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I dont see a problem with doing that if it's only offset by 11mm, just make it neat and tidy

Do you mean having an electric cut out to dump the exhaust before the mufflers, but then having it capped so the electric cut out cant be used? That would be one of those situations where it doesnt say you cant do it in the rules, but I wouldn't cert it because it is obvious the cap would be left off so the electric cut out could be used A bit like people who have externally venting wastegates who put a cap over the outlet so it's not venting at all any more

I thought this one looks a bit more interesting/better than most flat decks

I had a BA XR8 ute, it had a live axle, and a 2 piece shaft and the center and rear was CV, cant remember what was at the gearbox end

We dont work in fractions now, the conversion is 3/4 race cam equals 75%racecam nowadays Stage 3 is probably 31.7%racecam by today's conversion rate.

Different lengths for different torque curves for each cylinder to even it out over a wider rpm range?

Yes, should be sorted.

Man what a mission. Looks good though.

Those original exhaust ports are tiny! Is that unique to twin dizzy engines?

Best to re do the outside ones with doubler plates and get it all certed at once If belts fitted pre 92 the belt anchorages dont have to comply but I've had customers spend more time trying to prove the mod was done prior to 92 than it would take to fit the plates. At least you know you wont have any trouble later and it's done safely Cert cost usually starts at $580 but if it's only belts and everything else is stock might be able to do it a little bit cheaper

5mm bolts are much easier and neater to use rather than rivets too

Yep that's fine on the same plane as the seat. Size doesnt matter as long as it meets the minimum area of 3000sq mm . Most people use 80x50 plates in that application. 2 belts off one anchorage is doable but it's much less work to just put 2 plates next to each other, otherwise the plating requirement is much bigger and complicated

This. i had a eh wagon I looked at for a job that had that thick underseal coating on it, the floor looked fine from underneath, but from the inside was yuck, it had rusted badly in a lot of places but the underseal was holding it together until you poked it, it needed front and rear floor pans replacing It had rubber flooring as well so I think it just trapped moisture

I got a similar quote from them on a stripped car to blast and paint, just the black normal paint not the zinc stuff someone else I asked reckoned they could do it for $600 but I wanted to see how good they are first, ive seen some really shit work by underbody blast guys on imports

#1 looks like the best spot, as mentioned spot 2 would be under the seat base so when the belt gets loaded it would pull the seat up/forward

would it be any real advantage if it doesn't take RPM into consideration? ie if its doing 7000rpm, and its got 7psi oil pressure for some reason, its not going to cut out, and its still going to get damaged?

You could do it a bit like a notch in a chassis- weld in the new part as much as you can, then cut the bit in the way out

looks cool! are you going to repaint the same colour, use same wheels and engine etc?

K series would be cool, but it might change your direction a bit, via snowball effect Ie I'd be surprised if a vw transaxle would survive long behind an engine that revs 2x as much and has 5x as much power Dunno what brakes it has but I assume vw? Probably not good enough for power increase Same with suspension, might be ok for 80hp kent, but the potential the k series has, may mean the car is not enjoyable if it tries to kill you at every corner

Looks good. Do you have any issues with lean angle? The lower frame tubes look quite close to the ground?

nice work! do you have a way of doing the zinc coating yourself? or are you on very good terms with a local business haha I like the "factory improved'' theme, that air cleaner is neat

How's the milkshake situation? Ok after changing the oil?

What a cool story! its great that it has been kept so nice within 1 family.

It's just the common qmb139 '50'cc china scooter engine that is basically the same for all cheap chinese scooters. You can get a lot of aliexpress stuff for them It is lowered, has no rear suspension any more, it got length added so the head cleared the frame It goes a lot better than the original engine but the vibrations are not great on your gentleman's area. Probably not as bad as your harley though haha