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Non off-road builds
- Thread starter Norm
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FlexyTJ
Racing Slipper Enthusiast
That bike has some neat design elements for sure
Dig the old school rides, wish I had the gumption to fix up an older ride like that- very nice....
707offroad
Bro-tastic
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Thanks
That bike has some neat design elements for sure
Dig the old school rides, wish I had the gumption to fix up an older ride like that- very nice....
Thanks
Thid is my current 370z. I havent done anything to it but enjoy it. Its a '14 6 speed with about 35k on the clock.
Norm
Newb
Projectjunkie
Whatever
This one is next, hopefully it's straightforward
2010 335d 189k miles, bad alternator and plugged dpf
goal is nice daily driver with 35mpg, we'll see
I got to test drive it, so not exactly "ran when parked"
2010 335d 189k miles, bad alternator and plugged dpf
goal is nice daily driver with 35mpg, we'll see
I got to test drive it, so not exactly "ran when parked"
grapehead
Junior Woodchuck
Rebuilt an old Murray pushmower.
FlexyTJ
Racing Slipper Enthusiast
The 'z' cars are cool! You got a couple nice examples there
Pardon my euro ignorance, didn't know those were diesel with 400+ ft/lb?
Drunken pinstripes +.25 hp??
grapehead
Junior Woodchuck
Drunken pinstripes +.25 hp??
That's my story and I'm stickin to it!
Plus I'm sure the new rings and cylinder scuff added a full HP
Projectjunkie
Whatever
IIRC 265hp/400lbft stock, 200-300k lifespan
Pretty decent enthusiast following, lots of them pushing 700lbft tuned
A handful of guys on here have them, tuned deleted daily drivers, I've been lurking their threads for a couple years waiting for the "fuck this POS " and it hasn't happened yet, one posted last week, I opened a cl tab and this one was posted an hour earlier for a fire sale
I'll let you know when it's done, bring your fast shoes
FlexyTJ
Racing Slipper Enthusiast
IIRC 265hp/400lbft stock, 200-300k lifespan
Pretty decent enthusiast following, lots of them pushing 700lbft tuned
I'll let you know when it's done, bring your fast shoes
Wow, those are impressive numbers all around!
Let me know, I'd like to check it out. I don't own any shoes that aren't fast :D
IUsedtoBendCars
Professional Lurker
I'll play.
1957 GMC LCF on a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado frame that was shortened. Yea, front wheel drive. FTMFW
About ready to drive, needs the wiring harness and a tailgate.
1957 GMC LCF on a 1975 Cadillac Eldorado frame that was shortened. Yea, front wheel drive. FTMFW
About ready to drive, needs the wiring harness and a tailgate.
Blueleader
Active member
I'll play too. '49 Studebaker. LQ4/4L80E. Just finished building the new rear frame. Fuel system plumbing and exhaust are next.
barrelroll
Red Skull Member
Started building a Tolman Widebody Skiff in December. Hoping to have it flipped this round of days off. Started as a 20 footer in a 20'6" rental house garage. An hour before gluing up the framework for a 20' boat I went and looked at/ put an offer in on a house with a 24x40' shop and moved/ streateched it to 23'6" this past round of days off.
Santa
Red Skull Member
Nice, Do you glass the seams and bottom? I've always wanted to build a boat and will one of these days
barrelroll
Red Skull Member
Nice, Do you glass the seams and bottom? I've always wanted to build a boat and will one of these days
All hull panels get glassed inside and out and the seams get filleted and taped. The inside of the bottom was glassed with a 3" wide fillet (mixture of epoxy, wood flour, and micro balloons), tapped with 4" 12oz biax and 6" 10oz cloth and then glassed with 10oz cloth and will get the same treatment out the outside once the sides are permanently glue on. I attached some pictures of the process which might make more sense. Every piece of wood on the boat is 100% coated in epoxy before paint. The inside of the sides got pre grlassed before they were hung with 4oz cloth since it's easier to do them flat than fight gravity.
Working with wood, epoxy and fiberglass has been a learning experience. It's actually pretty simple once you get started.
Depending on what you want to build Tolman Skiffs are a pretty proven good for most things boat unless you want to do 20+mph through 6 footers which they will handle just slowly, they are light, strong, and fuel efficient. There's 1,000+ completed boats out there and fishyfish.com is the pirate of tolmans.
Projectjunkie
Whatever
that's really cool, thanks for posting that
reminds me off hearing my dad talk about the boat his grandfather built and them taking it out.
I'm jotting down "build a wood boat from scratch" on the bottom of the backside of the 3rd page of my build list