Andrews 'The Drag Car that should have been' thread

[Andrew]

Just picked it up in this 'storm' but of an interesting drive down the motorway with all the wind...!

Now to hopefully get some mean as storm footage tomorrow up the beach

[Robbie]

Shoulda bought a MU..... that is all

[NZlude]

Good to see the Suzy up the range
Any plans for it? or are you not wanting to spend any money on it?

[Andrew]

Nah no work, keep it running and have fun over the summer.

Took my camera but forgot to get batteries!

[Andrew]

First daylight savings afternoon



Felt pretty awesome but super gay at the same time, I might have to man this thing up a bit



This makes it worth it:

Before



After



I have to drive it a bit faster then my other 4wd, but then it uses quite a lot of gas Or put a lokka in the back at least





Now just waiting till my mate finishes work and going to attempt my first fishing adventure with the new beast

[Bananaman]

Thats a cute truck you got there

[Andrew]

This is what I want it to look like:

[Robbie]

no matter how bigger wheels you put on there, or how much mud it gets covered in it will never be as manly as a MU

[vti]

i have one of these at the moment too pretty keen to do some mild off roading in it to see how it goes...

[Andrew]

no matter how bigger wheels you put on there, or how much mud it gets covered in it will never be as manly as a MU

I've got a VX Landcruiser, easily 10x as manly as a MU

i have one of these at the moment too pretty keen to do some mild off roading in it to see how it goes...

They go well because they are light, in the sand dunes they go where all the big 4wds go but you have to make them sing. Big change from my landcruiser, 4.2 turbo diesel with oodles of torque whenever I want it down to a 1.6 4 cylinder petrol. Give me a bell if you want to have a drive up the beach

Gets me out of the house at least:



Not too keen on the amount of algae at the moment, shit reeks. Oh yeah, caught no fish

[Andrew]

Well missed out on the GoPro deal which I'm a bit gutted about, might have to get one later on

YouTube - V031010 10 100001

Soft top is so awesome, I don't care if it looks gay

[Andrew]

[brookz]

lol damn

[H-series]

that pic with the water pouring out the doors says it all, bloody classic. did your feet stay dry?

[NZlude]

Fucking LOL
Guess there is still a bit of water up there ae?

[Andrew]

Was all good when we were sitting in there but as soon as we got pulled out and it levelled out there was a fucking torrent of water come flowing under the seats, hit the firewall taking all our rubbish with it

Feet stayed dry though and so did the front seats Matt, was up there on saturday night and the majority of the water has gone but theres still a bit.

That particular puddle is tidal so yeah, salt water

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Just got a call from my engine builder, cylinder head for my landcruiser is not cracked

[Robbie]

hahah dam andrew..... thats how a car is meant to be driven

[Andrew]

All nice and shiny and fresh and unbent! Reconditioner took 18 thou off it to bring it back straight but it was enough that it needed a valve regrind which put the price up more then I expected.

Any suggestions for engine paint? Needs to be good in corrosive conditions

Now selling this

1989 Honda Civic racecar for sale - TradeMe.co.nz - New Zealand

[Andrew]

[Matty]

Even the sky is crying. Can't you see the tears roll down the street?

(Ok it's an old Freddie King song...)

[Andrew]

Blog?

http://nzhondas.com/blogs/andrew/262...er-update.html

[Horny_Devil]

please for the love of all things good before you click submit, under the box where you type your txt there is another section, please check non-Honda so your build will go in the right category instead of in the unclassified one.

thanks Andrew

love you long time (no homo)

[Andrew]

I saw that, meant to click them and forgot about it xx

[Andrew]

Time for an update on this thread!

Reading back through it makes me laugh, I was so young, naive, immature and did a lot of dreaming. I've done quite a bit of growing up in the last 5-6 years I will admit that.

Anyway the aim of the original Yellow EF was to become the fastest FWD in the country and in order to do that I needed to beat Ronnie Lims infamous Integra. Between 1999 and 2003 he had managed to get his street driven 12 second turbo integra down to a pure race bred methanol snorting beast that through numerous gearboxes managed to lay down a 9.88 @ 150mph.

Fast forward through the drama and lameness that was the last 400 odd posts of this thread to late last year when a deal came up I couldn't refuse - a chance to own that infamous car itself.

So naturally I bought it:



I got it as a rolling chassis, virturally untouched since Ronnie himself sold it minus all its parts











Earlier this week I mocked up a spare block/head/gearbox housing I had lying around as well as mocking up the wheelie bars











In reference to my 'what pisses you off' post - I hate dreamers and I've stopped acting like one - I have plans I want to acheive but at the moment my current plan is to get it driving under it's own power.

I have quite a few engines to choice from but the easiest and most complete is a B18C/B16A hybrid. Theres a few things I need but they aren't too hard to source.

Thanks for reading

[tysonzane]

Very cool and glad someone finally brought it and will use it! Alot of prep in that chassis, I imagine it would be quick even with a pos old b16a in it haha. Good luck with the build.