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  1. flyingbrick
    Got some front hubs here. I may want ti go from 5x115 to 5x120. I can't stagger the holes because of webbing on the back face. I don't thing welding is a safe option because of material. As its only approx 2.5 mm offset per stud I can't plug the hole then drill as the remaining bit of plug will just fall out. I'm thinking maybe braze up the holes then drill. What are people's thoughts, asside from just ordering the correct billet hubs ( or using trailer hubs and possibly modifying spindle )
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    Hamilton. I'll give those guys a call to make sure they can do what I need. Place in the states does ls1 injectors out to 1,000cc and its pretty damn cheap considering new injector cost!
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    That's the base bolted in. The rusty shit is from a leaky heater core. And that's the shifter in place. I need to re-drill and tap its mounting holes as its not quite center. Opps. Pretty happy with today's project overall
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    Please tell us more about this electric truck
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    I second eBay NASCAR stuff I've not bought anything yet but there's some cool stuff going cheap!
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    Hahaha in one of those vids he fucks everyone off and gets banned for a while. I'm not too interested in skids though to be honest- more than anything I just want to test myself and my ball size down the quarter. If I could get the front wheels off the ground I'd be happy!! Fiero front end being dropped off tomorrow- it should give me approx 2" wider track up front- so my skinnies won't tuck so bad. Will be interesting to run a tape over that lot. Anyone with a gem want to upgrade to Pontiac fiero front brakes? Lol
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    Oh and I have to re-do that pulley after working out why the lathes DTI is inaccurate- it used to be absolutely spot on- it now has no correlation to what the cross slide is doing at all- *%%<!¥!! that might be one for the lathe thread
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    So I got to work an hr early today and did this. It's made to mount my b&m shifter to the factory shifter bracket. It was an easy way of sealing the hole in the trans tunnel that the factory shifter uses and it means I didn't have to mess with adding new mounting points to the tunnel. Tig welded- not as perfect as I'd like but I'm getting better quickly There will be a rubber gasket under this to block all the holes and once the zinc spray has dried I'll find some black. I want to carpet the car once finished so will slit carpet and tuck under the hoop so the cover of the shifter will kinda float above the tunnel and all this will be hidden. I hope the images are an ok size as I do everything via my cell and its hard to tell.
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    Just go with old school serial (or whatever they are called) plugs and sockets everywhere like megasquirt uses. Joking, those plugs are yuuuuck. I wish they used something a bit more robust
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    Does anyone do it here?
  11. flyingbrick
    Here's one from a guy I sold my LS intake to. http://www.914club.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=332491 Turbo ls1 Porsche
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    That's rediculious.
  13. flyingbrick
    That is a great idea!... The first bit that comes out would be super hot though lol
  14. flyingbrick
    Please don't paint that thing- it's fucking awesome! Proportions are spot on. Love the full size windscreen
  15. flyingbrick
    I just grab these from work whenever needed- was in SCA the other day and saw their price to buy them individually- HOLY SHIT!!
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    Is it true that glass packing turns to dust and leaves it empty eventually?
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    Coby are great to deal with- give em a call?
  18. flyingbrick
    Yeah man. Ended up flat out the whole weekend.. I'll txt you now
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    I don't know the history behind that trd guy above- but I'm bloody sure I have heard that story about 5 times about different blokes. I know nothing but won't the trd development team be a bunch of Asians in Japan not some dude in nz?
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    Cheers. Not a bad idea really to get going.
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    And today I got a TIG welder... Now to find a small argon bottle cheap... I made a few templates and did some measuring and marking. I think it would be possible without cutting the firewall to get the front of the ls1 pretty much where the front of the current engine is. Size wise there's heaps of room. Really though it needs to go back a little- so the firewall will get moved back a few inches in the middle. I also got the 4cyl ready for removal. I need a rear sump and I also need to get some compact wilwood master cylinders as they'll fit a shit ton nicer than my standard size ones. Test fit and dream time. Wanted to do more this weekend but life got in the way
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    Test fit
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    cards for tire masking is a good idea!
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    And this is my new daily/ tow pig. Entirely relevant to this thread as it means the gem can now come off the road V8. Goes well for an old car- has extractors and seems to have been very nicely looked after. Now I wonder what I can do to make it faster.......
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    Not turbo- but a great example is the ls6 manifold vs the ls1 manifold. The only difference that I recall is the shape of the plenum floor ( which dictates plenum volume) ls6 is larger and gains something like 30hp over the ls1 piece. Comparing the two pieces its easy to assume GM deliberately derated the ls1 with that first design. I do wonder how much power these different companies engines could be producing if politics played no part. Often revisions include bigger valves, bigger throttles, higher compression etc etc... They KNOW all this makes more power so why not just engineer it to 100% in the first place? Is it so that their special versions are easier to produce? (Eg hsv) who knows.
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