sluggy

The autometer senders for the pressure and temp gauges are buried in my treasure trove of broken dreams.... Unfortunately I am over the seas so cant get them too you !! But if you wanted to call into work, I can forewarn the team and they can get you into my lockup. they will be in one of the boxes marked VW shit...

21 hours ago, MRWEST said:

Who did you find to do glass in the end mate?

Out'n'about windscreens. Based in Tauranga but is in AK 5 days a week. Does hotrod, race cars, old stuff.

Also has some great stories. 

Barry Clark is his name. Outnaboutwindscreens@gmail.com

He's on the Facebook as well.

Righto, ill change my photo situation .  Should work now

Glass is flat that I need, contact would be great.

2 hours ago, 64valiant said:

hey @sluggy all your images come up dead on my phone as well as pc. just coming up with a circle with a line in them.

Hmmm, I dunno why, I just cleared my cache and they worked OK for me. 

In other news, polishing glass... The rear window is negligible on the goodness front, pretty sure it has weld splatter or something like that pretty much edge to edge. Just wondering if anyone would have suggestions around this, there are none in the country, and bringing one in is hideously expensive.

All willwood discs.

As predicted, I took a wee bit of paint off the drivers door because no door stop on, and loose/in a hurry... But truck now has a face again, all the lights are working, rear wiring and pinion seal all sorted, bumpers on front and rear, have started on doors. I got an electric window kit for it, because daily driver, so I can wind the passenger airconditioner down without having a fatal accident.  So halfway there with that, waiting for some new window glass to arrive. Getting the side windows and rear tinted to help a bit with the aircon inside. She radiates a ton of heat through the firewall so will attempt to kill a bit of this with some extreme yoga install.

Black plate.

Rear bumper mount straightened, it was doglegged due to a greatest hit. Note correct welding footwear.

WIndow switch uses original door handle, patina intact.

As mentioned in the shed thread, the truck is back form the painters, I let myself down a bit through abject laziness, couldnt be arsed stripping the dash and getting that sprayed, so internal patina will remain for a while longer (probably forever). Unfortunately the panel beater had a small fire whilst underneath it welding the sill on the LHS, caught the seat belt on fire, then the seat, and the headliner, so it will be back to the upholsterers sometime soon. He did offer to pay for it, so no real drama moving forward... So much shiny. Kept the original colour. Bit of reassembly to do. Big wiring tidy up in the tray, I was a bit loose with this on the initial wire up and its a bit of a mess. Pinion seal needs replacing. 

Trying not to ding it while reassembling, no promises.

My stock LSA runs a 8 rib micro v belt on the supercharger, 600hp and 25000 ks without changing the belt. Don't see the point of Gilmer unless you are running a 6/71 blower etc.

Replace the shiny billet with the rotary and thats where it will be, no structure at all out there currently.

Mostly because I have it, and also the weight factor, currently the engine will have no support at the front end. It will be hanging off the gearbox/adaptor 

Yeah I have lots of rapidly unshining previously shiny stuff...

Can anyone here enlighten me on exhaust design for the rotary, I have been advised to use what looks like steam pipe for the exhaust to turbo. The turbo will not be in anywhere near the stock location, probably hanging around over the gearbox somewhere, so quite long runners.

I have some burns 321 stainless 2" bends and straights that are 16g ( 1.6mm wall), this is what I am using on the flat 4, but was hoping to use it on the 13b also. The 321 is good for temps up to about 900c (1700 F). It will be running E85.

11 minutes ago, j.e.d. said:

That's a shame... can you not cut the old body over the new chassis?

I really just want to get something running, there is potential to do this and I'm pretty sure this is a tough sell at best, will just see how it all pans out. The likelihood of having both cars haunting me for years to come is high !

If anyone is interested, I am looking at selling the 55. It is a roller, engineless, with or without gearbox. I have a ton of options/stuff that will go with the car. Looking for 20k without the box or 30 with it. Box is a mendeola MD4S, good for 1000 flywheel horsepowers (rotary maybe ? ). The whole deal is no expense spared.

Prepared to do deals.

As per my build thread, I have bought another car, I have thought about finishing this, but motivation/time are against me.

Yet another notch in the bedhead of broken dreams.

Yeah I think I do somewhere. Will have to check...  All good mate, Ive moved on !!

Large tube of silicon sealant....

For the record, do you still have my torque multiplier thingy ? Or have I misplaced it...