Truenotch Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Choice! You have 3 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Edit: link to project thread here 3 weeks 7 days a week maaaaaybe it would be possible. stupid having to work sleep/eat/mundane chores. no wait sleeping and eating are pretty awesome. Do need to get a wheel alignment for the 124 some time in the next 3 weeks though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Do need to get a wheel alignment for the 124 some time in the next 3 weeks though I like where this is heading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Having holes at the end of your welds might be because you don't have enough "post flow" of gas when you finish the weld, or are pulling away too quick. It is just a single pinhole in the last part of the flow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Metal shaping looks good man. Get a surface blending disc and some flap wheels and no one will be able to tell that it's welded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esprit Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 And done.Didn't turn out as good as I would have liked, should have been more careful with the fab and welding and left the welds. as I'd done a bit of a huckery job and had to grind them back ended up going through in a few places and having to then fill holes then grind back again and having to cleanup in the inside alot more. Still should be fine, and my progress is slow enough as it is without trying to do an esprit like job of it. I'm flattered! Looking good though man.. keen to see a nice rapid 131 in action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escy274 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Where did you get the clutch & fly wheel from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Clutch was by Autoclutch in Morningside (auckland) they are pretty good and can make a clutch to do whatever pretty much. The guy there recommended me the guy who did the flywheel, was just a random old dude who used to work for bruce mclaren or something with a little machine shop on the north shore - I just gave him a std flywheel as a template. flywheel wasn't even every expensive considering it's got the hobbed in ring gear and was heat treated, something like $500-600 although it was a couple of years ago now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escy274 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Clutch was by Autoclutch in Morningside (auckland) they are pretty good and can make a clutch to do whatever pretty much. The guy there recommended me the guy who did the flywheel, was just a random old dude who used to work for bruce mclaren or something with a little machine shop on the north shore - I just gave him a std flywheel as a template. flywheel wasn't even every expensive considering it's got the hobbed in ring gear and was heat treated, something like $500-600 although it was a couple of years ago now. Thanks for that. Can you remember the name of the shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 nah sorry, it was just some guys name engineering or something like that, no idea what happened to the bussiness card i had. if you ask the guy at autoclutch he can probably tell you who/where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Good man! That is a nice little tag to have. Are you able to offer any pointers to someone about to undertake a cage installation job themselves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Good shit! I was worried that they might not accept it due to lack of heat signature on the welds (cause of the painting+brushing). That's one big step closer! Brad - I've been part of 2-3 new cage installs in the last couple of weeks. We did the front legs, side intrusion and strut bars as an extension on a half cage over a few nights + homologation. PM me if you have any specific Q's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Yeah I was starting to get a bit worried, Id got a letter in January saying they had received it on teh 10th, and was like hmm ohfuck, as the cutoff date for the new rules was the 1st this may not be good (I had posted in on about the 20th of december). then yesterday evening I was thinking hmm maybe I should ring them up to see whats the story, then grabbed some junk mail that had been sitting on my coffee table for a couple of days and flicked though it and found the letter with the logbook folded inside. just starting to get annoyed with having to go up to auckland for work so much atm which is killing all my afternoon/evening time for sorting out my garage and getting back into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 haha... They would have opened it on the 10th because when they got back after new year there were near 200 homologation applications in the mail. Almost everyone sent them the week before xmas and they're still working through the backlog. but then one friend of mine got his back in around a week. His was freshly built with the new sized main hoop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentra Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 hey that looks really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 my mintest weld ever aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Cool to see this back on track again Whats to stop that axle shifting sideways? Does it normally have a panhard rod in place? Oh how I wish for a mancave. I currently have only a manwoodshed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 dunno about on track, on the level maybe haha - there is a panhard rod just i disconnected it for research purposes/it will need some adjustment so to say. mancave is great just need to get the power/lighting sorted but have been a bit slack with alot going on lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 So much tuck! I'll say it again - can't wait to see this thing in action. Nats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 maybe if allan keeps on reminding me every second day but hmm nats - maybe if I quite my job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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