MLR's Bogan cruise ship

[MBS206]

51 minutes ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

I reckon give him a few months, LSX swap would be good

He could just take the Bogan Cruise Ships setup...

Already got a good setup, with blower, the auto was rebuilt too wasn't it?

Perfect time for him to upgrade the tailshaft, diff, and axles... 

 

And wouldn't need to waste money on redoing the Commos seats, as he could just buy race seats for the 5...

 

As a highly modded car he could avoid the ability to give it away to offspring too when they crash their cars...

[Dose Pipe Sutututu]

1 hour ago, MBS206 said:

He could just take the Bogan Cruise Ships setup...

You're onto something here...

Maybe that's his plan all along, he's just pretending to leave it stock then nek minnit, LS Bogan MX5

[The Bogan]

9 hours ago, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

You're onto something here...

Maybe that's his plan all along, he's just pretending to leave it stock then nek minnit, LS Bogan MX5

I did think about taking the engine and box out of the Commodore and dropping it into a old Holden EK, but, strangely for me, common sense prevailed 

A mate had a 1962 EK in my youth in the early 1980's that he put a 202 in, t'was a fun little car that we use to roll around the neighbourhood in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_EK

You can buy the conversion kits easily enough

https://www.rodshop.com.au/conversion-kit-for-ls-engines-into-fb-ek-holdens

But the amount of money, time, and hassle was deemed excessive, you cannot find a clean EK for less than $40-50k nowadays, so it could easily turn into a $100k misadventure to finish

The Commodore will suffice for my cruiser, and the MX5 will suffice to drive to work in

Maybe if I win Lotto I'll get one built, like the picture, I just need to buy a Lotto ticket

 

[The Bogan]

It's like Xmas

[The Bogan]

Did some maintenance on the MX5, did the engine oil and filter which was uneventful, then I drained the coolant to put in the new reservoir and a thermostat, reservoir took 5 minutes 

The thermostat, well that took.........3 bloody hours, what a job, the issue was the 3 bolts holding it on, one was easy, 2 were hidden and required a few 1/4 drive extensions, 1 more than I had, and a 1/4 swivel, which I also didn't have, and a good amount of playing contortionist 

Getting the 2 unseen bolts back on was a time consuming nervous nightmare, as I couldn't see where they went there was alot of stabbing and hoping for the best, trying to line up a 8 mm bolt straight, which you cannot actually see or get a hand in there, with a 1/4 swivel in the mix was a nightmare

Anyways, it's done now, all burped out, and run up to temp a few times, happily no leaks thank Jebus

After the thermostat fiasco I decided I need a few mental health days away from tools before doing the rest of the servicing on it

As for the Dunnydoore, it had the aircon regassed and it has a clean bill of health, thinking about taking it out on Monday for a cruise down the coast to look at some houses if weather permits 

[The Bogan]

Gave the Mazda it's first wash, it will need some clay, a light compound, and polish polish to remove a few swirl marks, but that will be a job for when I have a full day to get my DA polisher action on

[The Bogan]

The Bogan Sports Car now has fresh gear bag and diff oil

The old gear bag oil was nice and clean looking, the old diff oil was average looking, not horrible, just dark, I've seen worse in other cars, much worse

Good things was that both drain plug magnets looked good with zero bits of anything apart from a small coating of that typical black goo you get on the diff plug, it was probably the original diff oil, but nothing shiny

The shifts are sweet, and the Torsen is Torsening like a boss (tested in the work vehicle maintenance yard after work). LOL

In other noise related news, the Racing Beat axle back sound nicer than stock from outside with the roof down, but still pretty quiet, but it's not noticeable at all really inside with the roof up.....maybe it needs a header.....🤪 

This is what a OEM header looks like 😝 >

🤣🤣🤣🤑 

 

[r32-25t]

Needs a g25 

[Kinkstaah]

You could still sell the car and buy the already-done one in QLD.

[r32-25t]

Pretty sure he has made it clear this is a better car 

[The Bogan]

47 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

You could still sell the car and buy the already-done one in QLD.

