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and it was oil.. once it enters the exhaust it takes on a new persona..
rust inhibitor!
well done chap.. she's all comin together beautifully..
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:55 pm
by DieselBoy
Raaang tang tang tang
Farkn smoked myself outa the shed
Oiled the spark plugs up already, so better cut the cable tie and let the CCI pump do its thing
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:25 pm
by Cameron
bloody grouse! nothing like the suzuki 2stroke microcars. mate popped over in his 360cc fronte 'sports coupe' this evening. could hear it coming for miles. when I flatted with him we used to use it to commute between Brooklyn in welly, to lower hutt. rubbing shoulders, even. it's tiny.
hope this one holds itself together for you. be wary or exhaust leaks, blocking jets, and over oiling which all lead to lean off conditions = soft seizing. it's pretty amazing what can go on without you even knowing. if it happens at a fair amount of revs it pretty much means piston explosion. not nice, especially with how hard it is to get/make bits for them...
Mercutio used to have one, but I think he had to let it go??
The the LJ10 was designed to fit the Japanese Kie Car market, the LJ50 which came along a few years later was the attempt at giving it longer legs to sell some more in Oz.
They are pretty much the same size as the current SJ413 and Jimny, just a shit load lighter at 680kg's
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:36 pm
by nzhunter
DieselBoy wrote:Yeah, I want to get a Fonte one day
Haha I have of these and its for sale lol, engine is in bits though and its sitting in Whakatane....
Pete looking the LJ is looking chuuuuurrrrrrr as bayyy yehaaaa
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:39 pm
by DieselBoy
Hahahaha, Dan, you wouldn't fit your 6'6" ass in one
Yeah, its getting there slowly
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:42 pm
by nzhunter
hahah 6'4 dude lolol yehhh its a waaayyyy tight squeeze in there
Yeh its been sitting in my grandads farm shed for yonks under a cover and i'm sure grandad doesnt want it anymore so ahhh next project, fronte rally car?? hahaha
Have ya taken it for a drive yet? heck that engine runs alll goood stoked with that
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 9:50 pm
by DieselBoy
Still got some brake parts to sort, and need to trim the adjusters on the steering tie rod too, but not far away from it.
The motor does have a strange intermittent noise that shouldn't be their, but will see what its like after a few hours of running under load. Hell, the motor in The50 was full of water when I got it and it purrs, so this one should be mint, its just sat under the bench in pieces for a few years
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:32 am
by mercutio
i had the grown up version of the Fronte had the F10A engine in it yes i did let it go kicking myself though would have been great for running around wellytown in i will admit i have had a look on trademe for them recently
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:51 am
by flyingbrick
i know someone with a fronte for sale. Engines in bits but otherwise its all there.
some rust but nothing unfixable.
Car is in rotorua.
Love the color pete! Cant wait to see pics of it outside in the sun.
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:08 pm
by Cameron
blue aircooled one or a burgundy 360 watercooler like the pic i posted?
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:40 pm
by mercutio
just found this triple expansion chambers but someone needs to teach him to weld. another mad kiwi
Re: It Has begun... "Project Wombat"
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:57 pm
by Cameron
can't see the tube at work, but, that's youtube username 'fronte360' or something like that? that's me mate with the blue cvar up the page. welding on those spannies looks a fair bit grubbier on a video than it actually is in real life, even considering it's unground spot by spot welding on paper thin panel steel that's all hand rolled and shit. those things made that car a fair bit quicker around taupo race track and it sounds amazing