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#51 mr5000

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Posted 30 December 2009 - 04:08 PM

does any one in the eastern suburbs have a cylinder hone i could borrow

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Posted 30 December 2009 - 07:34 PM

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nearly finished cut out all the spot welds should be out with a lil more buggering around

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Posted 30 December 2009 - 09:56 PM

lol how long did that take ya? I was drilling some out on the racecar yesterday, never done that before & I didn't have a proper drill bit for it.

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Posted 31 December 2009 - 10:45 AM

doesnt take to long heath probably 10 seconds per weld it does it so much neater than a dril bit can its made by rytool definatly worth a look

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 09:37 AM

and the rust continues got the plenum out and found a shitload more wooo hoo
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have had to cut that little bit in the last pic off and found out its structure is mainly of paint any body got a spare one?

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 06:11 PM

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little bit of todays work

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little bit of todays work

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 07:18 PM

holy shit mate thats a bit nasty... good luck with it.

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 09:25 PM

cheers yeah fortunatly i think i got to it before it becomes a bit far gone but yeh will definatly be putting my panel beating talents to the test

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Posted 03 January 2010 - 10:58 PM

Nice to see some progress, looks as if you have some fairly annoying rust areas to deal with though !

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Posted 20 January 2010 - 08:57 PM

todays work went out and bought a ezi atactchment for the dremel works great
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Posted 21 January 2010 - 11:01 AM

Sick maaaaaate :P

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 04:42 PM

should be getting stuck into the rest tommorow then i can start rust proofingi got the day off also might of landed myself a contract that pays 1200 a week

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Posted 21 January 2010 - 10:07 PM

That would be ace, I should be doing some rust repairs tomorrow as well :)

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 03:48 PM

actually starting to enjoy doing rust repairs once i fix the rust in emmas might have to get another project
heres some of today progress taking a break hit my knuckles on the grinder whilst spinning haha 13 dollar supercheap job thats like 8 years old

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 04:07 PM

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Posted 22 January 2010 - 04:29 PM

may well be done for the day just hit hand with the thin inox cutting disc ow they cut to good

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 08:27 PM

desperatly looking for one of those little panes bentween the guard and windscreen dont no what its called but i need a left one they have a uc at pinch a part but u need a generator

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 08:40 PM

Yeah I wouldn't mind a left one too! The little section at the base of the A-pillar you mean right?

PM Milco about it, tell him I told ya to. Can't guarantee anything but worth a try

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Posted 27 January 2010 - 08:55 PM

yeah thats the one cheers ill give him a crack

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 07:51 AM

getting myself an engine cran this weekend and getting that little panel once thats done and i do the bonnet all focus goes on motor and turning it into the monster mrlxss killa hahah

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 08:01 AM

jeez ryan, you still not done! Thought it would be driving by now!

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 08:04 AM

haha nah ran out of cash this weekend wire up tandem and weld the bonnet and the plenum will be ordering the go fast goodies super fast kick ass pack next week and picking up the 9 inch next week just gotta get some decent diff gears for it

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Posted 04 February 2010 - 08:16 AM

haha nah ran out of cash this weekend wire up tandem and weld the bonnet and the plenum will be ordering the go fast goodies super fast kick ass pack next week and picking up the 9 inch next week just gotta get some decent diff gears for it


Go 3.7 or 3.9 i reckon!

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Posted 16 February 2010 - 07:37 AM

went and picked up the 9 inch yesterday wooohooo but sean showed me what fell out when he took the centre out spilt roll pin so gotta find out whats going on centre maybe shagged so might have to run with bango on dday
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Posted 22 February 2010 - 07:34 AM

found out what was wrong with the 9 inch gears are good they are 3.08 ratio me thinks but the centre was a single spinne thats been very poorly welded and its kind of machined out the centre so any one got a spare :P
will post pics of destruction later

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