luvemfast Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 Bloody Westy's going to Westy's...WTF! Oh the irony! Quote
Sirpent Posted August 3, 2016 Author Posted August 3, 2016 And the Tin man has some new bling to be fitted Very happy with the fabrication, bring on the weekend gav240z and CBR Jeff 2 Quote
Sirpent Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 And today's purchasers Don't ask, too much Quote
Sirpent Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 Ohhhhhhhhhh And a summary of the contributing parts manufacturers to date AMG Audi BMW Ford Holden Honda Mercedes-Benz Mitsubishi Quote
CBR Jeff Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 It is going to be a true global car.............. What are the black round things? Air vents? John, I sort of get it but then I don't. Jeff Sirpent 1 Quote
nizm0zed Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Ohhhhhhhhhh And a summary of the contributing parts manufacturers to date AMG Audi BMW Ford Holden Honda Mercedes-Benz Mitsubishi Its like an automotive gangbang!!! Sirpent 1 Quote
Sirpent Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) It is going to be a true global car.............. What are the black round things? Air vents? John, I sort of get it but then I don't. Jeff Jeff Around page 23 of this Greek Tragedy (Build Thread) you will find pics of the dash project as per the pic attached. These are probably the best air vents in any car today after I played around with a set in an A3 we got back from Lease recently, so the idea is to use 3 of them in the console as in the pic, with the guts of the centre one removed to encase the Zed clock, where the clock sat in the dash will be the new home for a SC Boost gauge ;-) The mirrors are off an S2000 Honda Edited August 5, 2016 by Sirpent 260DET and CBR Jeff 2 Quote
Sirpent Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 Its like an automotive gangbang!!! Alan ! It's a friggin orgy ! LMAO Quote
CBR Jeff Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Jeff Around page 23 of this Greek Tragedy (Build Thread) you will find pics of the dash project as per the pic attached. These are probably the best air vents in any car today after I played around with a set in an A3 we got back from Lease recently, so the idea is to use 3 of them in the console as in the pic, with the guts of the centre one removed to encase the Zed clock, where the clock sat in the dash will be the new home for a SC Boost gauge ;-) The mirrors are off an S2000 Honda Haha I think its more like the old testament but about to be new.... Jeff Quote
260DET Posted August 5, 2016 Posted August 5, 2016 Liking the A3 vents and ingenious clock arrangement John, OE or aftermarket sourced? Sirpent 1 Quote
Sirpent Posted August 5, 2016 Author Posted August 5, 2016 Liking the A3 vents and ingenious clock arrangement John, OE or aftermarket sourced? Much appreciated Richard Yeah they have that 70's period look about them, the outer ring rotates to adjust air flow from closed to full and the centre gimbles for flow direction The A3 vents are OEM direct from "The Farter-land" via Ebay, lucky to score them for what I did AUS$200 as most of the Audi tuner's retrofit them into earlier models so they are rare or very expensive. The clock is the original Jaco but this will now be retrofitted into one of the vents which I will de-gutt. Quote
Sirpent Posted August 7, 2016 Author Posted August 7, 2016 Ok so who can tell me whats wrong with this pic? Time's up, so today I went to trim the fabricated tunnel as it had excess sheet metal around the entire parameter as the fabricator mentioned. It would give me the chance to get a very snug fit. Well I trimmed it all to size, went to drop it in and it wouldn't seat, ANYWHERE Took the cardboard model, tried it, perfect Tried the steel one again, Nope, Nudda, Nicht ! OK, so took the cardboard model and started to check dimensions, WTF ? ? ??? It was larger by 10-15 mm's Took the cardboard model, sat it inside the steel one, it shouldn't even fit inside because the steel one should be the identical size, however you be the judges. As the steel one is larger it wont sit inside the body, its physically to wide in every aspect. So, back to the fabricators tomorrow and will politely ask they bin this one, follow the model, and start again ;( Quote
Gordo Posted August 7, 2016 Posted August 7, 2016 Unfortunately this is not uncommon in the car industry. Lol. That's why it's good to do as much as you can if your that sort of person. Having sad that some things are way to complex for the average Joe and need a professional to do the job. But it's very frustrating when you spend a lot of time and make a template , and they still stuff it up. Good luck with the second fabrication . Quote
CBR Jeff Posted August 7, 2016 Posted August 7, 2016 That is very disapoing, but unfortunately as Gordo said all to typical of many industries. Hope its second time lucky. Jeff Quote
Sirpent Posted August 7, 2016 Author Posted August 7, 2016 Thanks Gordo Unfortunately bending 14 gauge with any accuracy without the proper equipment in a home garage was just beyond me and I figured trying to stitch weld 9 pieces together wasnt going to deliver what I wanted, hence going to a fabricator, I'm sure they will get it right this time because if not theres always a 3rd 4th and 5th at their cost and time Quote
Sirpent Posted August 7, 2016 Author Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) That is very disapoing, but unfortunately as Gordo said all to typical of many industries. Hope its second time lucky. Jeff Cheers Jeff Just sh*ts me that I waited 9 days for it and lost 2 weekends work ;( Edited August 7, 2016 by Sirpent Quote
garvice Posted August 7, 2016 Posted August 7, 2016 Try using thinner cardboard with your template. Measuring of that template would be a bit of a prick. But yes they could of got a bit closer. Quote
luvemfast Posted August 8, 2016 Posted August 8, 2016 Bugger! Assuming you didn't check it to the template when you picked it up then? Have you called them about it? Damn Westies.... can't trust any of them! Quote
Sirpent Posted August 8, 2016 Author Posted August 8, 2016 Bugger! Assuming you didn't check it to the template when you picked it up then? Have you called them about it? Damn Westies.... can't trust any of them! The tunnel was fabricated with about 2cm's extra material all the way around the parameter so until I trimmed it to size it was impossible to tell and I assumed it was correct to begin with. Dropped in there yesterday morning with it and the owner (I presume) met me at reception and went over it with me, didn't seem happy, called the fabricator, a really nice bloke called Allan, and after a lot of hmmmmmmmmmmmm's and ahhhhhhhhh's I was told they would fab a new one for me which should be ready by tommorow. I felt badly for the fabricator but at the end of the day he could have pulled the mock up apart and used it as a template to go by but didn't. Fingers crossed it comes out this time. Cheers John Quote
Sirpent Posted August 11, 2016 Author Posted August 11, 2016 Got the tunnel back today and rushed home to the "Man Cave" to see if it would all match up. Near perfect fit although just sitting there it needs to be fastened to square and level everything up which with a bit of hand pressure it did as I did the test fit. Then positioned it over the gearbox and looks like I got all the clearances right as well, more than enough room either side to run the exhaust pipes through. Guess I will finally fill in the hole in the floor pan this weekend. Hokin, FuzzyDropbear and mspecr 3 Quote
PeterAllen Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 (edited) John. Not directly applicable to the section you are doing now but make sure you factor-in the EASE OF ACCESS to the line to the clutch slave and the bleed line (I ran the bleed line up the firewall). I also had an issue with the reverse switch fouling the tunnel. I ended up with a 90o terminal from a Mustang Tremac. Edited August 12, 2016 by PeterAllen Sirpent 1 Quote
Sirpent Posted August 14, 2016 Author Posted August 14, 2016 So after a morning of trimming, and hacking further into the rear of the cars floor pan to work out how to close the rear off, I finally set the new section in place only to get half a dozen tack welds in before the MIG started pushing out bird sh*t welds and packed it in ;( Nevertheless, its in place of sorts. Quote
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