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1. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

Friday, 22 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

... and welder. That little Civic is now both rear wheel drive and turbo, or basically what you could call an S15 200sx / Silvia in a Civic body shell. Grub from Impossible contacted me to let me know they’re undertaking a new project. ...
... and welder. That little Civic is now both rear wheel drive and turbo, or basically what you could call an S15 200sx / Silvia in a Civic body shell. Grub from Impossible contacted me to let me know they’re undertaking a new project. ...
... this has become. The rear end is in and rolling, and wow it looks tough. Now that we are rolling again, it’s time to start on the roll cage. Porter has asked for a competition spec cage, but being 6ft plus he needs as much room as possible ...
... and more importantly unpredictable which makes cornering a lot slower and the time taken before you can get back on the gas longer. So after a few hours of staring at the rear end of this glamour ute, he decided that the leaf rear end had to ...

2. Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD

Thursday, 26 November 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD

Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD | Let’s take it waaaay back to the start of 2011 (that’s over four and half years ago, wow!). That’s when, at the end of my Speedhunters guest post, I posted a teaser image of an upcoming build. That ...
... image was a GC Impreza with an SR20 sitting neatly between the strut towers. Rob is the owner of that car, and he and I have been in contact since well before then, waiting for the perfect moment to feature his car. Well, things change, like ...
Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD | Let’s take it waaaay back to the start of 2011 (that’s over four and half years ago, wow!). That’s when, at the end of my Speedhunters guest post, I posted a teaser image of an upcoming build. That ...
... engine swap choices, and that same Impreza now finds itself with double the cylinders and 100% less turbochargers. It’s been a long road for Rob and his Subaru, but the time is finally here to share his build with the rest of the world. Click ...

3. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Intro + Teardown

Monday, 25 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Intro + Teardown

... almost every manufacture has a great combo that creates a fan base world wide, Think the RB26 from Nissan, matched up with one of the most advanced (for its time) 4WD systems and a strong chassis made the Godzilla feared around racetracks and ...
EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Intro + Teardown | Not long ago I posted a link on the Facebook page about this very interesting project from Sydney, Australia. I’ve since been asked by the owner, Christopher, if I would like to re-post the progress ...
... so we came out to the carpark and brought a friends S15 and parked it next to it. Wow, the Civic is longer than an S15 by around an inch. So this got us thinking… could we really drop an SR20 into this little civic? what parts would we need, ...
EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Intro + Teardown | Not long ago I posted a link on the Facebook page about this very interesting project from Sydney, Australia. I’ve since been asked by the owner, Christopher, if I would like to re-post the progress ...

4. Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

Sunday, 12 June 2011 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update | Wow, I’ve just had a look through the archives and it’s been over 6 months since I posted an update on the Datsun, and over 12 months since the last real modification! See what having a mortgage ...
Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update | Wow, I’ve just had a look through the archives and it’s been over 6 months since I posted an update on the Datsun, and over 12 months since the last real modification! See what having a mortgage ...
... have the choice! Sometimes I like to put some beats on, drop the revs down, slot the gearbox into 5th, and just cruise along at a leisurely pace. Que the audio shelf of the garage, boxes of left over parts I’ve accumulated over the years. ...
... head underneath the front-end, the first thing I noticed was a split caster arm bush (and dirty chassis-rails, arrghh!), so that was the first thing to be rectified. New bushes, noticeable lack of splits. Old bushes, split-o-liscious. Caster ...