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Got one door sussed, called Dave Turner for some tiny collar thats missing. Gas pedal showed its face, along with some new strikers I ebayed gas pedal rubber more like super hard unbendable material Butcher it as I do so well. Kakimoto style Keep way away from welds. put it the vice see where it bens most and keep away from that area too Spray some acrylic etch primer then some single pack tungsten, then some decent clear chuck a new rubber pad that slips on like a glove strikers came up good. New ones have a spring mechanism, while the old ones had a rubber insert sort of shoved in. As for the centre console, pretty fugly, BEFORE Kind of after, some paint, new leather boot gator thing I got from the UK, had to trim it hard as the leather is quite thick, hard to get the clips around it all. Used some resin to fix some cracks

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So some NOS stuff turned up to get into the doors, new rhs window regulator, minor miracle to find one of these... door card bungs, door handles, other things I dont know what they are called, maybe dove tails Sprayed some Dinitrol stuff into all nook/crannies, wax cavity slime I got from the supplier who sells the stuff to the navy down Devonport for the ships there. The doors by themselves are not really that heavy, its all the stuff going into them that loads them up. Forget the carbon doors to save weight, be easier to mould up some acrylic or polycarbonate windows. SInce I dont have key locks, Ill need to mount a solenoid in there to the lock arm coming from the closing mechanism. Bought a stainless steel bolt kit for the doors and front of the car. most there, but some nuts/bolts not there. I use a sniff of copper grease so they dont bind up later being dissimilar metals. The rest of the fixings I have I went and had tanked and plated again. This is ok for non structural fittings, but not so suitable for structural as there can be hydrogen embrittlement. Door catch mechanisms, have a few, made the best one out the remains of the lot. Where the left door stops for a moment, trying to find this little sucker to space and hold the door catch pivot. Ergh...Might go call Dave, Im sure he has a few hundred down Manukau way..part number 82515-78500 where for art thou? Its called a collar - bell crank. anyone out there with one spare please holla. Windows and frames next....new felting here, but old glue in the frames is not easy to remove... Went and had a chat with Sheepers yesterday, he is keen to make the first Celica TA22 rack an pinion power steer kit that is easily certified. As he offers this awesome service I'll keep playing with the zed. Havent heard from the Celica re-wiring as yet, no rush there then...

I bought some 280zx headlights to use the H4 lights instead of the sealed units of the stock car. They share the same headlight bucket which helps. Had to modify the steel panel thats joined to the f.glass guards. Bit of grinding and they are in. Drilled holes to mount lights, which are close to being right with the g nose back on. This took me ages, as having recently sprayed the outside of the house, a fair bit of overspray came through the garage onto the zed. Doh. A few hours had it all off using light pressure and water. Idiot... :? Bought a part of the wiper arms pivot mechanism NOS, so decided to rebuild the rest of it as the grease thats gone hard mixed with sandblast residue probably not the best. Clean paint grear install. Smooth as now. Motor getting checked over now. I pulled out some spare napa leather I used in the CElica dash and other interior to cover some zed kick panels and doglegs. Seemed to work out ok. Used some beeswax polish stuff bought at the Taka markets to lube them super soft. Enough staples? Good timing with the courier, finally some new door bits. Almost everything about the doors are shagged. Windows are good, SS window frame good, some window guides ok. Thats it. Felting for door panel, window frame and outer SS trim ready to go in. Slopped silicon onto door bottom seals. Given windows a super clean and polish, paint up window structure. New window regulator arriving soon amongst all the seals, rubbers winders, door handles, window rollers, etc. Then wifey happy doors can be put away out of living room. Also bought SS nut/bolt kit for doors, hatch etc from States, flag using ancient fixings that are either orange or green from donor cars from yesteryear..... My first zed after serious buthery....the certifier almost had a heart attack when he saw this ....evidence that Papua New Guniea is not the best atmosphere for a zed... Since the overly heavy, complicated and likely to block to much air flow, I ebay'd this cheap intercooler. Will do for now. Anyways, I've proven in the Celica that an undersized intercooler is ok if supplemented with cooling water meth spray. Intercoller sitting to high for airflow, will drop it 30mm. The current mock up manifold brings 68mm turbo much further forward than the last 60mm setup. When thie BG EFR turbo arrives, it'll need to be forward, as these new thigs are really LOONG, like 350mm. Next jobs; - gearshifter installed. Have short shifter around somewhere. - Build doors as gear turns up over next week - build up center console. Needs modification with top mounted gtr handbrake. You can see the jobs Im doing are small to start with. Easing myself back into it....

