1uz land @Roman, not for all of them, but for enough to make it less of a ballache to get headers in and out

It sounds a whole lot better than a 350z 

I'd have a hybrid fielder if I could afford one for @KKtrips yin reasons in a slightly better looking package

9 minutes ago, shizzl said:

That is similar to my vision for the ute. 
but I lack sewing skills, so glue and staples it is

My brother has bought himself a (Toyota) industrial sewing machine and has realised that interior work is more fun than panel work, we've been down some serious interior rabbitholes thinking about parts that can be CNC router/laser cut and/or 3d printed. That Carbone guy models all his interiors in 3d before making them, upholstery has got kinda exciting since the old days

Any requirements for your doorcards? Are you wanting a speaker, pocket or armrest?

This dude does cool porsche doorcards and interiors https://www.instagram.com/carboneliveries/

MK1 and 2 Golf interiors are good for inspiration too

1 minute ago, Snoozin said:

T190 Carina/Corona featured similar, but with that upright fabricated instead of machined.

This is why I love you Richy, you know all the good things

Just been looking at the JTCC Corolla here https://www.racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Details/106617/1994-genuine-jtcc-fet-toyota-corolla-super-to?Published_by_Mike_Walters

I know @Snoozin has lovingly fondled this car, but not sure how far up its skirt he looked.

But can someone explain this front upright to me? It looks to me like the aluminium block has an arm of sorts heading inward to the lower arm, which doesn't appear to allow for any steering rotation of the upright, so I assume there is some sort of top balljoint mount further up the upright by those top four bolts that the wheel pivots from. Is this just essentially a fancy version of superstrut? https://global.toyota/en/detail/7829158

I think in writing this post I've essentially answered my own question, but I'd still love to hear everyone's thoughts.

You'll probably find that the C160 will fetch a premium (a week before racewars) because they get broken by muppets more than the c56 too

Fuck yeah, 3uz is the way to go these days. Wiring is pretty easy, ECU can be tuned and you can pick up a LS430 or Celsior for fuck all.

A lot of the stuff that Stab Fab guy does is kinda scary

On 24/04/2023 at 12:14, Blu said:

Hello everyone,

Found OldSchool by searching for an oddly specific k11 question (go figure) and ended up on Yoeddynz's thread. After signing up for the forum was directed here and couldn't believe there were over 100 pages of K11 spotting! Had a look through and don't think I've been spotted yet. Here's my pile of magnificent Japanese economy engineering. It's a 1998 4 door FL A# (The 4 door equivalent of a G# which basically means I get the big block and split folding seats with a luxurious patterned fabric...) with a 5 speed manual.

It started as a (very) cheap daily but it's endearing personality (and complete disregard for safety) has retired it from daily service and it is now the reserve daily... There's a few interesting bits on the car but maybe I'll make a thread so the people who are interested can have better look.

You have won K11 Barry bingo with one post. Welcome K11 Barry.

What are the cert requirements for an inline handbrake? Isn't the idea of a cable handbrake redundancy?

14 hours ago, Snoozin said:

That seems like daylight robbery but I guess inflation etc.

Yeah, coilover prices have gone crazy. You used to be able to get Fortune Autos for about $1850 including GST, now they're $2750 plus GST, same with the Tein Flex, which was introduced as an entry-level coliover with crimped non-rebuildable insert, they were about $1750, now they're $2250

14 hours ago, Roman said:

Looks like 2MZFE is the closest in spec to the alfa motor interestingly enough.
MZ series motors suck though.

Bore size:

4GR:        83mm
VQ25HR: 85mm
2MZFE:    87.5mm
Alfa:         88mm 

Stroke length:
4GR:         77mm
VQ25HR:  73.3mm
2MZFE:    69.2mm
Alfa:         68.3mm
 

Wash your mouth out. VZ motors suck, MZ are at least alloy

14 hours ago, kp60nick said:

Wipers came up mint. Sometimes I feel I may be building this backwards. 

 

My brother has just bought the steering wheel for his latest build. It's the first part he's got, doesn't even have the car yet

4 hours ago, cletus said:

Kind of related

Heres a video of a ranger driveshaft wobbling around

This one is pretty good. The coil bind is pretty crazy and the bump stop is sure getting a workout isn't it??

12 minutes ago, cletus said:

it should improve further soon as we now have the option of sending the whole lot electronically which will make it much faster 

Does it go on our microchip that we had implanted?

Just saw this on Facebook @cletus, surely that's a bit of a generalisation, isn't it? Couldn't a non-boosted four-pot setup meet the standard fine with an appropriately sized master and pedal ratio?

On 25/03/2023 at 23:12, brocky41 said:

Only just saw this - dredge old post but i noticed the rear bumper haha - guy told me he was doing something wild, I sold it in 2018 for $2k with the diesel

 

 

 

They totally ran that up to 420hp for the memes didn't they?

On 20/03/2023 at 20:32, Kerry-TGI said:

One of the things on my last wof for 1986 hilux was that the bias valve was missing for the rear brakes, wof guy said someone had taken it off. He ended up letting it slide as we were cutting it fine before Christmas break, but it's on the list he gave me for the next wof.

Doesn't seem to be any evidence one was ever there, there's a small bracket holding the brake lines to the back of the diff, my mates 90 Hilux (next generation) has drum brakes also and looks exactly the same. No bias valve just a little bracket in the center.

Is it just really common for these to be taken off or did it maybe not have one from factory?

My brother's NZ new SR5 looked like it never had one. It was always very quick to lock the rears. We looked at putting on a spare off a Surf he wrecked, but never got around to it. Every WOF was a ballache with it, mostly left-to-right balance in the rear. He never got knocked back on the lack of load bias though

1 minute ago, 63Ragtop said:

Would be nice if it had a wof/cert for the $$$.

I would say that if you rock up with $220k for him he'll do all that and probably take you to the strippers too. With a price like that I'd assume he's probably negotiable to within about $50k