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[Norbie]

Hell no, I can't match that level of e-fame. ...

[Norbie]

I bought a $3k shitbox and pulled it to pieces, that's how I got all my e-fame!

Now stop contemplating and go buy your own shitbox. ...

[Norbie]

Agreed!

[Norbie]

Lucky for me Supercheap has a sale on Duplicolor paints at the moment, so I ordered a bunch of stuff - white touch up paint + primer, black engine enamel, wrinkle red, clear, random other stuff I might...

[Norbie]

Investing too much time and energy in an old shitbox is definitely my thing lately. Subscribed.

[Norbie]

Thanks! I already bought some Duplicolour touch up paint for the Supra and I'm pretty sure it was that one. Not a perfect match but real close.

[Norbie]

I have a thread gauge but it only does metric sizes.

I'm going to take a punt on 3/8 BSPT and see what happens. Thanks guys!

[Norbie]

This chart says a 3/8 BSPT thread has an OD of 16.3mm, so that seems like the best match for what I have:

https://www.ryco.com.au/technical/th...-bspp-threads/

Still just guesses...

[Norbie]

Hmm, I'm sure that would be better but I've already put way more effort into this thing than intended, so it's getting a rattle can paint job.

Speaking of paint, I'm having silly thoughts...

[Norbie]

Noted, I'll make sure to rinse out the bolt holes real good and use plenty of anti seize.

More escalation occurred last night, I pulled the crossmember + front suspension out. At least...

[Norbie]

I looked it up and it says not to use on certain materials but aluminium is not one of them? Simple Green make a range of products though, you might be thinking of a different one.

[Norbie]

The whole point of shed time is to spend time in the shed, not finish any particular thing. So I don't see any problem here. ...

[Norbie]

Oi, quit calling me out!...

[Norbie]

No, it's been pushed over to the far end of the shed and won't be getting any love until the wedge of cheese is back on the road, or at least able to move under its own power. That's why I was hoping...

[Norbie]

No room in the budget for a BOV unless one shows up in one of the junk piles I have access to (which is possible). I'll probably end up with a screamer pipe for the same reason.

[Norbie]

Haha yep fair call, I need to pull my finger out and get this shit done.

First job was to get the filthy engine bay cleaned up a bit. I used oven cleaner which worked great on the Supra when...

[Norbie]

I'll mention that to the engineer. LOL jk no engineer is going anywhere near this.

[Norbie]

That's definitely an option we'll be looking at! ...

[Norbie]

If fewer fucks were given I'd probably do it, I think it would look rad! Unfortunately I actually like this car so I have to put in a bit more effort.



Ahahaha, hopefully my...

[Norbie]

The true hackery has begun! Here's the sacrificial RB30 manifold that was going in the bin:



Now it's a 4 cylinder RB30 manifold:



Then we got to work...