Shoota_77

That is the epitome of how it's done! Rolling around in a Q7, draggin a dirty old Datsun around! Have fun! I've gifted myself an SQ7 demo at the moment. V8 twin turbo perfection. I may or may not still have a licence when I go to hand it back. I'm not going to enjoy when I have to park it and get back in the Amarok.... Post some vids of the beast on the track!

Good tips, I like it! 😂😂 My wife is a LOT more frugal than me so it's only me we need to worry about! A splurge to her is buying 2 pairs of socks in one visit at Kmart!

Yeah kids certainly add a whole another dimension to your life. Life ceases to be about you and more about them for a while! And I wouldn't have it any other way. I love watching them play sport and make new friends along the way. Wow, sounds like your mate is a good guy to know!!! He's got some serious toys in the toy box! Yes it would be lovely to be able to do stuff to your car without getting all tied up in boring shit like how to pay for it!! I would describe my spending style as "aggressively spontaneous and logical but regrettable purchasing".... That will hopefully make no sense at all which would be appropriate given that is how I buy stuff. I'll decide at the drop of a hat that I'm buying something expensive, research the living shit out of it for 2 days straight then go out and buy it. Then I'll have instant buyers remorse for 2 days which generally passes by the time it turns up on the front step! If I'm feeling ballsy sometimes I'll tell my wife. Other times it just makes its way silently passed the house and out the back to the shed, never to be spoken of again...

@MBS206 you need more shed in your life... What sort of car is your mates race car? Hopefully he returns the favour when you're ready to get cracking on yours! None of my mates are into cars so I don't have to worry about that as a distraction thankfully. I have enough other distractions so I don't need that one too! Between working 6 days a week (5 1/2 really so 55 hours or so per week), both kids have basketball almost every week night (including Friday night in Melbourne - 2 hours away), my daughter plays netball as well, my sons footy has started now and I coach his under 14's side as well as I'm on the Footy club committee this year, I ride motorbikes every spare Sunday I can find, plus trying to be some sort of a husband. Life is a busy little exercise at the moment! I wish there were 8 or 9 days in a week sometimes!

Ha ha, that is very true! I'm too scared to leave it in the position though, it tingles my balls seeing it like that!

Ha ha, ended up going it alone. I just sent it (in a very nervous fashion). Once I'd released the locks and it didn't automatically start spinning out of control i felt a bit more confident. It made some loud sounds (cracking and creaking noises) when I first spun it which got the heart rate going again! I couldn't bring myself to leave it tipped on the side. I feel a bit more comfortable having back right side up while it sits there. I'd get angry with your last point but you're 100% correct! 😅 Even yesterday I managed to distract myself at numerous times to make a bracket to fit an LED flood light off the back of the house and fix my sons pushbike. There were other little taks nibbling at my brain for the rest of the day too...

Probably one of the more nerve wracking experiences of my entire life! 😂😂 The balance (centre of gravity) is out still but in a direction that gives me comfort! It's quite bottom heavy still meaning it takes a bit of muscle to rotate it. The plus side of that is that it wants to to go back to upright. Better that than wanting to go all stranded turtle on me!

Sounds insane! 🤤🤤🤤 Do you have any vids of it driving? A flyby would be nice!

Was not scared..... 😬😬😬 20250222_153105.mp4 Now what.......?

Wowzers.... You've got some explaining to do young man.... How T.F did we go from some swiss cheese panels on the ground to a fully finished car attending car shows? Don't you realise that car building porn is what we're here for? I DEMAND more photos an information on the process. Please.........? 🙏

Yep, it's why in Australia we never brought in the 1 child policy like China. China can't afford to use the shit they make in their own country as it's too much to risk having only one child... Or maybe that's how they test their shit before they send it to Australia - they use the second kid that families had when they weren't supposed to as the tester? They weren't supposed to exist in the first place so no loss if they succumb to a work place incident? 🤣

This makes sense. I have 2 so I'll just choose the least favourable child to perform the task. If all turns to shit, I've still got a spare. Win-win!

Personally I wouldn't put tyres over 4 or 5 years old on any of my own cars. Once they go hard the grip characteristics completely change. As per most things it only matters in an accident and that's when you most want them to do their job!

