lightmaster240z Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 If you don't turn up to you next meeting I going to tell your wife the price you Just payed for the new parts. . Seriously happy to see it moving along again. Quote
Sirpent Posted January 25, 2014 Author Posted January 25, 2014 Thanks fella's Hopefully the next pic's will be of a completed chassis and the engine sitting in the bay, bring on the 15th and 16th Cheers John Quote
Sirpent Posted February 14, 2014 Author Posted February 14, 2014 Well the time has come and hopefully tomorrow is the begining of the end so to say. Lurch and I start on the chassis bright and early and hopefully if my first born lump of motherly love gets things set up there should be a time lapse photograthy video up in the coming days of the process. Although tomorrow will be a day of just the 2 of us nutting down and getting on with it, we will be hitting the Anglers Pub in Maribyrnong tomorrow night for a bite to eat and anyone interested in catching up is welcome to join us for a few ale's Sunday arvo, if anyone is interested in coming down to see the bastard Bavarian Japanese child, I will have beers on ice as we wrap up the day. PM me for more details Cheers John Quote
Sirpent Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 Gretings crew First off, big thankyou to Lurch for making the long trip westward over the weekend, and thankfully, we made a fair bit of progress. The following is a serie of pics starting with fabricating a rotiserie from the plan and pre cut pieces I ordered a month ago. In order to get this chassis even half way set up correctly with the limited tools and technology we had on hand, this had to be done. Afterwards you will see the genesis of the chassis as it developed, we finished the entire mock up squared and true on the car up to the rear section where it dives upward back to the rear hatch floor pan, that will have to wait for another Saturday as there are fair few redundent mounts etc plus a sectionisation required in two sections to accomodate the set up. All in all, even though Lurch was pretty reserved when we first started the new chassis, I think even he saw the versatility it will deliver..............I hope anyhow. Cheers John Quote
Riceburner Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Nice to see the wheels in motion again John Is the new bracing staying in permanently and what's the idea behind it all? Quote
KatoKid Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Looks good boys. well done! John, that would have to be the most heavy duty rotisserie Ive ever seen...you could put the Titanic on that. Chassis looks good too....only concern I would have is the room its taking up for your exhaust? David Quote
Sirpent Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 Nice to see the wheels in motion again John Is the new bracing staying in permanently and what's the idea behind it all? Thanks Gareth Go back about 10 pages in this thread, this will be a bolt in bolt off suplement chassis that will carry the engine, box and diff. Looks good boys. well done! John, that would have to be the most heavy duty rotisserie Ive ever seen...you could put the Titanic on that. Chassis looks good too....only concern I would have is the room its taking up for your exhaust? David LMAO Dave, Lurch thought so also, but its rated from my calcs and is good for around 1,400 Kg's, so when it comes time to fit up the entire car so to say its up for the task. Once we finished it Lurch said he has never seen a Rotiserie roll around as easy as this one, and the entire pivoting is on twin encapsulated bearings either end. As for exhuast, heaps of room for the pipes, and remember no rear fuel tank and as Lurch and I discussed this afternoon multiple options to run dual mufflers in the area where the tank used to sit due to the donut / spare wheel well tank now acting as the 65 litre capacity unit. Cheers John Quote
benny Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Looking good... do you expect it to impact ground clearance when in final form? Quote
Sirpent Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 Hi Benny First (Off topic) I will ring you tomorrow re "The Project" all is good, but I have just been to busy interstate and finishing tenders the past week to call you. On topic - No, Lurch and I learnt something interesting today, the pan in my car has the 1975 US 280Z cat converter pan, however, the drivers side rail and the passanger side rails are totally different profiles, the drivers side is actually taller, of about a cm close to the grond, so when we set the new rails against them and leveled them out length and width wise the new rails which a true in both plains are actually only 10mm closer to the ground, negligable. Quote
C.A.R. Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 I rather like this Croatian Beef stew... Quote
Sirpent Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 LMAO Nothing about my bastard child, just my mums cooking ! Hope you enjoy the doggy bag ;-) Quote
benny Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Hi Benny First (Off topic) I will ring you tomorrow re "The Project" all is good, but I have just been to busy interstate and finishing tenders the past week to call you. On topic - No, Lurch and I learnt something interesting today, the pan in my car has the 1975 US 280Z cat converter pan, however, the drivers side rail and the passanger side rails are totally different profiles, the drivers side is actually taller, of about a cm close to the grond, so when we set the new rails against them and leveled them out length and width wise the new rails which a true in both plains are actually only 10mm closer to the ground, negligable. no worries.... good to hear... cant imagine you wanting to slam it anyway Quote
lightmaster240z Posted February 16, 2014 Posted February 16, 2014 Nice pick John.Good to see the big guy is look after him self Quote
Sirpent Posted February 16, 2014 Author Posted February 16, 2014 Nice pick John.Good to see the big guy is look after him self "Emmmmmmmmmmmmm, Please explain?" LOL Quote
Sirpent Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 Happy days Look what Santa Claus-son delivered today Quote
Riceburner Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 They look great John, should finish off the front very nicely Quote
George Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Gorgeous! Will they be sharing your bed tonight? Quote
Sirpent Posted March 13, 2014 Author Posted March 13, 2014 They look great John, should finish off the front very nicely Now my brain is overclocking thinking about intergrating HiD projectors as the base behind them lol Gorgeous! Will they be sharing your bed tonight? Yes, and I have wrapped them in condoms so there are no accidents tonight LMAO Quote
George Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Don't be daft. Take those condoms off. Let those beauties multiply! Ohkay, this convo is getting a bit off track so I'll back away slowly... Quote
Sirpent Posted March 29, 2014 Author Posted March 29, 2014 Went to see the old girl today, and mum lol, first time in weeks and got to quickly see how the fit was to the nose. Put a smile on my face. Quote
Moderators PB260Z Posted March 29, 2014 Moderators Posted March 29, 2014 That looks seriously good Quote
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