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Offline eddy

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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1570 on: March 03, 2011, 08:02:06 PM »
Awesome work Busy  ;)
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1571 on: March 03, 2011, 11:04:12 PM »
Quote from: jesus_is_alright on March 03, 2011, 07:31:33 PM
pardon my ignorace, but what is the reason for having a mid mounted engine. all i can think of is it would get in the way of cargo space
Because it can be done ?

I don't think practicallity and this van go together, it's a show van not a work horse.

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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1572 on: March 04, 2011, 12:17:37 AM »
May be so you can do the job on the engine cover with out hitting your head on the dash
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1573 on: March 04, 2011, 05:00:41 AM »
Quote from: jesus_is_alright on March 03, 2011, 07:31:33 PM
pardon my ignorace, but what is the reason for having a mid mounted engine. all i can think of is it would get in the way of cargo space

It depends where you mount it. Busy has 2 vans anyway so who cares about cargo space in the custom. The reason for having a midmounted engine is it moves the weight of the engine back towards the centre of the vehicle and more evenly distributes the weight over all 4 wheels. If you can lower the motor at the same time even better. Shifting the centre of balance in this way does wonderful things for the handling. Mine is mounted between the 2 front seats so not quite as radical as Busy's and has made for interesting times with the seating but even when I had the 186 in there it handled quite well aside from the poxy diff and rear springs.
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1574 on: March 04, 2011, 05:58:13 AM »
Most custom vans have no cargo space, they have either a bed or seating with a cabinet or something. I could still have a bed if I wanted but am leading towards putting in a stripper pole and getting some vertically challenged females

I did the mid mount because I thought it hadn't been done before - was wrong
Didn't really think about the handling angle of it, have had my days as a hoon (ok on the bike I haven't haha)

Bas, I was going to do whole white front and roof so the flames start out yellow on the white, with white flames in the yellow so there isn't a start of the flame, it all just 'burns' in as such  8)

« Last Edit: March 04, 2011, 05:59:46 AM by BusyKiwi »
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1575 on: March 04, 2011, 06:42:05 AM »
Quote from: BusyKiwi on March 04, 2011, 05:58:13 AM

Didn't really think about the handling angle of it, have had my days as a hoon (ok on the bike I haven't haha)


Maybe I should have said "It improves the quality of the ride".  ;)
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1576 on: March 04, 2011, 06:45:07 AM »
Most custom vans have no cargo space, they have either a bed or seating with a cabinet or something. I could still have a bed if I wanted but am leading towards putting in a stripper pole and getting some vertically challenged females


If David puts a pole and girls in the back, that would also improve the quality of the ride............ ;D but might get a little to hot in the back... Eg: Girls / Motor....
« Last Edit: March 04, 2011, 06:47:59 AM by Bas NZ »
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1577 on: March 04, 2011, 07:01:18 AM »
I don't know about the midgets though... :o

Still, each to their own!  ;)
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1578 on: March 04, 2011, 08:23:12 AM »
haha midget strippers
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Re: What have you been up to this week
« Reply #1579 on: March 04, 2011, 09:55:12 AM »
Right! got today off and three days, going nuts on borrie trying to finish the paint side of things, keep ya's posted.
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