Good old Monty Python!

Better crush protection-

Stop making me overthink it! 🤣🤣

No not yet. Hopefully this weekend if I can pluck up the confidence! I had to sit in the car at one point yesterday to unbolt the rear struts. As mentioned in an earlier post when I was putting it together there is still a bit of rotation possible so when I sat in the car, it rotated a little bit. I near shit myself thinking the whole thing was coming down! I do 99% of my own shit in the shed but I think I might call on some assistance the first time I spin it!

They see me rollin' they hatin'....... Took me most of the day to make the necessary mods to the mounts to make them fit the car. Fortunately I was able to just use the mounts that came with the rotisserie. The rear ones are really secure, the front I feel i might reinforce a bit more as it doesn't seem like enough attachment to the vehicle. I'm sure it's fine but better to be safe than (extremely...) sorry. I drilled and tapped thread into additional M12 holes to each car mount where it attaches to the rotisserie as an extra fail-safe. Without them the side to side movement is just restricted by the allen head pinch bolts, nothing actually goes though the beam. Does now! I still need to adjust the rotisserie to get the car centred in terms of centre of gravity. If it's too high or too low relative to the rotational centre line of the car, it will be like a turtle and roll onto its back or as it currently sits, I dont think I'd be able to rotate it as it sits as it needs to lift the whole car up as it rotates. Ain't happening... I'm going to be nervous as hell the first time I go to spin it on its side...

Far out, that thing looks like some loose fun! Nothing beats the rawness of a filthy old Nissan with zero aids to keep the wheels pointing in the right direction like modern "fast" cars!

I would call it the "manifold coolant outlet" or something like that. If you know the dimensions you can just get a bit of mild steel (or stainless) pipe that is the correct size, bead roll a hose retaining lip into the end of it and bash it in! Or, get fancy- https://boostdoc.com.au/products/rb25-neo-billet-top-hose-outlets?srsltid=AfmBOopjNetVaMphRC0x44Er2jwO2k5vPp-4AGG5Bd285Ah0SsXXGk3e

Slight segway but the most expensive part of the whole thing which I would have thought would only be required for an engine size/type swap, not a VIV test, is emissions testing. That's when you get into the big bucks. I can't remember the exact price now but I got quotes for the GT-R based on swapping to RB30 (not that anyone bothers doing it legally anymore...) and it was around $4500 just for that alone. The guy that does them manipulates the tune on the vehicle to make sure it passes. The cheaper option is to book into Kangan Batman Tafe (I think that's where it was) and hire their tester. Allegedly you're not allowed in there with the car though so not in a position to tweak anything to make sure the vehicle passes. I'm sure in this day and age of ultra tuneable ECU's you could get the tuner to program a special efficiency (clean) tune that emits the lowest amount of particulates possible that would pass the test. It might only make 50kW's but as long as it passed who cares!

For me I'd need some serious justification for why it has blown out. Have you questioned him on it? To be honest if you didn't question him right from the get-go on the first invoice that was already way over the initial quote and then you've (presumably) then paid another $1375 on top of the first invoice, then you're pushing shit uphill to get a favourable result now... It was years ago I last got an engineer out but it was around $450-$550 per visit. That was just to inspect each progress point he gave me for the project. Is he just doing progress inspections or is he providing engineering diagrams, technical assistance, etc?? If he's not, he's a filthy rip off merchant. If the $3100 is the final sign off then you need to cop it on the chin, pay it and move on. If it's not, piss him off and get a new one. Not many Jeeps I'd value at $10K full stop let alone just engineering fees on a written off, half actual value WOVR Jeep....

Ha ha, as long as your shed is well heated!

It's funny how you guys in the Northern Hemisphere stop working on your cars because of the cold. Here in Aus we stop working on them when it gets too hot! Even with the split system A/C running my shed still sits at around 40 degrees (celcius). I drip forehead sweat over everything! Should see some good results with E85 (and proper timing! ).

Nah no bearings, just slip fit. Would be a reasonably challenging but not impossible job to modify it to run bearings but I'm hoping that's not necessary as I may have well built one myself if I end up spending hours modifying it!