But where's the fun in that, for me it isn't about the money, I have money, and I have time, I enjoy the process of things, the picking parts, the "adventure" of it all, and for the bits I can do myself, the actual work is enjoyable, well, varying levels on enjoyment on hard to reach things like that farking thermostat I just changed

[PranK]

On 12/06/2024 at 10:38 AM, The Bogan said:

But where's the fun in that, for me it isn't about the money, I have money, and I have time, I enjoy the process of things, the picking parts, the "adventure" of it all, and for the bits I can do myself, the actual work is enjoyable, well, varying levels on enjoyment on hard to reach things like that farking thermostat I just changed

Then sell it and buy a BMW!

I can totally relate to this (except the money part! ). I think for me I need to remind myself that I do enjoy the process and to stop being so damn impatient and eager to get it done. That just leads to frustration and broken stuff. 

Built not bought.

Wait. 

Fixed, not fought?

No ... Definitely fighting things. Definitely not fixed,

I give up. Cars are pain.

 

[MBS206]

Unfortunately this new build series will come a car too late for you Mark... However, he does do a wicked MX5 build already you can also check out...

 

 

[The Bogan]

2 hours ago, MBS206 said:

Unfortunately this new build series will come a car too late for you Mark... However, he does do a wicked MX5 build already you can also check out...

 

 

Meh, whilst the Honda is a "really" good car and has potential if you want to drop coin on, it was uninspiring for me to look at, but, it did serve its purpose and is now in the boys hands, his happy, his girl is happy, as she wasn't to keen on the noisy old Patrol, and most importantly, the Minister for War and Finances is extremely happy that her "little baby boy" (6'2 nugget who is currently training to be a copper, which will make 3 coppers in the immediate "circle of trust") has a well sorted reliable car that doesn't guzzle diesel

Me, I'm more than happy with the NC MX5 that I replaced it with, it's a fun little car that I like looking at, like driving, and yes..... I do like the fact that the maintenance and modifications that I have done/will do are plentiful and relatively cheap, well........ while staying naturally aspirated slow that is, and that's all I really need for a fun little daily, I can rev the 5hit out of it rowing through the gears and never really break the speed limit 

In saying that wicked word, "modifications", I've already ordered something for some noise and an additional "3 ish" horse powers, or whatever it gives, in the form of a header, and, a new set of "cheapo" BC coilovers that are already sitting in the shed waiting to get put in, I had the same BC's in my old NB and found they were fine for the street, hwy, and the occasional track days I did in it, they have 6kg front and 4kg rear springs which is about 10% stiffer than the stock springs which I found worked well for their price 

I've also already been in touch with MX5 Mania in Dural, so once the header is on it will get a ECUTek RaceROM tune there (I cannot rev match for 5hit, and I loved the RaceROM rev match and FFS in my old 86 "RIP")

In other, maintenance news, I put some new sparkler plugs in it, and have a new set of DBA Street series pads to put in over the next day or so, I'm running the DBA street series in the SS and Honda and really like them, they work great and are not dusty at all

I've also booked in a few days leave over this weekend to give me 4 days weekend do some paint correction and give the leather seats some conditioning and interior some Bissell and steam cleaning OCD lovin', the carpet and interior looks clean, but from my experience with the Bissell IRT carpet, and the steam cleaner IRT trim, looks can be deceiving

I've also found that finding a detachable hard top is proving problematic, the main reason why I didn't like the NC initially was the power retractable hard top that I seen them with gave the roof line a weird look, the detachable roof though looks good, and is a same shape as a NA/NB hard top, similar, but unfortunately not the same as it has different fixture point on the front, so fitting a easy to get NA/NB detachable hard top is no bueno

New Old cars are fun, cleaning, hunting and playing around brings much joy

How are your beasties going? Do you still have the Skyline with the LS???, or Barra??? that you were playing with

[Kinkstaah]

2.5 swap it.

[The Bogan]

10 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

2.5 swap it.

Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full

[MBS206]

On 6/17/2024 at 8:29 PM, The Bogan said:

Meh, whilst the Honda is a "really" good car and has potential if you want to drop coin on, it was uninspiring for me to look at, but, it did serve its purpose and is now in the boys hands, his happy, his girl is happy, as she wasn't to keen on the noisy old Patrol, and most importantly, the Minister for War and Finances is extremely happy that her "little baby boy" (6'2 nugget who is currently training to be a copper, which will make 3 coppers in the immediate "circle of trust") has a well sorted reliable car that doesn't guzzle diesel

Me, I'm more than happy with the NC MX5 that I replaced it with, it's a fun little car that I like looking at, like driving, and yes..... I do like the fact that the maintenance and modifications that I have done/will do are plentiful and relatively cheap, well........ while staying naturally aspirated slow that is, and that's all I really need for a fun little daily, I can rev the 5hit out of it rowing through the gears and never really break the speed limit 

In saying that wicked word, "modifications", I've already ordered something for some noise and an additional "3 ish" horse powers, or whatever it gives, in the form of a header, and, a new set of "cheapo" BC coilovers that are already sitting in the shed waiting to get put in, I had the same BC's in my old NB and found they were fine for the street, hwy, and the occasional track days I did in it, they have 6kg front and 4kg rear springs which is about 10% stiffer than the stock springs which I found worked well for their price 

I've also already been in touch with MX5 Mania in Dural, so once the header is on it will get a ECUTek RaceROM tune there (I cannot rev match for 5hit, and I loved the RaceROM rev match and FFS in my old 86 "RIP")

In other, maintenance news, I put some new sparkler plugs in it, and have a new set of DBA Street series pads to put in over the next day or so, I'm running the DBA street series in the SS and Honda and really like them, they work great and are not dusty at all

I've also booked in a few days leave over this weekend to give me 4 days weekend do some paint correction and give the leather seats some conditioning and interior some Bissell and steam cleaning OCD lovin', the carpet and interior looks clean, but from my experience with the Bissell IRT carpet, and the steam cleaner IRT trim, looks can be deceiving

I've also found that finding a detachable hard top is proving problematic, the main reason why I didn't like the NC initially was the power retractable hard top that I seen them with gave the roof line a weird look, the detachable roof though looks good, and is a same shape as a NA/NB hard top, similar, but unfortunately not the same as it has different fixture point on the front, so fitting a easy to get NA/NB detachable hard top is no bueno

New Old cars are fun, cleaning, hunting and playing around brings much joy

How are your beasties going? Do you still have the Skyline with the LS???, or Barra??? that you were playing with

I definitely get the low power, sporty car to drive to smash gears but not be doing eleventy million miles an hour! It makes all the normal drives fun!

 

Rev match tune sounds like the funs! I didn't know the NC had a DBW throttle!

 

As for me, still have the Skyline, it still has the Barra in it. It's been pushed to the side of the workshop at the moment. Pretty much waiting on me finishing the wiring, and dropping new fuel lines in. Got myself an ACDC Tig end of last year so been teaching myself TIG welding to build a few things for the Skyline.

The missus wrote off her GTB liberty at the end of last year, and got it back on salvage rights stupid cheap. It's also still registered, so will mean easier for me to take to the track already done most of the panel damage, just playing "clear the workshop" to make space to pull the motor and box out, fix some oil leaks, replace the clutch, and replace a few minor broken things. 

Also got a Lathe at the start of the year, which is adding to the annoyance of no space, which is another reason I'm trying to build things to get more space, to get the Lathe back in a final home for it. It's a BIG lathe, can turn a 355mm diameter, and 1metre between centres... Got it at a steal!

So between it and the TIG and old MIG welder, I'll be fabbing some fun little shit up

But we've had a lot of shit stuff happening at home, so it's slow going getting things done. But one step at a time!

[The Bogan]

Finally put the new brake pads in the Mazda

It took longer to Jack up the car and put the stands under it than actually changing the pads

I'm loving my new floor jack though, super low, lifts really high really quick, and lowers smooth as silk 

Only issue was one of the rear caliper pistons was tight to press in, I'm tossing up on either doing a kit on all the calipers, or just buy new calipers, as I can get shiny new stock DBA (PBR) calipers for around $150 each

I'm heavily leaning towards the easy way out of shiny new calipers, basically the amount of time spent rebuilding and cleaning the old ones outweigh the cost of new items

Either way I will pull the pin tomorrow 

[The Bogan]

Pulled the lazy pin and ordered the 4 new calipers for just over $600

[The Bogan]

New calipers for the MX5 arrived already, fun job for Monday 😀