V8 coffee table

Post by **demo2** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 4:10 pm

After buying a complete 3.9 to rob the intake off of it, the remnants turned into this

dbv8 · Post by **dbv8** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:29 pm

Nice work.
Ive had a damaged 4.6 block waiting to do this for too long.
I fancy a light underneath and the pots full of wine

Post by **demo2** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 12:33 am

Im gonna get a blue light under it too, i took it down too a garage and they put it in thier ribo wash, came out like new then had it clear powdercoated.

Ralphh85 · Post by **Ralphh85** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:31 pm

this is what i made when i saw an old crank going rusty an needed a table by my sofa for beer/coffee!

it sits perfectly just above the sofa arm, photo doesnt dot he top justice, its got a perfect machined finish, kind alike like the bottom of a vinyl. alloy top an stainless bottom.

Ralph

Post by **demo2** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:31 pm

Thats smart, takes up little room, i would have kept the journals natural tho.

Ralphh85 · Post by **Ralphh85** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:54 pm

demo2 wrote:Thats smart, takes up little room, i would have kept the journals natural tho.

it was a quick throw together job from my behalf, i just gave the crank to a friend who builds huge pontoons an the like an he had it sprayed at an industrial coating place so its just blasted an painted with very tough paint.

the base i cut out at work an got a friend to polish it up an the top another friend machined it up, cost me nothing al looks alot more befitting than some ikea crap!

Ralph

chodjinn · Post by **chodjinn** » Tue May 15, 2012 1:05 pm

Loving the crank table, I have my own RV8 coffec table almost identical to the one above, but mine has square glass. I always get comments about it!

Darkspeed · Post by **Darkspeed** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:14 pm

Abstract

ChrisJC · Post by **ChrisJC** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:57 pm

The mind boggles.

Chris.

Alley Kat · Post by **Alley Kat** » Thu May 24, 2012 11:47 am

Spam (weird spam), post & user zapped

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:55 pm

Risky wrote:I've got an old engine sitting in my garage and I was going to do a V8 table too. I noticed it is the high compression.... 10.5?? or something, is it a "rare" engine or worth something more than stripping/scrapping?

It's the pistons that set the CR on an RV8, so unless these and the bores are good, it's just another old engine.

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Thu May 24, 2012 6:15 pm

I've got an old engine sitting in my garage and I was going to do a V8 table too. I noticed it is the high compression.... 10.5?? or something, is it a "rare" engine or worth something more than stripping/scrapping?

DEVONMAN · Post by **DEVONMAN** » Thu May 24, 2012 7:07 pm

I've got several blocks /cranks I could use to make furniture BUT
they're not grandchildren friendly are they

. I will need to wait afew years

Cheers
Mr. Cautious

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Thu May 24, 2012 8:33 pm

Risky wrote:I've got an old engine sitting in my garage and I was going to do a V8 table too. I noticed it is the high compression.... 10.5?? or something, is it a "rare" engine or worth something more than stripping/scrapping?

Hi
it is a P5 /P6 block, an early version of the 3.5 worth it to someone restoring a p5/p6 to original spec, not desirable otherwise. The heads are asthmatic even by rover v8 standards, the block has the least webbing and is about the weakest and it is a rope seal crank, no not very desirable, sorry.
best regards
Mike

Risky · Post by **Risky** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:36 pm

kiwicar wrote:
Risky wrote:I've got an old engine sitting in my garage and I was going to do a V8 table too. I noticed it is the high compression.... 10.5?? or something, is it a "rare" engine or worth something more than stripping/scrapping?
Hi
it is a P5 /P6 block, an early version of the 3.5 worth it to someone restoring a p5/p6 to original spec, not desirable otherwise. The heads are asthmatic even by rover v8 standards, the block has the least webbing and is about the weakest and it is a rope seal crank, no not very desirable, sorry.
best regards
Mike

In that case it'll be either a coffee table or down to the scrappers...more likely the latter!