Dannopower

Quote from the other forum- "Ole Doogstar paid a visit to the Blue Power and Aussie Car Enhancements workshops today to finalise a few things today before heading out to calder.... The result: 13.87 @ 98 MPH 13.89 @ 98 MPH" Good times mate! well done!

I can feel the flaming coming on! They might look ok, but that's it.

Kunts I feel sorry for you victorians sometimes!

Congrats mate! Cripes, I go away for 2 weeks and look what you get up too! Good to hear everyone is doing well.

Sorry for the mis understanding, but all of the ACT guys were at Bluepower's shop at 3.50 when it started to rain. Chris rang someone at Calder Park to check if it was still on and the reply was NO!!!! It was only when someone rang up at 9pm asking where everyone was that they knew about it. By that time they were at the hotel on the piss! Sorry guys!

certainly wouldnt mind smashing the back out of that!

gee, what a bucket of S H I T. And I thought the drift6 was dumb! With the resources these guys have, imagine what they could do if someone in there had a decent idea.

No MDF or form ply mate. only the templates for the shapes were made from the mdf. The tray and loading board were then cut using the templates from the highest grade of water proof marine ply, $245 a sheet (2 NEEDED) at trade price. Then using a new technology 2 pack 100% waterproof contact adhesive($80 per litre) the top of the range marine carpet ($90 metre X3.5=$315) was used. Theres over $900 and 40 hrs in just the lining dude. Not to mention the hand made Steel tray frame and rolled guards. This is the best presented, hard wearing, useable bullet proof surface that's possible for the lining. More class or what? Jarrah isnt anything near as expensive.

Anything in timber you put on will only be as good as the finish you put on it. everything timber outdoors will require regular maintainence. If its out in the sun, even marine varnish will break down under UV light. Any spray on finish will discolour the wood in the long term, even 2 pack with a built in UV inhibitor. Since the finish is clear, the timber underneath will burn in direct sunlight. If if its an acid catalysed of pre catalysed finish (Laquer or Estapol for example) you cannot touch it up once its damaged or if the timber discolours. My advice would be to use the Jarrah, and use an oil based rub on finish that contains some sort of colouring that you can re apply easily without removing the prevoius finish. There is a good product they sell that is designed for Jarrah barbeque frames, and will bring back that nice deep red colour every time you treat it. Only downfall is the finish isnt shiny, and its only as smooth as you are prepared to sand the timber. Excellent for touch ups, just a light sand and re apply and its as good as new.

We wanted something a little different, but still sort of tough in a rugged sort of way. The car is far from a show car, it will be tidy and useable when complete. so we thought about all this when it came to developing the tray. Matt did an amazing job fabricating the frame up to spec in the first pic, the shape and style he designed himself. then he brought it to me. It took me a long time to get the lining in, but im pretty fussy. I made templates for both sides (as they were slightly different) out of MDF and hand fitted them with 5mm clearance perfectly all around the edges. Mat and dad had plenty of head shakes at the way I tested, made mock ups etc, but it fits absolutely perfectly. Then traced it onto the marine ply that I wood welded (YES, you read it right, I have a radio frequency glue dryer for timber=wood welder!) together and routered it to the template shape. Cut all out 4mm alloy sheet and polished it ourselves, the fuel flap has a lock on it too. The chev logo and alloy fuel cap has heaps of tiny screws around the edges, giving it that real tough "riveted" sort of look, but a tough, custom old school hand made style

My brother and I recently fabricated up a tray for his one tonner just before the summernats. It was great fun. I work in timber all the time, but for what we were intending on doing with it, timber lining was a no go. We do think outside the norm a little, it may give you some ideas! Here is some pics of what we did at my workshop. First pic shows the frame he built himself, including making his own wheel arches. The extra framework behind the wheel arches is to prevent damage to the underside tray surface from blown tyres in burnout competition. Second pic shows the headboard in, the headboard and tray themselves are made of the highest grade 17mm Marine plywood, covered with waterproof contact adheasive and upholstured with Marine Carpet. Third Pic shows the traybed lining in, fitted with the polished alloy fuel cover cap I made up. Any finally, a pic of it complete, fitted to the ute with the big alloy CHEV logo on the headboard. Heres what its stood up too since we got it sorted. Won the burnout comp at Shannons Dubbo car festival, and made the burnout finals at Summernats. Heres a pic of the old clacker, pity its a holden, (Even with its 454 chev in it, still a dirty holden!) Another quality product from POWERS KUSTOMS!

I have some guys from ACT and QLD that may be keen to run while theyre down there.Is it ok if they join you guys on the in tract? Can we list here???

Just as they have all said Brian, Thankyou for probably the most informative thread regarding the Nizpro kits I have ever read. Plenty of people have seen these kits after they are installed, but I bet not a lot have seen the process that is involved to do so. Right down to the thermostat housing, there is more to the kits than I was to think anyway. Its easy to see the professionalism from everyone at Nizpro in allowing you to take all those shots to make up such a thread. Thanks again!

Welcome to the forums! Dont mean to sound out of line, but you probably should ask Steve the question before posting it up here mate. He is a great guy and should be able to sort it out without an issue.

