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Postby jacobrjett » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:44 pm

no not yours is it yours has a front facing plenum and the new turbos

that would have been funny though...
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Postby iOnic » Mon Jul 15, 2013 8:47 pm

My RB30 has those things yes.

My RB25 though....
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Postby rollaholic » Mon Jul 15, 2013 9:58 pm

wait.

what?
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Postby jacobrjett » Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:27 pm

by christ almighty.
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Postby jacobrjett » Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:28 pm

am a bit sceptical tho.

that car looks orange (i know could just be the lighting) but the engine bay is painted grey too and your car looks factory red

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Postby jacobrjett » Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:29 pm

by the way, i did this to my car today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yDnFiyhKiQ
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Postby iOnic » Mon Jul 15, 2013 10:48 pm

It's a troll pic. I haven't ruined my car :lol: just kinda gave me lulz that someone had put a heavy cast iron boat anchor in the front of one of the best handling cars out.

I'll find somewhere to put the 25 eventually. Maybe that mx5 I've wanted forever.

On topic: pulled gram lights off the back and put junk on. 255 RE001 vs 21kgm of torque = lol
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Postby jacobrjett » Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:23 pm

i have a chip in my windshield... and a broken exhaust... better take that RB off your hands
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Postby B_giB » Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:54 am

iOnic wrote:Image


And minutes after seeing that, I see this on FB:

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Postby GDII » Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:25 pm

GDII wrote:Repaired broken vacuum advance ground wire inside the distributor of the EP81 Starlet. Was causing an epic miss at low revs with load. I guess that's what happens when the wire has a break in it.... :roll:


I decided that my dodgy soldering job wasn't good enough to last so I headed over to pick-a-part and grabbed a wire from an EP71 points setup and replaced it. Car runs way smoother and has much more power down low and doesn't struggle in 4th gear up hills. It feels like a whole new engine. Lucky it wasn't the ignition leads, I can't be bothered spending money on a free car...
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Postby ch4ng » Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:33 am

Swapped the diff, fitted "wheel offset adjusters" and rolled the rear guards
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:18 pm

RANT...

I've done nothing to my Trueno for a week because I've been waiting for the Speedflow fittings and braided hose I ordered over a week ago.

I didn't realise it had been a week because I've ordered a few other things.

Last time I ordered from the same place it was delivered the next day, so since it had been so long I emailed the senders. They tracked it and emailed me back straight away (I never was given a tracking number) and said it was waiting at the local NZC branch since A WEEK AGO!

I never got a card in the letter box saying 'scary dog, please come pick up'.

What REALLY annoys me is that on Monday (3 days after they had it sitting at the branch) they rang me saying the courier couldn't deliver because of the dog and its too big for the letter box. That's totally fine with me, I prefer the security instead of convenience. So I said I would come pick up the package at the branch after work, I didn't know which package it was since I've ordered a few things online.

Went in and picked it up, no worries.

"Yay new K&N filter for the Chaser...wonder where my Speedflow stuff is?"

4 days later and no card in the mail brings us to today when I emailed the senders as above.

So I ring NZC to ask if they do actually have it and why they didn't give me both packages when I was there on Monday. So the lady says, sorry but we can only tell if you bring in the card. I NEVER GOT ANY CARDS!

So would my package have just sat there or would a red and yellow Hiace be rocking some sweet braided hose?

RAAAA!

My annoyance it probably worse since its probably the same courier that left the gate wide open for 7 hrs leaving the dog free to eat as many neighbours as she likes.
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Postby Kiwi-Corolla » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:13 pm

Chucked some face lift tail lights on. Hopefully I won't change my mind again. Third time lucky.....

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Postby wde_bdy » Thu Jul 18, 2013 8:47 pm

~SlideWays~ wrote:RANT...
My annoyance it probably worse since its probably the same courier that left the gate wide open for 7 hrs leaving the dog free to eat as many neighbours as she likes.


That is why my dog(s) are behind deadbolts and padlocks, lost one to someone elses $&#$% up not dealing with that again.

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Postby Distrb » Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:23 pm

~SlideWays~ wrote:RANT...
My annoyance it probably worse since its probably the same courier that left the gate wide open for 7 hrs leaving the dog free to lick to death as many neighbours as she likes.


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Postby ch4ng » Fri Jul 19, 2013 12:48 am

Guards were rubbing on the new wheel/tyre combo. So out with the hammer. Cut some protruding plastic bits out of the inner guard too.
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Postby rollaholic » Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:24 am

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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:52 am

Distrb wrote:
~SlideWays~ wrote:RANT...
My annoyance it probably worse since its probably the same courier that left the gate wide open for 7 hrs leaving the dog free to lick to death as many neighbours as she likes.


I fixed it for you


But they don't know that lol. She can look and sound angry if she wants to, then immediately sink and grovel on the ground when she see's that its just us behind the gate :lol:

But it turned out she was like 'Meh, I'm staying here its my house', but if there was a cat across the street and a car involved I'd have done more than just yelled at the poor NZC customer service person.

Bloody NZC...
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Postby ~SlideWays~ » Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:56 am

wde_bdy wrote:lost one to someone elses $&#$% up not dealing with that again.

Callum


That would have sucked :( I imagine you were beyond reason...
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Postby Stott69 » Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:03 pm

Ferk! Got the final piece of exhuast done, started it up to find the top V band on the turbo/dump pipe isnt sealing!
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