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[mr5000]

engine bay is gonna be gunmetal like the body colour
once its runnign ill take ya for a spin haha would be awesome if it made next deca

[mr5000]

well been a while since ive updated this thought id throw up some of the progress manages to flatten out the guards where the brake line bumps are rails are trimmed and ive modified the heater box to accomodate vn heads








also big thanks to jeff lc2dr for coming over to help weld up the guards n giving me a few pointers
i also grabbed some of these a few weeks back

[rodomo]

Paint the front!

[mr5000]

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photo buckets not working so hope this works hows that rob ?

[rodomo]

Wrong colour but getting there

[mr5000]

just been applying filler to get all the little lumps and bumps smoothed out its taking for ever if you want i could load up a ton of photos of bog dust im hoping to have the filler all sorted in the next week or so then i can fix up where i rubbed throught the primer and higfill it all get it flat then have to take it to a mates panel shop for some colour

[mr5000]

been busy with work and tafe assignments of late so havent had much free time but i have managed to start and finish the chassis connectors 

now to collect rest of motor fuel and brake parts

[mr5000]

new booster and master

finished the welding of chassis connectors n gave floor a quick paint with some cheap subframe black

[mr5000]

yeah it took for ever to get the radiuses right would not recommend any one to do that again boosters just a dual diaphragm aftermarket chrome job it almost bolts straight up bolt pattern is only a couple of mm out     girly legs?

[orangeLJ]

As in you don't have the leg strength to go booster less lol

[Heath]

What's with the booster? Girly legs eyyyy

 

 

 hahahahahah

[mr5000]

Maybe because I want to drive it on the street and trying to cover all bases that vic pol might get shitty with me about to an extent haha

[mr5000]

Wow it's been a while since I've been on here I've moved house and no longer have access to a computer hopefully can get some pics up of latest progress just been dummy fitting also had the heads ported shouldn't be to much longer before stuff starts going together

[mr5000]

Yeah it's in a real garage now with a concrete floor so much better than dirt and mud

[lc2dr]

Wow it's been a while since I've been on here I've moved house and no longer have access to a computer hopefully can get some pics up of latest progress just been dummy fitting also had the heads ported shouldn't be to much longer before stuff starts going together

 

Welcome back! I thought you'd have it finished now that you are working in luxury....

[mr5000]

Here's the latest shot dummy fitting everything up to prep for getting some
Pipes made

[mr5000]

Some of the porting work that's been done




New timing cover and electric water pump

[mr5000]

Wow been a long time since I been on here heaps has happened moved house again been busy with Tafe and exams and issues with dental work bleeding me dry financially also changed direction from keeping it as a cruiser cam has 600 thou lift n around 270 duration single plain high rise torque power manifold big 4 into one pipes all bits are at engine machine shop in Croydon hoping the have the motor run in on a dyno in February looking to make 550 hp mark at the fly

[mr5000]

It's going to be more for the strip also events like PCM May even enter a few skid comps before I repaint the rest of the car