Flateric's, Rocket Red Road Sled!

[Flateric]

Ya no kidding there hey? Most sheets are either that pulled diamond crap, holes are too small or the holes are to big or spaced too far apart.

I like this sheet because it is about right for hole spacing and size, yet it is not too thin or too thick. And it shines up really nicely and easily and can be easily clear coated.

I got it from a place in town here called metal super market inc.

They have alot of branches all over so hopefully you can find one near you. Or perhaps they will ship to you?

It can also be had in stainless steel, but I am never lucky enough to catch them with it in stock.

But I certainly agree, good perforated sheet is very hard to find.

They sell it cut to any size you wish and you can also just order a giant sheet too, up to the size of a sheet of plywood.

 

[Flateric]

toying around with a Spark valley aluminium cover idea. Not done yet. I may still junk this one and start agian with something else, not sure.

The oil cap is really out of place now. It's gotta go for sure.

Gonna have to polish the intake up better now too and the turbo will need it also, then it'll be bling across the top of the whole works.

 

[honestabe]

I like it Gord, it looks really good. And yeah, you're right, you do need to polish up all the other aluminum bits to enhance the bling factor.

 

[Bri-Guy]

Good one Gord. Looking forward to seeing more detail on this. I'll have to make it over to see it in person again soon. I owe you for sure.

Looking forward to seeing this out tearing things up.

More pics, love pics.

 

[DETONATION666]

Hell yeah another 2JZ!

 

[Flateric]

Final polish finished on turbo and valley cover, man I'm getting sick of polishing.

 

[honestabe]

Looks really nice Gord. You did a good job. I know the polishing woahs all too well, and boy do they suck. Although the payoff is well worth it. Looking at the old pics of the parts before I polished them and the after pics the difference looks 100x better.

 

[Flateric]

Here's some old photos I found of my engine waaaaay back in 1997 that I found interesting, I hardly remember it like this any more.

View attachment Turboon2..bmpView attachment 7M-GTEexh copy..bmp

And Here's a more up to date shot of it from day before yesterday in my back alley.

 

[honestabe]

sweet Gord

 

[Flateric]

Here's a youtube link to my exhaust sound tests.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=topWMB7trJ8

 

[Flateric]

Hood finally on the car, although not finished yet.

 

[Moy]

Rice...

 

[Flateric]

made 300 hp at 8 psi before total engine failure.

 

[honestabe]

What happened Gord???

 

[LilMissMkIII]

Oh no, that doesn't sound good!

 

[Flateric]

Here's some pics from yesterday of the replacement 2jz on the stand waiting to go in. It's in now though.

 

[honestabe]

Ooooo, shiney engine Looks good Gord.

 

[Flateric]

made 300 hp at 8 psi before total engine failure.

Had the car with new motor on the dyno last night and with the exact same settings, boost, standalone calibration file (still untuned for timing and no meth injection) it did 348RWHP so the new motor is definitely a stronger beast with no issues thus far. At 14PSI, it put down.........well, that's saved for another story.......let's just say it is living next door to 500RWHP, very close indeed, perhaps even a downstairs roommate of 500! LOL

 

[Flateric]

Polishing things up a little, welded up a new elbow for the BOV, running stainless fuel lines and such.

 

[honestabe]

Wow Gord, that looks amazing. How's your beast running? BTW, you do know it's a lot better to imbed the pictures than attach right? Besides, there's a limit as to how many files you can attach