LittleRedSpirit Posted September 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2013 Fitted shorter power steering arms to this now. It apparently extremely rare to have a manual steer one. As most all are power. Makes power steering arms easy to get though. Compared to a quaife rack in a rolla, the change was mild, but still effective. Its much easier to toss around and park, however I have discovered that since the roadworthy the rack ends have worn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japlish Posted September 5, 2013 Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 i have two manual steer racks :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) Do you have a good one, mine is loose in the left bushing and a little worn? How about some good rack ends? Edited September 5, 2013 by LittleRedSpirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Just got new wheels and tyres for this rig. Â Rally style. Â 15x6.5 +8 linea sport rims. Single piece. Quite light. Â Loving the look. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Â Look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rian Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Those are excellent wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Thanks. They just suit it so well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Inspiriation for the look. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daizy70 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Aren't these called notchbacks? And the ra65s are cool cars not many people know much about them and congrats on finding such a clean one, I look foward to future updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 The more modern car kids of today would call them a notch. In all official rego or Toyota documentation they refer to them as liftback and coupe, this being the coupe. There is also a rare sun-chaser convertible. Â This car needs springs and shocks so bad. I might leave it close to full height so its rally spec still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ke70dave Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Very nice Matty. Â My first thought was those wheels almost make it look euro ish. Like an old bmw or something. Â What's going on with the right hand side of that rear bumper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeAE71 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Most probably sun affected like a lot of early Toyotas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) Yeah someone gave it a light tap in previous years, but the skin has really warped a lot more than the steel. Â Going to the mechanics this afternoon so I can have the new rack ends fitted. Then it should be a tonne better to steer. It was wandering a bit with the wider tyres now, its exposed how bad the rack ends are. Should be able to get a meaningful wheel alignment now anyhow. Edited September 11, 2013 by LittleRedSpirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) Just had the new rack ends fitted and a wheel alignment. Made a massive improvement. Also made some adjustments with economy in mind. Would the air flow meter adjuster back a tiny bit, lowered the idle and checked the base timing. Â I was also able to make more power upon first touch of the throttle by simply deleting the retard part of the vacuum dizzy control. Made a massive difference. Edited September 11, 2013 by LittleRedSpirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 Noticed I was losing a small amount of coolant. Looked around and found water marks indicating a leak from one of the throttle body coolant hoses. I swapped it over, so I hope that fixes it. I also noticed the front main seal is leaking, so I will have to get it changed over soon also. Old cars, gotta love em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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