turboprop

where do you get those cool green Halloween masks from??

They come free with every copy of microsoft windows.

blew a radiator hose and over heated.

$30 and a piece of chocolate.

A friend had her car broken into, they left her laptop and stuff there but took all her clothes....

I'm more reminded of Half life 2

HL2 graphics arent that good....

Tell Alex to try not to crash this one into a bank this time k

318 solid brake discs arent very good. Stopping from 100kph* in a hurry kills them very quickly.

*may or may not actually be 100kph.

Awesome, bet it's a tad faster than the old M40. Just need a video of it hooking O's now.

Nah, those m40's are beasts.

looking mint how much did that exhaust cost you ?

Around $250 in materials.

Got it going last night. Didnt get around to getting a video, it was late and dark etc.

Lengthened the driveshaft, the ZF box is really short:

Made a new bush up for the driveshaft since the old one fell apart when we took it out to lengthen it:

The gearbox crossmember made up, just test fitting it, painted it later:

Lets make the exhaust. Muffler was specially made. 2.5":

Went for a drive last night, probally did around 100km and nothing fell off or broke so all seems to be good.

you should post a vid.

Alright, ill try find a decent camera with sound.

What did you use to clean that block up so nicely?

It was pretty much like that in the first place, bit of degreaser tho.

Alex finally got around to doing this aye.. about time.

Yep

Should be time to start it today, which should be interesting.

Whats it like to drive with that pedal box? The pedals sticking straight up look like they would be uncomfortable to use...

Not really, completely different motors?

not really, but im not going to argue with you on here. go research it your self.

Turned out very good.

I wasnt sure if 6.5k is cheap. But I was under the impression you could get a manual e36 coupe 325 for around 5k.

6.5k is cheap for a compact ???

e32 vaccum booster. 25mm mc.

A friends project ive been helping with the last few days.

Currently:

M52 2.8 alloy block

M50b25 NV head

Compression ratio is somewhere around 11:1 (cant remember exact)

ODB1

ZF gearbox

2 door 318

Largest radiator we can fit in there (from e36)

Adjustable rear bias valve for rear brakes

New engine seems to be similar weight to the old m40, possilby lighter, car seems to sit a bit higher with new engine in it.

Engine is sitting in there, gearbox crossmember has been made, almost completely wired up.

Old engine out, engine bay cleaned:

Trying to get a pic of the positive camber without the engine, didnt show up too well:

Mmmm, shiny:

Yeah... doing somthing.

Just chilling:

Westside up in here:

Getting ready to chuck da b!tch in:

Up up and:

In:

My mate shortened the drive shaft today, and the shifter linkages have been shortened and rotated by another mate. I will go around and finish the wiring sometime. A few little things to do like sorting the brakes, welding the diff, turning the rear bias right down and dropping a skud.

Lolwut..

Well the S38 is kind of based off the m30. Just like the s14 off the m10, and the s50 off the m50 etc.

so yeah..

Oooooooh. Now who's making the assumptions and following stereotypes.

I think my work is done for the night.

Awwww, bed time for glenn.

No no no no no.

I dont disagree that 18 is a bad time but thats as it stands at the moment. The reason its so bad is because you all got a licence at 15/16 when you still had your mum picking out your clothes out for you in the morning.

You didnt know how to actually handle a car and just did the 'robotron' actions you needed to pass your test...indicate 50 yards ahead so it blinked five times, get up to 80kph for 400 yards on the motorway, move your head in an exagerated motion when coming to a pedestrian crossing to show the tester you were looking etc etc.

In that time you got no proper driver training (because Uncle Dave took you out in the Falcodore a couple of times and said 'you'll be sweet'), no risk avoidance training, no skid pan training, nothing. Yet after two years cruising around you think you know it all and stop paying any attention to whats actually going on around you.

To make matters worse you can at that time start getting hammered at the local bar and as you cant yet handle your booze you get cockier and cockier about your ability to handle a car and you forgot how dangerous it can be and end up losing it.

The highest risk for a male in NZ of having an accident is two years after getting their licence. I havent met an 18 year old who doesnt think they know it all and too many 18 year olds I know have written off at least one car already.

And I bet when you got your license you went down to the local cop shop, jumped in the car with the copper, drove around the car park 3 times. Reversed back into the car park, and got your full license straight away.

You probally then went and I got blind drunk and drove around all weekend, it was alright because the cops didnt care and you could get away with it..

Hows this for an idea. If you cant afford a decent car, catch the bloody bus or get on your bike !

You dont have a 'right' to own a car as a teenager its a privilege. Just because you have a grand sitting in your back pocket when you turn 15 from the Post Office account your parents put $50 into every birthday and xmas, doesnt mean you have to spend it on a crap car.

All sh!tboxes should be pulled from the streets and crushed. It will raise the quality of cars on the road and hopefully make people treat driving with a bit more respect, in turn dropping the road toll.

The driving age should be 18 anyway. Imagine having to wait until your 18 and you had to spend a minimum of 5k on a car with the only insurance you could get was for a 1.3l hatchback and that cost you 1k a year.

That would sort the men from the boys.

Kis for prime minister.

Vote for kis!

Settle grettles.

I just want to add some colour to my bay. Previous I had drawn a heap of crap on my tappet cover, it had worn off, now I want some colour. His fluro green looks cool, I might go with fluro pink though.. just for awesome.

Is there a problem with seeing a cool idea, and using it myself?

I think you misinterpreted his post.

Shall we speak ukraineian (spelling?) instead?

Its been done?

Dunno. But painting things green, in matts thread about painting things green, and using matts paint.

quite keen on a e30 front strut brace..

but first.. are they any good?

cheers

The holes on them are slotted, which I didnt think was very good. But other than that they are pretty good. Im not sure if I can notice any difference at all tho.

For the price, you cant really go wrong.

I think when I get home I'm going to attack the front of my valve cover with your fluro green.

Be original.