xplorn's allrounder

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well a bit late and slow i know but heres some pics of my hartz allrounder 99 vintage with a p76 and 2 stage 772 with 750 shaft .
I bought it off a mate who built it after sinking his colt in the hurunui ,him and i had done some grouse trip in both boats including the 2001 whitewater trip up the clarence.
i had afew coil issues when i got it (dec 07) and only did 1 good run up the rakaia gorge but smelt fuel allday so the move was made to refurb the whole boat just 2 months i thought YEAH RITE! so 10 months later its wet

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will add better pics later in week some more with a shot of its original colour 

[XSFPWR]

  lots of fun in that one

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some more pics got the fuel prob in tank sorted  just have a miss between 3100rpm and 3800rpm wasnt the coil i wonder if its the 4barrel holley vac secondary? if anyone has advice

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couple more

[sicarius]

Mate, Very tidy set up. It looks great.... the river seems a little dirty but at least it's flowing, Up here things are getting shallow.
Gotta be happy with the results   
just have to fix mine    

[XSFPWR]

Mate, Very tidy set up. It looks great.... the river seems a little dirty but at least it's flowing, Up here things are getting shallow.
Gotta be happy with the results   
just have to fix mine    

yeah its flowing alright.........check out the stuck pics 

thats jetboating for ya

was alot of fun though shane 

[xplorn]

Mate, Very tidy set up. It looks great.... the river seems a little dirty but at least it's flowing, Up here things are getting shallow.
Gotta be happy with the results   
just have to fix mine    

Thanks chap i'm pretty happy with it, it has been a mission.

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well the i have decided to put in a 350 vortec  and up my unit to a 3stage so heres a couple shots to get started. Im making adapter plate for the header tank and mount for the heat exchanger as well as the pipe work .Im using exhaust pipe to save and making a lot of the bits for the 3stage upgrade myself with the help of my bro inlaw due to the tax man giving me a hard time after i sold my business (the harder we work the more they take ) .had a bit of lath time lastnite making the new intake tubes ,i love the lathe time metal goin everywhere

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  the  has a canton race sump and has done very low hrs .i was told it is a very strong engine so cant wait to get it all goin again

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Making the studs to tie the unit together today $12.50 for the 5/16 stainless rod and a thread cutting die and you can save heaps of . just make sure you grind/file a good chamfer/leed in  on the end to help start the die cutting. these studs can cost up to $30 each so its worth the effort

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i found Mico Wakefield wont sell short lengths anymore except some stuff to 3metres but charge for it corus metals will and are very reasonable and friendly .also i found a wee place in Stewart Christchurch called the Little metals company that sells allsorts of lengths and types of materials at a damn good price 

[Mike R]

i found Mico Wakefield wont sell short lengths anymore except some stuff to 3metres but charge for it corus metals will and are very reasonable and friendly .also i found a wee place in Stewart Christchurch called the Little metals company that sells allsorts of lengths and types of materials at a damn good price 

Yeah I've used the Little Metals company, they are good to deal with , wouldn't bother going back to Mico wakefield they used to be pretty good it's all most like they don't want cash sale customers anymore.

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micos had lots of offcut bins you could haggle for cash but now its bulk or buzoff