KP_JAMES
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Not a massive update, just been sorting my other car to sell...trying to keep 3 cars on the road is stupid.. My aim is to set small goals at a time so i can keep chipping away at it which i feel is better than not doing anything at all. So today amongst everything else, i made some spacers to even out the x-member and it worked a treat!
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Not a bad idea cheers, ive baffelled my sump so she can stay for now till its running then go from there, thats my main aim
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After taking the engine/box in and out a good 20 times i think ive got the position sussed..not the happiest but I'm almost ready to throw a match at it so it can stay there. My issue was that basically the engine needs to sit lower as the driveshaft interferes with the hand brake whilst the engine is level, but i can't do that or else the sump almost hits the rack + i cbf'd making new mounts. so i tilted the engine back more but i found the dizzy was hitting the firewall, i also found the shifter hit the center brace when engaging 1st/3rd/5th. Cut both out sorted. next was the x-member i noticed was going to work, then the trumpet was fouling the booster fff$$#!@#!! in too deep now, added a spacer to one of the mounts so trumpet isnt fouling, cut hole in firewall, completely chopped of center of brace now i can use my factory x-member along with the ones i made...shouldve got that ae85.. next step is to make a few spacers for the x-member then on to making up the new top half of the tunnel..with my greeat fab skills this is going to be funn
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The engine mounts I have are quite solid but will give it plenty of clearance once i make the top half of the tunnel. I have a few pieces yet to bang/cut out, just finishing off the x member now then work that out after, can space up the gbox mount if need be later.
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Try this again... Long story short life and dads junk got in the way lol, been mishing for the past year to get the house and garage sorted which is now done (shelving works a treat...in the storage form..) soo no excuses now!! gah.. me box is too big, had to get my trim on..whos awesome idea was it to put this lump in instead of a humble t50... -_- Never-the-less shes in, bit of an angle or else i wont have room for the hoop but meh i just want to get it done and driving. Will weld some gussets/bracing to the box mounts and make it all flashy tomorrow!
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thats amazing!!
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I broke a sledge hammer trying that lol. Too much to move, I'm waiting for Sam's relocation kit which will help a lot Another issue is I have to drop the subframe a bit in order to get the bell housing to fit between it and the firewall as I don't want to cut it but no biggie
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Dam its been way too long! I havent managed to get too far due to parts and doing home rennovations etc. heres the goods from SQ that i have been waiting for ever since there was talk of it first in NZ to have this beauty :cool: I had a jam at fitting up the gearbox, the plate works perfectly but the tunnel is way too small, so once all the reno stuff is done i can get into cutting open the tunnel and making up a x-member then onto the good stuff :)
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Finally am able to update! Done a few things here and there but am still eagerly awaiting the completion of my gearbox adapter then she's all go. Got rid of the rising sun for you LittleRedSpirit lol, goal is to get the engine and bay as clean & clutter free as possible. With the hydro tensioners being prone to failure I decided to drill a hole, let all the fluid out, tap the hole and loctite a bolt with a lock nut on. Thanks to a misunderstanding on the machinists behalf I now have a pair of hub rings, this is used to secure the brake rotor rather than using nuts and bolts which would've been suffice but can't complain. don't have a before pic but just imagine these used to be on a boganed up, RfnB, matty b'd kp and some hua decided it'll be a great idea to cut the wires off leaving 1mm to spare and painted the lens' solid black.. Thanks for reading :)
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cheers man haha don't worry i have paint stripper at the ready.
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PROGRESS!! Thankfully everything fits as it should, was worried the clutch m/s was going to be in the way, striked lucky there Diamond in the rough.. On a downer I found more rust...decided i'm just going to por15 the f@#k out of every patch of rust on the body and be done with it. Bring on tomorrow!
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Replaced the injector seals tonight and fitted up the intake which I painted last night. Hated how the manifold was clustered with ugly crap, decided to do away with the supports, flip the tps & swapped the vacuum hose fittings that run to the booster end to end. pipe is a near perfect fit. Heres my previous painting mishap, but its growing on me.. thoughts?
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Agreed, looks sweet man. Like what you've done with the bulkhead connector.
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ENGINE ARRIVED!! So back to it, lubed up a few rods and pushed them into their holes Did a few mods to the oil pump (thanks for the tips Samq), smoothed out the sharp edges & increased the exit curve of the main oil feed port if that makes any sense? With the new cams/pistons etc I made sure that vvt isn't going to mess things up. Chucked some plasticine on the dome & with use of a second hand TRD h/g (cheers Mark aka CorollaGT) Torqued the head down. As per thread on measuring P to V clearance I timed it all up, cranked it over 30 Degrees which is 15 degrees at the cam, marked the intake cam and reset the exhaust cam and crank back to tdc. Thankfully she all checked out sweet so off came the head again, cleaned everything up, new TRD headgasket etc. Excuse the heinous paint work, used too takier masking tape and it peeled half the paint off... Need to make up a few things tomorrow so can dial in the exhaust cam then should be sweet for test fitting the boeast!
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hahaha Love the bread trick, never heard of that one aye. Sweet ride man, F series definitely the way to go if you can get one. Alot of people here just whack in Hilux g series diffs, pick one up for about 500 with ramped LSD.
