FrankenZteins back!

rratadmin08 Dec 2009, 11:47

Thats quite a nice list

if you are doing rods you might as well do bearings as well. change the pumps as well. do it right the first time.

GGary5708 Dec 2009, 11:52

Parts still to get.. and do ( advice / input welcome )

ARP head Bolts

Water and oil pumps ( maybe )

Rings ( maybe )

Uprated Fuel pressure regulator

SR20 Gearbox or bigger

Flipping my intercooler to make my piping situation shorter

You head head studs...

Change the pumps, dont be scroodge.

Yes you need rings for definate, if not new pistons or a new block and rings...

You dont need a fuel pressure regulator

Most of the flow is in the bottom half of a cooler, make those cheese holes bigger...

DDriftZ08 Dec 2009, 13:05

Gary57 wrote:

Change the pumps, dont be scroodge.

You dont need a fuel pressure regulator

lol

Ja, sorry forgot to mention ive got the Greddy Fuel rail.. and i dont think the stock regulator works with that.

rratadmin09 Dec 2009, 11:52

gt30 turbo

DDriftZ09 Dec 2009, 13:16

rat wrote:

gt30 turbo

.. ive been told they are super fragile?

rratadmin09 Dec 2009, 14:07

DriftZ wrote:

rat wrote:

gt30 turbo

.. ive been told they are super fragile?

dont know?

GGuy09 Dec 2009, 15:55

That brazing job looks neat. Its a bit difficult to see but did they re-attach the fender lip that they cut off or is it just smooth around the edge now? It looks like the lip is there in the last photo but its hard to tell.

To give you some confidence about brazing or braze welding (brazing uses a thin film between two largeish close areas, braze welding makes a fillet bead like a normal weld.) All original Lotus Seven tube frame chassis are braze welded, and not fusion welded. The bonus is for repair its possible to dissassemble a brazed joint unlike a weld.

There is even a process now known as mig brazing, that uses a mig welder but a filler wire that melts at a low temperature and does not melt the parent material.

DDriftZ10 Dec 2009, 09:18

rat wrote:

DriftZ wrote:

rat wrote:

gt30 turbo

.. ive been told they are super fragile?

dont know?

niether do i, im just going on hear say. It seems there are many mixed opinions on this topic.

Anyone know about the Bulls Eye turbos?

Shot Guy, ja the PBeater's cut inside and outside lip to match and then joined / shut it with some thin flat bar, .. looks like a lip, bloody good job i must say. They're spraying the roof today 🙂

RRB25SX10 Dec 2009, 11:46

Stay with a turbo u can get parts for, garrett should be best. GT3071R

DDriftZ12 Dec 2009, 23:25

🙂

TTrance10113 Dec 2009, 02:14

Awesome, looks good!! 8)

More pics please 🙂

RReeceZ13 Dec 2009, 16:22

Noooiice 😀

DDriftZ13 Dec 2009, 16:55

i havent got the Spacers on yet, so the wheels look lame because they dont fill the fenders properly .. other than that im very happy with the paint job, its exactly how i wanted it.. warning to anyone keen to go this route.. its already got heaps of scratches, oil / finger prints etc etc.. but im not using the car to pick up chicks... so im smiling. we fitted the rear fenders last night.. easy peasy.. you get what you pay for .. compared to the front fenders which were an absolute nightmare to fit in and they werent even wider as i was told.. hence the flares we've added.