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#326 SmacT

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Posted 19 January 2014 - 08:44 PM

Looks like a bought one. That's insane.



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Posted 20 January 2014 - 02:44 AM

It just keeps getting better and better.. :spoton:

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Posted 20 January 2014 - 09:59 AM

Looks great.



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Posted 20 January 2014 - 04:47 PM

As others have said, engineering masterpiece is the perfect way to describe this car. I keep checking up on the thread to see if there is an update haha.

just interested what sort of welders you are using? Those catch cans and washer bottles are sooo nice :spoton:

 

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Posted 20 January 2014 - 08:30 PM

Kieran, my mig is a 290 amp swf weldmac 240 volt and my tig is a kemppi mastertig 2300 ac/dc 240 volt.

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Posted 20 January 2014 - 08:42 PM

Awesome mate, looks like you have a great setup there :spoton: looks like you will get plenty of traction with the tyres on your welding cart haha.

 

looking forward to your next update :D

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Posted 20 January 2014 - 09:22 PM

i'm thinking engineering masterpiece
just love it!
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Posted 20 January 2014 - 09:25 PM

Im thinking that welding trolley is an engineering masterpiece, the car is the next generation....



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Posted 20 January 2014 - 10:17 PM

I wanna know how many beers/bourbons it was before you chose to tackle such an insane job. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm jelous & I love it.

If I was as skilled as you I'd love to tackle a welding trolly as "horn" as that.

Maybe you should of taken that to the show 2 show off your skills :)

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Posted 20 January 2014 - 10:25 PM

This thread really got me fired up.

 

 

So I got hold of a GTR Skyline shell, an LX K frame, a 173 with an M20 and a 3.36 Banjo.

 

 

There's more than one way to skin a cat they reckon...



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Posted 20 January 2014 - 10:26 PM

I like the way your thinking....



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Posted 20 January 2014 - 11:30 PM

Kieran, my mig is a 290 amp swf weldmac 240 volt and my tig is a kemppi mastertig 2300 ac/dc 240 volt.

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What compound are those tyres? You could bring that trolley up to your high 2014 standards and maybe add a KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) for those times you need to move the welder around the workshop very quickly. Throw in some carbon ceramic brakes and that trolley is ready for some fast lap times.


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Posted 21 January 2014 - 12:30 PM

A heater or a jacket for the nitrous bottle could be worth your while also.



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Posted 20 February 2014 - 07:18 PM

This thread has so much awesomeness in it love ya work mate   :spoton: !!!!! 



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Posted 04 March 2014 - 11:12 AM

Hanging out for an update...



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Posted 04 March 2014 - 11:17 AM

^ yep yep yep. Best project ever.



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Posted 04 March 2014 - 08:37 PM

Hi guys not much to update just been buying a few parts, planning where the fuel and brake line are going to run and trying to work out

a bonnet hinge set up that will clear the skyline tower, thinking of maybe using VE commodore boot hinges

#343 _Lazarus_

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Posted 04 March 2014 - 09:34 PM

Have a look at Nissan Primera boot hinges.

 

From August 2002 Street Machine Your Stuff section, one Shane Mendoza giving advice to Steve Mowat, whose EJ sedan fitted with a Commodore strut front end was featured in the June 2002 edition, regarding his own 'extensively modified' old Holden fitted with a strut front end said -- 

 

"Three hours after obtaining a pair, my bonnet now opens and shuts perfectly. I cut off the lug for the gas stay, cut off the mounting plate for the boot lid and replaced it with the original plate cut from the bonnet hinge, and it works and looks great."

 

Maybe just what you need.

 

 

 

 

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 10:53 PM

Just read through all this thread, Im blown away. I love it. Keep up the awesome work :clappin:



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Posted 10 March 2014 - 07:58 PM

Small update, welded up the intake pipe and return from the synapse diverter valve to the intake.

Don't think I will use the air box I made.

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Also trying to work out a bonnet hinge, going to make some in the style of VE commodore boot hinges.

These are just some pieces of flat bar to work out the lengths of the links and where the pivot points will be.

Should be able to make the bonnet swing up 90 deg.

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#346 _Lazarus_

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 08:08 PM

Will the engineer pass it with a pod filter ?



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Posted 10 March 2014 - 08:29 PM

He hasn't knock back any of my other cars he has done.

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 09:09 PM

Mate, honestly you can do better than those hinges..... A man of your calibre should be able to melt coke cans and make a set of billet alloy hinges.

As usual top work

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 09:37 PM

Reverse bonnet!!! eg. Celica

 

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Your going to this much effort, you may as well make it sexy ;).



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Posted 11 March 2014 - 05:56 AM

I did look at doing that but it's so much harder to work on a car with a forward opening bonnet.







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