7shades

She'll kill me for posting this, but meh.... :) Mrs Shades doing her best impression of a 4k

Mk 1 Corty Stratos And a Quattro for shits n giggles Cheers.

The 4K-U had a dished pistons and a slightly different design to the head/combustion chamber... hence the longer plugs. No other reason. I have used the normal length plugs in a 4K-U (when I thought it was just a normal 4k :) ) and it still ran well enough.... but definitely better with the proper plugs.

Heh... Missus got her Tragus done the other day... apparently 3 holes in each ear wasn't enough...

Woot Fro :)

Terracan't

You'd like it up here Jon... Clothes are optional on all beaches north of Palm Cove...

I think I'm leaning towards a cruiser. My old man has a Triumph Speedmaster which is incredibly comfortable to ride... Plenty of torque too... Although, I can import bikes from Japan just as easily as I import cars (easier in fact) and some of those scary colourful crotch rockets do look pretty damn impressive... Bugger it, its gunna be just like my bloody cars. One isn't going to be enough... Grrrr :D

I do like Ducatis... mmmm that noise.....

Yup... unrestricted.

So I just got my open motorbike licence. I felt a pressing need to do so, as it seems no matter how hard I try, all these fast cars aren't getting me any closer to my eventual goal of a painful and firey death... one truly worthy of being used in a government anti-speeding ad. So... now I dunno what kind of bike to get... Any riders amongst you lot? Show me what ya got and why you like it!

And so... courtesy Mr. Dwarf, a new project begins... Now to hunt for a skid steer chassis to shove a K motor into...

^^^ Thats pretty much exactly what happened to me... I was with a bisexual girl for over two years... The novelty wears off quicker than you'd think. Threesome's aren't all they're cracked up to be, and at the end of the day, you're still sharing your girlfriend with someone else, which never sits quite right in the core of your soul no matter how much you try to convince yourself otherwise.

Des tries out the new wheels

+1 Proboscidea control device

I am sick to effing death of being the only person in my little sphere of influence that has his shit together, whilst my friends and relatives continue to fall arse backwards into f@$kup after f@$kup rather than using a bit of common sense and forward planning... Don't say thankyou, don't tell me how much you appreciate my help. You know what I want from you in return? I want you to use your OWN f@$king brain for once and stop basing your decision making process around the fact that I will be there to throw you a lifeline if you f@$k up... cos one day, I won't. /rant

I think its under or around the driver's seat... I had one not long ago but my memories of it are rather fuzzy

Ah its always nice to see the end result of a 9 month project... :dance:

Bargain indeed.... Fix it up, sell it back to the Japanese. They're paying top dollar for minters these days...

ST = Corona... I actually have one brand new Corona rotor here that I have no use for, If you can measure yours up properly, I'll check it against mine... if they match you can have it for postage only. No use to me...

shoulda used the bonnet... 82's have good height and angle, and she can hang on to the windsreen wi....... ok I'll stop

Its a slippery slope IMO. (I know this particular device is just a fuel saver idea, so discount it cos I'm going on a rant) What starts as optional often ends up mandatory. The ETCS in the Chaser cannot be turned off (without nifty rewiring) and IT decides how much throttle you actually need. Dangerous when you are in the wrong lane of the highway, overtaking a B double, and your throttle reduces by 50%.... Likewise ABS, Stability control, Traction control... granted they are safety aids which function properly in most situations, but there are times when they do not, and it only takes that one time to put you in a box. For instance the ABS in my work vehicle has failed to apply enough brake on several occasions, once almost killed me. ESP in most new cars can't be turned off, and has been proven unreliable in certain situations. The problem as I see it is that computers will always operate only within their programmed parameters. The only perfect computer is a well trained human... Or maybe I'm just old and scared of new things. I like to drive my car myself...

Oh good. Another brilliant "Retard Assist" function. Just another in the plethora of anti-fun computers I will have to disable should I ever have the misfortune of owning a vehicle with it... (ask me how a stock JZX100 defeats its own purpose with its intrusive ETCS system) I do understand the need for automakers to cater for the lowest common denominator with these devices, but I do wonder sometimes what is the better option... My personal belief is that they should all be removed and people should be required to actually learn how to drive correctly as opposed to having the machine do it for them, however this Darwinian method of natural selection leaves the more competent drivers on the road vulnerable to death and dismemberment through no fault of their own.

(1) yes there's a little 5 watt globe in there, easy to change... I should know, its been blown on every auto corolla I've owned :eatlead: (5) That conductive paint stuff costs a (comparitive) fortune... (6) Between $120-$180, don't try it yourself you will never get it right.... the low density foam behind the fabric will have perished as well, and makes sticking it back to the lining VERY difficult. (7) Try running a stick of 'dry lube' around the rubber seals, sometimes with age they can shrink ever so slightly and bunch up in the tighter sections, making the door hard to close. Bit of lube will allow them to slip into proper position. But yes they are a particularly tight seal (insert horny eskimo joke here) at the best of times... don't be afraid of giving the door a good slam. Its a corolla, its designed to handle repeated abuse. (8) They're rooted, and will never be good again. You can get the amber re-coloured, but they look like arse and you've still got your leakage problem, which will be the actual rubberised seal where the lens meets the housing. Get better complete new lights from the wreckers... looking at about $30 a side. Do you have the grey plastic centre section on the boot between the tail lights or the red and amber one? If its the latter, I'm willing to bet its faded too :bash:

They used to do that in QLD too... I took that option once. Not sure if they still do it though...