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| fxdlidon |
| Posted on: Monday, January 12th, 2009, 11:51:41pm |
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Can't see there'd be a lot of difference between a new and a used one - it's more down to getting it calibrated properly, when it comes down to it the're only basically a microphne.
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Tuesday, January 13th, 2009, 12:33:54am |
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| As fxdlidon said it doesnt really matter as long as its the round bolt on type. I got this one off fleabay and it cost about $ 50.00 delivered. |
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| japtaxi |
| Posted on: Wednesday, January 14th, 2009, 5:41:23am |
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Another pic of a coupon, could be for smash repairs 
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I think the top kanji characters say "car wash" ??  |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Thursday, January 15th, 2009, 11:01:40am |
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I think the top kanji characters say "car wash" ??
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Kanji? I thought it was Japanese 
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 10th, 2009, 10:09:26am |
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A bit off topic but I thought I ha d a miss at high revs so did all the normal checks plugs, leads,etc.
Took KOF33 down to a local really long straight bit of road in a sort of remore place and let her rip.
First of all I set the boost/fuel cuts at 9,500 rpm so I could see what she could do.
Didnt get into 5th. gear as someother cars appeared but I pulled the plug at 9,000 rpm in 4th. gear.
The speedo needle stops (it must hit some sort of stop) when its on the "h" in km/hr at somewhere near 7,500 to 8,000 rpm but the tacho keeps going up
Estimated speed about 180 to 190.
Cant wait to get her into 5th. |
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| Chernoby1 |
| Posted on: Sunday, May 10th, 2009, 1:02:05pm |
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according to google maps, it took me 1.5 km's to get to 8500 rpm in 5th
hit 120km/h at 300m mark and im guessing 170-80 at the 1 km mark... lol acceleration really slows down after 150ish.
When gettin close to the redline in fifth i cant even hear the engine no more lol... just crazy amounts of wind I also saw my mirrors start to bend in slightly lol
If you put in the gear ratio's in the adaptronic... could you use the Vidigauge as a speedo? Might be worth a look into as id really like to see what speeds we're actually getting |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Monday, May 11th, 2009, 2:22:33am |
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Yeah good Idea. I will set the vidigauge for KPH next time I try it, but better still if I plug in a laptop I can run a log file which will show the speed at what RPM on a excel file.
In the meantime I ran some figures through The Tamon Wheel calculator as you can enter your gearbox & final drive ratios and it calculates the speed.
@ 7,500 RPM 4th. gear 157 KPH and 5th. gear 199 KPH.
@ 8,500 RPM 4th. gear 178 KPH and 5th. gear 226 KPH. |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Monday, May 25th, 2009, 5:22:09am |
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I will try and keep this brief, but I thought I KILLED KOF33 on the weekend.
On Saturday the wife and I went for a drive up to a place called Rainbow Beach which is about
1 3/4 hours away to check out some camping grounds, etc. Great opportunity to put the Adaptronic in slow converge learning mode and get some tuning done.
KOF33 went like a train going up there and around town but when we left we got about 5km out and next thing started to miss then backfire, lost all power and luckily enough there was a little national park toilet stop car park I pulled into and she, gulp well..............................................died.
No amount of trying would get her to even crank over, thinking the worst (as I had made a lot of adjustments to the ECU during the week) I thought I had leaned her out or blown a head gasket or something. The wife insisted it was the battery, what would she know.
After a bit of neurological exercise and checking out the Vidigauge read outs I finally deduced that the battery had indeed simply shat itself. Some of the plates in it shorted out causing a massive current drain basically knocking out all power to the engine, car, etc. Hooray we found the problem, but what next :/ (Has a smoke) (Bloody wife was right)
OK get on he mobile and call a cab from Rainbow Beach so I can sort something out, but oh yeah there are no cabs in Rainbow Beach and as we discovered no phone signal 5km out of town. Hmmmmm has another :/
Another 30 minutes later a guy in a HUGE Toyota 4WD pulls in for a slash (about to my new best mate) and he had jumper leads and double batteries which OK got KOF33 to start but the second you disconnected them she would die.
