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That is a fine piece of work mate ....how thick is the radiator , looks like a bit of thought gone into that... Keep he photos coming Mick .....,
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awsume effort for thinking outside the box
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Looks trick !!! 8) 8) 8)
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62MLOO wrote:Thanks for the comments Mick.
Still not sure whether to run coil overs or shockwaves. I like the simplicity of coilovers but the the flexibilityof airbags would handy seeing the car is sitting so low and also being able to dump it on the floor would be cool too.
During the week Taigue and the boys managed to shoe horn a VN radiator complete with rear mounted thermos into the front end. Ive also come to the inevitable shocking reality that my front wheels are too big to fit under the guards. Anyone got any tricks to fit big front wheels without tire scrubbing.
Hi Mick love the ute, i dont think you will have room to run shockwaves because of the watts linkage set up. I have fitted a set but have a triangulated four link which negated the need to run a watts linkage. I saw in a post of the Black Beast (Ek4us i think) where he used curved 20x20mm. RHS inside the front guards to pump them out, might work for you. Cheers, Taz
Hi Taz, I reckon the biggest issue with running the shockwaves is that to be able to drop the air and slam it on the ground you need to allow so much more clearance around the diff and the above the wheels to allow for the extra travel. I reckon its already going to be a struggle just getting the exhausts over the axle as it is.
I have been able to get mine to sit 40mm from the ground with no air, the plan for now is to run the exhaust under the diff but that may change. I beleive the guy who i purchased my EK from has seen your ute, the car came from Trafalagar and has a Southern Chassis front end fitted and similiar tailshaft exhaust hoops as yours. Cheers Simon
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Very nice 8)
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Be a shame to cover all that fine tin work with paint!......Very nice!!
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oz_ek wrote:Be a shame to cover all that fine tin work with paint!......Very nice!!
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Some more awesome tin work by Troy that should never be covered by paint...

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WOW :esurprised: :thumbsup:

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