The Bogan

Damnit...🤯 6 x m5 x 20mm Yeap.....lucky I don't order stuff like how I post on here 🤪 LOL

Try spacing it by only 5mm. I'm sure that worked and was painless Again IIRC, whiskey takes it's toll on the memory

I should have just clicked and collected from bunnings for 6 5m x 20mm stainless nuts and bolts

Wrinkle paint came out OK, looks weird in the photo but not on natural light, the cover test fitted up fine, albeit I do need to find a nice stainless dome hex head bolt for mounting it, and a spacer that isn't a 12mm nut I've got some hard plastic washers which enable me to spin it down in the event I get caught in the rain The opening needs "something" like some mesh to stop bugs and stuff from pumping the filter

IIRC I spaced the bush mounting points down with a 5mm bit of flatbar to stop it hitting But that was a farkn long time ago, in a garage far far away

After lowering the rear of the Bogan bike I scraped the bejedus out of my lower exhaust pipe on tight right handers, whilst the rest of the bike is nice and shiny now, and the rear raised back up, the big rusty scrape down the side of the exhaust was doing my head in.....so.... New Vance and Hines short shots and quiet baffles are on their way from Bike Biz Whilst the short shots come with "baffles" they are no where near legal, so I got some quiet baffles to knock a few Db out of it, still loud (ish), possibly even a bit louder than my current pipes, but not ear bleeding, hello officer type loud This should also negate the common fault of Harley's doing the exhaust gaskets, the stock exhaust weights a ton, this removes alot of weight and length which would have the end of the exhaust shaking around like Michael J Fox signing his name

What about the renovations Renovations are awesome and more new content that a RB build Plus Solar, what about the Solar

I've got the 15x7 chasers all ready, just need some 255/60 15 drag radials, and WSID or the roll racing to open up again, I'm not buying the tyres unless I can wear them out straight away I AM THE BOGAN KING 🤣

Maaaaaad Paint match is spot on I'm loving the old school muscle car look, it even has the Mrs tick of approval, well she said it looked nice and shiny, which I'm classing as full approval In other, not really needed mod news: I'm getting some 1 7/8" 4 into 1 headers with ceramic coating, I was contemplating pulling my existing 4:2:1 headers and getting them coated, or wrapped because they look shite, but as they are 10 year old mild steel I came to the conclusion that it would be better to just get some new headers with internal and external ceramic coat, and get a shop to fit because #carntbefarkeddoingitmyself I went 1 7/8" because the small loss of torque down low from them isn't really a problem when it's making 950nm at 2500rpm Damn it Dunc, you beat my editing.....lol

This is the first I've heard of a brass shifter bushing failing and lunching a box Maybe a monkey fisted install? Maybe no lube during install, you need grease to lube that puppy...there's always time for lube Maybe cheap poor quality part? This is the how to I used years ago > Meh, mine never failed and the shifter was tight like a tiger Torque destroying gears, thats another story about 3 little cops, I mean 3 OEM gearboxes

Trunnion bushings are in Old bushings had alot of sideways movement and fell apart when removed Engine is much quiter now Dropped of the car at my local smash repairs on Monday, getting the bonnet and scoop colour matched, hopefully get it tomorrow or Friday Funny how it hasn't rained for ages, then when the car is in the shop and I'm on the bike it pisses down I'm now looking at an old Land Cruiser or Patrol wagon to start a bush pig project with, my budget of SFA is limiting my choices at the moment

Idle hands are "eBay's" plaything Found a intake cover from a electraglide limited, why, after the chop chop with the holesaw I did some "finking" and worked out that if the bike is caught in the rain it will have a free water injection mod....which isn't good, especially if it's parked up and drains into the TB So.....with the electraglide cover and using a nylon washer I can spin it around in the rain It isn't carbon fibre, it's just some plastic coating that will get stripped, and painted wrinkle black to match the engine I aslo purchased a fumoto drain valve for the LS, last time I changed the oil I ended up overfilling the oil by 1 ltr, trying to drain out only 1 ltr ened up in a oily mess, on me and the ground, I really should of got one of these for the old girl earlier, I've had one on most of my cars since the Skyline and it makes servicing so much easier when you can drain straight into a old oil container I got the adapter as well, I'm not sure if I'll need it, but the sump plug is slightly recessed and google says "I do need it" and "I don't need it"...meh

