Off the road again!

 

Hrmmm, my car god has struck me... he must have been busy with stu before!

 

The engine has devoloped a rather intersting top end noise... so until its sorted its living in the garage! The problem there is its my daily driver! Ahh well.

 

The good news is that in the time its was running it was great, I didnt even give it a great stretch... well, nothing over 6000rpm anyway, but when shifting hard into 3rd at the rpm it chirps the tyres! So appart from the setback I'm pretty happy.

 

Hopefully it will be up and running again sometime soon so I can have some fun.

 

Jarrad

 

bad news mate, I'm sure u will sus it out though

hahaha, sussed out!

 

The short answer to the problem is that I'm a dick... and didnt recheck all the bolts on the engine.

Yes, it was coming from the exhaust cam above number one... because the bloody timing gear had worked its way loose!!!

 

As mrmoparman said I'm bloody lucky it didnt fall off, my 4age is now an interferance engine after the swap so if the cam gear had come off it would have made a right mess.

 

Lesson to be learnt... double check everything! And when it still makes stupid noises check it all again!

 

Now its time to go Commodore hunting! hehe...

Another update... 2 in one day!

 

I just picked up my new rear lights for the Rolla (thanks gze82!), they look sweet as but the photos don't do them justice!

 

Heres the before and after...

 

Before:

 

After:

 

Just cleanes the rolla's rear up nicely!

 

Another update (although a fair bit delayed) is my new front bar... again off gze82s rolla (thanks mate). Makes it look like a nice car again!

 

 

Now all I have to do is get my 16's painted and put them back on, then I will be REALLY happy with the car again!

Edited December 2, 200619 yr by TheNOBBLER

lookin the goods mate, nuthin like a good set of lights to clean up a ride, looks like u found a good doner for parts!!!

Cheers mate,

 

Yeah, your car was one of the best around really... if I could have bought the lot I would have! Keep on them with the sale of parts, youve still got a overrated twincam trim to sell!

Well... got the car running right and just to piss me off something else broke...

 

My cast headers cracked on the number 4 runner! So now she sounds like a truck!

I have been busy trying to get a set of headers to fix it but hadnt had much luck, thanks to gze82 for his help as well... I busted his balls about a manifold but ended up not needing it. Sorry for that mate.

 

I was searching through the classifieds on the net today and found a set of Genie Headers for sale... on the phone and bought! They are getting sent Monday morning so I should get them through the week! Yay!

can't wait to get them on!

 

Anyway, thats the update for now.

 

Jarrad

Heres a pic...

 

done well mate, the little 82 will be breathin fire now!!! geez there great cars! miss mine already

Yeah, should be good mate. I recon the drive to the exhaust shop will be fun... It will be straight out!

Second thoughts... I might get them to do all the fitting, less trouble with the police that way considering I have to drive past a rather large station!

NOOOO Don't be a girls blouse!!! Drive it with no exhaust, it's a fun experience :P

haha, its almost that bad now!

 

I have to drive it about 12k's... earmufs anyone?

First time I've noticed this thread, good to see the engine swap happened. She should flow sweet with the new manifold.

 

Catchya soon mate.

Thanks Paul... I will give you a spin when I see you next. She sure gets up and goes now!

Picked up a few more goodies on the weekend...

 

New rear Bar

 

Set of Lovely 12 month old Headlights and parkers! They look sweet as!

 

And I also got a set of trims for the door tops and rain channel... also picked up a new windscreen plenum cover. I painted the door tops while I was at it.

 

All in all it was a productive weekend!

 

can't wait for the extractors!

 

Thanks to gze82 for all of the parts, top bloke if you ever get to meet him! (free plug) he also has a twincam grill in ex condition and a set of strut braces for an '82 left... well worth grabing if someone needs them!

 

Jarrad

Edited December 11, 200619 yr by TheNOBBLER

Well, its been a while since my last update... so here goes the new problems!

 

For some reason the car is going so hard at the moment, I havent changed anything at all (except giving it a really nice polish!) but the car just hammers!

 

The induction noise is louder than the exhaust note when you give it shit and it spins through most of first gear... On the down side it is making a noise that sounds like detonation, also my no 1 injector has split a seal, so that is getting fixed this week (putting a kit through them all).

 

Another rather large problem is the timing belt... Yep, its farked. See pic...

 

 

Not sure how this happened but I'm lucky to have noticed it this arvo, I'm taking the car on the GOR trip this weekend and didnt want a timing belt to go then. My engine is an interferance engine now as well so it would have made a bloody big mess, so I have to fix theis before Saturday and have everything sorted.

 

Well, thats it for now, will be heading to the drags at Calder for a run in a couple of weeks (if the car is still running) so I will post up some timecards! Also, heading to a dyno day next month, so power figures for the new engine will be up as well.

 

Cheers,

Jarrad