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Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Good lord...you've got way too much time on your hands... :P

You going to POR15 clearcoat that? :D


Exactly what I was thinking :roll:
Very nice Craig 8)

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Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Great title, bad spelling.

And I thought all smooth-bottom, lug-eared diffs were 1031s. Wow. Now what am I going to do?

I don't feel worthy to be welding on that thing. In fact, I'm not sure I'll be able to, the rate my garage is going.


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Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Great title, bad spelling.

And I thought all smooth-bottom, lug-eared diffs were 1031s. Wow. Now what am I going to do?

I don't feel worthy to be welding on that thing. In fact, I'm not sure I'll be able to, the rate my garage is going.


I fixed the bad spelling - I took yesterday off to do more grinding (house project, not car) and the iron must be affecting my brain.

Lug-eared 1030, and I checked with Greg and he swears we both saw 1031. A little eerie (couldn't resist).

Don't worry about the welding, I've got that covered. DO stop by for a beer, Dale and I are likely to be delerious from all the rust.

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Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Pylon wrote:
Good lord...you've got way too much time on your hands... :P

You going to POR15 clearcoat that? :D


Exactly what I was thinking :roll:
Very nice Craig 8)


Naw, I'm going to string it up like a deer in the garage and use the regular black POR (sprayed). It'll be my fall kill.

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Body panels from Olof should be here tomorrow or Wednesday... :D


Let me know when they get in...I've got my rocker measured and will take a profile of it to work and see if I can roll something that is close. How are the front/back sections of the part on the car? Can you thread-jack your own thread?

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Here are the brakes...everything is polished, man maybe I do have too much time on my hands, I feel it ticking away, ticking away....


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That was the POR-15 - they are now high temp Blue.

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what kind of crazy grinder/grinding wheel are you using?


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question...you're putting the discs on the rear wheels right....

was she front disc rear drum before or all drum or what

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question...you're putting the discs on the rear wheels right....

was she front disc rear drum before or all drum or what


Yup...

Oh...front disc/rear drum...

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Man, I think you need to come over and help me build my truck! Nice attention to detail..

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what kind of crazy grinder/grinding wheel are you using?


I've got a collection of stuff that I use for this crazyness. The main weapon is a bunch of 4" flap wheels starting at 60 grit and going to 120. Don't buy the cheap plastic back ones as they explode and leave nasty bruises (I can still feel that one - worse than a slap shot to the gut).

Everything get's roughed in with the flap wheel, then the difficult areas are blended in with a carbide burr on a die grinder. I then switch to tapered or straight sanding rolls (Eastwood) from 60 to 120 grit. If things are being painted, that's far enough, if they are getting plated, then I continue to 320 (my ceramic coated dual down manifold was shiny before I had it plated). Get a real die grinder (hell mine's from that famed Power Fist line of quality tools - both air and electric) doing this with a Dremel is too damn slow.

There's a lot of touch involved with doing cast iron, a little too much pressure and the 60 grit wheel can make a mess pretty quickly. I take my time and do lots of thinking along the way about whats inside the casting, where more material can be removed and not comprimise strength etc. Blocks are tricky because they are thin in areas and you sure wouldn't want to cut into an oil or water passage. Generally remove the casting sand impressions and you're OK.

So far the engine, transmission, rear end, manifolds, and rear brakes have all been done. The best part is that you end up with crazy rust stains on your shirts.

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Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Here's the weekend kill I discovered in my garage....
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Craig is handy with a gun. Photos don't do it justice. POR 15 sprayed on.
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The shine is amazing. Pearly black. Makes me wanna paint my whole car with the stuff....

Diff cover and brake rotor.
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The custom rods.
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The whole unit dried, waiting to go in.
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She's gonna be pretty. I'll let Craig fill in the details.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:04 pm 
Haha, I just built a W24 Octo-Turbo, now what?!
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Great shots Greg, glad I let the pro handle the photo part of things. POR-15 sprayed so much better than I would have thought (having brushed a few gallons of the stuff over the years). It flows great, which is well known, but at about 40 PSI at the cap it sprays like a champ with very little over spray and great control. I'll be spraying it more often for sure. It also has high heat tollerance, so I used it on the brakes and rotor "hats", here are the brake rotors painted blue. In case anyone is wondering, I welded up the rotor bolt circle and had it re-drilled 5 - 4.5" to match my old wheels - thus the irregularity around the bolt circle. The welding rod I used in 90% nickel - hard as hell (just ask my machinist) :lol:.

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More angles.

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Calipers are now done to match (as are the dust shields).

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I'm getting very nervous about putting all this together - no ham-fisted moves at this point.

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