AusBonsai

Due to a standstill on my project car I was able to do some work on a couple of neglected Black Pine.

The larger one will be stood up slightly when I repot it tomorrow.

Peter

WoW! That first one has some dramatic moment to its trunkline, was it trained from an early age to achieve that?
The second one is a corka also! Nice trees all round, wish I had some like them..

Mitchell,

I ground grew several BP and radiarta in the late 90s. The smaller was one of them and the rest were sold off to club members. This was also sold but the person got out of Bonsai and gave it back.
As you can see by the pic I chopped a large section off ( bottom Left ) to work with the lowest branch which enabled me to wirer in the movement.

Peter

Nice, nice... I am not the sharpest, but I generally have a pretty keen eye. I did not spot that original trunk line and the fact that you had worked just the lower branch. Me thinks it is a sign of a job well done... lovely tree once again mate...

hi pete,

that smaller BP is going to be a classical corker, in the not to distant future either! great pot aswell, who is the potter? love those crack pots!

nice work!

More important Peter, whats your project car?

Jamie,

It is a PK pot.

Graeme,

My project car is a Datsun 1200 ute. I am putting a modified Toyota 4agze motor ( 200kw ) into it. I hope to have it ready for summernats.

Peter

datsuns ROCK!!

my first car was a datsun 120Y it was a great little car even though people bagged it out, I could run around in it on empty for a looong time, it ran of fumes!

always wanted a 1600 but havenever gotten one, your ute sound cool pete, maybe a couple of pics when it is done?

jamie

I will do that. Unfortunatly I cant afford a paint job.

Peter

PeterH wrote:Jamie,

It is a PK pot.

Graeme,

My project car is a Datsun 1200 ute. I am putting a modified Toyota 4agze motor ( 200kw ) into it. I hope to have it ready for summernats.

Peter

I love the 'whine' on the 4agze!

All the 'drifters' make those sprinters soooo expensive!

It'll be great to see when done!

my daughter just sold her fj20 datsun ute. Mine should be a whole lot smooooooother.

Peter

The 4agze is a sensational motor! 200kw... You must be converting it to turbo, Peter? You won't make 200kw leaving it supercharged.
I love the naturally aspirated 4age. It doesn't make alot of power, but it's such a good engine!
My old drift car was a Japanese import sprinter, so factory 4age, bigger diff, disc brake rear, nicer interior, etc, etc. Brilliant car. Best car I have ver owned.
So my dream car is still one of those again. I don't want to drift though. I want a near immaculate one with a few certain modifications just to enjoy
Can't wait to see pics of your datto mate!

Nathan,

I anticpate about 20lb of boost.

Specs - Throttle body changed to 55mm
SC 14 super charger installed with 77mm pulley (20lb boost)
550 injectors
264 toda cams
New fuel system
W57 gearbox
commodore rear and lsd diff
I have also rebuilt the engine

Peter

We have to see your 'super shohin ute' when done!

Hmmmm. I'd be very interested to see the results I'm still skeptical about the power figure though. Is that 200kw at the wheels you're after? 200rwkw will be very, very difficult keeping it supercharged, even with the cams and SC14. I would worry that the sc14 won't be efficient at 20psi?
Don't get me wrong, the 4agze is more than capable of that power level. I just think it will be very hard to obtain with a supercharger. Turbocharging would be a much mroe efficient way of getting there.