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1. Renegade Hybrids’ LSx Powered Cayman Sounds Amazing

Wednesday, 26 November 2014 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Renegade Hybrids’ LSx Powered Cayman Sounds Amazing

Renegade Hybrids’ LSx Powered Cayman Sounds Amazing | Renegade Hybrids debuted their new LSx powered Porsche Cayman at SEMA 2014. Although the kit is not available to for purchase, one person who has been testing the car for a week had some ...
... post videos, reviews, more engine shots, etc., but just a few words on my first week behind the wheel, will certainly peak your ceriousity. In one sentence that best sums it up: Loose NOTHING but the feeling you wish there was more! Still true ...

2. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Rear suspension & driveline

Monday, 22 September 2014 Content / build-threads.com / EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Rear suspension & driveline

... to change to have the car sitting well and rolling true. As you can see, there isn’t a lot of room for activities back here. We knew we were going to lose our spare wheel, but after pulling it down are direction changed to making sure we didn’t ...
... needed. By welding the lock ring in place it means that we can remove the pins if needed, along with it being a tried and tested mounting technique. This is what the pins look like once mounted and ready to install in ...

3. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

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

... that whilst it is true to say that great progress has been made in lowering the amount of solvents released into our atmosphere during the painting process, most of this is achieved by the use of ever more sophisticated catalysts which allow ...
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 ...

4. Exclusive look: Peasnell Racing Designs

Wednesday, 13 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Exclusive look: Peasnell Racing Designs

... lots of testing and practice first of course. Target date January 2015. LEIGH PRATT’S HONDA CIVIC EK4 RALLY CAR BUILD Out of all of my friends Leigh Pratt is the one we hail as having the most actual ...
... JMB Ferrari team in the FIA GT Championship. Up against some tough competition from the ever strong Prodrive 550′s and Saleen S7′s the 550′s never really found their true pace before the evolutionary 575 GTC project kicked ...

5. 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 ...
... we have a really good undamaged and true base to build up on given the history and the time and money being invested. All measurements have been recorded for the future as in due course I will put a book together on the history and the journey ...

6. Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4)

Wednesday, 20 March 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4)

Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 4) | Let’s wrap this up, shall we? This fourth (and final!) segment will be all of the satisfying stuff. Now that all of the fabrication and test-fitting had been completed, I could move on to the fun stuff; ...
... meant to be. Once I got it started, the engine ran rough, had a very low idle, and it would bog down when you tried to blip the throttle. I was severely disappointed. The good news was that my alternator belt ran straight and true, and my waterpump ...

7. Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 3)

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 3)

... hit the front apron. The true test was to put the intercooler into place and make sure it all fit together. Great success! At this point I had only drilled and tapped the top hole. Now that I knew the shape worked, I could drill and tap the ...
... series of hot tacks joined together. This worked well for me. The finished piece (with added gusset) Side angle. While I had the injectors out I thought it would be a good idea to have them professionally cleaned and flow-tested. It turned ...

8. Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 1)

Sunday, 17 March 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510: FMIC + more (pt 1)

... alternator was able to be adjusted easily. The true test would be when the engine fired up for the first time. Up until this point I was using various pieces of tubing and washers to space the upper bracket, so once the design was finalised ...
... the threaded inserts found on most generic intercoolers. Close-up. I couldn’t even test fit the radiator, as the thermo fan would be sitting against the crank pulley. My engine only has one belt which goes from the crank pulley, to the ...

9. Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

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

... Well, no, it didn’t, but upon taking the car for a test drive, a new problem kindly reared it’s head. The steering was now failing to re-center itself after turning a corner, I’d have to manually bring the steering wheel back ...
... that had been missing from the car since I bought it: tunes. I know a lot of car guys say there’s nothing better than the music of your engine at full-song, and I believe that’s true, but I also believe it’s nice when you ...