Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

i told you guys i have 250square meters of workshop space available. perfect for race-car storage and all workshop equipment available for use. enough room to store 6 cars with enough room to work on them, compressor, engine cranes, jacks, hoists, brake lathes, etc etc all at your fingertips. promise your cars wont catch v8 disease. Im serious, better than having them out in the rain.

lol that would be funny if it wasn't true. at least one of them has an engine in now. shame its only going to have gas.
i told you guys i have 250square meters of workshop space available. perfect for race-car storage and all workshop equipment available for use. enough room to store 6 cars with enough room to work on them, compressor, engine cranes, jacks, hoists, brake lathes, etc etc all at your fingertips. promise your cars wont catch v8 disease. Im serious, better than having them out in the rain.

i'm bringing mine down this weekend!!!

group tow anyone?? hehehe

group tow anyone?? hehehe

haha damn straight. has anyone got 3 spare car trailers so we can drop them off this weekend.

even better, can you move the workshop up to sydney for us????

seriously though, it really brings up the key challenges in this build. the actual work is OK, but Mark and I both have day jobs (have to "sponsor" ourselves somehow, and mine is 6dys/wk atm) which makes doing stuff during business hours tricky - eg I had to grab some stuff from nissan this morning and was an hour late to the office. And while Mark's driveway is as good a facility as a driveway could be, it is nothing like a full workshop with all the gear and machinery Stuart mentioned above.

I enjoy the challenge of doing all this, but if I could afford to drop it off to a workshop and have them build and maintain the car I would do it in a heartbeat.

haha damn straight. has anyone got 3 spare car trailers so we can drop them off this weekend.

even better, can you move the workshop up to sydney for us????

seriously though, it really brings up the key challenges in this build. the actual work is OK, but Mark and I both have day jobs (have to "sponsor" ourselves somehow, and mine is 6dys/wk atm) which makes doing stuff during business hours tricky - eg I had to grab some stuff from nissan this morning and was an hour late to the office. And while Mark's driveway is as good a facility as a driveway could be, it is nothing like a full workshop with all the gear and machinery Stuart mentioned above.

I enjoy the challenge of doing all this, but if I could afford to drop it off to a workshop and have them build and maintain the car I would do it in a heartbeat.

I'm pretty sure Stuart said he would do all the above for us!

apparently its his hobby!!

haha

p.s. i have access to a trailer!! and have a smokey diesel to tow it all!!

Stuart,

Many thanks for the offer, it bears some serious consideration. The main issue is your location. I try and fit a couple of hours in here and there where I can, and more importantly, my wife doesn't really mind me working on cars as long as I'm home, can come in for lunch and occasionally beat on the kids to keep them under control. She would not be so happy if I had to go off to do the work.

On the other hand, I really could do with some enforced discipline of working on one project at a time, so maybe dropping a shell off for storage and keeping the one I'm working on in the garage is not a bad idea.

Duncan and I will nut it out over the weekend and get back to you.

Again, thanks for the offer.

I think you are a bit ahead again Brad. BTW think thin for the windows....3 or 4mm will be perfect :)

Anyway....by popular demand, the nugget was worked on today, including a guest appearance by Neil.

So, the motor is in...

engine_in.jpg

No not to stay, just to trial fit the manifolds and turbos, and the flux capacitor.

flux_capacitor.jpg

looks like it is going to fit real well, and its nice and solid due to some good bracing. but I didn't get to cut anything :(

here are the turbos, china's finest where they are going to live:

chinasfinest1.jpg

chinasfinest2.jpg

also did some other stuff - fitting up the brake master cylinder, removing the front lower ball joint studs so we can fit longer ones (rolll centre adjustment/spacers), attessa sensor back in, sway bar links on and machining the brake brackets so they fit under 17s (sorry for the dodgy pic, but at least it is as dodgy as the car) - yes they are 356mm brakes under 17" rims :(

just_fit.jpg

haha no dry sump on this motor mate, that would double the budget of the whole car easy. will probably do so on the next motor though....lets kill this one first. Would love to give you car a run, particularly interested in how the brakes feel....

Mark.... :cool:

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • My stuff is all with Shannon's, granted, I don't really have imports I'm driving on the road, however, I've had multiple cars at the same time with them. Presently we have the Landcruiser on laid up cover, Sarah's Kluger on full cover, and the house insured. About 18 months ago Sarah wrote her Subaru Liberty GTB off, insured with Shannon's, and the payout, and buy back of the wreck was super quick. In 2020 we had the VF Commodore totalled in a major hailstorm. Storm was on the Saturday, I called on the Sunday and lodged it, vehicle was towed on Tuesday night, assessment team called on Wednesday to say it was a total loss and get payout details, money was in the bank on Thursday morning. Have had a few other claims both at fault, and not at fault, over the years, and never had an issue with them.   Funnily enough, they're also the cheapest insurer I find for things like Sarah's Kluger.   I will say I'm less impressed dealing with them lately around "the experience", as a lot of their staff that you deal with aren't car enthusiasts. Shannon's has a much more main stream feel ever since they decided to become "big corporate", laid a heap of staff off, and then hired a bunch of non enthusiasts. At the same time they've been making a push to be less "call us and we'll personally have someone who cares help" to "hey, this computer can do stuff for you" and are trying to get more square pegs to fit round holes. (That's just the vibe I get from them). Again, have had no issues with claims with them, but get a bit of a "less personal" feel from them.
    • A thing I wasn’t happy with with enthusiast was during the initial phone call they told me they’d insure it for 130k but needed photos.   I then sent them photos and they told me $80k as there were other cars either similar modifications available for around that price, I told them to send me the links to said cars so that I can buy them. i then sent the modification list with prices of the parts (no labor) and the price then came to 115k, which is still shy of the 130 that was agreed in the initial phone call 
    • Ask me a bit later this week before payday
    • I agree that delayed payment probably isn't the most suitable solution. It seems a solid complete transaction would be best. As I wouldn't be using this sale as a line of credit that would typically earn interest, we can probably arrange a much cleaner single transaction deal. I can do $92.52 today. Would you prefer EFT, or Cash on Pickup?  😛
    • Oh man what a deal.... Funny enough (well not really) I sold a car to some old dude (buying for his Daughter) on a Saturday, He asked if she could take the car now and pay me the money on Monday as the bank wasn't open. Needless to say I told them to come back with the cash or get f**ked! Luckily the money seemed to magically appear in his pocket a few minutes later, so it all ended well (for me).
×
×
  • Create New...