340i Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 soooo far away from finished still haha. mostly comes down to money availability now, but it still needs a stupid amount of hours thrown at it too. haha i'm gonna try buy a more reliable vehicle next time, but similarly this normally gets killed by me not having enough money... haha standard car-guy dilemma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted February 9, 2013 Share Posted February 9, 2013 I love the exhaust. there's heaps ya can do without spending huge $$ Usually they are boring jobs though. What are ya doing for paint on the cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
340i Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 yeah that's true. for the cab, that's how it'll stay for the foreseeable future. i like the contrast of old/rusty/shitty oem and new/shiny custom stuff. one day it might get painted though, probably a satin colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Offer still stands if you need any help. I'm mates with Alex so can always wing out with him if he is doing a mish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I was wondering what this was up to the other day and went on and watched episode 33, where you assembled the car and took to waters edge for photoshoot, then episode 34 starts off assembling it all over again hah! Must be getting pretty good at it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
340i Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Offer still stands if you need any help. I'm mates with Alex so can always wing out with him if he is doing a mish.. thanks man. for the foreseeable future i'll just be doing small things on my own as i have time, but i'll let you know if i need a hand at some point I was wondering what this was up to the other day and went on and watched episode 33, where you assembled the car and took to waters edge for photoshoot, then episode 34 starts off assembling it all over again hah! Must be getting pretty good at it! haha yeah after that video i needed the space in the garage and didn't want to leave it outside with all the expensive parts on it, so stripped it right back and just left the bare chassis/body outside. not the most ideal scenario, but i'd rather that than wake up one day and find parts missing lol. i need a workshop asap haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 saw the vid last night/early morning and makes me sad my motor isnt miles away from my radiator because it would be sweet to make sweet piping like that! Wonder if it would cool enough by just putting fins on the pipe and not having a radiator at all? or adding fins for a bit of extra cooling on the pipe? i think finned pipes would look pretty cool and should be done anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 them clear pipes in random pic thread were the beez knees 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Ned. Are you suggesting he have his pipes machined from solid aluminum billet. If so- I agree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
340i Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 saw the vid last night/early morning and makes me sad my motor isnt miles away from my radiator because it would be sweet to make sweet piping like that! Wonder if it would cool enough by just putting fins on the pipe and not having a radiator at all? or adding fins for a bit of extra cooling on the pipe? i think finned pipes would look pretty cool and should be done anyway haha trust me it is not sweet making piping.... there's so much cutting and measuring and welding, waaay too much work to hook a radiator up lol. and then there's the 8 silicon joiners, 16 hose clamps, and five chassis brackets. on the upside, i think it was a good project to do to practice my stainless tig, so i can do the rest of the exhaust myself (i had Bam do the 4" pipe. partly due to time rush before the nats. partly cos he's a bawss at tig). regarding finned pipes, this would help, but would make under the car hotter. good in winter but not so much in summer (i'm talking as-if wellington has a summer... lol). on trials 4wd's i know there are guys that just run the coolant through the rollcage, which has the same effect. as long as its water tight and you don't touch it right near the motor, its a pretty cool idea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Cool idea for a give away.... I'd rather see a project vid tho.... One like you made in the olden days before it got left to become one with the lawn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eke_zetec_RWD Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Looks sweet. Will you run a header tank or is your cap on the radiator higher than the heads of the v8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
340i Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 yeah not much progress on it at the moment due to lack of funds and motivation. i'm going to be displaying at speedshow in a month and a bit, so will probably pull finger in the coming weeks so that there's some progress to show for that. i hadn't actually given too much thought on the radiator cap height, but that's a good point and i'm going to have to look into it. when i fitted it i just made sure it fit under the bonnet and that was my main consideration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Give away is a good idea Nick, will have to do some head scratching for velo bike / should learn how to use software as I is a draftsman. You obviosly have a big picture buisness plan with this new angle? Chris (we meet at BAM's when i picked up that red BMW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
340i Posted June 5, 2013 Share Posted June 5, 2013 Hi Chris, yeah i've got a few plans, but the cad thing is more about just testing the waters at the moment, as well as just doing more designs to get my skills up. i'm still fairly amateur with it haha. i'm learning though and can do everything i need to at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 So long with no update. I hope you are still tinkering with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My name is Russell Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/AirbaggedTrailers?fref=ts Nicks smashing these out for for now, and gone international 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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