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Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- down the slippery slope.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 6:00 pm
by kiahatsiu
I lied.
I lied to you all.
Everyone one of you.
Even that idiot who cannot string a sentence together and claims to be a DJ on facebook.

My water pump isn't leaking. It is coming from the top of a rubber hose stopper on one of the 12mm lines that I presume used to run to the oil cooler heat exchanger that I no longer have.

Will be fixed tomorrow.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- down the slippery slope.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 6:25 pm
by HardwareBoB
kiahatsiu wrote:Even that idiot who cannot string a sentence together and claims to be a DJ on facebook.

Good times.

The engine I bought already had it removed, and used an N/A water pump - it doesn't have the output for the oil heat exhanger.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- down the slippery slope.

PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:58 pm
by jslayz
Great news.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- non nonsense.

PostPosted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:30 pm
by kiahatsiu
Changed first post to be more helpful.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- non nonsense.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:16 am
by kiahatsiu
In 4 weeks time I am moving to Dubai. I am trying to decide what I am going to do with this. Most likely It will end up in the shed at my parents farm, though I am toying with doing the unthinkable and selling it.
I am also entertaining the idea of chucking it in a container and shipping it to UAE, and trying to find a LHD Exiga and raising the troll/sleeper level a little bit. That is obviously a lot of work, and I am going to be very time poor. Realistically I would need to spend some time over there and figure out what is what fuel wise. I don't really need a sensible car as uber/taxis are cheap, and I have a driver to take me to and from work.
The other problem is I really want a Corvette. I have been chatting to a few dealers and expats selling cars about various c6 vettes. C6's can be had for 5k AUD more than a 2006ish 100 series petrol Landcruiser. Stick a cam, pipes and tune into one and away you go. I would need to grow a mullet of course.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- non nonsense.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:25 am
by dr20t
Congrats on the move

I vote for keeping it with the parents for your return

Mullets are cool.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- non nonsense.

PostPosted: Sun Mar 06, 2016 6:59 pm
by alexeiwoody
dr20t wrote:Congrats on the move

I vote for keeping it with the parents for your return

Mullets are cool.


+1 to a mullet.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Liberty.

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 5:15 pm
by kiahatsiu
Hopped on the dyno again at Tony's today. All of the recent problems were gone and it looked like time to make power.
The car was picking up about 10kw per psi, but at 27 psi the clutch buzzed to redline.
I was hoping to run it at Queensland Raceway's "Saturday Night Roll Racing" and ambush a few punters but that won't be happening. This dyno will be the last outing for the car for a few years I would imagine, as it will be unlikely I will change the clutch tomorrow. Somewhat positive news is that it still drives okay with 18psi (spring pressure) in it, so I won't have to catch the bus for the next 2 weeks until I leave. It also drives quite nicely, Tony managed to clean up some of the bumps in the fueling that were caused by compensation for fuel dampers that had been removed.

I would like to thank everyone who's brains I have picked over the years, and Tony, for actually knowing how to make it all work.

It is a bit of an unfitting end for the Lagacy, but these things happen.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Liberty.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:56 am
by WIDELOAD
kiahatsiu wrote:....


Bit of a sad was for it to finish up in it's current state.
Buuuut it's not the end! Just on hiatus for a while.
You can throw some of that Dubai oil money at it when you come back to Aus too. :wink:

Have you found an underground source for bacon yet?

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Lagacy.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:03 pm
by jslayz
Been a great read!
Good luck over there and hope to see some random updates on your visits back.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Lagacy.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:11 pm
by dr20t
Spewing Ian - but also glad you will be keeping it for your return.

Always loved this build. Good luck in the emirates mate. All the best

Mick

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Lagacy.

PostPosted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:13 pm
by Boostaddict
Been a cracka of a build.

Very sad to see you MIA for a few years, but one has to follow their dreams

Good luck and god speed.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- non nonsense.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 7:22 am
by senator
kiahatsiu wrote:In 4 weeks time I am moving to Dubai. I am trying to decide what I am going to do with this. Most likely It will end up in the shed at my parents farm, though I am toying with doing the unthinkable and selling it.
I am also entertaining the idea of chucking it in a container and shipping it to UAE, and trying to find a LHD Exiga and raising the troll/sleeper level a little bit. That is obviously a lot of work, and I am going to be very time poor. Realistically I would need to spend some time over there and figure out what is what fuel wise. I don't really need a sensible car as uber/taxis are cheap, and I have a driver to take me to and from work.
The other problem is I really want a Corvette. I have been chatting to a few dealers and expats selling cars about various c6 vettes. C6's can be had for 5k AUD more than a 2006ish 100 series petrol Landcruiser. Stick a cam, pipes and tune into one and away you go. I would need to grow a mullet of course.



Better have the beer cold when I get there, I mean yeast flavored water……….. Spending 3 days there mid-May, dune bashing in a 1000HP Nissan Petrol and a track day at Yass marina is on the cards.

As a lot of top dollar EXPAT offers are slowly being chopped, many over-paid expats are selling off in a big way to avoid criminal conviction , since it’s a criminal offence to default on payment in Islamic ruled country.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Lagacy.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:46 pm
by kiahatsiu
I lied.
I lied to you all again.
George from clutch industries is moving heaven and Earth to get me a clutch.
Should be at full song tomorrow and racing on the weekend.

Re: Kiahatsiu's 05 Wagon-- Legacy of the Lagacy.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 5:53 pm
by HardwareBoB
kiahatsiu wrote:I lied.
I lied to you all again.
George from clutch industries is moving heaven and Earth to get me a clutch.
Should be at full song tomorrow and racing on the weekend.

Excellent. What a champ - Should be good to get one last go in.