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12mm allen key is a piece of cake to find! Go to your nearest Paykel's engineering specialists and they sell Unbreako 12mm allen keys separately! Cost was below 10 bucks as well IIRC!

My Sud did this a while back. Traced the problem to a sticking relay.

Hope that helps Smile

Hey.... I've struck a problem in my el cheapo S1 33 QV.

It overheats. I have replaced the thermostat, checked the fan, check fan switch, flushed the system, bled the system... still she overheats!! ...

If you are going to go with a sub, I would suggest not putting 6x9s in the rear, all they do is ruin the staging effect that front speakers enable in a car.

Personally, I would spend the cash on a ...

You do have the option.... but, as the car I bought was an English used import brought in during 1990, the plate is pure coincidence!

Stay tuned, and within a couple of months there should be a serious audio system in the Sud.

Otherwise just shop round, listen to various brands and see what YOU think sounds good.

Mine does the drifting thing. Going to sort it out this weekend, also fit a 2nd hand thermostat etc. and other various bits.

Ah! The strut pan bearings, I had forgotten about those completely! I'll try CRC'ing them.... in place I take it? I cbf taking the strut out as its really gonna just be a daily driver. Yes it does clu ...

Oh.... and what about that plate!!! PB3333.... lovely coincidence dontcha think?

Also I'll be selling it at the end of summer more than likely, do we think $800 or near offer is a reasonable price ...

Well... I have added a 1985 Alfa 33 QV to the garage (driveway... the Sud gets the garage!).

It cost me... wait for it.... the princely sum of $200 NZD complete with a brand new Warrant of Fitness ...

Hey there,

If yours is a hydraulic tappet model, I had an issue with similar symptoms, but the car was also dropping to 3 cylinders frequently as well. Turned out one of the lifters was badly worn, ...

Hey people,

Maybe a slightly silly question, but what is the engine code for the 1.7 8v carbed motor, like I have in my Sud. You know, the same kind of code as 4AGE is to the 1600cc Toyota engine. ...

Here's something ya don't see often.... and talk about turn heads when ya go through town! Nothing like the sound of 3 boxers accelerating all together!
http://www.lowndvs.co.nz/forum/uploads/post-5- ...

Yup its a 12mm allen key... Ben if you need one, I got one from Paykel's engineering supplies, should be one in your area, they're a nationwide company AFAIK.

Cost less than 10 bucks as well Very Happy

Pennzoil GT Performance 10w40 semi synthetic is what the hydraulic tappet 8v 1.7 in my Sud gets treated to... (it did yesterday actually!)

I find it runs excellent oil pressure, hot or cold, never ...

My 120,000 odd km 1.7 8v chuffs a bit from the oil filler.... but otherwise its a great engine.

Are 1.7's really $1100 now!!!!

I bought mine from Italian Autos in Onehunga (I think!) and it set ...

Yep it's jus at the moment of launch... that pics been cropped, so in the whole one you can see the final orange has gone out, and the green hasn't yet illuminated, so the car has just begun to go!

Well.... I don't often race on the street, the cops are psychos here, and if you get caught doing whatever the cops even interpret as a race in the least, it's instanst confiscation of your car for 28 ...

Wow! So many positive comments! Cheers guys!

Anyways... the car is now up for sale, theres a thread in the for sale section, it's gonna be hard to let a car like this go, but I am now in the pursui ...

Well it's maybe time to get rid of the old girl and move on.... so if you have a hankering to be different, and reeeeeallly enjoy a good fang along a twisty road this could be the car for you!

So ...

I dunno if I'd put the EJ20T into a P4 and expect the rear diff/transfer case etc etc to last....

A 2WD one would be a better option IMO, although trying to put power to the ground would be an inte ...

Heh I'm pretty certain its a WRX... can't seem to find anything relating to a WRS on the net anywhere, and being in NZ we get a huge amount of these things imported used from Japan. They're as common ...

Ummmm.... doesn't the 75 use a transaxle????

Alfa vs. BMW 325i..... sounds very familiar to me.

One of my mates back home has an E30 325i BMW.... and we had ENDLESS debates about RWD vs FWD cars, so one day we decided they had to be settled b ...

Dave... the Alfas down here are mostly in pretty good condition. The climate down here I suppose is a lot less humid than up North, so less moisture all round really. There's a bunch of us that get ar ...