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I like the gentle lilt of that guy, who has bought an effoff enormous grader 'for scrap' [YouTuber] and has delinquent sheep... OVIMORVery addictive watching ! I like the one where he rescues a large digger from the bush. Is told he can have it if he gets it out. This fella resides in my district. A lot of forestry around here! Shed, deck, and hair are the ones that give me a giggle over here. That and router and auction are both pronounced what I would consider the 'American' way. Yeah I know about this. Having an english Dad, an english wife and having lived in the UK for 10 years I now pronounce most things the 'english' way. Another classic is the word 'known' . Us kiwis like to add an extra i and it becomes knowin Anyway- yeah. I better do a proper update soon. I have some still stashed away in my sport billy bag of updates ready to release.. However, as you can see, I have taken a leaf from Teaboy's cup of tea and have created a great project diversion tactic. Playing with sheds !
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If we don't get an update soon, can we start saying "fish and chips" in an NZ accent? According to the Aussie-ex, this was the best way to determine nationality. Pretty sure there may have been another issue about that too! Fush and chups is teh proper kiwi way to say it
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Hmmmm- a macrocarpa exhaust pipe
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Will there be a mezzanine thread? I could put up some pics on our bushblock thread. Currently its all lumps of timber and sawdust...
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Aug 26, 2020 19:40:18 GMT
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Has thicker walled aluminium ever been used for exhausts. Obviously not the headers but further down?
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​ Just a small update to say that there wont be much work taking place on the engine for a few weeks because the workshop is now full of timber, wood shavings and dust as we build a rather large shelf (some might say a mezzanine floor but no Mr councillor, this is just a shelf to store stuff on...) I'm pretty damn excited about this shelf project it must be said. A chance to properly sort out the workshop and move all the non- engineering like stuff and various car spares upstairs. Its all a bit hectic though. There is loads of paid work on that we are putting off for a bit plus the housetruck sale has gone too contract so that is another load of things to sort out. But fear not- I am still mega excited about finishing the Imp off and luckily because the updates on here are a bit behind I still have a few more stages I can post up. I shall eek them out though, buy myself some time.. In the meantime I'm going to post up few vids I have found on youtube. Ones that keep me enthused about the build- mainly because of the sounds I hope my Honda engine should emulate. This one here I found recently. Now I imagine the aircooled 911s do have a lot more engine noise but the exhaust note is what I'm loving in this vid... This next vid from Harry Metcalfe has some nice bits (in between his lovable waffling on) and the car is just lovely!... And finally here's a clip of a Goldwing that gives an idea of the similar exhaust note when extended. It sounds lush! ... I'm looking forward to the exhaust stage of the build but I do need to learn what's the best layout for sound. ​
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Ooooohhh boat talk. Just found this thread. We have a one off prototype sailboat too. Her name is Fiona marie and she was built in 1966 by two blokes, Noel Honey and alex Tretheway. They later went on to design another boat and had them built , so starting the company Noelex. Roughly 500 Noelex trailer sailors were built. Ours is a 19' wood with gelcoat over top. I think all the later ones are full grp. We bought it for 250 quid on its little trailer. The fella who sold it us had it restored a decade previous but not used it much. Our plans are to built a new trailer, give her new paint, tidy up the interior - making better for camping inside and just sail her about the Abel Tasman park we live right next to. But for now she just looks so neat parked in the little boat shed we made her... I know bug-ger all about sailing btw. But I can swim well. So we shall just learn as we go Alex
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Rotaries certainly do get under your skin and into your blood. I'll always have a place for them in my heart. Most of mine have been pretty good both in reliability and not actually that horribly expensive to run.
There is something so likeable about the total obnoxiousness of a loud bridegported rota. It used to be an almost 'gansta' like thing however the costs of buying into oldschool rotaries in NZ now has really lifted them beyond the oiks. Its now well heeled business men who cruise about in their dirty rotary making grannies ears bleed.
I also just love how simple they are and how wonderfully clean you can make the engine bay.
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Aug 21, 2020 23:46:00 GMT
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IIRC I gave my 10A to Hayden (Mullens) and it managed to get his Rx3 to Belgium when we went over to watch the Spa 12hour. It then threw its toys from the cot and Hayden nursed it back home on on and a bit rotors. Excessive fuel consumption was the phrase of that day...
