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- Fri Aug 29, 2014 1:25 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
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Good answer, I get what you're saying, I'll be sure to measure it all up when I get my head under there. If we could find a progressive spring with a similar average or maximum springrate and similar height to those ones I bought off of you, we'd be laughing. There's a good chance that Lachlan (Vinn...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 4:51 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
I'll measure them when I re-measure my shocks. I'm hoping to do it soon (hell, I want my shocks, I've been waiting for them for ages) but I have three cars on the go at the moment! Main efforts have been to getting this running properly :) What kind of springrate were you thinking of going for? And ...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:46 am
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
Oh - and glad you liked the FB video - it was super basic. I took some lengthier GoPro footage the other night, but yet to see the quality, GoPros don't like night time. Once I get the car properly sorted, I'm planning on doing a drift/grip video using at least one local track, and that'd be edited ...
- Thu Aug 28, 2014 9:35 am
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
Howdy - nah, just 8:1 CR, give or take a poofteenth after facing the head and changing to a 1.3mm head gasket. On the raised boost (13psi) the standard intercooler really can't cut the mustard and I believe inlet temps were causing pinging. Any more boost would require super-retarded timing and real...
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:45 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:38 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
Yeah, 10W40 is a bit lighter than I'd usually run, but they'd sold out of my usual stuff (I usually go 15W40 on a fresh engine, 20W50 on a slightly older engine). I believe turbos don't like heavier oils, but a replacement T28 is cheaper than a replacement crank, if push came to shove. Regardless, i...
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:40 am
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: I'm baaaccckkk!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 39187
- Mon Aug 25, 2014 1:06 am
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
IT LIVES! Took it for a bit of a drive, everything seems good and the new power is nice! However the gauges are playing up. For some reason, since taking the head off, the temp gauge has fked itself and reads zero. I didn't unplug any of that, I just moved the inlet, so it must have damaged a wire s...
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
- Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:35 am
- Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
- Topic: LSD shimmed, still sucks.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 49366
As always, thanks for the responses guys. Sounds like having the diff set up again is the go. 3.9 gearsets are too rare to waste with poor settings! I'm not sure I can afford new bearings etc right now, so I might have to put up with the old pegleg pirate for a little longer... I'm chuffed to hear t...
- Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:02 pm
- Forum: Drivetrain - Motors, Turbos etc..
- Topic: LSD shimmed, still sucks.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 49366
Could this be the simple solution to a complex problem? I bought an LSD from Elky which was in an auto Piazza, strangely enough, and he affirmed worked. Today I finally dig it up and clean it, and it turns out it's a 4.55:1 ratio. 41 to 9. A quick search suggests this is most likely an early 80s Jac...
- Wed Jul 23, 2014 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Tech
- Topic: Part help PLEASE!!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8756
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 3:02 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
- Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:09 am
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
Not entirely... maybe 70% sure? Will wait til I get it home [on a trailer] and do a compression test... Guuuuhhhh. I swear I'm cursed. It'll get there I suppose. Was looking forward to enjoying it sooner, rather than later though. And christ knows I'm sick of that damned engine bay. Although I kinda...
- Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:18 pm
- Forum: Show room
- Topic: My black forged Piazza
- Replies: 137
- Views: 102145
Update. Blown head gasket. Was driving it home from the workshop and the temp gauge went up a bit. Pulled over to take a look and the coolant was low. Figured there must have been an air bubble before the thermostat or something, topped it up with a litre or so and continued on. Five minutes down th...