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RUNAMUCK

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  1. So some of your have seen my new project shitbox. (Which wont be getting worked on for a wee while yet)  as its a blank canvas in terms of drivetrain, id like to start a discussion about  the real world costs associated with building a fast car. 

    Engine aside, (theres eleventy billion "debates"on teh webs about which engine is "best") things like fuel system, Engine management, loom, turbo, intercooler, transmission/converter, diff etc. 

    All of these things are needed irespective of which donk is slung in the engine bay.  Youtube is awash with videos of engines making massive power, many seemingly for not much money. 

    What are some real world costs to build a rocketship? 

    Discuss.

  2. 12 hours ago, fletch said:

    A long time ago just before either parked it up to go overseas, the speedo stopped working. I always thought it was the dodgy speedo drive I modified. Turns out it was the cable

    Spend too much time wound off the end of the speedo?

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  3. Thanks Alex.

    Without spamming up the actual build thread, heres the back story.

    Our cat is elderly.  She annoys me, and was never the favourite. (Other cat is long deceased) but she is a loved part of our family. 

    However her fur goes everywhere. If i take off my work clothes, and put on garage clothes, she'll lie on them and make them all hairy. And her fur collects in tufts all over the carpet/on my norsewear socks. 

    I dont want another cat. 

    I told her i bought another datsun. Theres a garage space at mums for it. 

    Obviously it looks like shit to a non car person. So she blew up and over reacted like a dick. Purely as an excuse to force her will of getting two kittens once Oscar finally falls off the perch. (Yes our girl cat has a boys name, thats another sharn)

     

    Anyway,

    I need to do a three hour mish to go pick it up. At this point, its finding a weekend where both the seller and i arent busy.

    Then try and get a non rolling car off the trailer, and into the garage.

    New years day 2023 i heled a friend move a datsun shell, and when i found the mechanical load limit of my once infallable guns i tore my bicep tendon. Subsequently ill be employing a greater degree of care/different methodology at that time. 

    I havent seen them, but the seller tells me the guy who tubbed it out also welded the bonnet and front gaurds together. With a veiw to making a tilt front.  

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  4. The ones on the rear are what my kart ran when i was a kid/when it was first built. (When it ran a 3.5hp Kawaski) it was only 1wd. Once we smoked the first one, we ran ones like the front o  the driven wheel. Brcause they are so soft, the 5hp shreaded them with ease. 

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  5. My prediction is, road tax revenue will decrease. (Even just from losing GeStapoTax on the fuel levy/i bet the drty cunts change gst on rucs) then theyll say people are cheating the sytem, and mandate Eroads.

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  6. 8 minutes ago, Willdat? said:

    You've seen the bike engined Leaf?

    How about a generator hooked straight to the charging port? A man of your ability/ingenuity should be able to pull it off...

    I believe they have some fail safe that means they wont drive when theyre charging. To stop mongs driving off while plugged in.

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