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  1. carbonboy
    Quoting this so I remember it, I think a sub-15 is realistically achievable. I managed a sub-16 in Sudi with street tyres & a C50 gearbox (engine power/vehicle weights would be within a bee's proverbial of being the same). So I figure provided I drive it correctly, semis & the shorter ratio C56 should be good for another second. Maybe. I know the song, but (feeling kinda dumb here) I missed the reference completely. :( You & me both! Have been making slight adjustments here & there since the first run, goes much better now! Still not too happy about starting on a chilly morning as I found out today, but it's a trade-off I can live with. Oil & filter were changed this afternoon, run-in period complete, bring on VMC Round 1 this Sunday!
  2. carbonboy
    I'm now actually thinking vinyl wrap, how good of a job it is doesn't matter since it would only be temporary. I'm willing to do it for a laugh, but not permanently. After the last week (hell, more like 6 months really) I've come to the conclusion that life's too short, make it interesting. On the 7th of March I'm going (legal, off-street) drag racing, if Blue Thing runs a 14.999 seconds or faster quarter mile, the colour scheme will be the next modification for one round of the 2014 VMC. I'll be running in motorkhana-spec (minimal interior & semi-slicks) so don't got thinking I'll half-arse it to avoid the colour-scheme change.
  3. carbonboy
    I want to do it for the laughs from watching people getting upset, especially fans of a certain German marque. I don't want to do it because of the attention I would most likely receive from some vehicles with a certain colour scheme of their own.
  4. carbonboy
    Being faster than a car with the laws of physics on its side? Sorry, but that's a helluva lot of fun! Kickn5k is more than welcome to try & ruin my fun with his "right-wheel-drive" car. :P
  5. carbonboy
    According to this, FWD may not be "right", but it is faster. VMC Fastest Times 2012 to 2013.pdf :P
  6. carbonboy
    :hmm: http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online-store/products/Export-Aerosol-Paint-Internat-Orange-250g.aspx?pid=13107#Cross
  7. carbonboy
    Had so much fun last year ( http://www.rollaclub...mpionship-2013/ ), I'm back again this year to have another go. This time with a half-decent engine so I may have a chance of keeping up with the other guys. On tarmac at least. Link to the 2014 Calender (Draft) Round 1 is on this Sunday the 23rd of February in Pakenham, gotta say I'm hoping for some grass on the surface like last year as it leveled the playing field, a lot. But we shall see how it goes, for the Entry Forms/Supp Regs, please click here.
  8. carbonboy
    Well the drive out to CC&D today wasn't much fun, it did highlight just how crap these tyres are though. Raining, just enough revs to stop it stalling & gently letting the clutch out still resulted in massive amounts of wheel-spin. Can't say I've ever broken traction by squeezing the throttle in fourth gear at 70km/h in this car before either. Those Toyos are going on ASAP. Photos courtesy of silverra23.
  9. carbonboy
    The test drive went well, still has the boxer-engine burble but is sooooo much quieter now, my housemates inform me that the house no longer shakes when I have it running. I wired in a resistor between the MSD tachometer feed & the standard tachometer wire, needle continues to sit at 0 rpm. *sigh* I guess I'm stuck having to buy the MSD Tach-Adapter, considering its cost, it can wait. Also adjusted the speedometer, still reading about 7km/h on the high-side so needs another tweak. Edit: Also wound out the idle mixture screws on the carburetors from 2 to 2.5 turns, has a much nicer idle & running a bit leaner too.
  10. carbonboy
    The legacy of rubbing remains. Fine, Plan B it is then. Just a tad more discrete too. Test-drive soon to see how it sounds, should be at CC&D tomorrow morning too! :D
  11. carbonboy
    The Toyota Car Club of Australia will once again be hosting these surprisingly popular social gatherings in 2014. Starting time for CC&D events is 8.30am & we generally start to finish up at around 10.30am. As always, TCCAV does not condone anti-social behaivour in any form, so please leave the silly antics at home. :yes: Sunday 16th February – Jells Park, Wheelers Hill. For a Google Maps Link, please click here. Sunday 23rd March - Cranbourne Hungry Jacks Car Park - Cranbourne. For a Google Maps Link, please click here. Sunday 20th April – B-24 Liberator Restoration Project - Corner of Princess Highway & Farm road Werribee. For a Google Maps Link, please click here. ***Please Note*** Due to opening hours, this event will not commence until 9:30 am. Sunday 18th May – Arthurs Seat Lookout carpark - Mornington Peninsula. For a Google Maps Link, please click here. Sunday 15th June – Westerfolds Park - Fitzsimons Lane, Templestowe. For a Google Maps Link, please click here.
  12. carbonboy
    I thought I was speaking metric...8.0 is plug-fouling rich & 22.0 is engine exploding lean if that helps? :P
  13. carbonboy
    Pulled the carbs off again yesterday & swapped the 45-ish idle jets for a set of 38's, left the 185-ish main jets in & reduced the idle mixture screws from 2.5 turns out to 2. Air/fuel ratios are now much better at idle, reading around 11.5 - 12.4 on the wideband, goes to 13.5 - 14.1 at what I think is half to two-thirds throttle then with a sudden back off it goes out to 18 - 19. Along with the huge reduction in clouds of fuel smoke coming out of the exhaust, I think I'm somewhere in the ballpark. I should emphasize that my carburetor knowledge is quite limited, so I'm sort of feeling my way in the dark here. I've also never been pushed back into the seat in BT as much as now, goes quite alright now. Still a few niggles to sort out: - Starter motor is either dead or suffers from heat-soak. Swapping to a standard GE starter, could fit a reduction type but it means swapping the engine/gearbox sandwich plate thingy, pass thanks. - Wire resistor into MSD tachometer feed-standard tachometer feed wire. The Witzl method didn't work for me, so Plan B it is. - Speedometer is still on the high side, only about 10km/h now. - Muffler rubs on rear swaybar/rear lower control arm, makes a large thump noise over bumps, not a fan. Could be a big hammer job, could a cut/shut exhaust pipe job. - Better tyres.....these cheapy tyres were okay with a 2A-C power level & no-front-swaybar body-roll. Now, they suck noticeably. Thankfully I have found someone selling some Toyo Proxes in 14" for a good price, so once payday rolls around they will be going on.
