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Offline Lurch

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Robco Engineering
« on: December 14, 2007, 01:11:48 PM »
Guys,
If anyone is in need of some precision/custom machining done for their Zed or whatever,
Rob Crichton (owner & proprietor) at Robco Engineering is THE man to see.
From custom suspension components to head & block facing, nothing is too hard.

I've recently picked up from him some rear adjustable toe bushes for my Zed.
He also built Craig's (ZZZ8) Super HD tailshaft.

While I was there he was building a set of adjustable LCA's for his own Zed, BMW harmonic balancer conversion for L series engines etc, amongst other interesting things...

Address is:
Robco Engineering.
Factory 2, 40 Titan Drive, Carrum Downs (just north of Frankston).
Melways map Ref: 100 D2
Phone: 03 9775 1413
Fax: 9775 1513
Robco at westnet.com.au (but don't expect a speedy reply via email)

HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!
« Last Edit: April 11, 2008, 12:19:28 PM by Lurch »
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 04:46:58 PM »
Totally agree, i met Rob at he Nationals and was a very approachable. Great quality machining to boot.

Must go and have a look at his factory.
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2008, 11:08:52 AM »
I just picked these up this arvo.
Alum. rear caliper brackets for mounting rear S1 280ZX calipers onto the rear of 240Z/260Z's.
Direct bolting up -  so no stuffing about getting offsets right, etc.
Call Rob for a Price (ask for a discount if you pay cash  ;) )
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2008, 11:47:31 AM »
Yep good honest bloke. Has his own Zed so you might meet him at some of our drives or meetings. I will be getting him to help me fabricate a number of custom parts for my Power Steering instalation.
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2008, 02:39:41 PM »
Lurch
mind me asking how much $ for the schmick adapters ?  :-X
chris
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2008, 04:41:05 PM »
Tell him you found him through the website! :)
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2008, 04:42:29 PM »
OOoooohhh i want  :P
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2008, 06:33:41 PM »
Quote from: Lurch on April 11, 2008, 11:08:52 AM
I just picked these up this arvo.
Alum. rear caliper brackets for mounting rear 280ZX calipers onto the rear of 240Z/260Z's.
Direct bolting up -  so no stuffing about getting offsets right, etc.
Call Rob for a Price (ask for a discount if you pay cash  ;) )

Couple of questions mate, does the cable handbrake mechanism work ok?

Also why did you choose 280zx rear calipers over say R31?
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2008, 01:24:01 PM »
Quote from: gav240z on April 11, 2008, 06:33:41 PM
Couple of questions mate, does the cable handbrake mechanism work ok?

Also why did you choose 280zx rear calipers over say R31?
Hey Gav,
Yes the cable mechanism will work. It looks like I'll just have to weld a small tab with a hole in it onto the puller mechanism as it's slightly different to the early Zed handbrake cable end.

The R31 setup looked to be be too awkward to get working correctly (for me anyway - Ash will disagree!).
The main problem being the handbrake lever on the caliper is in the wrong position,
& is completely different to the Zed. It needs to be heavily reworked.
I've seen the setup on Zed's before & it works well, but it was too much stuffing around for me - I'm much to lazy for all that Jazz...
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2009, 12:10:35 PM »
I just ordered some rear caliper brackets from Rob today, top bloke, I could of stayed there all day talking zeds with him ;D
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2009, 12:43:07 PM »
Hahaha - I have the same trouble with him ;D
« Last Edit: February 25, 2009, 06:24:01 PM by Lurch »
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2009, 02:05:21 PM »
Lurch , any chance of getting a cad drawing of the brackets ? or dimensions ?
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2009, 06:11:48 PM »
Lurch I think might have to head to the island in march for the historics though, I gotta see that stroker in action!
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2009, 06:18:43 PM »
Yeah, the fact that the exhaust system was restricting it to (a little over) 300hp boggles the mind...  :o
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Re: Robco Engineering
« Reply #14 on: July 02, 2009, 06:36:30 PM »
How much were those bushed lurch
Im just starting work on my suspension now, still debating in my head if to change to an r200 diff now
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