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Custom bracket for de D585 for my custom intake.

https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...60&oe=5D1D58D4

https://scontent-amt2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...e5&oe=5D24A567

That's actually rather pleasant to the eye.

Are these required for a V8 swap?

It seems many do this but no one sells them off the shelf. I guess an off the shelf option would require more plating for where the cuts are done to cope with all climates.

Not required, but when you do the z06 intake you need to cut out the center section, so most end up doing it.

Ok so i must ask. How do cars without the center section replaced by this style bar fair in regulatory checks?
Like MOT in UK and such.
Its widely stated that bit is not bracing but I've not seen reason persuade an MOT tester once.
Maybe this sort of thing isn't checked on a MOT (I honestly do not know).

We live in freedom land, that's how :)

That is true but surely someone must be outside the states and need a regulatory tick with that section missing

If you want we can ship you a bar and you can be our tester :cool:

As much as I would like to take the angle grinder to that bit I fear my MOT tester would not however, my MOT is tomorrow.
I can ask then.

I'm impressed by the apparent thoroughness of your inspections in the UK. Of all the places I've lived in the US, only New York required anything resembling an inspection of the car's safety-related systems, and it wasn't particularly thorough. (Do the lights work? Do the tires have tread on them? Do the front wheels more or less point the same way, and turn when the steering wheel is rotated? Great, you pass.)

Australia is the same way, although not as restrictive as some places like Germany. I got asked in my interview what processes I had to prove that my vehicle was road worthy. I looked at them and said, "uhhhhhh, pay $70 for tabs?"

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Now its pay 180 for tabs with how much they have gone up. Seattle sucks

Registering in Douglas County FTW :D

Roadworthy? What's that?


I live in the land of "Fuck it, who cares?"

I had a feeling you were either in Florida or Oklahoma. But homes to the sketchiest cars on the road from what i've heard.

New fabrication bench... work in progress.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4817/...388350a6_c.jpg

Still trying to decide exactly how to set up the worktop. Option one is just plain old 1/4" steel.

Option 2 is half steel plate, the other half set up with rectangular tube to make clamping easier... somthing like this:

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.mia...737038342a.jpg

Option 3 is... ???

I've looked at some of the commercially available "fabrication table" stuff, and some of it doesn't work dimensionally, and most of it is stupid $$$. This is just for personal/hobby stuff...

Anyone have input?

yeah, Straya's tests depend on what state you live in (prob like the US i guess)

Some like NSW need an annual test, but it's apparently stupid easy to pass. Just show up with all the lights working, and tyres that arent bald.

in Vic, where I live, our test is pretty strict, costs about $250 and needs the car on a hoist for a full checkover.
Even dumb shit like a torn seat is a fail......
and yeah, modification rules are pretty strict.

in saying that, we only have to do that when a car is unregistered, or is changing owners, so it's not that bad.


Costs are about $250 for the RWC, which only needs to be done once per owner, and then about $800 per year for registration.

Looks pretty tall for a fab bench.

It's a few inches taller than I would have preferred, but it's multi-purpose, and as short as I could make it and fit both the cabinets and the casters which were both necessary.

Had a good chat with my MOT man describing what it is. He said "if it ain't structural its all good".

I do not know exactly what would be exposed from a bumper cut like that because we only have photos from the front a few feet back. If there was some better in depth photos i could make some better estimates for the any extra panels needed for more shitty climates like the UK :)