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 humpty
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| posted on November 20th, 2012 at 09:04 PM |
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I reckon the box will hold up ok... Though I know it's taken a lot from me over the years... Sprints, hill climbs, autokanas and loads of drag
racing... But all on radials... The issue is the tyres... I have M&H cheaters on there now... The fear is the axles will pop... But come Wednesday
week that will be it... If they break then, then so be it. The new pan is getting built over the school holidays... Even if the new transaxle doesn't
arrive before new year... At least I can mock the mounts up with a spare box.
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| posted on November 25th, 2012 at 10:34 PM |
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Do any of you guys balance your slicks?
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| posted on November 26th, 2012 at 05:07 AM |
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always!
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on November 26th, 2012 at 09:31 AM |
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Eh Rose , that wasn't a bear it was Humpty. Mike McCarthy 
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 11:00 AM |
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That's gonna present a problem then..... Nobody does 'open centre' rim (wide 5) balancing here in Perth.
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 11:04 AM |
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all tyre places do them that do trucks as similar type of rim with big hole in the middle. we take ours to Beaurepaires over here no worries at all
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 03:57 PM |
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Hmmmmm never had mine balanced for that reason too. Thanks Rose ill give them ago. I went to 4 local shops before i gave up!!!!
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 04:19 PM |
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Take a brake drum and lug nuts if you get stuck
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 05:22 PM |
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If you do get them balanced make sure you mark the tire to the rim, assuming your not running screws or beadlocks.
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| posted on November 27th, 2012 at 07:39 PM |
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Hmmmmm never had mine balanced for that reason too
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I had a local engineer machine me an adaptor plate from 12mm steel plate that I bolt to my wide-5 rims with a 72mm hole in the centre and then they
can be balanced easily . If you need it Ben you can borrow it to get your wheels balanced .
I will post a pic of it tomorrow........
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| posted on November 28th, 2012 at 12:43 AM |
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That'll be awesome to see Wayne.... I had a chat to my tyre guy here in Perth about this issue.... He's a dubber too, but works on Porsches and
Merc's all day.... They also look after loads of us WA dubbers.... But he has never been able to balance 205PCD rims with the large centre hole....
Though about grabbing a front drum and using that, but all options are welcome.... Looks like I'll be machining something up next week in any case.
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| posted on November 29th, 2012 at 12:25 AM |
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the steel adpator plate is the one I used to use for balancing wide-5 wheels , but now I use the alloy rear wheel adaptor plates that I had fabricated
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| posted on November 29th, 2012 at 05:21 PM |
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That's the ticket.... Gonna have to make one of those suckers up I reckon.... I'm sure it would be heaps safer doing it this way, than letting a
truck fitter near my light weight ERCO's!!!
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| posted on November 29th, 2012 at 05:52 PM |
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We had one made up but don't need to use it. As people have said that no one can balance them.
But when we took it to the tyre shop he said you don't need it we balance them on this tyre balancing machine.
Our same bloke that balances our car tyres uses the truck balancer to balance our wheels no worries.
We also have in the past borrowed the one that our VW car club has to loan out. Club Vee Dub Sydney.
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That's the ticket.... Gonna have to make one of those suckers up I reckon.... I'm sure it would be heaps safer doing it this way, than letting a
truck fitter near my light weight ERCO's!!!
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| posted on November 30th, 2012 at 11:16 PM |
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Hhhmmmmm..... Truck fitters hey?
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| posted on December 1st, 2012 at 01:56 PM |
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Some shops just don't want to spend the time , as you have to keep turning tyre on rim , so you can find the sweet spot.
Most tyre's have heavy spots in them .
You'll end up with lots of weights , in the end ( stick on ). Put race tape over the weights to , helps hold them on .
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| posted on December 2nd, 2012 at 10:41 PM |
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It just gets better and better!.... Cheers for the advise Pete.
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| posted on December 8th, 2012 at 02:48 PM |
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Next little chalenge....
Some time back I was looking at methods of fitting aircleaners to the Holley.... Now that I have the car running really nicely and AFR's are nice and
constant, the idea of running an aircleaner has popped up again.... My question is simple on the surface, but in reality very challenging...
As you can see, there's not a lot of room in there....
I don't want to cut the engine cover to fit a funnel as Barry has, and I can't really fit an aircleaner as Rose and Ian have on the Nude Bug.... And
then there is the other idea of fabricating a scoop arrangement much like Nick has on the Junka.... This idea is nice, but I'm not exactly sure how a
Holley actually works.... Does it require a neutral atmosphere above the carb or can I have a positive/pressurised space above the intake?
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| posted on December 8th, 2012 at 04:51 PM |
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Looking good Simon, I can smell that car Holley from here....hahaha
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| posted on December 8th, 2012 at 06:06 PM |
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Looking good Simon, I can smell that car Holley from here....hahaha
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Hahahahaa.... Funny guy.... I know how you love'em!!!!
Good to see you back here mate... Looking forward to seeing what you get up to.....
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| posted on December 8th, 2012 at 06:17 PM |
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You could always put one of there on your roof.With some flexible pipe flatened out to go through the gap between your deck lid!!!!!!!
Would work a treat!!!!!!!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Donaldson-type-air-cleaner-Toyota-Landcruiser-HJ47...
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 12:48 AM |
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That's what I like about you Ben.... Always thinking outside the box.... 
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 06:26 AM |
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 08:39 AM |
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Make your boot lid stand offs a bit longer to allow room for air cleaner. Fabricate up a base that fits on the carb that comes to a tee and run a pod
filter on either side of the tee low down beside the carb body itself if there is enough room.
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 10:43 AM |
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 03:55 PM |
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A conventional aircleaner wont fit Ian... And I don't really want to prop the engine cover anymore Brennden.... But I guess I might have to...
Another option is one of these beasts...
Which I have and is ideal, and it would fit without some internal mods, but it's bloody heavy.... Been thinking of pulling a mold off it and making a
fibreglass version.
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 04:53 PM |
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Hi Humpty
Maybe look around for neck like the one you have from a carby LPG conversion but it may not be any lighter. Could you not fabricate a sheet alloy one
up.
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 05:16 PM |
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Whats wrong with my idea????
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| posted on December 9th, 2012 at 07:03 PM |
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stop thinking street car and start cutting
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