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Craved Grand Master

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I have a chunk of I beam that we used for a mates 1jz manifold, didnt seem to warp it - but getting it machined afterwards is still a good idea.

I was hoping to do it all out of the car, though that will probably be impractical. might test fit the block to the wreck i have here, it is slightly bent of the passenger rail/tower but if it fits in there it will fit a straight car.

prob best to do that anyway, then i can test fit the new sump extension im making. might throw some pics up of that too.

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r33_racer Grand Master

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Yeh even though mine was bolted it still warped a little. It wasnt that bad, but i still got it surfaced anyway so it was perfectly flat. Though im pretty confident mine buckled the most from when I welded it on the inside of the runners to the flange.

I highly recommend the test fitting Chris. Lol, I didnt properly test fit that sump I made and there were some little dramas when fitting the engine back in the bay. I was too generous with how big I could go towards the subframe....so yes I pulled the subframe out and *adjusted it* so it all fits nicely now :)

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Hey mate been browsing websites and came across this

http://www.stainlessheaders.com/ls9headers

Check out the PVC mock up headers there customer made so they could build a custom set of headers for his car

I know there extractors but the idea of a PVC mock up could help u get the idea of how u want to build it :-)

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Craved Grand Master

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i have plenty of the bends and straight pipe to work out what i need on bench.

but just had the thought to cutup the wreck in the shop, straighten the chassis rails then brace it up. use that as a mockup engine bay for skylines.

would be easier if i could find someone with an r33 front cut shell they want to get rid of, save me alot of cutting and bracing to make a crumpled front end into a straight one

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Just found some crappy photos of a radiator shroud i made for a V8 Capri.

CAD drawn and CNC plasma cut - just had to change the design half way through as the fan would not strip down to allow me to remove the plastic safety shroud.

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Craved Grand Master

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haha nah im good up here :)

i should have taken some photos of the yamaha logo we cut out yesterday, turned out awesome in 3mm mild steel .. will try to get pics

if anyone needs some CNC cut pieces let me know ;)

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Just found some crappy photos of a radiator shroud i made for a V8 Capri.

CAD drawn and CNC plasma cut - just had to change the design half way through as the fan would not strip down to allow me to remove the plastic safety shroud.

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Dude that is cool. Nice work!

MBS206 Grand Master

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lol poor andrew :)

yeah, got this spare 1uz in the shop that i wouldnt mind seeing if it fit in the r33 bay .. twin turbos maybe

......stop it ...bad chris!! hahaha

Yes they do. So do LS1s...

The LS1 still has plenty of room for TT so long as you don't want to be keeping crap like the Air Con.

Check out my pics (Although, if you had been in Brads workshop you would have seen my car first hand with LS1 in it)

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Dude that is cool. Nice work!

cheers Michael, was nice little project to see my idea turn to paper, then drawing it on cad, cutting it out myself (was early days at my other job) then folding and welding to get it finished.

I'll get tricky with the next one i hope :)

Yes they do. So do LS1s...

The LS1 still has plenty of room for TT so long as you don't want to be keeping crap like the Air Con.

Check out my pics (Although, if you had been in Brads workshop you would have seen my car first hand with LS1 in it)

if not race car, id be keeping the A/C - getting old and global warming etc etc lol

havent been down to meet brad yet, hopefully i'll start having more time to visit more of SAUs master fabricators to steal their mojo ,,, umm i mean learn from them :P

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i have plenty of the bends and straight pipe to work out what i need on bench.

but just had the thought to cutup the wreck in the shop, straighten the chassis rails then brace it up. use that as a mockup engine bay for skylines.

would be easier if i could find someone with an r33 front cut shell they want to get rid of, save me alot of cutting and bracing to make a crumpled front end into a straight one

PM N-DAWG, he just got a R34 front cut and only needed the motor and accessories, he'll sell the chassis and shit if u want it.

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cheers Michael, was nice little project to see my idea turn to paper, then drawing it on cad, cutting it out myself (was early days at my other job) then folding and welding to get it finished.

I'll get tricky with the next one i hope :)

if not race car, id be keeping the A/C - getting old and global warming etc etc lol

havent been down to meet brad yet, hopefully i'll start having more time to visit more of SAUs master fabricators to steal their mojo ,,, umm i mean learn from them :P

Ah bugger! on not getting down to see it that is.

It's back at my place at the moment while I get some other things sorted before it goes back up.

If you get creative, I think you could do an LS1 and TT.

Although looking at the Toyota 6.2L V8 Twin Turbo that some guys just shoe horned into a JZA80... I think that's a better route then the LS1/2/3/X... They're supposedly making 2500HP from it... And it's a road car...

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Ah bugger! on not getting down to see it that is.

It's back at my place at the moment while I get some other things sorted before it goes back up.

If you get creative, I think you could do an LS1 and TT.

Although looking at the Toyota 6.2L V8 Twin Turbo that some guys just shoe horned into a JZA80... I think that's a better route then the LS1/2/3/X... They're supposedly making 2500HP from it... And it's a road car...

haha yeah, but an american road car .. so not really a road car - small feature on speedhunters about it recently.

i already have the 1uz motor - so no point going with something else again if it ever happened.

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Chris

If I ever feel rich...would you be able to do one of these?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Custom-1JZ-2JZ-GTE-Tremec-T56-6sp-Gearbox-Adapter-/200486491705?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2eaded1639

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