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the scaffold pole technique could go very wrong

http://www.vwcaddyforum.com/showthread.php?t=1864 that looks like its going to have to come out a lot mate not sure you will be able to stretch the arch that far, think I gained about an inch but in the end had to cut and flare them with a panel beating set

Make one from a car jack mate thats what I did with my front fenders theres a write up on making one if you google it, as long as your careful its quite effective

good luck Ryan got that treat of a job shimming the cams this week too

I will have an excuse

If you see a drunken bloke waving thats me lol

Ive been a welder fabricator for the past 10 years my dads worked with cars and bikes most of his life so taught me the mechanical side of things the rest is self taught and lots of reading and picking peoples brains on forums like this

funny you should say that im going to need some help with the filler prep soon, save all the best jobs mate thanks for all your comments people

All tanks have been sent out 1st class hopefully be with you by weds. Lee ill have to make you one up this week And ship it out soon as I can hope thats not a problem john

Had a bit more time to do some more on this, started working on the arches as I got a pair of toyo r888s fron the rear wheels I started to stretch and pannel beat the rear arches out to allow for the wider off sets. I wanted to drop the rear as much as possible so I removed the rear springs and set the rear at the hight I was after by cutting some pipe to sit where the springs were until I have decided on a coil over kit. The rear arches needed to come out 2.5 inches and the fronts just under 2 inches, I bought some fiberglass over arches after speaking with Supraloopy about fitting them I made some brackets up and riveted them to the wings then bonded them on with fiberglass resin. the same has been done for the skirts. ebay come up with a set of front and rear bumpers that were ideal to match in the wide arches, they are the e46 m3 look but make the car look a lot more proportional when fitted. I have also fitted an aero fuel filler cap, cut the old system out made a new panel up and set the new one in. I have started work on the engine made a stand up from scrap out the skip I striped the engine checked all the parts and reassembled using arp bolts. Spent a couple of days porting and polishing the head, I cut the flange off the exhaust manifold and match ported it to the head glad I did really as I had to weld up all the holes and redrill them as the whole flange was around 10mm out. The valves have all be lapped in, just need to check the shims are within tolerance now. Got hold of a big brake kit for good money 330mm disks with ally bells, 6 pot light weight calipers, stainless lines and race pads. this whole set up weighs half of what the oem setup does. Cant believe how much work is involved with a project like this, still enjoying it and now the evenings are lighter for longer its given me more enthusiasm to press on with it

Hello I can make another batch this weekend just send payment to my email seen on 1st page then let me know on here that you have

Great mod Ryan will do this to my 1jz now as theres not much holding them on

That would be great if you dont mind mate

Hello mate, I did think of this but thought if the intake ports were to remain the same length like an exhaust manifold it should deliver equal amounts but its only guessing on my behalf I just wanted something that made it easyer to work on and looked a work of art when on show. Would the people who done your head work be able to flow test it John

A throttle body flange will need to be made or lazer cut. I was looking into either cutting through the origional intake ports then welding them onto a plate , then welding this onto the casting or making 6 new ports up and fabricating them into the lower intake without using the flange to bolt to. Hope that made sense it can be done but need to have it in front of me to find the best way

Not sure if this is allowed or not but im looking at making my own intake plenum for my 1jz project for myself this is I deal just wondering if there would be four others interested in this?? john

lovely car mate see you in it the other day the wheels go well with it

I have forsale a pair of brand new anti rattle shims for uk spec brakes sensible offers john

Expansion bottles sent out first class today, I need to make a couple more as im short so will be making another batch of 5 leaving me with 3 over if any one wants them

I have a couple spare mate

hopefully tues mate sorry again for the delay john

ill take the lines if not already sold

small delay on these waiting for the polishing kit to turn up as someones used the wrong soaps on the mops and ruined them

cheers mate found some on ebay in the end

Cheers mate think ill hold off until a high lift set turn up