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Dodgy_Haro
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Raid the Datsun coffers!	Sat, 01 November 2003 15:07

S'kay ... been a while since I updated my AE86 project thread. First of, another obligatory wallpaper pic of the panda for the fans: Realise there are lots of huge pics so I apologise to all those still on 56k dial-up ... Next up, here is a lesson - never park your car in public car parks for extended periods. Wish I could say that this was drift damage for some cred but unfortunately this was just a careless P plater who parked too close behind the bugger. At least the incident happened right in front of my eyes so I caught the culprit's rego and I have several witnesses as back up. Just Cars Insurance has been good enough to say that if the other party's not insured, they'll still pay me out first for the damage and then seek to recover from the other party as I wasn't at fault. Just got my letter of demand in the post yesterday so fingers crossed for an early & easy settlement. It's a real pain chasing up the other party, getting quotes and more time spent with panel beaters fixing it but at least the bumper will be resprayed again and will look better than before. The bizzare thing was that the cops gave me the other driver's home details without even taking mine nor taking my rego plate etc. Was tempted to pay a little visit forehand but I guess common sense prevailed in the end (as opposed to road rage). Next, here is another lesson for those looking for Sprinter wheels - try Datsun wheels! Finally succumbed to a nice set of 14" from a Datsun specialist today for a cheap price. Am stoked as they are the usual deep dish sort with mesh. I'll have to polish them and remove the nissan centre caps. Unfortunately they are only 6 inch wide however they'll still allow me to run 185/60/14's rubber as I originally intended. The weird thing is that they are made in England but are still really light. Came right off the shop owner's own 240Z and look the part IMO. Me thinks that the car would look really tough now with the gold mesh wheels and a carbon fibre bonnet. Guess that will be left for later once the bumper is fixed and the new engine goes in. Unfortunately, no pics of the engine yet as it's still being assembled - early gen AE92 4AG so it's a big port but with 7 rib block. At the moment, the engine has been cleaned up ready for assembly. Some of the mods done to date include: - polished head - TRD metal head gasket - lightened flywheel (down to 6kg from memory) - 100kw Red top crank - balanced internals I'll update the thread yet again when I have pics of the new engine. Cheers! [Report message to a moderator]

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