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1. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 5

Monday, 02 May 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 5

... prep for paint. First step was to remove all the body panels, leaving a just a shell and all the bar work. The rear tub comes off with 6 bolts now, which makes it super easy to get access to the rear end. With one team working on removing the ...

2. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 4

Monday, 25 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 4

... seem to work well. On top of that they are nice company to deal with from an after sales and customer service point of view. The radiator mounts are very cool, it seems the longer the ute stays here the more custom parts get created and fitted. ...

3. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 3

Saturday, 23 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 3

... in the workshop, with a huge amount of work being done on not only the front end, but the engine bay was starting to get some love as well. This came in the form of some go-fast bits for the hot and cold side of the engine. We had a few different ...

4. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 2

Saturday, 23 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 2

... bar work. Front and rear stays are in, its now time to focus on the dash bar as well as the first unique features on the side intrusion bars. Ian Porter is over 6 ft when he is on his knees, so we had to make sure that the side intrusion bars ...

5. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

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

... a creation that is going to pay homage to the local workhorse in the form of an XR6 turbo Ute. Ian from Porter Performance and his team are no strangers to the Nulon Nationals, driving or not the guys are always willing to lend a hand ...

6. Project Honda City Turbo II – First Start!

Tuesday, 02 December 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – First Start!

... had straight fuel hose to work with, no nicely shaped factory stuff. Space was super limited and getting the pump in a spot where the hose wouldn’t kink was the issue. It looks like a mess but it’s actually worked out well. ...

7. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Buttoning things up

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

EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Buttoning things up | 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, and an ...

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

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

... gauge how much work we had to do to get the Nissan rear end in the car. The only other EG that has been done with a Nissan rear end was a drift car and they could run a fuel tank in the boot and didn’t see a reason to ever take it out ...

9. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Engine installed!

Monday, 01 September 2014 Content / build-threads.com / EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Engine installed!

... of where we need to cut, This wasn’t a big issue, just a time consuming one. Now we are all ready to Go, Daniel (Grub to his mates) got to work with his magic pen and removed enough room for the gearbox without taking to much strength out of ...

10. EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Front Suspension

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Front Suspension

... we have alot of work ahead of us just to get the front end to even touch the civic. We have to custom make mounting points for the S15 cradle to bolt into the Civic chassis. Funnily enough the front mounting points were alot closer, all we have ...