NicT

Stud pattern is dependent on the weight of the car not the horsepower output

More wheel choices as well in 4 stud that suite the car.

Why we cut the radiator support bracket

Redrilled Hilux next to Old T-series, new 4 link mounts coming soon

 

The bonnet sits pretty close to that top radiator support, are you sure that the bonnet is going to fit with that Radiator outlet sticking up that high?

Especially if getting a different radiator ends up being the solution anyway.

 

It was done with the bonnet in place, its only off in the pictures to fit motor.

No radiator will fit with the capacity required (and miss the y pipe for the turbo) between the radiator and support. Turbo V8s get hot. I will get a picture of the space we currently have...

We are going Water to Air so we dont have to cut anymore holes, and the intercooler pipe will sneak its way around.

I was trying to push for water injection and no intercooler with the inlet put on the passengers side so it goes Turbo -> Throttle body, but we assesst it and we felt going through 1 litre of water per 10km will be a pain in the ass. (plus galvanic corrosion of the fuel injectors from the water vapor is not an ideal byproduct)

Yes bring rina over, keen to see!!!! This weekend perchance?

I'm looking forward to this being 5/8th's finished before being offered for sale/parted out

Yea, ive parted out more cars then i like, all of them due to extensive chassis damage. Orange car would never see the road, trueno was stoved up good and proper.

Main plus is this has Wof/Rego/plates/half cage, and will have cert when its done.

Also it is not my car however I am constructing it.

Please keep those wheels on it

We never got them, just came on steelies

YOU CRAZY BRAH!

Hopefully you can get this one finished. Looking forward to seeing it progress/complete.

Yea, been hiding this in the background as i wanted to show progress, not a pipe dream

Discussion threads for all your needs

Build Thread //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42532-uza63/?p=1274351

Discussion: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42533-the-uza63-carina/

Same shit, different shell.

Has anyone used bobcam 4 axis for solidworks with out smashing the computer screen?

Rubbish software, Ill hand programmed in conversational on the controller before i touch Bobcam again.

Surfcam and alphacam are good. Cheaper stuff like VisualMill 2014 is pretty damn good for the price as well ($1950 + GST)

I would LOVE a wagon version of one of these, particularly for sleeping/camping.

Looks wicked, does it have a 1gge in it? or the downright dangerous 1gfe?

2 Weeks ago, was this fine automobile at Langs beach up northwood?

Thats awesome!

 

How hard is it to get an accurate scan?

Ill tell you when i get one...

You must be tight for space if the alternator belt situation is determining your oil hose routing.

I thought we were tight with a 1uz turbo in a AA60 Carina....

This is the Xbox Kinect, the new kinect looks amazing for the Xbox one, however the programs to use it dont exist yet, and microshaft are keeping the tech real close to their chest for now. But its resolution will be 10000000 times better.

Eeeeeven better, ive scored a job at a CNC routing workshop, so will have access to machines that could make mdf moulds etc. Exciting times

Now i should really work on a car...

Have you checked to make sure it is all too scale and correct?

Not yet, i am just stoked i got something useable out of the thing finally.

RIGHT, so i finally go the scanning thing-a-ma-bob to do what i wanted it to, and i got a result that i was aiming for the whole time.

Idea:

Scan -> CAD cool shit using factory lines -> form machine on CNC routers -> fiberglass

Scan

Mesh Model!!!!!!!!!

I can run tool paths over this and machine something fathemable. Offset surfaces for plugs/material thickness etc etc

Just trying to get the surface to be smooth, figure out how to make this nicer

I have a job interview for a CNC routing place in coming week. Could be interesting work. They make plugs and moulds for boats/helicopter canopies along with signs and other junk.

It looks like more interesting CNC work then drilling lots of holes in metal.

Awesome build man.

I dont know what it is with Blacktop 20v's but everyone ive built/rebuilt/opened looks like the one you have. People just never seem to change the oil in them!

Open throttles will make everything worth it

Buying whole beasts is so much cheaper then buying butchered meat.

Makes you feel more caveman too.

Nice fabrication looks amazing. My Sheet metal skills are rubbish

Yow, are you still going to delete the pop up lights?

Its on the cards my friend, just battling a new computer to do CAD on atm

Finito!

On the bike!

How did you make the web cover? Looks interesting?

That looks awesome dude. What's your plan to finish these parts? Tumble them and then anodise?

 

Cheeky question. Would your mate be willing to do CNC machine work for others at prices that aren't as expensive as retail rates?

PM Me, it does take a loooooooonnnnnnng time to get stuff done by him. I wrote the program, and the machining time is 34 minutes, proberly took me 3 hours to write the program. Took him 5 weeks to machine it haha

And i will be leaving it raw for now and abusing the crap out of it to see if i should make some more to sell/give to friends

Hey guys, I thought id start a page of engineering type projects i do start and share with everyone.

I welcome everyone to throw up their projects as well, anything to do with 3d Scanning, 3d Printing, CNC machining or just general "thats cool" engineering stuff.

I thought id throw up a BMX race stem i designed. It is made on a 5 Axis incremental DMG (deckle Maho) CNC Mill.

This was done on a trunion style machine with a rotary table. It was programmed from the solid model using Edgecam and was kindly machined for me by a friend.

Stem was designed in Solidworks 2013 to be used as a BMX race stem weighing 10 oz (bmx stuff is in pounds and ounces so its easier to use this unit of measurement when comparing to other parts)

Tool paths

I should be getting the finished parts with caps early next week, i cant wait!

Yes that schematic definately illustrates your problem effectively.

Crane

Hi, Long time reader first time caller.

Cool stuff ive read so far.

Regarding the crane, why not block and tackle it into place? 

Get Royal Wolf to fit 2 large wooden beams fixed to the underside of the container, hiab it off on side, then drag it up your driveway, then jack it up and slide it onto its foundations/posts?

You could concrete in some posts now around the property to afix anchor points to.

I only ask as this is what we had to do shifting a 11 tonne injection moulding machine, 70 metres into a factory. I image a shipping container is lighter then that? 

Man hour cost < Crane cost