Recent content by traxnamibia

I have temporarily placed a temperature probe in my engine compartment to get some data and also to figure out why my second (calcium) battery died after about a year without doing much at all. Once heat soak is complete the temperature in the bay sits at 71°C (160°F) which will cook a brisket...

My apologies for the delay in response - I have decided to delay the intercooler project for a while while I sort out some other issues. I have never been totally happy with the way that the KZJ78 with lift handles on road - it wanders too much for my liking, so I have had my front steering...

Position of intercooler

I have you to thank for finding the source for our downpipes - I have been looking for years. I have the intercooler and pipes sitting in my wishlist on Amazon, but that little project will have to wait until May. I'll keep you updated.

Phase 5: A Front Mount Intercooler. Here are some images of what I will be opting for... The pictures were provided by Cori Hammond at Kaiapoi Repowers in New Zealand. Cori provided the downpipe pictured above for me as well.

Wow! Night and day. It was all done by about 2PM Namibia time on Friday when I took it for its first spin. The response was noticeably better and the pull was without delay. It had a slight rattle which was just the placement of one of the brackets and they fixed it straight away. I took it for...

Rumble...

Look what arrived in the post!

Great to hear - I am but a few days behind. My downpipe is sitting in Customs and the exhaust shop is on standby!

Any news Lenny?

I phoned them and they said they received my email and once they have shipping costs, they'll quote.

Hi Lenny, I logged in to FB and have sent them a message so hopefully they'll respond.

Bummer - I'm going to have to login to Facebook after managing to stay away for a year!

Thanks for the update Lenny. I have sent an email to 'enquiries at kaiapoirepowers.co.nz' to buy a 3 inch dump pipe for my KZJ78 but have not received a response yet. Did you call them or is there another email address I should be using? Cheers, Bruce.