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I prefer the date the correct way

More like the un-American commie way.

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if you want the correct date, it should be upside down.

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Lol

So compliance workshop attempted to call me yesterday, They followed up with an email.
They're expecting the compliance plate to come in this week sometime. So close.

Earlier this week I got the car, but on the drive home as I passed my dad we heard a loud grinding noise coming from the rear (Constant metal/metal sound).
Upon calling the compliance workshop to find out if anything they have done could of caused it, they said that I'd have to take it back to them. This wasn't possible as they're over 1.5hrs away and any brake issue is a serious safety concern.

Instead, I took the car to a local mechanic. They put the car up on the hoist and sure enough the wheels were almost impossible to spin. He took the rotor off and the problem was found:

The backing plate, along with the hand brake shoes were all bent out of whack and were touching the rear of the rotor. Along with this, the hand brake was loose and the disk had been badly machined (I had payed the compliance shop for all 4 to be machined as I needed new pads to pass).
About 30mins of pushing and mucking around and the car was back on the road with no issues and Ultratune didn't charge me a thing for their time. Pretty bad that the compliance workshop (who assured me that there was no noise when they test drove it) didn't notice it. This would be my only complaint with the compliance workshop though, the rest of their work was fine, just seems the mechanic that did my car cut corners.
Anyway, went out to the V8 Supercars at Sydney Motorsport Park over the weekend due to the expected rain to do a park-and-view and utilize the wagon.

Overall I am pretty damn happy with the car, the extra power is lovely and the coild are not too hard.
I do have a few problems that I need to sort including the AC system not working at all (Including heater and demisters), Cigarette lighter not working and a bit of surface rust here and there to treat. Along with that the car needs a good clay bar and interior clean out. (Japanese owner was a smoker).

This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:16 PM

Smoking is bad for you anyway, just work on the A/C.

This post has been edited by Box: Aug 26, 2015 - 1:20 AM

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Yeah the AC is messed lol. Just gotta get gas to do the first test though.

Put the Mother of all Canon Exhausts on the car lol.
Blitz Spec-R, sits about 5cm off the ground lol. Got a Cat-Delete Dump Pipe to install as well. 



This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:17 PM

I think the factory rims redone in black or anthracite would look better. Then again I've never been a fan of the style of rims you posted anyway.

Also what's with all of the white wagons?

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I wouldn't call the Kia Rio a Wagon lol but my family likes white cars haha

And I was considering doing the stock rims in Pearlescent Gunmetal, but the rear doesn't sit nice and I don't wanna put spacers on haha.

Got my AC Working yesterday thanks to a member of Ozcaldina
Had to use two systems and make a hybrid of the two to get it all going
And today I got a new Headunit


This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:18 PM

Did you keep the JDM CD it came with atleast

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Yep, gonna keep it in the garage in the off chance that I may need it lol.

So it has been a while since a proper update. I've had quite a bit going on in my personal life lately which has included moving out for the first time and dealing with all the associated stresses that entails lol. I have only just gotten my internet connection up and working so I can now post an in depth update.
But, I haven't forgotten about the Caldina.
Anyway, here is a picture of the Blitz Exhaust on a small incline lol:


Now this next one details my whole experience with getting my Super Circuit Dump Pipe on.
About a week a go, a mate and I decided to tackle the dump pipe and figured that we'd have it done in about 2 hours tops. Boy were we wrong.....
Everything started off smoothly, got the Intercooler off and found the leakage around my Rocker cover is slightly worse than expected and oil is sitting on top of the plugs, so gotta replace the rocker cover gasket ASAP.
Replaced the plugs and the old ones were white (as expected from a lean running motor).
Next was the heat-shield, and the world of pain started... The bolts were so tight that no amount of WD40, Inox or any other rust penetration was budging them. We almost rounded one attempted heat, cold, sprays, breaker bars and nothing no dice.
After 6 hours of trying to remove the shield we retreated and put the car back together. (I don't have a drill at this point). The only one bolt that budged was the lower bolt, which we though was going to be the hardest... lol
After that days struggles we started discussing what we could do. A few days later and his Volvo was off the road after a control arm snapped and the front windscreen cracked from nowhere (not a good week).


Since he was stuck at his house for the day I said why don't we get the maintenance done on my car and I headed over. At his house we had a a lot better tools and space available (The garage shown above is a common area for the two townhouses and it fits 3 cars snugly, or two with room to work. Behind is his actual garage which fits another two cars). As we were setting up I said, you know what lets try this dump pipe again, I'm sure the extra tools will get them off. After trying more sprays and stuff the bolt still wouldn't budge so we got the drill out and went through both of the bolts. One was actually fused to the Heat-shield. We breathed a premature sigh of relief.
Next was the bolts around the Manifold itself, they all came off by hand with a small spray of Inox (surprisingly).
After these came off, we came across the next challenge. Stuck just as much as the Heat shield bolts but with about 1/2 the room to work with. These are the bolts on the left side, there are another two on the right side which are under the turbo itself and even harder to reach. We used more Innox, more WD40 and more hot cold and we couldn't get them off. We tried to get the from above and below and still no luck. At this point we were a 4 hours in and determined to get the pipe on. My mate wasn't letting me leave until it came off, so we focused attention onto the bottom bolts holding the bottom of the stock dump to the rest of the exhaust system, and surprise, surprise they wouldn't budge. Luckily, the dump pipe I purchased also came with the bolts needed already attached so We whipped out the angle grinder and cut the bastards off:


AT this point we retired for some food, we had begun at around 10am and it was now 4pm in the arvo. We had to get the bolts off. My mates dad got home from work (Army) and he started assisting us. He got his largest breaker bar out and got under the car, he had his whole body-weight on the bar, doing literal pull ups and pulling the motor down and all but one bolt broke. The final bolt resulted in a further hour of sprays, mallets, breaker bars and finally it broke. It was the loudest bolt break I have ever heard. After they were all off, we still couldnt move the dump pipe. We removed the oil return line and finally the pipe came out.


