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ef_frmnt
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| difference between building a car off the shelf and utilising and customising everything you can. |
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ea_5_spd
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| Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:48 am Post subject: |
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well on the topic of customizing!!
in the time brad i worked with brad he was always customising spanners sockets etc. ( but they always seemed 2 b stevies repco spanners lol) 2 get his work done were all other mechanics would make do with wat the got or go buy a tool lol
buyin stuff off the shelf is not as rewardin as makin or doin it ya self! |
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xcabbi
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The guy I was doing work experience for for a while was like this. Chris Dowde. Worked on everything from bikes to boats to nations cup cars and former V8 supercars. Was even on the pit crew of the winning Mazda RX7's at the Bathurst 12 hour back in the early 90's. Long story short, the guy knows his s**t and you can't s**t to an old fox.
The ammount of things he can come up with with the limited and worn tools that he has is just mind boggling. His lathe has more slop in it than a local hooker but the prescision he makes things with it is just mind boggling. Almost as good as a brand new CNC lathe. You'd be hard pressed to try and fault his workmanship in any way. |
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ebs_4l
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| xcabbi wrote: | | Worked on everything from bikes to boats to nations cup cars and former V8 supercars. |
speaking of which, we have a nations cup car, pity it doesnt see any track time these days since the series is no longer.. we will be revamping it and it will be used as our corporate drive car, to take the businessmen for hot laps in... my boss has been at the top end of v8 supercar engineering for the past 10 years, currently is the chief engineer on the autobarn supercar, although, his best times were as the chief engineer for lowndes when the green eyed monster rose to fame... its amazing the amount of knowledge/skills can be picked up from working with such genious minded people... |
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xcabbi
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| Tell me about it. The nations cup car my boss used to work on was a dodge viper. He reckons that car responded so well to suspension setup changes it was a dream to tune. But the ignition system was a nightmare to try and get running right. |
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oneredED
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| ebs_4l wrote: | | his best times were as the chief engineer for lowndes when the green eyed monster rose to fame... its amazing the amount of knowledge/skills can be picked up from working with such genious minded people... |
What's your bosses name? I believe I may have worked under him at one stage when I was younger doing work experience at Gibson motorsport. If it's who I think it is, he was a champ! |
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ebs_4l
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| his name is oscar.. |
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ebs_4l
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finally, i get around to uploading the pics of my box install, note the cnc plate -very nice
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ef_frmnt
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looks good. love the screamer setup..
so what would be your price estimation for a drive in drive out kit for all the dreamers out there. i have a friend who has just had his T5 converted to a needle roller setup by a specialist gearbox shop near my work.. had to have the case honed and the thing rebuilt with god knows how much custom s**t. but im going to see how theat travels first as a few of the AU saloon cars are running these boxes and havent broken them yet, but have broken richmond dog gear sets. rrp for it is 1500 |
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xr8ute
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| ebs_4l wrote: | | his name is oscar.. |
Oscar Fiorinotto? Thats awesome....i'de love to work with someone with that of experience. |
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ebs_4l
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| yes, thats him!... |
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turbotrana
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| you've done a great job there. |
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