Project Nova - The quest for 1000hp VS s480 l33 347
#182
Oh hell ya its cooling off!!! FINALLY!!!! Its been burning hot round here last week and a half! So much so they closed schools and other stuff like that!!! Now, today, it was a 20deg drop from yesterday and its actually almost cold!! The temps on the planet are all f'd up!! LOL!!! So id did work on my car today myself.
You bringing the subject tough, has me wondering.... since you already mentionned your limitations on "location", so, what are the plans for winter??
Are you planning to get a garage or maybe heat the container somehow? That would be cool!!! Or are you just shooting to get it all done b4 winter?
And btw.... now you have me worriying about my rel wheel too!!! So i'll tack it on when i get there. Thanks for the input.
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You bringing the subject tough, has me wondering.... since you already mentionned your limitations on "location", so, what are the plans for winter??
Are you planning to get a garage or maybe heat the container somehow? That would be cool!!! Or are you just shooting to get it all done b4 winter?
And btw.... now you have me worriying about my rel wheel too!!! So i'll tack it on when i get there. Thanks for the input.
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Oh hell ya its cooling off!!! FINALLY!!!! Its been burning hot round here last week and a half! So much so they closed schools and other stuff like that!!! Now, today, it was a 20deg drop from yesterday and its actually almost cold!! The temps on the planet are all f'd up!! LOL!!! So id did work on my car today myself.
You bringing the subject tough, has me wondering.... since you already mentionned your limitations on "location", so, what are the plans for winter??
Are you planning to get a garage or maybe heat the container somehow? That would be cool!!! Or are you just shooting to get it all done b4 winter?
And btw.... now you have me worriying about my rel wheel too!!! So i'll tack it on when i get there. Thanks for the input.
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You bringing the subject tough, has me wondering.... since you already mentionned your limitations on "location", so, what are the plans for winter??
Are you planning to get a garage or maybe heat the container somehow? That would be cool!!! Or are you just shooting to get it all done b4 winter?
And btw.... now you have me worriying about my rel wheel too!!! So i'll tack it on when i get there. Thanks for the input.
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Last winter I got sick of it, took my tig welder outside and layed in the snow and tigged my hotside together, then took it all in the house and tigged the whole thing.
Funny that you mention it, I've been saving up for weeks, just about have enough money to pour my 25x28 pad for the enclosed car port I bought off Craigslist. So as long as work keeps up I'll have a decent garage this winter.
I donhave ave a wood burner in my 48' semi trailer, unfortunately the aluminum trailer sheds heat incredibly fast :/ lol
i got my axle engagement spline issue sorted out tonight, and powdercoated my brake brackets!
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1 step forward 3 steps back..... mounted my calipers and brackets after powdercoating it all. My rotors hub was too small for my axle hub.. 10 minutes with the die grinder fixed that. Bolt it all up. My freaking caliper is hitting my wheel. Horribly. So bad the wheel can't even get on the studs to try and put it on. So I took the brackets off. Redrilled them and moved the caliper in towards the axle almost a 1/4 inch. Now it's just barellllly touching. So I attacked it with the grinder and ruined my nice powdercoat. Now I've got like . 1/16 of an inch of clearance. Grrrrrrr.
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I'm a bit of a redneck, i work on the car on decent days, lay a tarp down in the snow and work.
Last winter I got sick of it, took my tig welder outside and layed in the snow and tigged my hotside together, then took it all in the house and tigged the whole thing.
Funny that you mention it, I've been saving up for weeks, just about have enough money to pour my 25x28 pad for the enclosed car port I bought off Craigslist. So as long as work keeps up I'll have a decent garage this winter.
I donhave ave a wood burner in my 48' semi trailer, unfortunately the aluminum trailer sheds heat incredibly fast :/ lol
i got my axle engagement spline issue sorted out tonight, and powdercoated my brake brackets!
Last winter I got sick of it, took my tig welder outside and layed in the snow and tigged my hotside together, then took it all in the house and tigged the whole thing.
Funny that you mention it, I've been saving up for weeks, just about have enough money to pour my 25x28 pad for the enclosed car port I bought off Craigslist. So as long as work keeps up I'll have a decent garage this winter.
I donhave ave a wood burner in my 48' semi trailer, unfortunately the aluminum trailer sheds heat incredibly fast :/ lol
i got my axle engagement spline issue sorted out tonight, and powdercoated my brake brackets!
well I've got this party started, not working outside this winter.
#189
That looks good!!!
So whats the plan? And what time does snow gen kick in in your neck of the woods??
Im shutting down everythingdown these last few days. I gen aim to have everything closed down on Oct 15th but this summer seemed to be all f'd up!! We were seeing 29 degrees still yesterday!!! And now, this morning, i just went out and there is ife on top of cars..... go figure!! Im almost done but ill hurry up a bit and get done with all that ****. Then ill be free to work on the car all the time!!
I did start on my cage pretty seriously!! Main and top hoops are tacked in!
Get us more pics of that pad and maybe get some walls up!!?
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So whats the plan? And what time does snow gen kick in in your neck of the woods??
Im shutting down everythingdown these last few days. I gen aim to have everything closed down on Oct 15th but this summer seemed to be all f'd up!! We were seeing 29 degrees still yesterday!!! And now, this morning, i just went out and there is ife on top of cars..... go figure!! Im almost done but ill hurry up a bit and get done with all that ****. Then ill be free to work on the car all the time!!
I did start on my cage pretty seriously!! Main and top hoops are tacked in!
Get us more pics of that pad and maybe get some walls up!!?
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That looks good!!!
So whats the plan? And what time does snow gen kick in in your neck of the woods??
Im shutting down everythingdown these last few days. I gen aim to have everything closed down on Oct 15th but this summer seemed to be all f'd up!! We were seeing 29 degrees still yesterday!!! And now, this morning, i just went out and there is ife on top of cars..... go figure!! Im almost done but ill hurry up a bit and get done with all that ****. Then ill be free to work on the car all the time!!
I did start on my cage pretty seriously!! Main and top hoops are tacked in!
Get us more pics of that pad and maybe get some walls up!!?
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So whats the plan? And what time does snow gen kick in in your neck of the woods??
Im shutting down everythingdown these last few days. I gen aim to have everything closed down on Oct 15th but this summer seemed to be all f'd up!! We were seeing 29 degrees still yesterday!!! And now, this morning, i just went out and there is ife on top of cars..... go figure!! Im almost done but ill hurry up a bit and get done with all that ****. Then ill be free to work on the car all the time!!
I did start on my cage pretty seriously!! Main and top hoops are tacked in!
Get us more pics of that pad and maybe get some walls up!!?
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Took me about 3 weeks by myself
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After building my new garage I finally got a chance to work on the car again. New forged engine in, trans in, downpipe wrapped until it transitions to aluminum, th400 fittings switched over to 8an, gto rack install finished up, etc. feels good to put some work in on it.