tail lights are awesome!!!

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

OHHH YEAH.

Nice work Heath.

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Love this!!

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1971 240C P230 coupe L28 10.5:1 comp. N/A Haltech Elite 750. ITB's, tuned exhaust, 6 speed manual trans 4.625 LSD

'Nissantiques - Join the Club'

What a beauty!

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1980 Datsun 280ZX 2+2
1982 Megasquirted Datsun Bluebird 1.8SSS
1973 Datsun 260C, Hardtop.

good to see they did the trick!

Well I went to fit my rear sedan swaybar AT LAST tonight, bolted it up onto the diff housing and realised that with a car that is lowered ~100mm, it simply will not fit. Spewing! I thought I would just weld up some brackets and call it a day.

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Ive been to that shop just past Camberwell Heath. Never though to get a pic. Wags is looking good.

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Callan
fleet:
78 200B
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Bluesmobile
86 ZL Fairlane ZLane
78 ZH Fairlane 500 Barn find
85 Troopy 2H Turbo

Man is the wagon a time machine too? Where the hell is that shop? 1979?
That pic is priceless.

I think mark had the same prob with his swaybar in the coupe, maybe he can chime in with a fix?

This car will be progressing SOON.

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Looking Epic - whats the plan for the L28 or was it the LD28T?

Well yeah pretty much got all the internal stuff for the L28, so once I've got that damn Torana motor back together, you can expect some news there.

Bought a kinda rusty welded 3.9:1 H190 Diff Centre off Green200B. It was set up nicely but the welding job left something to be desired and that isn't really something I am interested in having on this car (for the moment at least), the bearings were also in poor shape.


Pulled it down using my custom pinion nut tool, used this a few times


Turned up a solid spacer to replace the springy sheet metal crush tube. Finished with about .002" preload on the pinion bearings.



Linished all the rough edges of everything before giving it a quick coat of KBS gloss black paint.




So I kept the gearset with the housing, but the open carrier came from the car. It was a bit low on pre-load but not too bad. Also a little far to the left (.013" of Backlash) but not too bad so I just put it together. Seems okay (done like 500km with no issues), does make a little whine on overrun, but no noise when on power or coasting, and the backlash isn't really noticeable either - the differential planetary gearset in the carrier was very nice and tight.

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1973 H230 Wagon, 'ILL-260'
1975 911S Targa
1978 Torana Hatch
1999 GXE10

Fantastic work there Heath! The attention to detail is fantastic.

Cheers,

Trent

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1600 Build: http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=22694

Nice work!
Hows the take off from standstill? any harder on the clutch?
Im considering putting a hilux diff in to get the ratio as the only 3.9 i know of in nz is in my mates car and thats a runner.

Now you just have to find the 4 speed box. I found some rocking horse sh*t a while back, maybe i can trade it for a box.