R33 Drift Project

[Craved]

would have come over Dan, but i just woke up lol and off to work in about 1.5 hours. so wouldn't have enough time to get over there and back home before work.

more than likely be heading over there tomorrow if i can wake up in time lol let me know if your gonna be there.

[Majanal]

I'll be there from about 1pm... I'm tossing up if I will go down between 5am and 8am to get a few more hours in... depends if I get to bed on time.

[Craved]

hmm i will come over tomorrow after 1pm then..

see how its coming along..

[Craved]

hahah slept in again...

Will definately be there tomorrow Dan haha

[Majanal]

Your a bludger... I just got home... Man that was a long day!

I have to work until about 2pm... then will head to the work shop for an hour or 2. Got to leave to get to Oran Park by about 4:30pm as I will be judging tomorrow night at the Driftland Masters... And then hitting the cans... much deserved this week I think!

[Majanal]

UPDATE 23-03-06:

Well today has been a bugger... infact this whole week has been. Have really only spent about 10 to 12 solid hours on the car, and to be honest they have been interupted a fair bit... either way there is no way the new engine is going in and being run in and tuned before the 4th... maybe drop the old one back in and see where we come up.

I have about 1/4 of the whole car prepped... I will be putting a big effort in this Saturday to get it done and my phone WILL BE OFF.

R33Deviate, I spoke to a few people and Sand pblasting is a real pain in the arse... and apparently much more time consuming... and you still have to manually sand the tricky bits anyway... The biggest problem is that Sand blasting apparently causes denting that needs to be pannelbeat back out again... there is a new process using wallnut shells that is supposed to be less troublesome... but hey... I'm getting there and will probably onle spend 24 hours preping a pretty dirty car... so it is up to you.

Bring on tomorrow... just can't wait for my alarm to go off tomorrow at 4am.

Night all.

[Abo Bob]

Far out Dan! What a massive effort!

If I had some spare time I would come up and do some sanding for a day. I'll see where you are up to next weekend.

[Majanal]

Any volunteers welcome bob...

Hoping to Paint it next week though...

[Trust33]

Another one missed.Honestly,i need to check the calender more often.

I literally live 20mins from oran park.

Are you dong anymore work on the car this weekend?

[Majanal]

No more work this weekend, I have a wife that has been really understanding through all this that I'm going to spend some time with...

Be back at it Monday arvo.

[Trust33]

[Abo Bob]

Well if you look like working on it next weekend give me a call during the week some time and I will come up for a day and help you out.

[Majanal]

I most likely will be putting it back together next weekend. Will call you in the next few days.

[S13Deviat]

Thanks heaps Dan for the FYI on sand blasting! I have heard the same thing from my investigating, so i think the old elbow grease is the way to go.

More worried about getting the Cefiro to the track..... May... MAYBE

Ando

Edited March 27, 2006 by R33Deviat

[Majanal]

Hi Ando,

I have all but done the inside, which has taken about 15 hours. So really, apart from the sore arm... it is the eaiser way to go in my opinion.

I will be starting and hopefully finishing the outside sometime today or early tomorrow morning... should be a solid 12 hour session today, starting about midday after I finish work. And then it is Paintin time!!!

Dan.

[legend01]

Might be a bit late with this but sand blasting to abrasive but plastic bead blasting is the way to go on automotive bits or cars . I had the sleeper on my truck done years ago and it was to smooth had to rough up the surface b4 i painted it .Bit late to let you know but worth storing in the ole memory banks for future referance

Cheers Peter

[Trust33]

So what do confusious say about Wild all track drift R33 progress??

[Majanal]

No idea....

But planning to paint the car next week... finally! I had no idea how long it takes to prep a car for painting.

And then put it back together... first track shakedown will be at Oran Park on the 29th of April.

[Beer Baron]

ando, on the sand blasting it would not be a good idea to sandblast stuff in the open anyway. sandblasting is usually performed inside a sealed container (your hands go in through the glove thingys like homer wears in the simpsons). if you did it in the open the sand (grit) would go farking everywhere and you dont want to be breathing it or just having it all over the garage/workshop. with this in mind it's not really practical to sandblast a whole car. plus it would just strip the paint off, it wont give you smooth panels. for that my friend you need to shape the panel by hand. using sand paper (of various grits) and body filler.

sounds like it's cominly along dan. keep at it

[pavel]

Hey Dan,

Been watching your build up closely, its coming along nicely. Just wondering what suspension setup are you planning on having in your r33?

Cheers,

Pav