Making a car street legal is a lot different than importing cars to sell. If you're importing, you need to meet federal standards. If you just make one for...
Welding up my fuel tank very soon and trying to stay away from having the fuel pump/s in the tank. (Going fuel injection). I plan on using e85 as my main...
I am sure there are more than I am aware of for sure, and I know there are a bunch getting close now. What I know of in BC: Me, you, Mike Coyle has two, and...
As far as i know, there's you, Greg, Mike, Steven Flood, a gentleman from Delta who's name escapes me, myself all with Locosts, then there are a number of real...
There's one Locost on the road that I know of in Kelowna. Allegedly two or three real ones in town. Two that I know of on the go here. Merrit would be a nice...
When I was talking about the RB26, I wasn't really talking about that much of horsepower--they are rated around 350 or so stock if I remember. Remember, with...
Well, I finally have the frame welded. I still need the transmission tunnel, but as the 1.8 Miata has an offset differential, I am going to drop the engine in...
Not sure if this is what you need but a good trick esp with tight taper roller shells that you can't get a punch on, is to weld a piece of flat steel to the...
Pry the metal pieces of the outer part of the old bushings away from the aluminum casting, and keep wailing away at them. I have a manual arbor press that...
If you have compressor, use air hammer and they will be out in 30 seconds. Just watch the aluminum housing, aim only to the metal bushing halves. Heikki, proud...
And how to figure out the engine place. I put on seat and steering wheel and found out where gearlever should be and worked from there. Since you don't have ...
If you hammer on the steel sleeve on the inside, you'll go crazy before you get the bushing out. Grab a socket or a piece of pipe that's a bit smaller than the...
(Preface) I've always tried to look for used cars that meet my needs, while being good candidates for performance upgrades, have decent reliability, and are...
Hello Mark, I think you will find that you scored a very good car. A friend of mine that has an auto repair facility (Mountainside Auto) in Newberg Or. and has...
Well guys, Just thought I'd share my excitement with y'all, the car is on the road .. finally! ;o) We got it Licensed, Inspected and had a cover note for the...
I'm now seriously considering building a nostagic se7en--very similar to Esko's. Miata engine, live axle and all aluminum bodywork... My thought is to do a...
... The question isn't wipers or not it's "Roof or Scuttle-cocks? ob locost question...... What tube thickness (in .000" pls) are people using with the 442's? ...
Just a reminder, guys. The Brits in the Ozarks car show is this Saturday, Oct 7. I know Russ is coming down from KC. You guys out there in OKC, it's only a...
Most people are building frames from 16ga (.065) tubing. From what I can tell, .120 is approx 11 gauge, way heavier than the 'norm' for frame building. --JOsh...
Chris, You are always welcome to stop by, bring the family, we got lots of room at the Cape. (assuming that you were addressing me?) Esko ... From: Chris...
Hi, On Saturday I had an opportunity to try 3/8 mile banked oval with Seven. It was more fun than I imagined, loads of track time although timing equipment...
... Oh, careful! The weather in Raincouver is not indicative of the rest of the province. (And once the Wet Coast folk figure out that it doesn't rain that...
It is mandatory... if you have a windshield... 8-) I was out a couple of weeks ago and it was quite cold. I pulled up beside a guy in a Miata with the top...
I've gotten beaten by worse cars than pickup trucks :) This particular one was Craftsman truck with 425 hp on the wheels according to the owner. And he needed...
Hmm.. 1x1x.120 is about 1.4359 pounds per linear foot. 1x1x.065 is about 0.8264 pounds per linear foot. FWIW, I'm using 1x1x14ga (.083ish?, 1.035 pounds per...
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