To aid productivity to the zed, get rid of the culprit! Free some space up in the garage too. I've spent the last 2.6 years working on this car, thats what I've been up to. That and house renovations and working and family etc. Promise. ANyway, time to move on Celica, you have had your time black death. 4th engine, 3rd turbo, 4th throttle body, 2nd injector set, 2nd rear end rebuild, 5th gearbox, 3rd interior re-trim/re-build ETC ETC.

Like Godzilla in hibernation, it must wake up some time right... The help came in the form of the Toyota moving house for a while so I can focus on the where the heck I left the zed in terms of works. I remember a heap of issues all over the place and getting a bit overwhelmed. SO after a good clean out of the garage, spread all the parts out over the floor, I thought to tackle some easier, smaller jobs to start. Remove doors and strip again. Note all parts that should be replaced with NOS. Order $4k of parts from USA and Japan for doors, windows, little rubber bits all over the place, badges etc etc. Some have arrived, new window mechanisms for wipers at front. Rebuild the lot. Test motor ok. Bought some nappa leather and upholster bits inside. I've sold off the water air intercooler and turbo as neither of them Im happy with. A new air/air cooler is n the front now. Testing a new ex manifold for fitment. Doesnt really. Once doors are in perfect shape in/out the more exciting parts come in the way of fabricating a new manifold to fit a Borg Warner EFR 8374 turbo. Probably the best on the market now. 8374 It means I can ditch the wastegate and blow off valve in one step. Making room for other stuff. Im still contracting, at the airport doing development there, I still get some flexibility with hours. Coming up to summer, the Toyota will be re-wired (where it is now) and ready for summer driving. Next winter it gets a new engine, new electric/hydraulic power steering, super wide wheels and wiiiide overfenders on wiiider semi slicks. Once tyhe Toyota is back from wiring, the Zed is next, hence the push to get the fidly bits done before then. I'll post some pics next time, mostly of zed parts and zed projectrs in most of the rooms of the house.... :lol:

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 the basis that the zed club would refuse the fact a 4cyl 2.0L Toyata would be as grunty as a zed, in any engine guise with Gaijin. Fark that..... Enter larger turbo. Enter stroker, new clutch, bigger injectors, ex.manifold etc Have purchased new workshop equipment to handle most of the new transitions.... Toyota (Gaijin plate) will be 350 rwkw = 550 flywheel hp +/- Ex- Gaijin (new plate = DTHWSH = 440 rwkw = 680 flywheel hp +/- Pardon the delay, been chasing monkeys in Malaysian forests, and Malaysian giant lizards chasing me.... Avoid the locals during Ramadam sheesh! Mo disrespect intended, but hell......they ,move for hungry people..... And I for some mere progress..

Pardon the delay with posts, today I will receive a lovely new inverting TIG welder so I dont have to wait forever for some monkey to weld each little Ally part item as I go along. As that crazy Mel Gibson proclaimed, FREEDOM !

Sorry people, I was getting lazy with the posting. My fault.

