Seedy Al

Oh god nice cars all round! Race one looks pretty damn sweet. Next step for mine Is going to be some ZG flares and get the wheels I currently have widened out to suit. Nothing like the feeling of being out of the track, I just need to get out to do it more! Unfortunaly I overload my self with muiltple car projects so i dont always spend the money where I should haha I'm sure Im not the only one..... What sort of suspention setup do you have in the race one if you dont mind me asking?

gah pre face lift MS-55 crown (or RS, but i doubt it) So so so sweet, i had a Sedan a few years ago. Would love a wagon! Real shame to see it at the wreakers though!

Its actually a Vauxhall Chevette Estate. The club over here I'm part of, oldschool.co.nz, has a sweet mix of all sorts of cars, usually japanese, british, Euro or Australian. not to many American cars though. But makes for a real good mix of cars at track days etc

Sooooo, thought you ladys and gents might be interest to see some pictures from a Vehicle a good friend of mine found the other week, Basic story goes is that he was talking to a friend of his, who made a vague mention of some old car an old guy had offered him a few years ago, not far from where he lives. So my friend made more equires, got a phone number and made a call. Next thing he knew he is standing in a garage looking at a Datsun 230C, one owner, been parked up for 8 years. So he calls me, ask's me some questions, next thing we know, money has been handed over (to the sum of about $350US) and I have the job of de siezing the brakes due to the hand brake being on for that whole time. Anyway, get that sorted, tow it to his house, and have a few beers for the evening... Next day he wash's it, fixes the none opeing doors and replaces fuel and filter. turns over and boom, starts straight away (as any good L series will haha) So he is stoked!!!!! Anyway, some pics for you to glance your eyes over Great times Though unfortunaly he plans on selling it, as he wants to concerntrate on his Toyota cressida project.... why not have both!!!!!!!!

Kewl So everything from here on is will not be posted out of another web site All of the above from about the second post happened in about 3 weeks, which i realise is lost when you post a mass updates at once So I took it round the track, was super fun! Had a few issues to sort out, which I did. need some new HT leads as since I reset the dissy to its correct locaton the ones I had do not reach any more pretty weird, And while at the track i got to take my friends 240z out with suspention work but factory motor Was amazing comparing the goods and bads bewteen the two Loved his handling, loved my power and gearing Anyway... that will do for now haha

So bit of an update For those who didnt know i made the track Day! Was a fucken fun time, drive over the napier taupo was something else, glad I left when i did as there was some snow around, and it was on the brink of snowing at that time too Um, the whole time it was coughing back through the carbs, i had kinda put it down to maybe oversized jets or something as it was tuned for a 3.1 However once at the track, i wasnt impressed at how well it was reving out, so once i did my running in oil change (at the track) i had a bit of a play with the timing. Which i had some trouble with! turns out when i chucked all the oil pump and dissy drive back in i didnt allow for the fact that the dissy can only go in one location on the shaft, So i either ended up with not enough advance, or maybe a little to much I opted for a little to much and it totally changed the vehicle!!! however, it still also has low oil pressure. So i'm guessing the oil pump is well worn. I have a second hand one that i'm going to chuck in, and change the shaft at the same time to setup the timing correctly. but all in all, freaken awesome pic of it at the shit before leaving And yes, you can fit bikes into the back of Coupes!! And fuelling up once again at taupo magic. might post some pics from the track later on

Heh, attempted to drive it to work after fucking around for ages getting timing / fuel to do it's thing. in all my haste i had failed to notice the the bottom radiator hose touching the alternator cooling fan, So didnt get very far. however called my worker and he towed me into work. trip down to repco netted me the perfect hose and now everything clears. Got it warm and checked timing, shit is perfect. So now its time to go fuel up and take for a decent teste run on some flat roads to get it run in abit more

So i now have the motor all together, oil in the right holes, water etc Have wound up the oil pressure so i know that is good, and have fuel at the carbs. battery is a little low in charge due to epic winding over to get the oil pressure, so might swap for a new grunty one seeing as motor is all new and tight anyway. tried to start but no go, probably timing or just a result of low battery. To late to check Anyway some pics Flywheel all machined and pretty Carbs and crap on Wrinkle finished rocker cover (got runs which was a fail) And it all back together (besides dizzy cap) Wish i had more time to detail everything how I want it, however there is always later, like when i build up the 3.1 Anyway, another few hours work And i should be driving the bitch............ to taupo!

