The Bogan

ITEM: 275/40 17 Mickey Thompson ET Street SS drags radials on Gold 17 × 9.5 +46 RF1 They were fitted to my 2002 VX SS series 2 Only got them a few months ago, 2 trips to the strip and around 6 passes RF-1 Simmons are as new with not a mark on them WILL NOT SEPARATE LOCATION: NSW, 2173 CONDITION: Used, but basically as new PRICE: $750 PICK UP INFORMATION: Pick up from Holsworthy 2173 only PAYMENT OPTIONS: Cold hard cash, but will take part payment in some unscratched 15" OEM Toyota Yaris rims Or full swap if the Yaris rims come with centre caps and with newish quality tyres (not Winruns or similar), if required you can have my old steel Yaris rims and tyres Yaris Rim Size: 15" x 5.5", 4 Lug, 100mm Bolt Pattern Finish: Silver Like these > CONTACT DETAILS: PM me your details OTHER INFO: Selling because I don't want to take my street cruiser to the drags anymore Tyres cost $500 new each, rims cost $320 new each I paid $1640 for them all, so less than half the price than buying new Tyres were cleaned, wrapped, and at 10psi when stored flat indoors out of any light (under the bed) PICTURES: #BOGANSPEC4LIFE Cheers

I actually like Goulburn, it has that rural vibe, and in reality it isn't too far from anywhere, Sydney, Canberra, and the South Coast, whilst there are some local deadshits they typically stick to themselves in their own areas, unlike Sydney or Brisbane where the deadshits are everywhere The only advantage of big cities I can see is employment opportunities, but then I'm a older "gent", and have no interest in the night life scene or anything else that big cities offer, at my age I just want to spend my time in the garage cleaning cars, or in the garden growing veggies and burning meat on a BBQ, and basically annoying my family with my opinionated views of people and the world Bang for your buck, IRT property, cannot be beat in rural areas compared to what what you get for your coin in the city areas Goulburn is on my short list for when I retire in...... Not that I'm counting

Word around Goulburn is that Wakefield will be reopening When? Restrictions?

To me, black rims, from a distance anyway, looks like the car has had some love by a tea leaf, and is now sitting on bricks with no wheels I personally believe there needs some colour separation between a tyre and wheel I the end it is personal taste, hell, I own and love my red SS Commodore wirh gold bogan spec FR-1 rims, so there is that to take into consideration about my taste in things I do think FRP1 rims suit the R32 and R33 extremely well In the end changing the colour of rims is pretty simple if the colour you do choose doesn't end up floating your boat

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LOL, it was yesterday 🤣

Just spoke with the Minister for War and Finances and...... I'm in Is there a link for donations?

I had one of those NISMO organic twin plates in my RB25/30 making around 380 killer wasps and it was great My gearbox lasted well on street tyres as well But once I used sticky rubber at the strip the gearbox was a "consumable" item Seems to be a theme with me IRT gearbox's, and diffs, and tailshafts......

Not to many wasps, to many torques and too sticky rubber mate Tone wheel is part of the half shafts on a M80

Yeap, just rolling it on, it didn't brake at launch, it just gripped up and left, it broke during the 1-2 shift, although I assume the launch probably make it very unhappy and the shift into 2nd was the last straw

Tone wheel fixture is unknown, I'll have a gander tomorrow 275/40 17 Mickey Thompson ET street SS, so the sidewall is firmish, basically a street tyre with really soft rubber I just roll into the loud pedal to launch mate, as I have a PD supercharger boost is basically instant off idle, so no trans brake or foot braking is required to build boost

And fixed, and another box of broken parts for the steel bin at work, notice the one that didn't break has a nice twist in it down the splines

No, but probably yes

So.....after pulling the diff to fix the broken half shaft, they found the Eaton truetrac has a cracked in the body #sadface Sooooo.......it is getting a new Harrop Truetrac installed The Eaton is rated to 500hpatw, I'm also making 500hpatw, so there's that, the Harrop, rated to 500kwatw has a stronger billet body, the Eaton body is cast Not sure what came first, the broken half shaft or the crack in the Eaton truetrac body, did one go first and take the other with it? I'll ask more later when the car is ready to pick up, maybe no one knows, maybe it was aliens, maybe it was Covid vaccines On the bright side the Hardy Spicer ring and pinion gears are undamaged and can be reused

