mlracing.co.nz Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Went down to the shop and did some fiddling today. Short story, car runs on the triple carbs now, but won't idle. With a bit of throttle actually doesn't feel too bad but yeah long way from running nice yet. I purchased some new gaskets but turns out there were a few that weren't right so need to get a few more which I hope will improve the idling and running of the car. Old gaskets meet new gaskets. This is where I set the timing. Originally it was a bit on the retard side but read that it should be advanced for triples and this seemed to be about where it ran the best. What I'm not too sure about is the vacuum thing on the side. I presume I've got a vacuum advance distributor so unsure if leaving that vacuum line unpluged will make it run worse or better as there's nowhere for it to go. The new throttle cable looks and feels super nice, and it's strong too. A bit thicker than the original. It is a little longer though which is kind of annoying to route but seems to work. Janky ghetto fuel hose routing seems to work.. no leaks amazingly. Ideally get an electric pump, fpr etc down the line. So next on the list is to get the cold start/choke circuit working as I did find it would idle better when I activated couple of the chokes on the carbs manually. The interesting thing is even with the OEM single carb it wouldn't idle properly when cold (but it did run better than this) so I wonder if there is a different cam in here or something; it was always a bit lumpy on idle even once warm. Specs on carbs anyway are: Triple mikuni 44s 150 mains 200 air 60 pilots I did get some 57.5 pilots but seems like it runs a little better on the 60s which is kind of interesting as Mikuni recommends 52.5 for an L24 which is about as close as USA gets to an L20. Thoughts, ideas, abuse etc all welcomed here - https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49704-mlracings-hakosuka/&page=8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 I like setting easy goals because then it makes you feel good when you complete them. For my brief time back in NZ I decided I needed to get the car running with the triple carbs as when I left for Aus I had just got it running but it wouldn't idle and was generally not going well. Since buying the TA22 in Aus which also has Mikunis on it I've learnt quite a bit about tuning them and setting them up which I've been able to transfer to the Skyline. So when I had a bit of spare time I started by checking the pilot jet settings which were waaaay off. No wonder it didn't run well. Fixed those up, cranked it over for a while to get the gas to go through (mechanical fuel pump) and with some dodgy choke opening and throttle fiddling the car started. Took it for a burn up an down the road and considering I spent only a couple of minutes with synchrometer it works really well. Idle is a little high at around 12-1400 at the moment but it sounds good when the carbs are on song ! One thing I haven't checked is the timing so I've purchased a timing light to do that sometime in near future. Aaanyway novel over, here's some photos of stuff. Another one of the tasks I wanted to do is install a choke cable (or starter wire) for the triples. The one that was for the OEM single wasn't long enough and as I found out it anyway the previous owner just used one which was for a twin carb setup and cut one of the wires off! Mine is kind of janky and sort of works but it's not really that good. Maybe not required now that I've sorted out the basic jetting but it's something. Mainly has issues on the right side where it goes into that first holder. Needs a better mount somehow. So being that I just took the car out for it's maiden voyage on the triples there was of course teething issues. One of them involves this pipe here. The brakes worked pretty much as well as they did before (to my knowledge) however the brake pedal was pulsating kind of with the motor. I'm informed this hose should have a one way valve in it so have now purchased one and should be here next week. And a parting shot for your time. Also a quick walkaround if you're on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/p/BkqjBL3gbW7 Chat - https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49704-mlracings-hakosuka/&do=findComment&comment=1936391 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Well I had to take my big brakes setup off my Crown (6 pot 380/4 pot 356) so I thought I'd upgrade the Hako ones.. After a little bit of custom modification to the dust shield or whatever it is this happened.... That's an 80s Hilux (reproduction) 4 pot caliper. These fit on without any modications whatsoever, exact same bolt holes and fit around the disc fine. There's also one advantage of having the brake disc mount behind the hub.. miles of clearance! Thinking I'll probably need to get custom lines made up to match the new to the old but otherwise, success. So a decent up grade from almost 50 year old twin pots to 4 pots. Also I plan to just remove that heat shield thing from the hub anyway or cut it off properly when I finalise the install on these so it won't be all super cutty. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted May 9, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 9, 2019 So probably should update this.. a few things have happened lately. I put the car into Automania (a car show in Auckland for those not familiar), or more Matt (the organiser) asked if they could use it in the Nissan stand, looked all good. Probably the cleanest it's ever been actually. One of the conditions was they had to clean/detail it and Grant from Final Touch took care of that. Turns out I won a prize too, so now that car has won two prizes I haven't claimed LOL The second condition was I would exploit their free transport by having them send the car to Strange Workshop to get a whole bunch of stuff taken care of and start the road to road legalness. I asked him to do a fluid change on basically everything that has fluids and he put all these fancy ones inside.. I would've gone to the warehouse bargain bin personally. While doing the oil change he found a crack in the sump (which I knew was there but was hoping it would just fix itself) so I gave the go ahead to do a repair on it. The original plan didn't go quite as we expected as there wasn't really any access from the top side so just made a whole new edge bit. Also the diff was seeping so fixed that. While on the hoist he arranged for some panel guys to come around and check out what we'd be working with rust wise. Unsurprisingly (I also knew about these things) the side sills will need to be cut off and replaced/repaired on both sides. There's probably more stuff too but hard to know until start cutting. So far this area in the rear of each side appears to be the worst. Jon also replaced the rear brake lines and brake cylinders as both sides were flogged. Found some locally but didn't quite fit so he milled down what needed to be done to get em on again. Both of the original brake calipers on the front needed a rebuild but a while ago I bought these Hilux 4 pots which bolt right on, just needed to get new lines done up which Jon took care of as well. He bled the system up and it's all minty. I had replaced the discs a while ago with some slotted ones as you can kind of see. So now it's just sitting there while I drag ass because I want to drive it briefly when I'm back in NZ shortly then will give the go ahead to cut er down and throw all my money in the fire. Discuss - 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted June 1, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 Went over to see Jon at Strange the other day and check the car. Was running like dicks, basically on 3-4 cylinders.. found all the spark plugs to be caked up from lots of turning on and turning off quickly. Jon cleaned em up and she went really well. Drives super nice now but the brakes aren't very good because it's missing a one-way valve in the vacuum line (which I've now provided him). I also sent him over new rear brake shoes and clutch line to install at some point. Now I just have to order a bunch of repair parts and away we goooo... might not be going on holiday this year.. Just because nobody likes a pictureless update.. Yeah it's got a loud af rotary inside.. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted August 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2020 Remember me? Motor comes out tomorrow, actually not entirely as bad as I thought.. rear is toast I'm told.. we'll find out soon when it's blasted to smithereens 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted August 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 This went 0-100 real quick, unlike the car itself. Subframe is also going to be blasted and painted too and bushes replaced where necessary (everywhere); just have to find some. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 If you would like to enjoy my financial ruin 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted August 28, 2020 Author Share Posted August 28, 2020 Interesting it seems like the original colour was burgundy 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted September 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2020 Bonjour. Car has been blasted, not too many surprises which is nice. The floor being bung wasn't known and not sure about the headlight bucket repairs.. could have had the square angle headlight mod done in the past perhaps. All in all, I'm actually pretty happy with that. Repair parts are available for some of these areas and we already have new sills in NZ. Project will halt again now due to some change in the law for entry cert or whatever is required for that so the workshops/panel shops need to get some additional certification.. anyway, no major.. the longer I can stretch the money the better. Abuse page here - 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 Looks a bit scary when it's in this state! I am happy they're sending me regular photos with updates though. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 The back fell off, but the side's looking good. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlracing.co.nz Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Will keep going with iForce for the images for now, seems to work most of the time. Decided to do a fun-top vinyl roof conversion. Parcel shelf looking better though! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted November 20, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2022 So it's been a while on this one, a few people might know what happened but basically the shop it was in closed for reasons so the car's just been in storage. I went back to NZ not long ago and got some recent photos of it seeing as I'd not actually seen it for several years. For the time being it's in the too hard basket so will just stay in storage. 10 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mlracing.co.nz Posted July 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2023 Remember me? Not surprised if you don't. I forgot for a while too. First time Hako has left the storage in years! Off to it's next money draining adventure as we try to restart the restoration 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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