Bored at work, again, so hole saws are a go go.....again I've been looking for a better intake cover solution for the bike Prior to getting the bike tuned I had the OEM one jerry rigged over the larger filter with the rear section removed, this gave it enough air but it was shiny chrome and hit my right knee when I was throwing the big girl around in corners Then I got this black pot style, which needed to be spaced out 20mm so there was somewhere for the air to get in Then I bought holes saws and had some wrinkle black laying around, so in went 8 x 44mm holes and on went some wrinkle And with more luck than good planning, the wrinkle paint on the intake cover perfectly matches the wrinkle black on the engine, I just need to get some mesh shtuff to stop bugs and leaves So far so good, and most importantly, the induction sounds boss at full noise down the back road at work I could have bought one for a "couple of hundred #becauseharley", but this ended up costing $30

Chop chop It has my black Harley touch up paint on the drill and holesaws.....holes.....and some pinch weld, so it is "all of the bogan" Makes me smile Waiting for a real matching paint jobbie I'll cut some laps at work later and see if it is a inny or outy air flow for under the scoop Time for some salmon and cheese toasties

Dunc, I'm hurt, I consider myself more of a middle to upper class bogan In other news, hows it in your neck of the woods, my daughter is in Braidwood and I haven't seen her for going on 2 months now, which is shit..

Top coat was average, meh, it will get professionally done once lockdown is done. I've laid some tape down on the bonnet and measured up all the points that are getting the scoop fixtures and spots for the holes, tomorrow is crunch day involving drills and hole saws If I screw the pooch a used bonnet is only $100 and a new bonnet is only $200 #farkenjustsendit

Sounds logical

Yeah, to me it seems that removing them is removing an engineered design for better combustion Is it a proven thing that they are the real cause for "possible" detination when running 98 Or is it more a thing when running on the ragged edge of a good AFR? To me, the sharper edges on valve reliefs would be more of a place to propagate hot spots and det???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pent-roof_combustion_chamber Faster burn time, by introducing turbulence at the top of the stroke thus improving combustion Designed by the frogs From my understanding most modern engines run them Why do people remove them.....??????

Rattle can time Preped and painted the under side of the scoop with some satin black, so far so good As I'm the only one in the office at the moment, hell I'm the only one in the building, I was able to set the aircon to 25° to get the temp up for painting Tomorrow should see the topside coated, the Septone satin black rattle cans are spraying nice and clean, well so far anyway In the end, it only needs to be a rough job......so I'll do my best.... Hopefully the office doesn't still smell like a paint shop after lockdown, once painting and curing time is done I'll open up some windows and throw some Nil-odour around ...... maybe.....meh....fark'it....I love the smell of spray paint in the morning

SAFETY SAFETY SAFETY Time for a tune and dyno then

Yeah, it's a real thing But isn't that what hobbies are for

According to Whiteline Rear: 6mm spacer = 10mm height Front: 6mm spacer = 12 Mine has 1 x 10mm in the rear, so and additional 5mm(ish), which roughly equates to a 8-9mm lift, which the tape measure confirms, before 360mm, now just under 370mm

The fun Got bored and pulled the old thin bushes out from the rear, dropped it down about 10mm, so now it's 10mm higher that it was originally, and doesn't scrape the exhaust when leaving the driveway, with 3 adult sized people, and one short fat man in the drivers seat What happens height wise when I put in the the new strut top bushes, that I purchased ages ago and found in a box in the shed yesterday, and the 5mm isolators is anyones guess, possibly anywhere from 10mm to ?????, depending on the actual condition of the old strut top bushings The not so fun My vinyl wrap is currently lost in shipping, and as I'm impatient, and bored, I rummaged and found some stuff for painting the scoop I sanded and layed a thick coat of primer filler to the scoop, I'll leave it for a few days to cure/shrink and then sand down and throw some satin black on it until we come out of lockdown and I can get into a smash repairer for colour matching By going of my previous "attempts" at spraying panels with rattle cans, I'm hoping that the satin finish will cover my inevitable stuff ups, meh, it's not like I can take the car anywhere soon anyway Stupid Covid

I don't know about old Skylines but my 2017 86 was insured comprehensive with Comminsurance, when it was written off in early 2020 the insurance guy said they would pay market value Market value at the time was between 38-40k for my make and model, according to prices on cars advertised and from what they lend to customers buying typical cars, they went halfway and I got 39k for it They said it didn't matter that I only paid 31k for it originally, they said to sell it I could have got between 38-40k for its condition.......pre smashing into a jersey barrier Red book at the time valued it between 30-35k The 39k didn't cover what I spent in mods, but it was much better than I expected Maybe I was just lucky Red book currenty have my VX SS between 5-7k, I did talk to Comminsurance about how much my car is actually worth, they stated that they would need to look at what the cars in typical condition to mine are selling for at the time, when I questioned the red book prices they said they don't rely on red book as it is so out of date with current trends that they cannot use it for estimates I would definitely ask your insurance company what they class as market value if that is the way you go