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[doctor ed]

dare i ask - infomercial for SSC? good guys, good product... but am i getting a vibe?

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dont you love it when some stuff just randomly works out?

"yeah, this should fit ... fumble fumble... tadaa!"

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Adjustable-.../171686869732?

(don't you dare pay more than $50 for them though, just i was too lazy to go bargain hunting, rather just picked an ex...

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3 beers in watching tv.... gave up... "fuck that, i'll do it later"...

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one thing that this thread/writing stuff down has/is good for ... the 'To Do List'
so often im standing there in the garage staring at the thing going... 'what do i need to do on this again'?

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To Do List...

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fuck using the UK rules as an example of 'how good it could be'. you can register anything from a powered sofa to a rusted through deathtrap. they changed the rules a little a few years ago, its a bit more stringent, but the UK has a history of allowing...

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yep, it hurt. i basically fucked up sikaflexing the panel in - and once sikaflexed, you cannot unsikaflex! normally you can tidy up sika fuckups with acetone/thinners, but that shit destroys polycarbonate. so before the sika went off and made the decision...

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i was about post some awesome update of installing the lexan window, essentially finishing off the cage installation.

yeah... so i'm off to buy a new sheet of lexan

ffs

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true. im pretty sure i wasn't that much of a fuckwit when i was younger... the internet does strange things to people. really makes me think about how to raise my 2 kids in the era of facebook/insta/tiktok etc

/derail

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the S and even the 4S won't blow your socks off. they're a big car. they'll get you around in comfort but they're no performance car (tho PSM off is a huge difference. nopics grabs the jesus handle when i hit the button as something big is about to happen...

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Im torn. On one hand fuck em, do what makes you happy and makes you enough money to keep doing what makes you happy... and LS3 E30 ftmfw! On the other hand pretty weird left-turn-surprise-infomercial. I’m not an offended Karen about it, but can appreciate...

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ive got no idea what they cost. got me curious now though... ill have a chat with procurement

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well done mate. really nice package youve put yourself together

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and another thing today - new roll cage means the mounting of the rear claim no longer lines up - so my 1/4 turn camlocs don't line up any more... so after fettling everything to kind of fit again, its time to regales and remount the rear clam... again....

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eds precision machine center

shortening the fasteners for the crown wheel which were fouling by a few mm on the diff housing



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send me one, ill make you two out of vac bagged carbon fiber

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surely it would be way easier to just to a plaster mould, and then do a resin casing? shape lends itself to casting beautifully

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nice. 3D printers make this stuff a piece of cake these days!

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*ed trailers the Lola home and proceedes to lowball roy on the collection of engine parts*