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1. Project Honda City Turbo II – Exhaust, interior, FINITO!

Sunday, 26 April 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Exhaust, interior, FINITO!

... those rare days where you give it a crack and it just works. Very little fussing about and a perfect result straight away. Great feels! After cleaning and flushing out the coolant channels we filled the auto-choke circuit with as much coolant ...
... rich and hunting. We manually closed the choke and had the car idling beautifully. The idle step up with headlights on also worked properly. After testing the auto choke in a bowl of hot water the plunger was definitely working. Trouble is, ...

2. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

Saturday, 03 January 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 5

... too am going to have to wait to hear the results. Fingers crossed. A few of the ducts in process of being duplicated. Briefly surfaced to hear first impressions are all going well on the dyno so far. More to follow in a few days. And ...
... in place but covered with a protective tape to keep it clean. Next element of the ongoing process And now the piping to infuse the resin. Just for interest, this is the cordless cutting tool used to trim the CF. Test ...

3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 4

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

... will stay for now and testing but will hopefully be replaced by something more suitable for controlled track day use when and if I can find it. Still seems difficult to find a suitable exhaust with a dual purpose, open for open track days and ...
... lesson to be learnt and it looks like back again to Zircotec. Now not impressed and somewhat pissed. Meanwhile,the dashboard starts to take shape. The chrome bezels will be going black next. Dash in its latest ...

4. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Buttoning things up

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

... 5 days to finish the build and about 3 months work of work to do. The front and rear ends were tacked in so the next step was to fabricate a tunnel and firewall, not only was this going to give us the room for our drive shaft and gearbox but ...
... his Facebook page for the full build on this and other tanks. He is simply the best in the business. This was the real test, we wanted to get the tank under the car but not draw too much attention to it. The tank cant be seen from behind the ...

5. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

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

... last few Red shots from the recent past to end on that I have not posted, but then its cold turkey for me for the next 10 days. Engine is the last big one and just waiting for our final parts so hopefully that should be my surprise as soon as ...
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3 | I really wanted to keep the Ferrari F40 LM Restoration in one large post, however it was proving too large to handle. For this latest update, I’ve decided to create a separate post. I’ve also split ...

6. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

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

... of one of the greatest supercars of all time. I’m so used to seeing F40′s in their finished guise, carefully polished with gleaming paintwork, but to see one in various states of undress has given me a whole new appreciation for ...
... which, all being well, should be with us next week. Then we get to top coat the chassis with the Michelotto silver. That will mark the start of real progress.And a Happy Easter Holidays to all my (probably few) readers! Really just ...

7. DIY/How-To: Wrinkle texture paint

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 Content / build-threads.com / DIY/How-To: Wrinkle texture paint

... on the images for larger 1000px versions… Here’s what I started with: An old L-series rocker cover which had seen better days, some wax & grease remover, oven cleaner, and of course a can of wrinkle-finish paint. First up this ...
... rocker cover needed a good cleaning. I had some oven cleaner lying around that I bought to clean a gearbox but never used it, so I thought I’d test it out on this. Apparently it’s quite harmful stuff, and proper protection is recommended, ...

8. custom car review

Thursday, 31 March 2011 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / custom car review

... in the early days they most often were the only means of transport for their young owners. So, I decided to start some real world testing of my Chevy Coupe. I took it to the grocery store, went down town and hauled some bags of empty bottles ...
custom car review | Customs are considered to be show cars. They don't need to be good at anything except for looking slick and sinister while getting your ass to the next car show or whatever. But in the early days they most often were the ...