Taz_Rx Posted January 1, 2015 Author Report Posted January 1, 2015 Pic from a few months back I forgot to upload. Who said Corolla's are practical vehicles!? lol ......... Also found a new cap for my cas. Its the lid off the sugar jar, fits nice and is spun stainless. Quote
oh what a nissan feeling! Posted January 1, 2015 Report Posted January 1, 2015 Ha ha nice one, quick hide the jar before the missus finds it! Quote
Taz_Rx Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Posted February 16, 2015 Driving from launy to Hobart last night, hit a rather large roo (well by Tassie standards anyway). Made a but of a mess of the front, bend bumper, mangled stone tray, lower rad support is pushed back quite a bit, have even bent the rad but it somehow still holds water. Will upload pics shortly. Quote
Taz_Rx Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Posted February 16, 2015 pics don't look as bad as it actually is...... may have found a nos full chrome 30 bumper, still need to find straight stone tray, and also a cut from wreck of the lower rad support panel. can anybody help? Quote
oh what a nissan feeling! Posted February 18, 2015 Report Posted February 18, 2015 Man that sucks! I never really associated roos with tassie, apparently i was wrong. Rad support damage is a shame, but s nos bumper is a score. Quote
Taz_Rx Posted August 15, 2015 Author Report Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) So probably about time I updated this... So 6 months on from hitting the roo I finally got it back on the road early this week. Ended up wrecking the old n/a shitter "dirt" for its stone tray and the cut I needed for the front. Have a whole cars worth of parts if anybody needs anything. The stone tray/valance was actually 2 half straight ones cut and screwed together so I'll still keep my eye out for a nice one. Was lucky enough to find both front and rear nos Ke30 full chrome bumpers...and cheap too. Got myself another brand new vn radiator from repco...$130. I can't believe how much the last one bent, twisted and warped without springing a leak. I'll upload some pics soon, might give it a wash first. Looks the same other than bumpers. Edited August 15, 2015 by Taz_Rx Quote
leigh Posted August 22, 2015 Report Posted August 22, 2015 Pleased you have it all sorted now buddy! VN radiator loves a good hit haha Quote
Taz_Rx Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Posted August 24, 2015 Finally took a couple of pics on the weekend after giving her a wash. Only real visible differences are the chrome bars.... I'll get some pics of the bent radiator soon too Quote
Oh-KE Posted August 24, 2015 Report Posted August 24, 2015 Looking good! How easy/ hard was it to fit the vn radiator? I'm thinking about getting one, they are cheap and look to have similar inlet and outlet position. Cheers Quote
Taz_Rx Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Posted August 24, 2015 Piece of piss really. I have mine a bit offset to the drivers side as the cooler pipes run past the passenger side of it. If you had it centred then its just a matter of drilling a couple of 10mm holes in the brackets that hold the front control arms for the locating lugs in the bottom of each end tank. I then just made up a couple of simply brackets that screw onto the top bolt holes for the stock fan shroud and screw into the top radiator support. You could find some pics a few pages back. I've always intended to redo it a but nicer but its half one of those 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' sort of things. Some grommets in the holes for the lower lugs wouldn't be a bad idea too. The stock upper mounts are plastic lugs that stick out of each side of the end tanks about 100mm from the top. The way mine is mounted I can remove the radiator in under 5 minutes. Make sure you get one with a cap as I think the earlier ones don't have one, you can use the original k cap. Can use an original passenger side hose, but the top/drivers side one is just too short. The one I have now is a generic flexi hose I got from a rubber/hose supplier for about $60. Quote
Taz_Rx Posted August 24, 2015 Author Report Posted August 24, 2015 I very nearly bought a full alloy one of Ebay.... http://m.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_nkw=vn+full+alloy+radiator&isNewKw=1&isRefine=true&mfs=GOCLK&acimp=0&_trksid=undefined.TR0.TRC0.Xvn+full+alloy+radiator&sqp=vn+full+alloy+radiator ...but was a little dubious on Chinese weld quality and sort of needed one asap, so went to repco as I knew they'd have one in stock. Have a look at one of the Ebay adds and you'll see the locating lugs I'm talking about. Quote
Oh-KE Posted August 24, 2015 Report Posted August 24, 2015 Sounds pretty straight forward. Just wanted to hear from you that is wasn't too fiddly. I did see a pic of it but could only see the top mounts. I was looking at this one just due to the price, although those alloy ones look really nice. Quote
Taz_Rx Posted September 11, 2015 Author Report Posted September 11, 2015 Bit of a delayed pic upload..... Here was some of the damage during strip down... While it was off the road I removed the dumb pipe and got another bung welded on on a 45 degree angle. Can now easy screw in an o2 sensor when I get one. Read up in the Wolf user manual a bit. The v4 is pre-calibrated for a bosch LSM-11. Highly recommends not always leaving it in when not using it for tuning purposes..... While I'm at it, couple of pics of a little beast I found at a local car show... Quote
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