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yip, too much going on and no action up the back section...... Chop chop then! WHY? The toyota TA22 gets a forged engine now with the ex zed Garrett 3082R turbo, same injectors and a new tune and 1.6bar after run in. I am moving forward on...

We have a problem. As per usual, change one thing buggers up everything else. Im sure I said this before. The new frame rails had a slight kink in them increasing the overall width between them. The new ones dont, so the radiator needs to be chopped and re-welded at the lower end. Thanks Hayley...

Since owning the Toyota, I have been driving around like a hooligan. I was chasing a motorbike - newish CBR1000 from Kopu to Hahei turn off, before the tick tick time bomb went off, 20kms later (100m before the Whitianga town sign) the rod from cyl 1 went through both sides of the block...

Ok people, Xmas grinch here waited until xmas day before Photobucket releases pictures, bandwidth exceeded blah blah. Teach me for buying a toyota. I was chasing a 2008 cbr1000 for an hour pushing him around some windy roads on the way to the holiday home, knocking sound, then BOOM ! Large...

Now please pardon the shift in brand. Ill have a link some stage soon to the appropriate site for the continuation of this cars build and development. Its a 1973 Toyota Celica Ta22 It has a 4cyl 2.0l engine from a ST215 Caldina GTT (the ugly station wagons). Engine is totally stock...

2 years my arse, cheeky sod WARNING THESE ITEMS ARE NO LONGER OEM GENUINE NISSAN ITEMS VIEWERS BEWARE Before, sophisticated templates cut out with kids snips, welded in using 2mm plate paint applied Had to press out one bush again so it didnt melt out I believe Ive spent...

Toyota will be posted, it doesnt arrive until Sunday night, = 7 days away. Hammer and tongs on zed until then. No mucking about here. Start at the easier end for now. Take out rear subframe Bushes for subframe to body need swapping over Easiest to do them now...

ab so fuggin lutely Its a real sizzler. so calm so little lucifer like

Niether. They are Datsun wide zg flares which were optional items back in the iron age. They are not bonded, they are screwed on with a simple rubber backing mould, as per factory. thanks, hope you liking it. Things should speed up now Im back on board with little distractions now.

OK no.2 What happened. Court action is completed, great outcomes for me, house is sold, ex is gone burger, kids back home. New projects, new house, new GF, blah blah blah Welcome home Gaijin, I have missed you. The silly thing is that it now has a brother. It arrives next Sunday. It is...

OK. Remainder of pics from Bazs shop where the car was painted. The shite camera makes it look brown. Its a really straight light gun mettalic grey with darker gun grey for the flimsy bits.

Poor Baz, he's been waiting for me there is, however a minor problem. as per usual. Engine bay. We will gun another coat of clear to make good. Without quesion, once I (sorry Baz) took the time to get the dust of (=1 box of Stella), I am seriously happy with the results. Class, with...

yeah, always a great 80s song that one, yeah !

Baz called me and asked for more paint. A good opportunity to check out the progress. Upon arriving, my car was the only one there, they said I was an angel with my timing. - perhaps a large hairy smelly one. We are up to 1litre of caprithane for the roll cage, 4Litres of base colour...

Dave, if you head back through the posts I have a excel spreadsheet which I attached as a working calc of how I came to specify the; - master cylinder sizes - pedal ratio based on first principles. i.e. COG, COM -centre of gravity/mass tire/brake pad mu pedal effort - how hard youd like to...

Finally rolled up to the painters. He reckons 3 weeks to complete the job. I dropped all the materials off, of which we have; - bar coat - to join old paints with new in just a few areas, - etch primer - to cover bare metal in just a few palces, front inner gaurds etc. - high build primer - to...

Right, we may be looking good here to keep to almost a two week wrap up. It hits the sandblaster Monday, Painter Tuesday. No paint colour chosen still. Ill drag the misses down, she is good with colour combos. 440CCA , 5.5kg battery. Grunty n light. But no good for playing the stereo outside...

Wow, things are looking good. Scott is the young chap working on the car currently, and he is doing a great job. Its more fabrication now, not exactly smash repair. The list of work still needed to be done has been agressively dealt to over several days. Keep it up Scott. Aluminium Mirror...

Ive attempted to give the panel beater 2 weeks to complete the car from his end, to get some paint applied. floor squaring off around trans tunnel, What about a handbrake? Holy new frame, r33 gtr h.brake from parts bin, in its home, looks snug, not too proud. Will chop up...