Good news, transmission is fine Bad news, a half shaft went kaboom Transmission is still coming out for a health check and service to be on the safe side, and also getting a a heavy duty flex plate and some fresh bolts fitted, might as well as cost is minimal for the flex plate and bolts As I would still be rolling the dice with the 4l60e on a prepped track with drag radials though, there will be no more drag racing at WSID, so sad face 😞 Diff is getting pulled and sent off for some love IRT new half shafts In other, "car that actually runs" news, I hit the Yaris seats and carpet with the Bissell I didn't think they were that bad after the initial spounge down and clean I did, but after letting the stain remover sit for a little longer, a good scrub, and then some Bissell action I was proved wrong Lots of American Staffie sweat and dribble was removed The Yaris is now sitting all opened up in the sun to dry out The initial results were yucky to say they least, 🤮, a second time around with the Bissell was required

The Yaris has the floor mats from my 86 They are the best part of the interior LOL

Hope it is the hand brake cable or shoes then Spin the wheels and find out

Sticky caliper pistons? Booster has nothing to do with binding brakes Might need a rebuild, maybe? Have a look at the discs, you should be able to tell which caliper is sticking If one is sticking, rebuild them all Youtube is your friend for how to rebuild them Or, your handbrake cable is to tight and needs adjusting or hung up on something, pull the wheels and find which brake is binding

Waxing is less scratchy

Don't do this >

Did you work out the centre of gravity of the vehicles? Is the 125x75x6mm bolted to the lift frame? Whilst it looks like it works, it reminds me of a long board overhanging on some work horses, get the weight wrong and to far up one end and all hell could break loose if it tips forwards or backwards I would run at least 4 nice sized bolts equally spaced through each of the hoist base and the tube, and use some 6mm flat bar underneath the hoist "ramps" to reinforce the underside to prevent the bolts pulling through Safety first, hospital or smashed car second

The big block Yaris basking in bushfire haze...probably should have had it in the sun, but meh, in the end it's still just a Yaris

I bet that is the first time anyone has asked for pictures of a Yaris, LOL I did get it insured, Pink slipped and regoed all today, as it was due this Wednesday The local mechanic who did the pink was impressed with its condition and how well it ran, I told him the story of how I got it and was probably going to flip it soon for around $5.5 -6k for a quick sale, he offered me $5.5k cash on the spot I was super tempted but told him I need it at least until the Commodore is fixed, he said when I want to sell it to give him a call I'm currently at just under $3k all in on it after the service and rego stuff, so a quick $2.5k profit would be sweet, I'll give my daughter $1.25k (extra dad points), that will give me a $1.25k earn on the time it took to do the service and clean $1.25k should almost cover my next trip to Goulburn in the Commodore to take my daughter shopping in Canberra.....LOL

Got the Yaris home Fuel economy on the way home used an 1/8th of the full 42 ltrs tank of fuel over about 170km, and it ran like a dream on the hwy (no cruise control unfortunately) Once home it got some well needed cleaning and love, oil and filter, air filter and some spark plugs, the trans fluid and coolant looks sweet, so nothing to do there Then I spent the next 5 hours getting it shiny shiny, I soaked the undercarriage, engine bay and body with some truck wash, then hit it all with the pressure washer and got rid of all the built up Goulburn bugs, dust and mud Then came the first wash and engine bay detail, then polish, then second wash and then finished it off with some wax The interior got the vacuum and lots of armour all, then the windows, the windows actually took about 3 goes around to get the windows clean, I think my daughter used a oily rag to clean them, they were filthy, the only issue with it is a stone chip on the passenger side, not huge, but still warranting some of that chip repair It was so enjoyable servicing and cleaning it all, and the before and after is amazing, Oh what a feeling The seats still need a good clean with the Bissell though, probably next week some time, the daughter drove around with her Staffie in it, they're not that bad, but not to my OCD level of clean will not allow it Getting the Yaris back now couldn't have come at a better time due to the Cruise Ship being broken, it is booked into Craig's to get looked at on Wednesday, "hopefully" it just needs to be pulled apart, cleaned, and some upgraded shafts put in, more on that later Once back though, the Bogan Cruise Ship will be relegated to cruise duties only, so no more racing at the strip with drag radials on