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Aug 21, 2020 23:36:37 GMT
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Another happy report then. I have to say that its pretty obvious you are going to have to do three things. 1 : Turbocharge it. 2 : Fuel injection 3 : lower it substantially. This way you might be happier with it and we continue to get a good thread to read
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Aug 20, 2020 20:59:55 GMT
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Farkin'ell this is one seriously cool looking Viva!!! That engine cam cover looks so sweet. The banded steels are perfect! More, more, more
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Aug 20, 2020 20:43:27 GMT
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This is awesome. I have been looking forward to you making a post like this. Just little problems to sort out but otherwise all is good! I'm sure you'll get a nice long summer/late Autumn to get in loads of nice driving. Have you got any trips planned?
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Interesting solution to the oil pump drive. Find it fascinating how different folk deal with the same issues...😊 With your skills, machining knowledge and CNC machines I'd picture you machining some beautiful epicyclic gear system to drive the pump, with titanium nitrided gears running on ceramic bearings. If I had a ton more money and was building it for some really sporty car I reckon one of these engines would well suit a full dry sump setup. Would be easier in the long run rather than muck about with chain drives etc. But this makes for a nice budget spec story to appease all us poor retro riders
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Aug 18, 2020 19:57:43 GMT
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Its not a bad place to live. Doesn't help with getting work done though....
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Aug 17, 2020 19:17:29 GMT
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And happy Birthday from here too. Hope it was a good one. Thanks very much to all my extended RR family for the birthday wishes Yeah grizz - it was a pretty nice chilled out day. Coffee at a local beach cafe around the corner from us at Kaiteriteri and then chilled out at breaker bay in the sun. Water is too cold but nice and hot in the sun forrelaxing and we were the only ones there. Hannah made me a yummy carrot cake. Alex
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Oh and it is my birthday. Presents/postcards to alex, Marahau, tasman, NZ
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Well lucky me!!!! I am now eating some birthday cake happy in the knowledge that I have inadvertently added hunting teeth to my chain drives I just went out into the cold of the workshop and did a little trial run after marking the sprockets and chain. Its all good! Phew. But yeah- everyday is a school day and i'll look out for that in the future. I figure that is why CROWNwheel and pinions are always a odd numbers that cant divide evenly.
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Ohhhhhhhhhh. Well that is new to me! I'll have to drink some coffee before I sit down and work that out (ie: count my chain links) It'll be totally good or bad luck whether I have or not!
For those others out there like me who have not heard of such witchcraft here's a blurb on it...
"In design of all kinds of power transmission gearing, also applicable to design of chain or toothed belt drives.
A "hunting tooth" is used to avoid gear ratios where the tooth count of one gear is an exact multiple of a gear it mates to (e.g. ratios 1:1, 2:1, 3:1 ...). The reason for avoiding integer gear ratios is that in such a design each tooth of the smaller gear always contacts exactly the same tooth or teeth in the gear it mates to. This in turn will cause accelerated wear, usually into an oval shape.
Thus if designing an (approximately) 2:1 gear ratio, the designer uses gears with 49 and 24 teeth respectively, then every tooth on each gear comes in contact with on it's mating gear. This in turn causes minor variations in wear to be propagated across all teeth.
In sprocket design, it is desirable to design for the chain or belt having a number of links which should not be evenly divisible by the number of teeth in any sprocket, "
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Hey John- welcome to RR! Yeah that was actually my original plan. However the sprocket tooth count I needed dictated chain length I could use. Any more or less links made the sprockets either clash or sit beyond the space. So with such a small amount of 'swing' I was limited to a good spot act as the fulcrum to swing the idler sprocket where it would pull both chains tight evenly. It would have also meant build a very rigid structure that could swing without the idler sprocket going out of line in relation to the others especially if the assembly is spring loaded. I also thought about an adjustable setup that I could adjust from the outside. But was going to be messy and tricky. I'm pretty sure that a combination of a Datsun A12 cam chain tensioner for one chain and a Ford Duratec tensioner for the other might just do the trick but I'll confirm that soon. Progress is going to slow down over the next couple of weeks as we set into building a mezzanine floor in the workshop. A big job but gonna be awesome to have
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Yeah the idle gears are now on a steel shaft and supported it will be bolted/sandwiched between. I've bought a decent chain and like you say.. Immersed in oil. Its all a big test for the amusement of you all anyway
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