Splinter Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 Guess who has rear e-brakes on his Brat? This guy does. Just need a handle now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idasho Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 That bumper and hitch looks great! Any photos from below looking up at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well I've been driving around on the justy brakes for a few days now and I can't feel a difference at all, they seem to be working great! Hopefully I can get a handle sorted out soon. I'll get a pic of the underside of the hitch when the rain clears up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 16, 2012 Author Share Posted November 16, 2012 Picked up a toyota corolla handbrake assembly, looks like it should work great. Cutting a hole for it this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Gas tank nearly done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 Parking brake is in and working! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982gl4 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Gas tank nearly done I need to make at least one of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 Dimensions are 30x12x9, fits just neatly behind the diff. 14 gallons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982gl4 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 That's awesome. Great to know. Mines leaking now so I need to do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted December 30, 2012 Author Share Posted December 30, 2012 Moving to Vancouver BC in 2 days, got her all ready to go I think. Decided to put cats in to make sure it passes smog, and she actually runs quite a bit smoother now. I think the twin 1 3/4" pipes were a bit too much. Needed a bit more restriction to keep exhaust velocity up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 I can't really think of any practical way to do that without lifting at least 6 inches, or putting a cell in the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevint143 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Man those wheels look good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbosubarubrat Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I have a wagon. 6 inch lift is plausible. i believe someone on here put a small second tank under the carpet the carpet on one(i cant remember if there is a little spot that goes down in the back or not because im more into brats). but if it were a brat you could have a second tank up close to the cab under the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Man those wheels look good! Toyota sr5 wheels :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 I moved to Vancouver, BC at the beginning of the year, so I had to take the Brat through emissions testing. I installed cats, and after discovering I had the wrong MAF I passed with flying colours, 0% CO and HC was 10x below the limit The guy testing just stood at stared at the report for a minute before he handed it to me. I wasn't obliged to inform them that it had a swapped motor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider3200 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 what winch do you have and did you have to install a second alternator or do you have something other than stock? I really wanna put a winch on mine. also did you fab the winch mount your self, and could i see a pic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 I have pics of the alternator somewhere in this thread, it's a 185amp alternator from an ambulance. Winch is mounted directly to the bumper Went ice racing yesterday, was a blast but really didn't do very well :-\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 Did some real work on the Brat for the first time in a while. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 That parking brake set up is amazing splinter nice work ! nice to see your back on it again 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted November 27, 2015 Author Share Posted November 27, 2015 Thanks! I had an incident camping in the summer which caused the destruction of my tailgate, so I started on a new one of those as well. But of course, now that winter is settling in I'm getting back to the problem which I should have dealt with in the summer but didn't. The car NEVER gets up to operating temp. Unless it's under massive load or idling for a long long time in hot weather. I have the radiator completely blocked off with aluminum sheet metal, but it still sits around 60C. Which makes the already feeble heater basically useless. Tried two OEM thermostats with no difference. Weirdest problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Thread dig - this thing still going? Cheers Bennie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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