Lack of pictures is gay, however So spent till 100 last night battling this thing. Essentially the motor is now in the hole, however, to my delight, I noticed when i was bolting up the gearbox cross member that the clutch fork has sepertaed from the bearing carrier.... So now i need to pul the gear box off again, not an easy task as it took me 1 hour just to get it on right. So I'm not looking forward to another battle this evening. Still, good progress really. With some luck everything should be bolted on tonight ready for test driving / running in. Shame it doesnt change the fact there is still heaps to do on the bike for summit also.. HAH

Cricky, So many builds going on I see this was bumped to second page haha SO its been mental Block got cleaned, honed and decked (after the broken head stud was removed from the block) Pick it up at swap meat thanks to hemi and bizzo Since then, I painted the block, inserted new frost plugs. then thanks to some timing luck the cranks got polished and some big end bearings and rings turned up on friday So then it began, started gaping the rings etc (this shit takes heaps of time, i really had no idea how long it would tsake to put A motor together) Anyway, the crank, rods, pistons with new rings, head and timing chain are all done had an issue where for some reason one of the head studs broke. So I had to pull off the front cover again, and the head, to remove. Still not sure why it happened as I simply un wound the broken stid out of the block. So that set me back as far as time wise goes, as I had to make new front cover gaskets etc But anyway. Hope to have it running tuesday night, and start running it in From here its sump and oil pump on, paint and fit rocker cover. Fit machined flywheel, and box etc, then mash into hole Pics! Block cleaned and machined painted and frosted Rocker cover ready for wrinkle paint ' fuel block ready for polishing (is done but no photo) Block B,lock with a crank' With rods and pistons Head, timing, covers, all that shit done after a hard weekend Thank god for white spirits haha (vodka and gin btw) And the mess as a result

coz

So back up plan is now in Action. Muiltple posts no picture fails!!!!!!!!!! L28 block, honed. factory l28 everything. new rings and bearings My ported head, carbs cam etc. Should go alright. have been thinking of this route over the last few days. then Tim13 said i should do it. And i thought, fuck yeah might as well Build up super sweet motor later.

Gahhhhhhhh........ So i got another L28 engine while I was in wellington this weekend I stripped it down at my mates work and left it with him, as they do engine rebuilding (custom works in NaeNae. Fucken good cunts So its all ready for the rebore to suit the pistons, But.! i have no pistons!!!!!!!!!! i dont know what the pistons are out of the old engine... they measure at 88mm diameter, So logic says z22. However, from what i have seen Z22 pistons have dished crowns. the pistons I removed from the old engine have Flat top pistons pretty much....... So now I'm not sure! And now I'm starting to worry I'm going to run out of time darn it. Still, have corona as back up for track day, but that is besides the point!

Gah, motor has been honed and is not looking good at all. So Now i need to make a decission, I can possible bore out to 89mm using z24 pistons, and paying stupid money on a head gasket to suit, on a block i dont like that much due to a known fault around one of the frost plugs So next option is find another block, and hone that to 88mm using the z22 1mm over size pistons, Or, 87mm using standard bore z24 pistons. I'm not to sure which road to take, and they are all moneyish things that my money ish might not make up in time for August track day. I kind of like the idea of the 87mm pistons, as that gives me options later on, rather than going maxuimn everything and then having a rooted block if something goes wrong

So over the last few days well in my mulitple wasted states, i managed to make this happen From this To this So i'm pretty happy Now I just need to try and make the carbs a little prettier also Might try polish and steel wool and see what happens