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Put up a pic of your daily and your project

Started by vanstrien · 27 Nov 2011 · 24 replies

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vanstrienArchived member
Hey guys and gals just thought id start a thread for a bit of fun. Its just about seeing what people drive on a day to day basis and then what you are workin on or have complete as your bad ass weapon weekender or event car gathering dust in the shed Put a lil info up about both and lets see what people have. ill start. Heres my daily atm, holds approximatley 1000 people, seated or standing at any given time, has 3000 electrics Killawasps and the badest paint job out. Good mileage as i dont pay the electricity bill. Cost me $5.70 in total to and from work cant really beat that i reckon. And heres my Calais turbo. GT42 BF 4.0 LPG motor with ARP headstuds, cometic, performance valvesprings, head faced. Microtech LT16 with X6 igniter box 1600's in modified stock rail custom plenum 80mm TB stock exhaust manifold modified with turbosmart 50mm pro-gate turbosmart Eboost street 50/50 pump meth 2 X 044's 2L surge tank built 2 speed powerglide 3500 stall B&M pro ratchet Hardy Spicer one piece tailshaft rebuilt vlt diff with 3.27's going in next week making 4" exhaust this week then tune on about 18-20 psi just got 6 months rego cant fudging wait Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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IDAREUArchived member
Hey bit off topic aren't u worried bout ur brake fluid gettin to hot n brakes failing? Considering u have less than 2" from the turbo/dump pipe to the master cylinder
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KALAYArchived member
Daily Project
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Andy-30LArchived member
daily Project - rest of shell going to paint next week
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vanstrienArchived member
Yyaaaaayyyy people wrote back lol nah man brakes are sweet as heat wrap takes care of the distance situation Nice rides so far, make sure you put pics up when you get it back from paint shop New daily Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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ZOO222Archived member
How can you afford this :O :O
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PWR 747Archived member
cool idea for a thread man my daily and my project, is currently sitting minus motor
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EpitaphArchived member
man i love PWR747
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by vanstrien [View Post] Nice rides so far, make sure you put pics up when you get it back from paint shop haha thanks man, definitely will do Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Stocs101Archived member
daily - 2005 Nissan Navara STR, 100% stock Project 1 - 1988 CT Wagon, in the process of chucking in RB25DET Project 2 - 1983 KE70 Wagon, staying stock for the moment. using it as a rust repair / body prep / painting project.
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3lturboArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by PWR 747 [View Post] cool idea for a thread man my daily and my project, is currently sitting minus motor awesome car, always liked it. how does your masterpower turbo go, and what size is it?
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obseshnArchived member
bit hard to post up a pic of the daily as i get company cars from work and they are different everytime. all you need to imagine is any new holden you can think of. and the project 1988 SL RB25det
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THCArchived member
heres my daily 1988 vl calais non turb and the beast and my fiance, showing off the car for me haha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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PROGMHArchived member
more pics of fiance
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THCArchived member
for me to see and only for me to see haha Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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PWR 747Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 3lturbo [View Post] awesome car, always liked it. how does your masterpower turbo go, and what size is it? thanks mate, size is based on T76, very happy with masterpower turbos, this one went 134mph and 563rwhp. when the new motor goes in we'll see what this turbo can really do, and then the big one goes on Cheers, Donny Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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3lturboArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by PWR 747 [View Post] thanks mate, size is based on T76, very happy with masterpower turbos, this one went 134mph and 563rwhp. when the new motor goes in we'll see what this turbo can really do, and then the big one goes on Cheers, Donny wow that's impressive! cheers for that, about to buy one but was a little skeptical about the quality of them at first. Look forward to hearing the results of your new motor Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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PWR 747Archived member
no worries mate, Will is a top bloke to deal with too, wont steer you wrong
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VLWAGONITArchived member
daily: 99 cbr600 project: 88 calais turbo 5speed wagon with rb30det current work hack: Atlas Copco MT6020 articulated underground dump truck carries 60t of gold ore - top speed: a massive 18km/h (mind you when you have less than 1m on either side of you and your going down a decline flat tack it feels a hell of a lot faster ) Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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Andy-30LArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by THC [View Post] hot rig cars nice too.... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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