Thanks for that mate. So stuff like 4 link rear ends in ute etc is ok? Im guessing the Nizpro "Skyline" rear end would be out though right?

Just a dumb question guys, but im gunna ask anyway. In the fuulboost time records for the XR6T/F6 it states at the start- "Cars must retain the original 4.0-litre engine block and standard chassis rails. Tyre size is limited to 28x10.5-inches (drag slicks). Modified transmission and suspension setups are allowed. 0 - 11.99" Just wondering why this doent apply to the front chassis rail in front of the intercooler that some have had to cut out completely to fit a massive cooler in? What do they mean exactly by standard chassis rails? Cheers

I took the ute in the nats, Mostly as a support vehicle for my brothers big block HQ Tonner in the burnout comp. We chucked the utes on the Dyno saturday, in the stinking 38 degree temps. I was down about 30hp at 343.4hp, but my temp gauge was double where it normally sits! My brothers old clunker big block made 320hp revving out to 6100rpm! Not bad for an old clacker that's never had a timing light on it and has been tuned by flogging it up and down the road! Go the orange utes!

Gee mate, dont get too upset! What do you expect? Its a couple of bits of pine lining board for christs sake! Good on you mate, and enjoy your ute!

Absolutely spot on the money Mick. Canberra is so slow at getting any advancements in anything. Anyone that's keen to mod their 6T has really only 2 options, do it yourself or drive to melbourne and part with the $$$. Hopefully that's all about to change with the opening of 2 new capa edit tuners in the last month. One in particular has plenty of experience with turbocharged cars! Still, it will take them a while to get it up to speed, and by the time they do, then there will be possibly newer things the other guys are already into. as far as a place to live, its very easy. Great for country folk (like myself) as its still small enough to give that town sort of feeling, but big enough to have a little of every different interest you could possibly think of. Like has been said before, canberra is what you make of it, and as long as your getting good $$$ to be here it will be a breeze!

is that how much the BF bottom end is?? sweet, that's not so bad.. I might stop stressing now ← mate you can purchase an F6 short motor for 2500, Gaskets 200 R & R shouldnt be more then 800 ← Very interesting. A mate of mine rang Ford in September and was told there is only one bottom end replacement available, part number -BA 6009C This is the number for replacement bottom end on a BA, and there was no other listing for the BF at this stage. I wonder what components would be in that then? Interestingly enought, FPV were using the same part number for the Phoon short motor? Does this sound right? The XR6T bottom end and the Phoon Bottom end were both the exact same price, so im presuming that BA 6009C would have the stronger rods, right?? Doesnt quite make sence that Ford would build 2 different replacement bottom ends, one for the 6T and another for the Typhoon?

Looks great mate, and a great write up as well. Just wondering a couple of things, -Where abouts are you going to mount the blow off valve, and plumb it back into, now your not using the rear of the stock plenum? -Is there enough room to run the intake pipe over the top and around the back of the intake manifold and have it entering the throttle body as a bend (similar to the N/A intake pipe setup?) I thoight this might keep any pipes from being exposed to the top of the exhaust manifold? Great job anyway!

that's an awesome beast mate, well done.

Well, for those that havent heard already, Chris from Bluepower drove his Blown Boss 260 down the strip today with a 10.93 @ 124 mph This is the first BOSS in the tens. He's got his sights on that 4 speed auto record! His gearbox is stock standard, apart from a convertor change.

Thanks mate, But dont give up on the Aussie consumers just yet. There is an increasing amount of knowledge and product research that our customers tend to be getting into regarding spending their hard earned $$$. I have noticed in the last 5 years, clients seem to be asking more and more about the resource, our company policy regarding the useage of forestry products and the general client interest in the story about how their particular piece of furniture is created. People are getting sick of this disposable world we have made for ourselves in the last 20 years and are staring to wake up and let their money do the talking. As you can probably gather, we aren't really into the majority market, of cost cutting prices and sales etc. We sell a hand built product, that offers the client input into its design, including styling, size and material. People come to us for a complete understanding in what they are purchasing, and getting exactly what they want. Obviously, like you said, "Most consumers really are not interested where it is made moreover than how much it costs." Most is a lot, but you must look at the customers that you are servicing. People in general want to surround themselves with things that make them happy, whether it be a nice car, house, etc. As people become more financially stable, they way they spend their money and what makes them happy includes items that they perhaps have always really wanted, or would like to have. The majority of the population of Australia are middle aged, from the baby boomer generation. Their children are grown up, they are toward the end of their working careers, and they are toward the end of their debt for house repayments etc. Products, like the redgum table in the photo, are not only very servicable but give people pleasure to own. I introduced these tables into our production 8 weeks ago, at just under $5000 (without the chairs) and have sold 6 in that time. There is always a rule I use in life, "always buy the best you can afford at the time". If the situation permits it, spend the money. Doesnt mean buy the best there is. If its not the best thing out there, no matter how long you own it, even if situations change and you are in a position to buy a better one, you will not be dissapointed in owning it as it was the best you could do at the time. there's nothing wrong with fantastic furniture, there is an area of cunsumers that need these places to get by. But, you get what you pay for. We have been conducting business this way for 25 years this year, and with every effort from myself, my business partner and our 17 employees, will continue to do so for many years to come.

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