great work greg, i see alot of european race car influence. beautiful

Very nice! And I approve of your gauge choice. :)

Greg, car looks great. I really like the way you've set up your trunk.

Thanks Sieg.

Did you watch Bathurst ? ( V8 Supercars )

Cheers Mario,

Not this year, maybe next year although probably be another mid year trip.

Thanks Rick.

Thats just a dumby up engine, I am still waiting for the real one to arrive.

:thumbsup:

Says the man who has it all under control. Cheers Ron :thumbsup:

I am hoping the engine will be here in about a month, I have a big car show in mid January that I would like to make. Yours is looking a treat Jeff.

Thanks Vince, as hard as it is, I'm just trying to make mine.

Thanks Bryan, they are a nice gauge.

Thanks Lenie,

I'm just floundering my way through, trying to stick to the theme.

No TV coverage that I've found......hopefully someone will have a replay as I love that track!

Decent race?

They said it was being televised to the States.

GREAT race, the last 50 laps were so tight.

On a side note Sieg, I raced karts with Tander regularly, and Wincup and Winterbottom at Nationals, they were just young fellars coming through and I was already old.

Frickin stellar! When are you bringin it to the States, California specifically? :)

That would be nice, but it won't hold a candle to yours.:thumbsup:

Motorsports programming is a mess in the US right now. Hopefully I can find at least highlights!

This is interesting: http://jalopnik.com/texas-being-drop...-sc-1362802764

Obviously your old age and treachery taught those boys how to race. :D

Thats a bit of a bummer, I had thought about coming over for that.

Now I really want to watch it! http://www.v8supercars.com.au/news/b...tm_source=V8SC

Like I said, it was great. Rob would love it, a bloody Ford won. :guns:

Todays update, made a new pedal face for the fly by wire pedal.

I used a punch and dye to create the raised holes in the stainless to look like the Willwood pedals.

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nice job on the pedals Greg,I have the stock pedal and they are not too pretty are they?

I also made one for the park brake pedal.

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:thankyou:

The Fabricator with Thunder from Down Under!


Nicely done! They look great!

Greg, great touch on the pedals. Looks like it was manufactured as a set.

nice job Greg they came out great.

What:headscratch: Greg I don't even know what you are talking about.

"All this took place just seconds behind an equally intense fight for the lead that eventually went to the Mark Winterbottom/Steve Richards FPR Pepsi Max Falcon ahead of the Red Bull Commodore of Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell." :underchair:

Greg that pedal fab look awesome.:thumbsup: Nobody will ever guess it didn't come as part of the set.

Sometimes that is a shame. You see a finished car and don't even realize the time that went into details such as that.

Thanks for sharing it. Too bad it's on a Camaro:lol: :underchair:

:cheers:

What are you saying, I fart a lot :warning:
Thanks Greg.:thumbsup:


Thanks Flash.

Thanks Wayne

Thats the idea, there the best bit, I think.

The wifey must have tipped him off mate. :sieg:

Yeah she probably did.

No V8 Supercar in Texas... WTF...

It was a very poorly attended event… so it doesn't surprise me a bit that it's not running again. You can only imagine the cost of the transportation - the crews - the air fares etc to ship this stuff all around -- so they have to sell some tickets -- or get some major air time. I don't thing they did either.

I have been working on the dash pad, what a piece of $hitt. If there is one part I hate in a 69 Camaro it's the dash pad.

I have had all sorts of problems with the fit up to the DSE dash, I am not sure if the pad is the problem or the dash.

So I have made it fit, it will be covered in leather so it should come out fine.

First I cut it up, then I filled it and shaped it with Sika Flex.

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My other big hate it the waviness on the leading edge of the dash pad as it's held down by about 8 clips. I had the boys at Rowe & Sons make me up a leading edge from metal, to hold it nice and straight.

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Now working on building out the area's around the A pillars, another terrible fit.

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Greg a lot of this aftermarket stuff is just garbage. That's a lot of work to make something fit but the end result will be perfect!:bow:

Sika Flex is bad ass stuff… always used the various "adhesions" on the boat. The strongest will rip fiberglass in two before it lets go.

Nice job mate!

Its looking good Greg.

nice work Greg,dashes do look bad

Thanks Mario,

I have tried 2 of them, they both fitted the same. whats the old saying "do it once do it right".

Thanks Greg, they sure do make some great products.

:thankyou:

Thanks Jeff, It really does slow the process down, but looking over it everytime I drive it would drive me insane.

ok Greg were are the updates?its been a while now,are you making any progress?:poke:

They're on the big ramp-up to Chrissy, I expect we'll get a report mid-January. :D

I'm waiting too.:relax:

No none at all, still waiting on engine parts and I have been really busy with work.

Hey Sieg,

I hope everybody had a great Christmas and New Year.

Sorry Wayne, the wait will continue until further notice lol.

Glad to know you survived the holidays mate! :thumbsup:

Thats ok well worth the wait!

The car is turning out awesome Greg good luck with the rest of it.

OK, the engine is alive.

The basics of it are:

RHS block.
Mast motor sport black label heads, Titanium valves, springs to suit.
Manley LS7 ultra light crank.
Manley ultra light H beam rods.
T&D rockers
Wiesco ceramic coated pistons with weight reduction.
Kaytech high flow oil pump.
OZMO twin throttle body carbon fiber manifold.
twin 92mm throttle bodies.
RHS piston squirter's.
Holley dominator ECU with LCD interface.

It has been built by Dave Crumes Race engines & tuned by Dave Hart Race engines. Dave Hart has used the OZMO manifold and the Dominator ECU before and has a good understanding of them.
It was run up today on Dave Harts swamp boat fan, and they put the horsepower at around 775. I was going to run it on the dyno as well, but decided to wait until it's in the car, here in OZ.

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