ProZac Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 Why is your car bogged down in mud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 Why is your car bogged down in mud? I came off at turn 3 at Hampton Downs a while ago. It was damp and I couldn't really tell when I was sliding and when I wasn't. Twas pretty scary sliding sideways off the track so fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepers Posted November 14, 2011 Share Posted November 14, 2011 i love your project thread. somehow it always has me LOLing at something. pretty shit about your bonnet "repair", whats the plan for it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted November 14, 2011 Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 pretty shit about your bonnet "repair", whats the plan for it?? Yeah, it's had this big crack in the paint that seems to grow bigger by the minute. I lose sleep wondering what lurks underneath it so figured it's time to have a poke around. There was a light skim of bog which was coming away from the metal but luckily it wasn't too rusty under there. So i've got some Colorpak cans matched to my paint and will respray with that and see how good I can get it. It's not gonna be perfect, but at least it wont be rotting away any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hi! I dont know if you remember . Saturday morning a dude pining over your car on K road? It was me. Loced seeing your car in person! Stoked to see a Datto while on holiday in auckland. Also spotted a mustard 510 sedan too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hi! I dont know if you remember . Saturday morning a dude pining over your car on K road?It was me. Loced seeing your car in person! Stoked to see a Datto while on holiday in auckland. Also spotted a mustard 510 sedan too! Ha! Yeah I do, always cracks me up. There's a few sweet dattos around Ak. Probably because they are the best cars in the world. Fuck I'd love a 510. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hope that bonnets looking ok come January Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Ahh well, had to pick at that little scab eventually... How's the research into a new cam coming along pal? Will it be expensive? Imagine if it wasn't very expensive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Bonnet looks good man. A big improvement! As are those rampy things over those unsecured blocks of wood you used to have. Those things were a bit scary - both for the driver and any small children walking behind... I'm not sure which improvement I prefer actually! PS: There are some 240's racing this friday so I will take some pics up close if I can get 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Bonnet looks good man. A big improvement! As are those rampy things over those unsecured blocks of wood you used to have. Those things were a bit scary - both for the driver and any small children walking behind... I'm not sure which improvement I prefer actually!PS: There are some 240's racing this friday so I will take some pics up close if I can get 'em. Is this Mick Robbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Bonnet looks good man. A big improvement! As are those rampy things over those unsecured blocks of wood you used to have. Those things were a bit scary - both for the driver and any small children walking behind... I'm not sure which improvement I prefer actually!PS: There are some 240's racing this friday so I will take some pics up close if I can get 'em. Is this Mick Robbers? Yes - the riddle of my username has been undone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Is this Mick Robbers? Yes - the riddle of my username has been undone! Ha! I sorta guessed last time. It was the creepy tone of the message which gave it away. Nothing much exciting has happened for the car recently, except purchsing this of course. It's on a boat from the states. Will rip into it in April hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Is this Mick Robbers? Yes - the riddle of my username has been undone! Ha! I sorta guessed last time. It was the creepy tone of the message which gave it away. Nothing much exciting has happened for the car recently, except purchsing this of course. It's on a boat from the states. Will rip into it in April hopefully. GET OUTTA TOWN! That is mega news. Wowoo weewah. That is some engine. Alloy top and bottom, 300+ horsies, nice and short. Plus a six shooter tranny. My oh my. Should be much lighter than an RB right? And keeps the weight back further toward the center of the car right? Depending on where it fits I guess... Wowsers. You gonna run the ECU? I think you should try to run the ECU... ITB's and such would give it far too much power right? If a 240 can fit an LS1, this should fit aye. Man that is mega, I approve. I wholeheartily approve. I love V6's actually, I mean I love straight 6s a lot, but V6's can sound awesome and are generally much better for handling/packaging. How exciting. One daren't dream of how awesome it will be when finished because one knows there is a lot of work to do before then... But still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 Yeah it's pretty epicly rad. I'm trying not to get too excited, but I like your level of excitement for the cause. There's quite a bit of work to make it happen but I can do the vast majority myself; just not the driveshaft really, and I might get someone else to weld up the zorst. It's way lighter than the RB, esp when you take into account all the turbo gubbins. It's lighter than the current set up too, can't remember by how much. Annnnnnnd it fit's behind the strut towers so could technically be called mid-engine? Anyway it's good for weight distro. I'll get it up and running on stock ECU and pretty much stock everything. I'd love to go ITB's one day; it'd sound super and look less ugly than the stock plenum. Very exciting times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Yeah it's pretty epicly rad. I'm trying not to get too excited, but I like your level of excitement for the cause. There's quite a bit of work to make it happen but I can do the vast majority myself; just not the driveshaft really, and I might get someone else to weld up the zorst. It's way lighter than the RB, esp when you take into account all the turbo gubbins. It's lighter than the current set up too, can't remember by how much. Annnnnnnd it fit's behind the strut towers so could technically be called mid-engine? Anyway it's good for weight distro. I'll get it up and running on stock ECU and pretty much stock everything. I'd love to go ITB's one day; it'd sound super and look less ugly than the stock plenum. Very exciting times! I think they call that Front Mid don't they. It will still sound pretty good with a pod filter or such up front and a 2 and a half inch exhaust out back. One muff should do. Then one day you could dyno tune the ECU and get some fancy headers made up - you might pick up 40 horse and in such a light car, I'm sure you'd really notice it. Front brakes going on the back and something new for the front? Or just leaving as is? Or just not thinking about/telling the missus about that potentially expensive little extra bit yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted March 5, 2012 Author Share Posted March 5, 2012 I'm gonna see how we go with brakes. I can probably get certed with what I have (4-pots with solid rotors), but it'll be shit at the track, so an upgrade to vented disks and wider calipers will have to happen at some point. I agree about the headers etc plus cams and it'd be fully seck. Costs haven't been discussed at any household meetings yet. I'd rather avoid that for as long as poss/ever lest I have to tell pork pies to Pais. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 I'm gonna see how we go with brakes. I can probably get certed with what I have (4-pots with solid rotors), but it'll be shit at the track, so an upgrade to vented disks and wider calipers will have to happen at some point.I agree about the headers etc plus cams and it'd be fully seck. Costs haven't been discussed at any household meetings yet. I'd rather avoid that for as long as poss/ever lest I have to tell pork pies to Pais. yes I was thinking some ventilated and slotted DBA's or such, (not cross drilled) and some QFM road/track pads would do the trick - you'd just have to find some calipers - might not cost a bomb at all. We probably shouldn't be wasting our time talking about it now but I heard you don't always get huge gains from cams when an engine has VCT/VVT or what have you... They still do sound cooler though - always a plus. Could gasbag about this all day really, but plenty of time for that later when we don't have work to do aye... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_m Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 I'll just leave this here http://vimeo.com/2740185 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyThief Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 I'll just leave this herehttp://vimeo.com/2740185 What an awesome vid... Good power too eh - 'bout 400 Horsies at the fly... Intake exhaust and cams - prob like what yours would logically end up with. Christ that's a lot of horse for a little cart - more than double what it's got now... With that gearbox you'll be able to run it at the strip too - low 12's for shiz... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 I'll just leave this herehttp://vimeo.com/2740185 Oh FFS! That is just too much. That has to be the best sounding VQ35. I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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