A little Ferrari fun ... eh?

[srode1]

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Srode1 ... been there and completely understand !
Thus the reason you need the fun car and the 'project' car, took me 20 years to pull it off but I'm finally there

Steve

I need to take notes from you on pulling it off - my fun car is a 69 Camaro Pace Car, not as fun as yours but it's going to have to work till I can get the project car on the road.

Steve

[raustinss]

Been waiting for this one to appear lol. the mods look killer already Steve. ps
yes welding titanium properly is quite tricky . It needs TONS of gas flow of and back purging ,also you need to be careful as titanium can and will become brittle ...its temp sensitive

[mfain]

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Not sure if everyone is up to speed on their TIG welding titanium knowledge, but if not here is what you need to know
It's difficult !! LOL
Both the outside and the inside of the weld must be purged with gas to do it properly

My son would agree. He gets lots of practice since they don't make 4" mandrel bends of the proper radius - lots of pie cuts and each weld is one foot in length.

You have a great project going!

Pappy

[Sheck44]

Originally Posted by raustinss

Been waiting for this one to appear lol. the mods look killer already Steve. ps
yes welding titanium properly is quite tricky . It needs TONS of gas flow of and back purging ,also you need to be careful as titanium can and will become brittle ...its temp sensitive

Thanks Mfain !! Looks great

Ryan, thanks brother ...
So before attempting this titanium build I kept hearing 'oh no don't do titanium it's going to crack !!

YES... it will IF (Ryan I think you'll agree with these)
You use thin walled titanium (we used Titon, one of, if not the best)
It's not welded properly ... Matt is one of the best around
The exhaust is not supported properly ... LOT of consideration went into this, with custom water-jet cut support brackets

We should be good !!

[Sheck44]

[QUOTE=srode1;722232]I need to take notes from you on pulling it off - my fun car is a 69 Camaro Pace Car, not as fun as yours but it's going to have to work till I can get the project car on the road.

srode1 ... thank you
It took me the last 7 years to build and sell the below 4 ground-up custom cars to generate the $$ to buy the Ferarri and continue with the newest build, Killer Piggy

The 77 Porsche I didn't do myself with my team here, it was done in LA
I have been fortunate enough to design, build and sell and make a little dough $$ along the way

1969 Camaro

RN6_4826-Edit by Steve Heck, on Flickr

1966 FJ40

IMG_8896 by Steve Heck, on Flickr



1973 FJ40


IMG_7783 by Steve Heck, on Flickr


1977 911 Hotrod

IMG_3696 by Steve Heck, on Flickr


and now ... rarest of the rare 1973 FJ55

IMG_7512 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

[fleetus macmullitz]

Steve,

Sonny didn’t carry a proper fire suppression system on-board the aptly named McBurnie/Ferrari Daytona Spyder.

I’m guessing you will…

[syborg tt]

Very nice and I love following your builds.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures and Pappy I love the Titanium Pie Cut Exhaust.

mj

[raustinss]

Originally Posted by Sheck44

Thanks Mfain !! Looks great

Ryan, thanks brother ...
So before attempting this titanium build I kept hearing 'oh no don't do titanium it's going to crack !!

YES... it will IF (Ryan I think you'll agree with these)
You use thin walled titanium (we used Titon, one of, if not the best)
It's not welded properly ... Matt is one of the best around
The exhaust is not supported properly ... LOT of consideration went into this, with custom water-jet cut support brackets

We should be good !!

100 percent , my comment was geared to other people reading this . Matt definitely knows what hes doing . I cant wait for it to be done then give to me for a week of shakedown lmfao cheers buddy

[Sheck44]

Skip, Skip, Skip ... what am I going to do with you LMAO !!

Marty, thank you ...

Cheers
Steve

[Sheck44]

Simply Artwork ...

IMG_1702 by Steve Heck, on Flickr

IMG_1703 by Steve Heck, on Flickr