A lift into town was next (with my new best mate) to get a new battery which I thought could be a bit of a task as being a Cappo they aren’t quite a normal battery. A couple of servos later and after a few phone calls I ended up getting the local battery guru to open up his shed and he actually had one.
So my new best mate drove me back out to KOF33 and oh yeah the wife (lucky she had the national park toilets nearby and surprisingly was in quite good spirits because she new it was the battery), fitted the new battery and bingo, all good 
Until we got home, car went great coming back but I thought I had better check a couple of things and It looks like when the battery shat itself it fried something in the alternator. To late to check today its dark now and past beer time.
Sunday, checked all the fuses, etc and found nothing. Jacked KOF33 up, removed the under tray and started to wonder how to get the alternator out? A bit closer inspection found the wires going to it melted. A b*gger to fix but its all good now with no damage to the alternator.
Sugar time for a :/ and a  after all of that. |
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| fxdlidon |
| Posted on: Monday, May 25th, 2009, 9:03:26am |
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Never happens just round the corner does it ...and to top it all the wife being right about what was wrong!!!
Still at least it's home now with no major damage |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Monday, May 25th, 2009, 11:44:03am |
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The place we went to is surrounded for about 50km by national park and army training area, in other words there is nothing for miles.
Top spot though as you go up the road a few km's to get on a barge to go to Fraser Island.
How can a woman work out in seconds what is wrong with a mechanical device? |
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| Andy |
| Posted on: Monday, May 25th, 2009, 12:07:53pm |
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Lucky guess. Can she name anything else that it could possibly have been or does she just know the word battery?
Good to hear you got it all sorted at minimal expense. You were lucky your new best mate turned up! |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Monday, May 25th, 2009, 11:17:00pm |
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How can a woman work out in seconds what is wrong with a mechanical device?
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Especially when she's a Blonde.......lol.... next time DON'T TAKE THE WIFE !!!!!
btw, does she have the same effect on the 'Pokies' ...??? everytime Mine gets near one I'm playing, the bloody thing goes haywire.
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Monday, May 25th, 2009, 11:54:12pm |
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^ Yeah she also said it was the starter motor?
BLONDE.........Yep she ticks all the boxes |
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| crisp |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 27th, 2009, 9:48:56pm |
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Wow, I wish mine was that clever!
(if I still had one - but that's another story  ) |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 27th, 2009, 10:38:08pm |
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| Makes you wonder what she's been up to when your back is turned...???.....but then that's assuming she knows what a Battery and Starter look like...???...lol |
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| fxdlidon |
| Posted on: Wednesday, May 27th, 2009, 11:23:27pm |
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Wow, I wish mine was that clever!
(if I still had one - but that's another story )
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you missed the spoons didn't you!
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 28th, 2009, 12:17:37am |
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I think battery and stater motor are the only 2 car words she knows due to previous breakdowns over the years.
We all should know better, it doesnt matter what you say or do they are allways right anyway |
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| crisp |
| Posted on: Thursday, May 28th, 2009, 12:18:55am |
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you missed the spoons didn't you!
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Yep.
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Friday, May 29th, 2009, 2:07:01am |
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| Glad KOF 33 is ok Grant - I'd be very worried if that happened in the middle of nowhere! Maybe the regulator on the alternator died and overcharged the battery? |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Friday, May 29th, 2009, 3:33:36am |
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^ Checked all of that stuff and everything is working fine. It appears the battery plates shorted or something.
This place is not that far away but is in the middle of nowhere. Surrounded by national parks and an army traing area. The lucky bit was that its one of the access points to go to Fraser Island and and the annual Toyota fishing comp finished there that weekend so it wasnt too long to wait until someone came along. |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Thursday, June 11th, 2009, 12:24:26am |
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Got the unanswerable question from the wife the other day "If someone came along when we were stuck and said 'your Cappo or your wife' which one would you give them?"
