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1. <div>Build-Threads Project Garage: Plumbing & Driveway</div>

Monday, 21 December 2015 Content / build-threads.com / <div>Build-Threads Project Garage: Plumbing & Driveway</div>

... exterior sheets are a corrugated profile, and the edge of the concrete slab is square, there is a gap that exists between the two. I pondered a few options to close this up before I was pointed in the direction of RetroSeal Domestic, which proved ...

2. A Tale of Three Lotii

Monday, 11 May 2015 Content / build-threads.com / A Tale of Three Lotii

... choice cutting, of course) 11.5″ wheels with 315 tyres should be enough to get the power down. I spy…Porsche brakes! Please note soon to be eradicated wheel gap. More custom air suspension, because how else are you going to do it? The ...

3. For Sale: 2002 BMW 745 With A Turbo Chevy V8

Sunday, 12 April 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: 2002 BMW 745 With A Turbo Chevy V8

... claims the engine is “freshly rebuilt” and features a custom cam, gapped rings, APR head bolts and produces 500 horsepower to the rear wheels on 14 lbs of boost. The factory cluster has been replaced by a GM gauge cluster. The listing ...

4. 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Versus 2012 Ferrari FF

Tuesday, 18 November 2014 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Versus 2012 Ferrari FF

1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Versus 2012 Ferrari FF | Watch as Motor Trend’s show Generation Gap pits a 2012 Ferrari FF against a 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser with a supercharged LS3 built by Lingenfelter. Both cars make around 650 horsepower. ...

5. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Buttoning things up

Wednesday, 29 October 2014 Content / build-threads.com / EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Buttoning things up

... and a 5mm gap along the bottom. On top of this he created a swirl pot (Mini surge tank) in the pick up which means we dont need to run any other tanks in this car to handle 500HP plus. To meet engineering standards we still kept the tank 200mm ...

6. Build-Threads Garage: Exterior sheeting & doors

Monday, 13 October 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Build-Threads Garage: Exterior sheeting & doors

... post, we had finalised the main framework, and it was now time to attach the wall and roof sheets. For this post I’m going to note how long the gaps were between construction, because it’s easy to think we knocked this up fairly ...

7. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

Friday, 29 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

... the engine in so all the miserable panel gaps can be adjusted.Out of interest, here is the detail of the clam junction on a standard car I noted recently (apologies poor iphone shot), so we have to try and do a bit better! A switch ...

8. Project Honda City Turbo II – Engine refresh

Wednesday, 06 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Engine refresh

... adjusted with the screwdriver) and the top of the valve stem. The gap gets tighter as heat expands the valvetrain, so there has to be enough space that the valves will still close against the head completely and seal the combustion chamber. It ...

9. LX Torana GTR

Tuesday, 22 October 2013 Content / build-threads.com / LX Torana GTR

... would have been fierce rivals on ‘The Mountain’ were it not for the age gap, now combined into one machine. Personally, I love it, and I thank you for following that very drawn-out intro that possibly makes little sense at all. Thanks ...

10. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

... now back on temporarily to sort ride height, clearances, panel gaps etc but to do it properly we need shocks if you are reading this Cristiano-Please! In theory sent last week but I have heard that before……..please prove me wrong! Well ...