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johnyrotten

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  1. There's a small lever on the back of some machine's that allows you to push them. It "unlocks" the hydrostatic drive so you don't damage it. They normally aren't too heavy and push easily.
  2. Yesterday I helped someone at the business next door to the shop,they had locked the keys in their car. Just now on my way to lunch there was a thank you note with a gift card under the wiper of my truck. 👍👍
  3. Very nice work so far.
  4. Was that paint on the forceps? If so you've created scale fordite, lol.
  5. Wired up the distributor, and had a Bob Ross moment. Somehow I managed to line up the slot in the alternator bracket with the bolt on the alternator. Happy accident, cause this is all eyeball engineering.
  6. Those things are in a whole other realm. Never seen them firsthand, but absolutely amazing pieces of engineering.
  7. So the turbos are feeding the blower,the supercharger is "opened up" internally and acting as a overpriced tunnel ram. If I'm thinking right.
  8. I caught an interview on YouTube with the owner of that, they blipped the throttle ONE TIME and lifted both heads. Same car put it on the back bumper,and then the roof if I'm remembering right.
  9. The interior is finished. I'm very pleased how this turned out,and of course Murphy showed up. The only part in the kit damaged was the shifter,so I had to make a new lever and knob. Starting to finish up the chassis, the exhaust broke off so i made them separate. Thanks for looking.
  10. Same here.
  11. They sound awesome. Very unique
  12. Very nice skyline. You're going to need a bigger place with the speed that you build. And you just moved in.lol
  13. Thanks for the tip, I'll try and not look so close. I'm always amazed at the level of detail some are able to create. Again,beautiful work on this one.👍👍
  14. It was a Mexican built car, a "3" in the vin. Brazil is a "9" I believe. You see why I'm confused about it. It's long gone now, I parted it out after I got out of the hospital.
  15. Question for you. I had a mk4 jetta, no sunroof. Only one I've ever seen, not that that's important. It was an odd car,option wise. I wonder if it was a motorsports shell like you described. Car got totaled on me one month into owning it
  16. Beautiful work,as always. How did you make the splines on the slip yoke for the driveshaft,if I may ask?
  17. The 1.8t and vr6 I'm very familiar with, I've owned and built a few. My last vw was a 2.0t,tsi. Stock engine, mild tune(APR) 6 speed. Fun daily driver. I still have the built 1.8t from my 05 gti, full build big turbo ( gt3076), I couldn't sell that to just anyone, that car could get interesting real fast. It left with another 1.8t, frankenturbo setup.
  18. I recall vw built a twin charged engine a while ago, supercharger and turbo working in conjunction. It was small displacement and not too great if I remember correctly. Not sure if they had them in the U.S.
  19. "Loudest guy in the room". I bet that things limited to 8-10 pounds of boost.
  20. These trucks are some of the best I've owned(I've had four) and believe me I was never polite to them. Ford built a winner with these,and for some reason abandoned the formula for a good small truck.
  21. I agree,It would be a cool model,but the branding would make it a 200 dollar kit.😭
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