  14. carbonboy
    It lives again, been a fun couple of days. Got the wideband hooked up, all is good there. Until I started the car, even with the 'starter enrichener' (it's not a choke as such, it allows more fuel in rather than restrict air, but for the sake of easy conversation, "choke") on it was reading 18 - 19 & maxed out 22.4 when the throttle was touched. So, out come the carbs, fuel bowls off & jets out. Drilled out my idle jets from 38 to 42-ish & main jets from 160 to 185-ish. Bolted it all back on, primed the fuel system...fuel pissing out of the needles in the throat. Too much fuel pressure, so I wound the regulator back as far as it could go. no more pissing out of the needles & at 2.5psi when the engine is running. The air/fuel gauge is now reading 10 - 11 but on the bright side, it does lean out to 15-ish now when I back off the throttle. Took it for a drive to the TCCAV Meeting tonight (mainly to prove that I haven't been AWOL for no reason), she is running rich as hell but I have another set of main jets that will probably end up being 175's & we'll see what the wideband says. The new throttle cable setup feels much better, can actually tell where the full throttle point is now. Takes a lot more force to push the pedal than standard, but you can almost feel the throttle butterflies opening through your foot, liking it so going to leave it as is.
  15. carbonboy
    My sister managed to dig up some old photos from when I first had BT, some mates of mine dressed her up for my 21st. Laughed just as hard now as I did then, cardboard body-kit FTW! CRAZY RICE DRIFT CREW!!!
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    The answer to this question will be the major deciding factor in which route you take.
  18. carbonboy
    Solved the exhaust rattles, turns out I'd installed the catalytic converter upside-down, so from there on it was just that little bit out of alignment. :blush: Bung for O2 sensor in, not too bad for a cheap arc welder & someone who only half-knows what they're doing. Also found that the throttle cable is stuffed. Found spare TC item, there be a fair difference in length (TC shorter) so working out new setup. Once that's done, can start putting it all back together again. :)
  19. carbonboy
    True, getting 20v ITB's to work nicely on a 16v engine could be an expensive challenge. Hanging Rock this Sunday has been postponed, which is a little disappointing but at least it's not me changing BT's finish deadline this time! :laff: Not looking forward to being on the hot concrete pulling the exhaust off this afternoon, but I need to sort the muffler flange tapping the fuel tank (yikes!) & weld a bung in for the O2 sensor. Wanted to use the standard location, but on these headers that would only give me a reading on two cylinders. Not ideal.
  20. carbonboy
    No problem, it's actually a bit of a relief for me too as I don't have to have BT running well by Sunday. :y:
  21. carbonboy
    Completely agree, But the sound... I made some room in my budget for the O2 wideband, ordered it on Friday afternoon, it was at my door from Queensland on Monday morning. :blinks: The hardest part was working out where to put it, several locations were considered but most of them meant I couldn't see it while driving, it stuck out like the proverbial dogs-bits or meant cutting metal bits/air-ducts. The choke cable had to move, it's going to be mounted in the lower panel forward of my left knee where it isn't in the way & I can still get to it easily. Didn't want to put holes in trim-pieces in odd locations, but needs must. I've also discovered the slide on the carburetors needs a return spring, since the cable has to come off anyway, while I'm there...
  22. carbonboy
    Just a heads up for anyone who was planning to attend Picnic at Hanging Rock this Sunday: It has been post-poned indefinitely due to dangerous/extreme weather conditions. More information on their website ( http://www.picnicathangingrock.com.au/), this is upsetting but peoples safety must come first!
  23. carbonboy
    Cheers, it feels bad (ditching the EFI) but it feels so good! My perspective on induction has changed somewhat. I'd better do it sooner than that, if I can't do the minimum run-in distance before the 23rd Feb (Pakenham is Round 1), I won't be entering. Fear of suffering from the Red Mist & doing engine damage is the main reason. Ol' mate Murphy & I don't get along at the best of times, not taking my chances. :no2:
  24. carbonboy
    Cheers Aaron, best feeling ever! :yes: I tried the tacho-booster as described by The Witzl on a ToyMods thread ( http://www.toymods.org.au/forums/tech-conversions/22574-how-tacho-booster.html ) but instead of the tachometer flickering from 500 - 1,000rpm at idle then when revved going to zero...it just sat at 0. I'm sure I connected everything correctly, then some clever fellow on Facebook mentioned something about a single resistor method, so that's next on the list of things to try. Tweaking the air/fuel mixtures is the priority, I can survive without the tachometer for a little while.
  25. carbonboy
    Because people here have been so helpful & supportive over my time here (100% serious there), I'm getting bugger all sleep tonight. Enjoy. Oh, before anyone gets their knickers in a knot, speedometer is reading exactly 15km/h on the high-side due to my clumsiness when assembling the dash, will be fixed very soon. :yes: P.S - Too excited to sleep anyway. :P
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