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  1. Brennan
    Keen to see if somebody can find some locally. Otherwise I will let you know in February how easy it is to make them.
  2. Brennan
    Get those wheels on ASAP! cant wait to see it. Dont go to low profile, or the car will sit to low and you wont be able to get rid or the gap between the fender and the tyre. www.willtheyfit.com is helpful.
  3. Brennan
    keen, if it was ashhurst domain i would probably buy fish n chips.
  4. Brennan
    Ever since we bled the brakes before the tune, the left rear brakes have been stuck on. At first we thought it was just the pads tight on the disc, and that it would make some room itself after a few drives. After a dyno run and a few drives up the road, it turns out that the inner piston of the left caliper is stuck. The outer piston and both pistons on the drivers side seem to be sweet. Will take them in to be checked and probably rebuilt on monday. Left disc on the left... Might be another reason a few kw were missing from the dyno run?? Have also drilled holes into the 4 link control arms to check the threads on the rod ends are in at least 1.5 x the diameter. Also attached the front brake lines to the struts using some metal clips i made up to replace the zip ties. Have started on the bash guard for the fuel tank. Its sooo close.
  5. Brennan
    Brought some hose tails and vacuum hose to hook up to the PCV. Drilled and taped the manifold as well as one of my old mans fuel blocks. Cut the hose to length and fit. All works and seems to have a decent air flow through the valve. A blacktop 4a-ge valve fits much better than the altezza one.
  6. Brennan
    Thats pretty cool, i had not thought of that. But since i do not have a catalytic converter in the exhaust system i dont see how this would be any benefit over just venting into the atmosphere? (emissions wise) For certification they would want it to go through the engine?? Or would that be no different either, and this whole "emissions" thing is relying on the engine still having a catalytic converter installed?????
  7. Brennan
    Sweet. Yes I can see it working now. So you guys reckon that it would be an advantage to having a vacuum on the gasses to suck them though the engine? I was just going to disconnect it after cert and revert it back to how it is at the moment. But having second thoughts now.
  8. Brennan
    Cheers man. Yea Andy did recommend that I plumb it back into one of the trumpets. But I'm not sure either what I am going to do with the secondary one? At least it was the only semi difficult thing wrong. I am amazed there was not more.
  9. Brennan
    Yea was a funny one that I hadn't heard of before. 150mm doesn't sound very low but when you see it, it looks low. I was already looking at putting a plate under it.
  10. Brennan
    Had to shoot up to Auckland for work today so my Old man took the corolla for its cert with Andy Smith in Levin. It Needs: -Pcv Valve hooked back up for emissions -Brake hose, can not be cable tied to strut. -Crack test weld on strut, need to find the paper work. -Thread depth holes on 4 link bars. 3mm holes drilled into bars at 24mm from end. -Fuel tank cover 3mm plate. Tank is too low. 200mm minimum. measures 150mm to ground. -Roll front fender lips. All pretty easy stuff. And shouldn't cost to much more. May be a mission figuring out this stupid pcv valve though?
  11. Brennan
    I am much happier with mine being 6kg Front, 4kg Rear, instead of the 8, 6. Just had to raise it a little after swapping them in, as the springs could not hold up the downforce of the car going over dips. Although even with it a little higher i still had a few sparks fly on a quick run today.
  12. Brennan
    Raised it up, 15mm in the back 10mm in the front. Took it for a drive, and great successes. May still raise the back up a little more? All ready for cert in Levin on Monday. Although i think it may need a stronger clutch and definitely a retune now that its running better.
  13. Brennan
    Good luck finding the rubber ones. I need two rubber ones to replace two of my rose joints. What a mission. Best i could find in a hurry was on summit, barely any of the local shops even understood what i was talking about. In the end i just made my own.
  14. Brennan
    Haha it wasn't the 5 dips. I will have to do 70 through there. Was down ashhurst and grove road. Will give it another go tonight after a few adjustments. And I have some slightly skinnier alloy wheels coming for it. Which should help.
  15. Brennan
    Yea, I had the 8kg front and 6kg rear before. Would have been perfect if it was a drift car on a track. But will be spending most of its time on back roads and in the hills, so swapped the 6kg to the front and the 4kg in the rear.
  16. Brennan
    Everything haha. Tyres on the way back. Exhaust and sump tray constantly. And chassis a few times. Haha. Not very fun.
  17. Brennan
    6kg front, 4kg rear, because it is mainly going to be a street car. Spending more time in the hills than on a track so felt the softer would be better. too late..
  18. Brennan
    These turned up at work this morning. 4kg springs for the rear, and a magnetic sump plug. So i left early and put them in. Machined up some plastic hub centric rings. Bolted it all back together. And she was beached on the hoist. It must be about 50-70mm off the ground. Took it for a drive and nailing it down a fairly average country road, it scraped ALLOT. Decided low static cars are not for me, when i still want it to be a tiny bit practical. Will look at raising it a bit tomorrow. Other than that she is ready for cert.
  19. Brennan
    Before And After Now there is a bit extra room i will be able to fit some filter socks on it. I did want a filter dome to cover all of the trumpets but they are either to big or to small. Clutch is all bled and working again. Next will be buying the filter socks and installing the 4kg rear springs if they ever show up.
  20. Brennan
    Today, i had a go of getting the altezza clutch master cylinder out of the way of the intake so i can try fit a filter of some kind. Started by removing the remote reservoir. Then maching up a hose tail to match the shape of the reservoir. It pushes in, no threads. Then made a plate to sit over the top and apply pressure to the hose tail. Managed to get it back in and bolted up. Will look at mounting the remote reservoir tomorrow.
  21. Brennan
    Another Boring Picture less update. First up, a huge thanks to eke_zetec_RWD. He came around today and tested the compression for me. All 4 cylinders are pretty similar. And all with in, what the internet says, to be good compression for an altezza 3sge, of 10-13bar. We eventually came to the conclusion that the two rear throttle body's where not quite as open as the front two. Once we got the intake flow equal on all 4 cylinders, it idled much better. It had to be something simple haha. Next up is to change the clutch reservoir tomorrow, so i can buy and fit a PiperCross filter over top of the trumpets.
  22. Brennan
    Cheers guys. Yea. Will do a compression test tomorrow. I think dad still has the apparatus. Otherwise I'll be in touch
  23. Brennan
    Tachometer and other gauges are now working. But all the electrician could tell me is that there is a problem with cylinder #3. It is not the injectors or the spark, Thinks it may be vacuum leak? Explains why it sounds like it idles on 3 and only made 96kw. In other news it is now and Nick's getting a wheel alignment.
  24. Brennan
    Sweet, will have a look, if i can figure out how ;P feilding auto electrical said they would have a look at why it isnt running right. and is apparently ready to be picked up. So might know tomorrow if its idling on all 4?
  25. Brennan
    Is in at the electricians at the moment. Electric fans are working again, must have knocked a plug out under the dash. Dash cluster has been sent away. for the tacho to be adjusted, to work with the link. They will also be looking at why the engine is only idling on 3 cylinders. fingers crossed, i need this thing certed ASAP
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