Peanut Bait

[Rolla_06]

Nice car, don't like the front vizer or the lip, drift pipes are sick leave them

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Pulled the front lip off it really didnt fit properly.

 

 

Decided to deal with the throttle cable mount.

 

It was just a bit of bent steel held on with metal zip ties, not very secure and pretty loose. (dodgy).

 

 

I am totally skint so out came my 'rolla fixing on zero dollars skills'. :wink:

 

An old KE30 rear bumper mount with a notch cut out.

 

 

Trimmed some bits off, cut a slot for the cable to mount into.

 

 

Drilled mount holes and cleaned up

 

 

Some paint.

 

 

Mounted.

 

 

Definitly not pretty but I now have proper throttle response, I'll make up something better but for now I'm pretty happy.

[ke70dave]

so you mounted the throttle cable to the chassis?

 

whats gonna happen when the engine moves around? isnt the throttle gonna move?

 

i'd undo that mod...

[B.L.Z.BUB]

The engine doesnt move that much, should be ok. And if it does its only lifting and lowering thee cable

 

I get what you mean though and this is only temporary. Ive been driving it Like this all avo and its running a lot better.

 

Ideas on a better way. Drill and tap holes in the manifold to mount something? Will this leave me open to possible air leaks?

 

Found this, gives me a better idea

 

Edited January 4, 2012 by B.L.Z.BUB

[kickn5k]

Ideas on a better way. Drill and tap holes in the manifold to mount something? Will this leave me open to possible air leaks?

 

Found this, gives me a better idea

 

 

Nah that's an aluminum plate drill and tapped then welded on the manifold. Which looks quite a nicely done.

 

Liking how this is looking with the wheels etc. I dig the slant front too.

 

Stu.

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Better?

 

 

Took f**king 10 minutes to make. Made sure the holes in the manifold were too narrow so the bolts sealed good.

[BUZ440]

Looks heaps better, and I'm sure would be better

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Yeah there was still a little flex in the first one, this one is bent 5mm steel plate so solid as.

Live and learn :y:

 

Ill pull it off tomorrow and tidy it up and paint it.

 

EDIT: Just took it for a fang, wow. Vast improvement.

Idling too high so will adjust that down tomorrow too.

Edited January 4, 2012 by B.L.Z.BUB

[chrisfindlay]

Looking good reed,

 

Ive done a bit on Cop bait, check out the thread "Steezy little Ke70"

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Lost my gears on the way home.

 

The state of my pedal box. Not happy.

 

 

I'm not good at this stuff but even I wouldnt have mounted it like that.

 

One bolt on the pedal box and the top one to the firewall only?????

Edited January 9, 2012 by B.L.Z.BUB

[Spencer[RL]]

GHHHHHHHHHHHHHHETTOO :laff:

 

Edit : I read the title fast and said "peanut butter bait" ..I'm hungry

Edited January 9, 2012 by Spencer

[B.L.Z.BUB]

You think thats ghetto? This is how i fixed it.

 

 

 

EDIT Purple: Pedal box

 

The top bolt is similar but I used an old baby seat mount (hardened steel)

Edited January 9, 2012 by B.L.Z.BUB

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

yikes! picture is a bit unclear, definately dodgy, but why the lack of clutch?

 

Did the master cylinder pull out of the firewall?

Edited January 9, 2012 by oh what a nissan feeling!

[B.L.Z.BUB]

The pedal box mounts to the clutch master cracked off from a dodgy install.

 

For some reason the top was bolted straight to the firewall the lower one to the pedal box

 

the flex in the firewall in the top bolt made the lower pedal box mount crack off.

 

Its a pretty dodgy solution but it will get me by till I can fix it.

 

I can't stress enough how temporary this is, I need a car and I am broke and these bits were all I had.

 

For the rangi-ness of the fix, its works bloody damn well :blinks:

 

Basically i clamped the master to the pedal box.

Edited January 9, 2012 by B.L.Z.BUB

[B.L.Z.BUB]

just went for a drive, now the car is missing and farting and running like a pig.

 

Clutch works sweet though.