"Shootin' The Breeze" - Old Skool Chat Thread  

clutch-monkey

i'd offer my patrol, but that shitbox broke it's gearbox with just the triumph spitfire shell on the trailer. typical nissan.

wbtonner

Spent $500+ on a new HD towbar for the back of my new ute, if you do end up getting a cheap trailer, I can help out with towing.

no more holdens

Cmon,enuf of the nissan bashing !!!!

Let me guess youve got a 2.8 GU ???

no more holdens

Whats that make the towing rate now ???
An F truck or such and a tandem trailer will wiegh a bit

clutch-monkey

i dunno what model it is. 4.5 V6 one. 2003 or 2005 model not sure don't care, shitbox costs me more to run and drinks more fuel than any sportscar i've owned!

no more holdens

Any of the petrol 4x4s wether patrol or landcruiser are fukn thirsty as all hell
My 4.2 petrol GQ returns between 20-25L / per 100Ks
Dearer than a worked 350/351 V8
But its also near twice the weight of a dunnybox or falcooooon
4x4s ,and economy dont belong in the same sentence,paragraph or same page

Unless ya want a small 4 banger turbo diesel
Then ya have to wait all day for them to get to 100

74QEE

man a dual axle trailer weighs around 750kg and the truck weighs around the two ton mark,you sure the bommodore is up to the challenge?

and another factor i only just relized,have you ever noticed how long an F100 is? this ones only a short wheels base but its still longer than my Hq,so unless your commy can tow a 40ft lowline trailer with ramps, i think were shit outta luck.

Maybe you should have spent 30k on a ute that had some kind of use?

wbtonner

My sisters old Prado, 09' or 10', 4 cyclinder TD and it went pretty well for what it was. Drove it a few times and it would get going quite well, even with all the stupid extra options that comes in the grande, like a centre console fridge...


I'm not sure now, tows my dads boat pretty easily and its around 1500kg maybe a bit more including the trailer.
I've never really paid much attention to how big and heavy F trucks are haha, all I know is that the new ones are massive.

And it has some kind of ..er.. use *cough*carry's all my work tools around all day, for tax purposes*cough*

no more holdens

hence why i asked the Q ???
Most of the monocoque chassis cant pull big loads, even with a "Heavy duty" tow pack
(Tho we pulled 2 tonne worth of steel beams on my mates VZ, poor thing struggled up the hills)
Didnt have the wind resistance of a car/truck on a tandem

I always though real utes had tray back ???
Sytleside are for carrying the ,hand cream,nail polish,moisturiser n stuff


Isnt this F truck picked up yet ?????
Local towie , tilt tray , cmon man on the phone get it happnin

HSV

I'll be the F truck is a styleside too............

no more holdens

They are removable and a tray can be fitted

74QEE

i dont plan to carry anything but my tampons,makeup and g strings,so the styleside will stay fitted.

wbtonner

Lol.

-Jordan-

Can anyone recommend me a decent shop to go to who might be able to modify some headers for me?

Attached an awesome pic to show what I mean - need to move the first primary around a bit.

Oh... will be getting cermaic coated afterwards, don't worry.

clutch-monkey

nice.. i do like ceramic coating.
whereabouts are you after? the mob in cleveland is supposed to be pretty good.

my days work:



looking better than my first attempt at least..

wbtonner

Is that cleared?
(Just can't tell from the minimal light, thats all)

-Jordan-

Mirror finish rather than the other dull set I have, apparently. Will see how they turn out.

And I'm not too worried - happy to drive them to anywhere within reason - would drive them to the coast if I knew the job was going to be decent.

If I can't find anywhere to do what I'm after, I'll have to order a new set - $1400 + $450 postage... ugh. If I can find someone, my new go-fast bit will be here soon.

Mini looks sweet too man!

HSV

Does anyone have a clutch aligning spline setup for a M20 box per chance?

Would really not prefer breaking Asia's shitbox down any further than I have to.........

DeadSled

Ben we have a part here somewhere in the shed from an M20 box.. don't know what it does or anything but i think its like the main shaft that comes out of the box. I can take a photo and post it on your fb wall if that helps.

HSV

Nevermind, I actually just found that Direct Clutch sell the tool for $16.50 and are couple streets away from my work.

WINNING!

wbtonner

Question, is it only the M20 that came out behind the six cylinders?

If so, then I have one for sale. Ebay here I come.

wbtonner

May have found a V8 sooner than expected. Made over 500hp at the treads before it was rebuilt again with better pistons (maybe rods as well, can't remember right now) now with more comp and better bearings. 6.5ltr; aftermarket heads, big cam, good valve train etc. stroker small block. Did around 250km before it broke a built gearbox and before it had a chance to get a good tune.

Most of the blokes on here will call it sacrilege, but if I get it for the right price I won't be complaining.

racerphill

MOPAR????

wbtonner

LS1.....

clutch-monkey

nope just two coats of colour, i dunno how you do this shit man it's a pain in the ass

wbtonner

Haha. I love seeing the finished result. Makes it all the worth while.

Looking good btw

Anchor

Hahaha wbtonner, joining the dark side too eh?

wbtonner

Have you joined already???


Funniest part about it is my mum made the suggestion of the car and to use the motor and box and any other parts I could out of it. (VX SS)
Finally all the years of her working in a mechanics workshop has paid off.

Will be talking to the owner in the next two weeks to discuss pricing and payment.


Then if I ever get bored with it, rear mount under the tray...trying to find the vid on jewtube now of the LS turbo tonner...Have to buy it first though .

Just noticed your sig, have you bought one or are you still looking? L98...Rich boy...

-Jordan-

Put the new gauges in today

Not really happy with the angle of them though, so will probably take them back out and sand the brackets down again... joy.

And yeah, the blue isn't really muscle-car-ish, but I like it and normal lit gauges annoy me.

jebby88

theres nothing wrong with the blue, they look great

Anchor

Boost gauge?

-Jordan-

Anchor

What did they all set you back if you don't mind me asking? I need to upgrade mine. Should all look good in a custom center console. Get rid of them shitty switches.. Haha

-Jordan-

haha, woo!

The gauges were:

COBALT FUEL LEVEL $62.99
COBALT WATER TEMP 140-280 $95.99
COBALT OIL PRESS 0-100 $69.99
COBALT VOLTMETER 8-18 $61.99
COBALT TACH ELEC 10000RPM $199.99
COBALT SPEEDO IN-DASH 160 $279.99
SENDER $69.99

Postage was $120 or so.

Originally had them mounted underneath in seperate cups but I didn't like how it looked at all.

Picked up the boost gauge the other day for another $95 I think. Oh... and it will be used properly, not just for looks, haha - will update when it's all finalised.

edit: Pic of the old setup - ugh. This is the result of me trying to be lazy.

Didn't need the heater controls so no big loss there, radio will be replaced... not that I plan to be able to hear it, no one will be smoking in there so will put a neat switch panel there.

wbtonner

I like this.