A bit like asking "Do I look fat in this outfit" or something.
I chose to be noncommital and still got in the poo |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:39:07am
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Time for a bit of an update. This is mainly for Sneaza, sorry I have been a bit long winded but here are some pics of progress on fitting my wheel arches so far.
Front right side. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:41:12am
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| Front left side fitted ready to take the arches off again for filling/sanding/painting. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:42:07am
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| Closer pic of front left showing 4mm allen screws and washers used for mounting. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:43:50am
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| Rear Right pics with arche removed for trimming showing the "nutserts" fitted to the body. The guard has been "pumped" out about 25mm for more clearance. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:44:35am
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| Close up of one of the nutserts fitted in the body. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:47:31am
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| Some spare nutserts in sheetmetal. I had to rivet a piece of sheetmetal with a nutsert in it to the inside of the rear plastic bumper bar on each side for the lower rear arche mountings. The nutserts just pull out of the plastic so they have to be fixed by another method. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:48:16am
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| Rear pic of nutserts when pulled up in metal. (crap picture) |
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Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:49:27am
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| Taken the opportunity to do a few other things also like fit new stainless steel mesh in the front bumper to match the rear. |
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| grant4561 |
Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 6:51:31am
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The beginings of a new stainless steel under car air scoop/spoiler also.
Been a bit busy lately as I have been rebuilding a pop top camper van at the same time and also at the business end of the local soccer season. |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 22nd, 2009, 2:40:08am |
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Cheers Grant, pics look good, though I probably won't put on the Front ones as I don't want to mess with the Front Bar again....taking too long already. The Lower part on the Rear will get Pop-Riveted then 'Glassed to Bumper, Same as Lower part near Door will get 'Glassed to Sideskirt. Will post some pics when I have them attached.....
Got my 'tool and nuts' this week, wasted one to make sure it works.....Happy,
Now just need to finish the House Reno before the Final, and hope my Girls win their Soccer Semis this week end then the Final next weekend, then back to the Car.....Yippeeeeeeeeee !!!!! |
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| capgun |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 22nd, 2009, 6:21:59am |
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^ Maybe you can strike up a deal - What we spend on the house reno's, I get to spend on the cappi!
Flares look good Grant - at least you put them on properly (some people I've seen use tek screws or even just silicone!) |
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| Badger |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 22nd, 2009, 7:40:43am |
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| Daughters' House CG....Buy I like your thinking...lol |
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| lagolag |
| Posted on: Saturday, August 22nd, 2009, 7:39:10pm |
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| grant4561 |
| Posted on: Sunday, August 23rd, 2009, 10:34:02am |
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^ I used metal nutserts due to the double panels I treated each hole I drilled with cold galvanizing to make sure I don't get that dreaded "UK" disease/cancer thing they have.
I will have to get my finder out soon as I want to enter in the Classic Jap Show & Shine comp in Brisbane that's on in October but renovating the Camper Van is taking longer than I thought.( as usual)
I have planned a trip out western Queensland in September so have got to get my finger out |
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Posted on: Monday, October 19th, 2009, 1:35:11am
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| Finally got the wheel arch flares fitted and finished on Saturday. Good thing as I entered in the Classic Japanese Show & Shine on Sunday so heres a pic of the side of the car after finishing everything ready for the car show. I will psot pics of the car show up in it's thread as soon as I get a chance. |
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Posted on: Monday, October 19th, 2009, 1:36:18am
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Posted on: Monday, October 19th, 2009, 1:36:59am
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| I also took the opportuniy to fit stainless steel mesh in the front bumper to match the mesh I fitted in the rear. Decided to add a stainless steel under engine air scoop also which I wasnt sure about at first but am happy with now and will leave on. |
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