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Post by cul8r on Nov 3, 2011 18:41:28 GMT 12
Yea it does, about to pull the motor out tonight, snapped a cam chain
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Post by ryansmith on Nov 3, 2011 18:56:37 GMT 12
oh no thats guttering, what advantage does the gilmer have? other than the awsome sound does it prevent slipping because of the teeth?
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Post by cul8r on Nov 3, 2011 21:59:53 GMT 12
To be honest, you'd be hard pressed to get a good V belt to slip if set properly, so yea just the sound and wank factor 10
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Post by aninja on Nov 4, 2011 16:56:01 GMT 12
To be honest, you'd be hard pressed to get a good V belt to slip if set properly, so yea just the sound and wank factor 10 agreed. definitely keen to get some, are they custom?
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Post by misdablack on Nov 4, 2011 19:49:48 GMT 12
can get them through oz ebay. couple hundy-ish i think
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Post by cul8r on Nov 6, 2011 11:58:49 GMT 12
Rocket industries, and a few others do them, just google theres quite a variation in price...
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Post by cul8r on Jan 1, 2014 11:52:47 GMT 12
So, I sold this along with a couple other cars I had (later regretted both decisions) to buy my first house. New owner gave it a respray with quite poor prep work, purple tints, and gay steering wheel. Removed steelies. Had it in a workshop when it was stolen, and crashed in the centre of town. Bought it back through turners auctions for a little more than I had hoped - but at least I have it back. Brother towed it home with his girlfriend whilst I was at work, said it was the worst drive - upon getting home discovered the wheels had wrong sized centrebores on the front so werent fitting properly, and the rear had the wrong offset and were rubbing on the inner guards! Basically the car needs a drivers door, new front clip. Before I sold the gemini in the first place I had originally intended on converting the front to early model - by chance a TX Coupe was rear ended in chch, so I took the whole front off it and removed the diff & engine for them. Front guards were full of bog so I had decided to leave them - hindsight I probably should've taken them. Unfortunately the car is deregistered by insurance, so will have to re-vin, not too much of a drama really though. I have 2x bumpers, slam panel, grill, radiator support panel (need to drill out all the original spot welds), bonnet, indicators, lights etc etc. I also bought one very rusty Twincam Piazza - mainly for the motor as a spare for my Chevette, but for the front brake upgrade for the gemini, and decided I'd give the disc brake rear end swap a go as well. Firstly the Panhard mounts are on the wrong side for a gemini, so chopped that off and rewelded on. Secondly the trailing arm mounts are 17mm spaced further out, so plasma cut those off, and after alot of measuring, remeasuring I rewelded them on. Secondly the trailing arm mounts are 17mm spaced further out, so plasma cut those off, and after alot of measuring, remeasuring I rewelded them on. Ive also used the original Gemini Torque tube, bolts straight up to the Piazza Diff (interesting given these are Borg Warner items). Has the same bolt pattern, same splines as the gemini diff, same seal diameter everything! Unfortunately the diff was missing the brake lines as well as the calipers & discs. However as luck would have it, I kept all those bits apart from the lines from the blown twincam diff for the chevette. Also bought some Wat's ex Japan, 14" not very wide, but with the increased track width from the diff they will fit fine. Still need to get them blasted and painted. - These will also be the wheels I will use for cert on the Chevette...
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Post by cul8r on Apr 24, 2014 23:38:53 GMT 12
So After scoring a pair of usable but rotten front guards. I bought myself a spot weld drill kit.. Started with the TX front I had. Then onto the TF front on the car.. Had to trim the rails a little because of the curvature of the TX Valence - unlike the TG where it unbolts this is welded to the car. Still lots of work to go, as I only sat everything on for the photo. Have bought a small supply of flapper discs, cutting discs, primer, fish oil etc. Will get the front sand blasted before I weld it on I think? Made a adjustible Panhard Rod up: Purchased a Lynx manifold with Webber 45 sidedraught..
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Post by cul8r on Jun 15, 2014 17:29:23 GMT 12
Front end is welded on now, just gotta do some grinding behind the panel to tidy it up a little. Also purchased some 944 Seats off trademe, welded some tabs onto them, then cleaned up my rails - etch primered and then Black Zinc coated the lot. Bolted them in the car just to be sure. Will buy some Recaro or Bride cloth for the inserts down the track... Bolted my wheels on too... Rear track increase is nice with the Piazza diff too...
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Post by cul8r on Aug 8, 2014 22:53:49 GMT 12
So this turned up from Japan, 4 days after paying for it, arrived at work.. PF60 ZZ/R LSD (43 Tooth for the record) Plan is to use the Crown wheel currently fitted to the "Piazza" diff thats fitted in the wagon.. When I have some time off I'll pull the axles and see if I can actually swap them in or not..
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Post by cul8r on Apr 12, 2015 23:08:23 GMT 12
Take Chevette Guards (once again thanks Zebra Dude & Threeonthetree for sourcing these!!), mark them out, re measure.. Do the same on the gemini guards - note the rust the top corners and bottom corners, plus the amount of bog... Drivers side, I welded 90% of it from the inside, makes for a far nicer finish on the outside. This is after a quick going over with the flapper disc. Couldn't resist sitting it on. Needs flapper disc etc. Will partially redo this one as Im not 100% happy with it (welded from the outside) - This was actually the first side I did... Chevette guards are 5mm wider at the top edge, and 5mm longer through the centre, thus the random weld lines..
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Post by cul8r on Feb 8, 2016 22:54:02 GMT 12
So, I hacked the guards up as I wasn't happy with the fit.. Used my original TF left front guard and that is fitting really quite nicely indeed now. Chevette guard on the drivers side, also the side that bore the brunt of the impact took me awhile longer however.. Properly bolted on this time, rather than just sitting on like last time. Bolted the halfs in place then welded slowly..
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