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How to make your motor look 'mint'
Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 11:06 pm
by ppyvabw
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:21 pm
by diamond dave
I've actually seen some of this stuff done, some of it really scarey
I made a blower out of a viva heater motor whilst at college a long time ago. Cased it in ally sheet & plumbed it into the air intake, it looked the baws.
This was fitted to my "sporty" datsun 100a & seemed to work ok on speed 1, but pinked like hell on speed 2.
I also lowered it by cutting a coil out of the springs & heating the ends & beating them flat.
Straight through exhaust to a center mounted cherry bomb..... bloody loud
I also had a hand painted 1600cc, 3 speed Lada riva, but that's another story
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:44 pm
by ppyvabw
hahahaha
was actually meant to be taking the mickey but your mods sound cool.
Boy racers wouldn't do that to the springs tho, they would just put skirting on to make it look lower so you're ok.
Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:19 am
by diamond dave
When you're an apprentice on £35 a week, you learn to adapt.
Yeah, i know it was tongue in cheek
The Lada was a piece of work tho. Seen better in the scrappy
Hand painted with household gloss
2lt fiat twin cam & box
Polski rear axle....cos it was disc braked.
Cut down springs from..erm can't remember with munroe gasmatics
Home made roll cage, tied into A & B pillars, that was the best bit....took 2 weekends to fabricate
Certainly gave the rs2000 guys a fright
Most folk wouldn't know what to do with burning gear these days, let alone hammers & chisels