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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #61 | Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 7:54pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 8:43pm
"While my build diary is focused on brake swaps I thought I would post up how I have decided on the critical measurements for my calliper to disc height relationship.   Offset can be managed through brake disc hat height and adapter plate thickness so wont..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #62 | Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 12:40pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 28-Jul 2021 @ 6:03pm
"Good to hear you are doing ok.   I Haven't actually considered any particular model of car to use as a donor vehicle for my swap. My process for choosing an appropriate rotor was to do a size search through the brembo web page. I just put in the sizes..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #63 | Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 9:12pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 9:47pm
"Thank you for the advice regarding the 260z drums D. While I realise I'm being naïve in this endeavour, I kind of have my heart set on a 4 wheel disc swap if at all possible.   As for adjustable shocks, I did have a quick look into that a while back and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #64 | Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 5:25pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 27-Jul 2021 @ 9:38pm
"I actually have an H165 diff siting in the garage. (Spare for the Daily driven 1200 Ute) But the wheels on my 1000 fill the available outer width completely so couldn't go wider without swapping to some front wheel drive wheels to counter the offset..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #65 | Monday, 26-Jul 2021 @ 7:58pm
Edited by beetwenty
Monday, 26-Jul 2021 @ 8:50pm
"Picked up my rear brake lines today and got one side mounted and only have the hard line to go....     And then i decided to have another look-see under the sedan and came to the horrifying realisation that I have chosen an inappropriate brake calliper..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
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Post #66 | Sunday, 25-Jul 2021 @ 1:50pm
Edited by beetwenty
Sunday, 25-Jul 2021 @ 1:54pm
"Well that only took me a day to change my plan for the handbrake cable holder.   New plan is to hold the outer loosely so the cable can move as the caliper slides during use.   I ended up welding on a small metal tab to stop my P-clip from rotating and..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
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Post #67 | Saturday, 24-Jul 2021 @ 3:01pm
Edited by beetwenty
Saturday, 24-Jul 2021 @ 3:04pm
"Last week I purchased some aluminium P-Clips from eBay and made/welded on a mounting point from a joiner nut to hold my handbrake cable in place.   Alignment for my mounting point was simply a long bolt and some welding magnets.   I also relocated the..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
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Post #68 | Monday, 19-Jul 2021 @ 8:40pm
"Its good to see this getting fixed up again.   I got the chance to see that car years ago at all jap day Banyo. I loved it.   Will you be registering the car again? or will it be race-track only 1000?"
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
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Post #69 | Sunday, 18-Jul 2021 @ 6:46pm
Edited by beetwenty
Sunday, 18-Jul 2021 @ 8:19pm
"This weekend I decided to make a start on my handbrake cable routing/mounting.   To do this I have made a bracket which will hold my handbrake cable outers in place. Here is a photo of my full length S14 cables showing my intended cable routing path.  ..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
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Post #70 | Tuesday, 13-Jul 2021 @ 8:02pm
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 13-Jul 2021 @ 8:26pm
"I've been ignoring my A14 swap for ages now, so its about time I get the ball rolling again and build the car I want to own.   As part of the engine swap, brakes are on the list of things to do, so I have been slowly chipping away at a rear brake swap...."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #71 | Wednesday, 30-Jun 2021 @ 5:14pm
"I would think you would need to find books specific to the Danish market to find out more. I have a couple of those orange parts books in my stash with differing publication numbers on the back, and both my books have part numbers not found within the..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
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Post #72 | Monday, 14-Jun 2021 @ 6:46pm
"looks like it was fun until.. it wasn't.   Thanks for sharing links to those videos."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #73 | Friday, 11-Jun 2021 @ 5:00pm
"Thats a sader story than 2020.   Hope you got some spares atleast."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #74 | Saturday, 05-Jun 2021 @ 9:34am
"Dundee, I like your yard, it looks to be filled with treasure"
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #75 | Saturday, 05-Jun 2021 @ 9:27am
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Saturday, 05-Jun 2021 @ 9:29am
"The brochure arrived and I have scanned it and cleaned the image up in photoshop to remove minor tear marks in the edges etc.   I also typed the danish description section on the back into google translate, to have a read of what is written on the back,..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #76 | Wednesday, 19-May 2021 @ 6:22pm
"If you are going down the rebonding road, id try somewhere like ths...   http://www.rollersandliners.com.au/servicing/   Ash."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #77 | Friday, 07-May 2021 @ 6:17am
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Friday, 07-May 2021 @ 6:27am
"Benny, Sorry I am unable to delete the single posts, so keeping them blank is the best thing to do.   My brother is slowly working on an updated version of this site for us in his spare time. So hopefully this will mean issues like this will be gone when..."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #78 | Thursday, 06-May 2021 @ 5:30pm
"I am genuinley interested to see this brochure in greater detail, and to see the other side.   Bidding seemed like the best way to achieve this.   Plus,owning something 1000 related is always a bonus."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #79 | Thursday, 06-May 2021 @ 5:53am
"I won the auction.   When the postman delivers this I'll scan and upload the images to the vintage press section on here, plus I'll update this topic with the same images.   Ash."
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beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1190 posts
Post #80 | Tuesday, 04-May 2021 @ 6:29am
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Tuesday, 04-May 2021 @ 9:28pm
"I just placed a bid of 20 euros, so if I was to win it would owe me up to approx $50 or so after postage is added   If I win the auction ill scan it and upload it to our vintage perss section and we'll all see whats on the reverse side of the card.     Im..."
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