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| SPiN Racing:
Beautiful work! Very well done project! (Just read the entire thread.. well worth the read) |
| AdeV:
Thanks guys, it's much appreciated :) I hope to have it finished very soon, but my day job has spilled over into machine shop time - and since it pays better, I've reluctantly not been near the machines since that last post :( Currently in Turkey, and since I seem to have sprained/torn a muscle, it looks like it will be a few more days before I am fit to mill again.... grumble. As soon as I'm back, and as soon as this damn muscle behaves, I'll be back on it; work is due to calm down a little bit from now on.... I hope... |
| Divided he ad:
So is it finished yet? :poke: :) |
| AdeV:
--- Quote from: Divided he ad on November 17, 2011, 07:42:18 PM ---So is it finished yet? :poke: :) --- End quote --- No, damn it all.... the "muscle" was actually pneumonia, and (feeble excuse) it's been a bit nesh in the shop recently... Hoping to make some progress this weekend... |
| AdeV:
OK, managed an hour or so in the shop tonight, in between "day" work, so there is a little progress to report, woohoo! Drilled & tapped 2 holes, M10, and actually got them pretty much in the right place..... now, you might think that's not much of a challenge, but... 1) There wasn't enough Y-axis travel to get to both holes, without cranking the head backwards & forwards... 2) There wasn't nearly enough room to drill vertically - so I had to use my newly acquired 90o head - once again, I've managed to get the tooling required "just in time". The piece that's bolted on is a part of the old sump, and is being used to make sure the holes are in the right place. Which, as I said, they pretty much are. Yay! Next job is to drill & bolt on the semi-circular part, that covers up the gap in the bellhousing, provides a stand when the engine/box are out of the car, and also takes 2 further bolts to help hold the whole lot together.... |
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