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1. For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

Tuesday, 08 December 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

... and the engine roars to life, let it warm up a hair and its settles down into an idle quieter than expected, though still aggressive. It idles at ~800rpm happily. The clutch is easy to modulate and only medium weight. The car is remarkably ...
... owned in this form by the originator of the V8 swap for nearly 50 years. There are few cars from the that can feel this exciting – this 912 is it! I hope you can tell by my long ad that this car is an amazing, well sorted, interesting ...

2. Project 510: Short Shifting

Friday, 10 July 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: Short Shifting

Project 510: Short Shifting | 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 since I ripped it apart and fitted my FMIC and ...
... the quintessential sparks. The bottom of the shifter after it’s haircut. The angle grinder was also taken to the bottom of a sacrificial 71B shifter, but the piece cut 10mm longer. When you offer it up to my shifter, we get the magical ...

3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 4

Friday, 07 November 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 4

... removal for trim. Trim, now that is a word I have not thought of for a long time. Dash now complete. Not happy with the lights, so those will change for something neater when we can locate, but meanwhile it now enables us to ...
... (OK, maybe one of), son of Kevin the Head Man at Moto T, and responsible for the dashboard is now turning his attention to the less than demanding bucket of 22 bits requiring mouse hair but at the same time has pointed out that the Michelotto ...

4. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Buttoning things up

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

... neat as possible. Brendo got a new haircut and decided he was going to help. Thanks mate, couldn’t of done it without you. We run GKtech fans on all our cars and the civic would be no different. 50% more airflow would help greatly as we ...
... alloy fuel tank fabricated. Then we work our way along the We’re already up to Part 5 of the Impossible Fabrications / Nulon EG Civic build. In this installment we start at the back of the car to see the rear suspension framework finalised, ...

5. 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 ...
... items… The lower grill moulding interfered with the reinforcing bracket I made, so it needed a quick haircut with the Dremel. Grille re-installed. I’m happy that you can’t really see the intercooler at all, stealth mode! ...

6. Project 510 – sump mods

Monday, 27 February 2012 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510 – sump mods

... damage over the years which resulted in a few hairline fractures, and the plug no longer had a perfectly flat surface to seal to, so when I walked into the garage and saw a large trail of oil, I knew it was finally time to put my long-running ...
... damage over the years which resulted in a few hairline fractures, and the plug no longer had a perfectly flat surface to seal to, so when I walked into the garage and saw a large trail of oil, I knew it was finally time to put my long-running ...