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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby duddley » Wed Mar 25, 2015 2:11 pm

Four new Eagle F1 D5's for the Legacy. First time I have ever had 4 new tyres at once before , now I'm ready for 6 months of wet Auckland roads.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby iOnic » Sat Mar 28, 2015 6:18 pm

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby GDII » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:20 pm

Leon wrote:Maybe Nick T @ Wellington Auto Electrical on Hania St. Somewhat of a Toyota guy :)

Thanks for the suggestion Leon. Nick sorted me out with a great price to test and install new parts. Turns out it was the voltage regulator so now I have Denso parts in the Repco re-manufactured alternator. Hopefully it keeps going for many more years.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Leon » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:52 pm

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby matt dunn » Tue Mar 31, 2015 1:48 am

Put some new rear bushes in some of the trailing arms in the back of the DX. What a crap job to do.
Have done one side, will try to do the other side tomorrow.

Bet it will handle like crap now till I get it all set up again.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:58 am

Replaced the radiator in my wifes CRV. Pulled it out to get fixed and was a bit rotten, so just got a new one.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby wde_bdy » Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:50 pm

Finished assembling KP Starlet front struts with new bearings, longer studs, BMW rotors, Mazda calipers, ARP bolts to hold the rotors etc. Now to get it all back in the car.

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:38 pm

Picked up an AE111 BZ Touring Carib yesterday. Bit wierd going from a VK45DE to a blacktop 4AGE :lol:

Might have to hide the keys because my wife is quite fond of it :lol:
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Leon » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:12 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIYnE1kzxtY

Drove it up a gravel road a couple of times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrKej8KxbdM

and in the dark too
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Shins » Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:43 pm

got round to fitting speedgear racing stainless extractors at last, fit and finish pretty good for price needed a bit of attention on the flanges though.

some notes: the 3 nuts holding the standard header to downpipe are on for life, i snapped all 3 studs undoing these using a breaker bar, not an issue seeing as they were going, you could drill out the studs and just use a new nut-bolt combo, the nuts are like an all metal lock nut with a weird star shaped end to the studs no idea the proper method to remove them.

also fitted a beatrush duracon knob intended for modern gt-86, same thread type and 6-speed shift pattern you just have to remove some material from the hole to line up the pattern ( use a drill bit wrapped in tape and held in a vice, then just remove and test as you go ) you can also cut a short length of heater hose to space the boot closer to the knob so there is no gap, oh yeah theres the new double-din sony stereo as well, used a metra 70-1761 harness soldered and heatshrunk to the sony harness

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Boosted_162 » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:58 pm

Put a new TGP thermostat into the Carib. Fixed the fluctuating temperature. Old one was dated 5/96 so was stock :lol:

Even not running at the right temp, I managed 13.6km/l on the last tank :D
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby wde_bdy » Sun Apr 12, 2015 12:22 am

Started bolting the suspension back in.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby iOnic » Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:14 pm

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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby wde_bdy » Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:25 pm

Painted fuel tank -
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby DexGT » Sun Apr 19, 2015 7:57 pm

Today I balanced my motor / box on a bit of 19mm tube .
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This was so I can mount it on a trans lifter for installing in my project car 8)
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best time around Manfield to date : 1:19:91

"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Vertigo » Mon Apr 20, 2015 8:36 am

I need something like that for my 4AGTE. Details?
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby DexGT » Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:48 pm

Vertigo wrote:I need something like that for my 4AGTE. Details?


Check out my project page , it has the links to my blog which has lots more details .

Some weeks ago the radiator blew in my daily driver 101 corolla , so I got a new one and fitted it , only to find the bottom of the radiator , lower hose and heater didn't get warm , so I replaced the thermostat and the same thing still.
At that stage I figured it was the water pump but I hate working on daily drivers ( I have projects / race cars for car work :lol: ) so it sat in the driveway for the last month.
Today I finally got around to inspecting the water pump and as expected it's not the healthiest , probably time for a new one I think :-)
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best time around Manfield to date : 1:19:91

"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Stott69 » Sat Apr 25, 2015 6:45 pm

Lots of impeller action going on there
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby DexGT » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:13 pm

Stott69 wrote:Lots of impeller action going on there


Yes , trouble is I don't know where they went , must be a private party :lol:
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best time around Manfield to date : 1:19:91

"Understeer" is when you hit the fence with the front of the car.
"Oversteer" is when you hit the fence with the rear of the car.
"Horsepower" is how fast you hit the fence.
"Torque" is how far you take the fence with you.
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Re: What did you do to your car today?

Postby Leon » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:34 pm

Waxed the Commodore and the 86. Dusted off the 92 and topped up with gas in anticipation of a scary bit of gravel road race tomorrow.
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