Hehe! Work Rezax Roars! From what I can tell off the net they are forged magnesium Gonna go get me some 285 semi's!
not with 10" wide wheels meanwhile i dropped my vh45 on my hand today and severed all kinds of important shit in my hand, surgery tomorrow with 6 weeks off . I was hoping to start making some solid progress on the beast, even picked up a second T3 turbo :bash: pretty sure you should win the race
far out... dont worry about the zed man, just make sure you can keep using your hand. good luck with surgery, have you got a progress thread for your beast?
Will need spacers for the front, they hit the calipers... Wow, that sucks man You should be careful with large heavy things... How did you do it? On the turbo note, looks like my truck turbo will fit fine if I relocate the alternator to between the V like on a VH41 Rollin, yes, lots more to be done very soon! I've quit my job to return to uni full time, so I'll have my weekends back at the very least.
the person helping me move the engine didn't realise the stand locks by using the weight of the engine, they pulled it the wrong way and the stand collapsed, I tried to catch the entire motor with one hand, turns ut I'm not that buff. I also quit my job a few weeks ago to go back to full time study, this is getting a bit spooky I saw your post on nico about the top mount alt, I'll let you know what I make because I asked dad (a fabricator) to make a bracket to sit it up there but he hasn't had the time.
Wow Dodgy sounding stand! Is the motor OK? Spooky is right, maybe we are long lost twins Let me know about the alt bracket. And I promise I will make cad drawings for the mounts when I make them.
big decision on the job/uni, chrispy .... good luck with full time study .. hope it moves your degree to quick completion ... thank the lord that jayme has only one semester to go ...
motor looks ok, not sure what I'll do if the motors damaged, probably part out the whole project I'm 90% sure I'll be going with solid mounts
Got the mounts done! Whoohoo! Pictures up later, the internet on my 'puter is playing up... The mounts are going to be very harsh, only just enough flexibleness to get it through rego. Should be great I think I'll redo them, not really that impressed with my rubbish welding, and they deformed a bit with the heat as I laid it on a bit heavy Ah well, plenty of spare time coming up...
did you CAD them? I didn't look into legalities of solid mounts, you saying they are illegal? pics, pics, pics
Sorry, my computer isn't talking to the internet at the moment, once it's working again I will get the piccies up. In the code of practise it says you have to have some 'method of vibration isolation'. John Dixon is using solid mounts and loves them. No I didn't CAD them, just made a few bits up at a guess then measured the last bit in situation.
Ok, piccy time! Yay! First up, my new toy 1hp drill press, takes drills with up to a 16mm shank I love it, makes drilling steel soooo much easier and safer. I'm not man enough to hold a big drill while trying to drill through 8mm plate with a 1/2" drill Hurt my little girly wrists... Made a couple of these, they mount to the stock postion on the crossmember. The bush is a front lower control bush off the Z32. Bolts all high tensile. Mount sitting in position with a plate attached to the engine. You can see the bit of steel at the back which I'm getting ready to tack up. Welding upside down under the car is tricky All done, welds are... large... Warped the plate a bit. Installed Yay! Holding itself in! Engine mount from the front