Putting it all back together was easy, none of the messed up bolts needed to be put back, so they all got binned.


This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:24 PM

Again, it has been a while! But I now have a larger update!
I have replaced the Standard 17" GT4 Wheels (Which I am sure we are all familiar with being on JFX, Josh's and my old Celica).
This happened a few weeks ago, but I didn't have access to a decent camera to take some snaps of the car
I recently bought myself a Canon 6D, SO now I do not have that issue

So some info, I decided to replace the wheels as the tyres that came on the car from Japan were starting to camber-wear. I decided that instead of wasting money on the daggy looking sanded back caldina alloys that I would look around for a new set of wheels. After getting numerous conflicting opinions on what would and wouldn't work and measuring many sets of specs, I decided to trust my gut and with some reassurance from Alex on OzCaldina I purchased a set of wheels from Autotechnik Tuning.
The wheels I bought are Rays Gram Lights 57DR (17x9 +38).
In order to fit them I required the inner rear guard to be cut and the front splash lining cut with the front slightly rolled.


After getting that done, it was time to find some tyres that would fit. I decided on using 235 width as this would allow a slight stretch to minimize any guard issues if they were to come up. After that was decided, I checked local tyre shops to find some deals. Bridgestone had a deal which was buy 3 get one free. So I went for a set of Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE003 which set me back $520 total including disposal of the old tyres. Once I got back home, it was time to install the wheels as everything was ready. Well, wasn't as smooth as I thought. The wheel nuts were put back on so tight that neither I or my dad could crack them and we did this to our wheel brace:


Ended up having to go up to the local tyre shop which used their heavy duty air impact gun and got them loose. While I was there I asked if they could throw the wheels on for me, which they did.
Also a shout out to Tyre Plus Menai as they did everything for me without charge!
Anyway, on to fitment,




This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:28 PM

So I have finally got around to installing the heat shields that have been painted a few weeks ago:




I have also bought and installed an Ultra Racing two-point rear tower bar (It actually sits under the floor, behind the rear seats, which is nice).


This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:29 PM

Well, Nothing much done on the cali... yet.
But, recently I landed myself a new job which requires a daily 74km round trip, so I got myself a new daily simply for to and from work and runabouts.
A 1996 EP91 Starlet. 125k kms on the clock, 3 speed auto (GG). It's slow but good on fuel
This leaves me with the cali free, so watch this space cause the build is just beginning!

This post has been edited by rentaspace: Jul 24, 2017 - 3:30 PM

Well the starlet was short lived, already sold her haha. Was just too underpowered and was usuing just as much petrol as my Caldina for whatever reason.
Sold it for more than I paid so ended up with $90 profit after taxes and the service I did on it xD



Caldina progress is coming within the month. Stay tuned.

Was going to ask, another daily to replace your dailly?

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You'll see why soon

And the reason why I needed a daily is here
I sent the car to the tuners for an e85 conversion, it came back a few days ago an I've been playing with it since
It has a slight misfire at the moment and it's causing some stalling issues when stopped in Drive or Reverse, so I'll be heading back this week to get that sorted but otherwise the car is amazing.

Here is a video of the Dyno run with the Low-Boost power:
https://www.facebook.com/JustEngineManageme...?__mref=message

The high boost actually makes less power as the TMIC is heat-soaking and causing the power to drop off.

230hp is pretty good for wheel hp! E85 is the way to go if you plan on pushing the car as much as possible

I wish we had more than a few E85 stations in Alabama, guess it could be worse though at least we have 93 AKI statewide.

We don't have too many here in Australia either lol, I can only fill up at one Fuel chain (United petroleum) and only at stations that have an e85 pump haha.
Luckily I work across the road from one as the nearest to my home is 40kms away xD

There is enough though to drive from Sydney to Melbourne or Brisbane, so theoretically you could go from Brisbane - Melbourne with the help of a jerry can or two for peace of mind

Yeah the nearest one for me is over 50 miles away in a direction I never go, oh well.

This post has been edited by Box: Mar 28, 2016 - 6:04 PM

So finally sat down and read the dyno sheet properly,
Low boost (14psi):
Power: 171.9kw @ 110km/h
Torque: 684nm @ 66km/h

High boost (19psi):
Power: 166.7kw @ 116km/h
Torque: 777nm @ 66km/h


You can see on the sheet that up until about 88km/h (5400rpm) the High Boost is well above the Low Boost, but it drops off right at 90km/h (5430rpm) and from there levels out (heat soaking intercooler, injectors at max duty cycle etc).

Just a photo dump of a recent trip my Fiance and I took to the Hunter valley, in other news I am now going to sell my Camry daily as work is offering me the Cube to drive home











Over all was a good trip, used just under 1/2 tank to get from Gymea to Cessnock. The cold weather and being parked outside took its toll, couldn't get the car started without spraying start ya bastard into the intake haha.