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the devil's in the details
Thursday, 03 March 2016
Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / the devil's in the details
... be found as NOS »new
old
stock« replacement engines. A few changes are necessary in order to adapt the Frenchie to his new civilian life, but it’s definitely worth it. It’s still less hassle than fiddling with an
old
...
the devil's in the details | Even in his wildest dreams,
good
ol’ Henry would have never imagined this: More than 80 years after production ending, his 1932 Ford Roadster is still highly sought after. And it actually is so desirable, that ...
... for his dream, a freshly built roadster, consisting among other parts of an original factory 32 Frame and a Brookville steel body. The roadster had been built in Germany and changed hands several
times
before it ended up in Jürg’s ...
2.
the ultimate mild kustom
Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / the ultimate mild kustom
... sometimes combined with a sinister attitude. And there are not many better looking cars than a customized 49 to 51 Mercury – whether its been radically modified or it’s gotten just a subtle improvement of the factory design. Chris ...
... the seller had all the documentation from the restoration down to the last bolt. It was too
good
to pass up!« Since the seller of the car, Chuck Fischer, already had bought the Mercury from a previous party, the Mercury’s history ...
... is perfect. And it is still driveable.« According to the previous owner Chuck Fischer, the chassis build caused quite a lot of headscratching: »Mr Fischer told me the suspension, stance and smooth ride took a lot of thought. Especially ...
3.
Project 510: Short Shifting
Friday, 10 July 2015
Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: Short Shifting
... supporting mods! In that time I have driven the car plenty of
times
[…] It’s been a hell of a long time since any real work was done to Project 510. In fact, looking back at the archives, it’s been around 2 and a half years ...
... Nissan shifters, and return to the shape, length and thread pitch of the older and thinner Datsun L-series shifters. Lachlan said this would be no problem, to which I was overjoyed to hear, and he could use a longer doner which means I wouldn’t ...
... I was happy to be able to select gears easily and freely, it just didn’t feel right, it was notchy, and not in a
good
way. I’m talking about driver enjoyment here, not flat out racing or shaving milliseconds off shifting time. Another ...
4.
Project Honda City Turbo II – Exhaust, interior, FINITO!
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Exhaust, interior, FINITO!
... enough
good
things about the bloke. Here’s the new section he made up. We’ve kept the same pipe diameter as stock, but deleted the cat converter for less restriction and to reduce the weight suspended from the turbo/manifold. The ...
... think our Honda could’ve been more out of place. There were about 20 cars in the yard and almost everything had an LS V8 in it, most of them twin turbo. I was put in touch with Adam at MPW by an
old
friend in Sydney. He seemed totally ...
... fired it up for him. It seems to be running really rich and that’s why it’s bogging down. I live in a unit and it’s just too loud to keep the car running with no exhaust. We’ve only started the car three or four
times
...
5.
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5
Saturday, 03 January 2015
Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5
... the Motec installation with our new engine and turbo set up, that all was
good
on the engine installation and know we are producing adequate power. That told us we need to fit new injectors to get enough fuel into the cylinders for when we ramp ...
... be done as the car is also being photographed on the 13th for a leading magazine.Front Clam still in primer – Nervous
times
. Work continues on the front clam and hopefully colour later today (well we simply have to). Meanwhile ...
... the Motec installation with our new engine and turbo set up, that all was good on the engine installation and know we are producing adequate power. That told us we need to fit new injectors to get enough fuel into the cylinders for when we ramp ...
6.
Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown
Monday, 21 July 2014
Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown
... sure what to do with it (rego/track/sell/other) but it was too
good
to pass up. I finished a motorbike build recently and had a hankering to rebuild something else. Plus we’ve always wanted to drive one of these things, and there’s ...
... engine bay is dirty. Tony wasn’t havin’ it. Degreaser and Karcher tiem. Fair bit better. Both of us get pretty OCD at
times
, but this is definitely not going to be a concours rebuild. The car is a little rough so it doesn’t ...
... paint it down the track. This is by far the thing I hate the most about this car. It seems no amount of Rost Off will free up the grub screws holding it on. Angle grinder up next. We wanted to yank the motor out straight away for a proper ...
7.
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration
Tuesday, 06 August 2013
Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration
... any heat to them) and reassembled and should start to be mounted tomorrow. Exciting
times
as we start to pull things together and fit them ‘for real’. Handbrake in so as to pass MOT (UK rules to enable the car to be road registered). ...
... parade perhaps and do a few events. Work is being done by a small shop in the UK called Mototechnique who I know from
old
when they rebuilt my 365 Spyder and they recently did a full ground up on a 250 GTO, so they know their stuff-real
old
...
... was that it lapped Hockenheim quicker, just, than a Maclaren FI GTR, so it was no slouch. It is also featured in the book covering the series. When I bought it, it looked
good
as per images I will post in a next instalment, but once we got into ...
8.
Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4)
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4)
... received a few coats of wrinkle black… …along with the intake manifold. If you’re wondering how to get good results with wrinkle paint, you can check out my DIY guide here. The only part that didn’t get coated in some ...
... received a few coats of wrinkle black… …along with the intake manifold. If you’re wondering how to get
good
results with wrinkle paint, you can check out my DIY guide here. The only part that didn’t get coated in some ...
... cold-side, along with a new black silicone joiner on the throttle body. The radiator was the next item to be firmly affixed. I lost count of how many
times
this was test-fitted and removed, it must have been over 50
times
. The large shroud ...
9.
Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 2)
Monday, 18 March 2013
Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 2)
... I did multiple
times
. The first time I did it I tried to fully weld them myself on the mig welder, but no matter what I did I kept getting pin-hole leaks in the joins. To test for leaks I filled the pipes with water. Also my cold-side pipe needed ...
... belt fitted to suit. I was now ready to get back to the original task at hand; fitting the intercooler, radiator, and modifying the intake manifold. Now that I could fit the radiator in and intercooler in the bay without hitting the pulley, ...
... way into the core. I also took a die grinder with a cutting disc and cut a small groove around where I wanted to cut, so the hacksaw blade would have a
good
way to locate itself and wouldn’t walk around on me. Cut off… Nice and ...
10.
Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 1)
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 1)
... were a few
times
where I realised just how big of a job I was undertaking (for me, anyway) and this was one of them. The ‘big ticket’ item of this whole job was definitely my Datsport aluminium radiator. I had originally planned ...
... I needed (and I fitted it in a day). To fit the FMIC I would need the following: - Intercooler + custom piping - Smaller radiator - Electric water pump - Modified crank pulley - Modified intake manifold That’s the main items, with countless ...
... mount out of thin aluminium, with the forward mounting tab located 20mm further back than the original. Bolted to the engine… …and then the alternator bolted up to quickly check I was on the right track. So far so
good
. To make ...
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