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GIRTHQUAKE
GIRTHQUAKE UltraDork
7/15/23 11:23 a.m.

In reply to preach :

Hell yeah dude! What kind of blower can you use with the smaller engines anyway? Or do you somehow shoehorn a junkyard eaton M90 onto it laugh?

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/23 12:07 p.m.

In reply to GIRTHQUAKE :

A buddy picked up a Mercedes 230slk blower for $80 a few years ago in Cali. 2.3l blower should work for a 1.8l I would think. If not the boom will be spectacular.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/23 4:09 p.m.

Hell hole:

the plate under my finger is suspect...

not great.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/23 4:23 p.m.

More cutting and more berkeley...

Take a second to breathe. It goes the whole way through. Time to stop and brace the body I guess. E36 M3. I knew it was soft but decent.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/15/23 4:28 p.m.

Bed frame braces? Yup.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/16/23 10:09 a.m.

I know most of you know. The painted one is from a washing machine. It's converting to German sports car. The .125 and bigger plate is from an old tank manufacturer that left their property and I freighted an old Nissan 2wd hardbody to get full sheets of 0.125 to 0.500 inch plates home.

 

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/16/23 11:17 a.m.

Harness and bar are in!


 

door bars are next.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/16/23 2:01 p.m.

Tacked in.

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/16/23 3:04 p.m.

In reply to preach :

I'd drive it!

Dusterbd13-michael
Dusterbd13-michael MegaDork
7/17/23 6:12 a.m.

Supercharger equipped vw powered 914? Yes please! 

And thanks for sharing. I love these cars, though will probably never own one.

TurboFource
TurboFource HalfDork
7/17/23 6:28 a.m.

Is the angle part of a roll cage?

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/17/23 1:12 p.m.

In reply to TurboFource :

I'm dumb but not that dumb. Haha.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/10/23 5:35 p.m.

4" grinder is a great tool but not terribly exact. Ordered this today.

We have a lot on our plate time wise right now but the Mrs. keeps telling me to pitter-patter and get at 'er.

Need to finish weld the braces and start cutting.

adam525i
adam525i GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/10/23 6:04 p.m.

If you don't already have one of these they are super handy with the work you're doing. Great for getting into tight spaces to knock down welds or grind out rust. The belts they come with now are pretty decent but 3M cubitron is the way to go . Sadly it was onsale in the past two months or so for $35.

https://www.harborfreight.com/53-amp-12-in-x-18-in-bandfile-belt-sander-58155.html

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/10/23 7:04 p.m.

In reply to adam525i :

One of the best things ever invented. 

I have a dynafile 2 pneumatic one. No compressor so I may need to get one of those for a bit.

Sand paper, scotchbrite...so good.

AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter)
AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
11/11/23 12:17 p.m.
adam525i said:

If you don't already have one of these they are super handy with the work you're doing. Great for getting into tight spaces to knock down welds or grind out rust. The belts they come with now are pretty decent but 3M cubitron is the way to go . Sadly it was onsale in the past two months or so for $35.

https://www.harborfreight.com/53-amp-12-in-x-18-in-bandfile-belt-sander-58155.html

I need one of those 4 years ago.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
11/12/23 7:03 a.m.

In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :

Still do.

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