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 spitting sufficient oil out to cause a fire on the turbo side. I put the fire out with cabin mounted extinguisher and drank the three cold beers still in storage on the back seat. The biker was in some shock as to what the f**k was following him at those speeds. I had to laugh so as not to cry. Engine out, new 2 piece rotors and new pads ordered, new engine arriving this week, light flywheel etc etc. It should be together by next weekend. SO now that car 3 is down, back to car 2. Now the GF has flown the coup, I have no more excuses. Begin then! Thanks Glenn Martin for the crane ! Enjoy the vinos and the smelly nappies! All I need in the garage that reads over 30 deg Celsius in the day Note the welded up water pump, it runs the housing but nothing inside. The electric pump same as the toyota will do the pumping and job of the thermostat. New cambelt, idlers tensioners etc. Timing needs looking at later. Apparently good for 400ps, we will see about this. Copper mix, should be driveable though. Light Cro-mo flywheel from Japan Replace and clean up thrust bearing and fork in gbox completed 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 for the welder use approaching. More wine required. The above shots and work were completed over a period from 8am until 4am on the zed. One long drunken shift. The toyota will absorb some time this week when all the parts turn up so wanted to fulfill the promise of getting the engine in the zed at least before going back to work Monday. Happy New Year to all, make the most of it, life is short.

Cant wait for the xmas break, there should be a bunch of progress, but, my new ride has arrived after a fun weekend road trip around the North Island of the country dodging cops and other nutters on the road. 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 internally. All power adders are external. The chassis has heaps of work done to it, coil overs Bilstein and Carrera rears. Camber, castor plates, bushes, Evo 8 brakes, LSD... It has 400hp at the rears, it weighs complete all fluids/fuels 1060kg. TD06-25G turbo, 800cc injectors, Link G4 ECU, Elec water pump, elec boost control etc... It will teach me plenty about what driveability Im after in the zed. This car requires some work before Im completely happy with it. Car is completely legal and engineered. Collection location Not ready for the PepperTree just yet Just to state the obvious, I didnt build this car. I bought it as is. I will start mucking about with it. It will be kept driveable while I put the zed together. Other random car shots that were in the same location as the collected TA22, FD3S race car 550hp @ wheels, Corvette, engine blew up soon after purchase, go figure... 1UZFE & GT35R would work well.... To replace the love of the TA22, try a Datsun 1200 instead, 12A PP, mid mounted, flat floor = lovely car!

WARNING THESE SUSPENSION 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 more on this rear end than a 2nd hand skyline complete...ergh. Subframe bushes in - Autolign in Carbine Rd Good fast service, cheap prices. Diff mounts are not listed under ER34, but S14 Silvia, but fit well. Rear end shoved together with little love. Some bolt threads stripped from panelbeater/painters lack of love. Ill need to replace a few of them Might even need to get that one camber arm the right way round, doh. Dug up the rubber trim that heads around the FAKE super wide ZG arches and gaurds also used the clips that cover the screws, looks pretty tidy. Could do with a minor adjustment later. While AUtolign were sweating over the bushes, I mucked around with the rear end. Need plenty of parts, rear lamp rubber gaskets, straighter lamp garnish? panels etc. Decided to keep the original rego plates, look period. Rego still live, smart boy... Stainless roof channel chrome given some lovin and clipped in Ill get some new quarter panel badges for xmas if Im lucky. Thats it for this week. Collect TA22 0800 tomorrow.

Hey, Both parts were a cash and trade deal with a zed club member in NZ here. GNose is a single piece mould as per original one. Headlight covers are genuine new units from ebay = $ouchee 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... diff bushes need to be sourced and chucked in rear brakes need completing, been rebuilt, just a quick spray and in. rear lower arms could do with a strengthen. Its a gaijin copy of the Nismo options. Very high tech stuff this cardboard. Since Ill get a local engineering shop to press in/out the bushes, they can weld up some plate to the lower arms until such time as the TIG turns up.

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 very similar in nature to this car. I couldnt say no. 1972 TA22 480hp 980kg Street 5 years on the road being developed. Street/strip/road/track semi automatic weapon Anyway, wrong forum for this little lucifer, back to the real deal. the colour seems to make the chrome work standout, which was the plan all along you see.