318is M60 swap

[LoneWolf]

Keep going!

On hold until next week. Might tinker a little tonight but I have to pack

Just spent a lot of money at pelican parts. M60 parts are not cheap. They should be here next Thursday.

Plus I fly out to Chicago tomorrow for the weekend and then Connecticut the following weekend.

Still waiting on valve covers from the powder coater. And I need to take him my timing covers.

[euro2fast4u]

Keep going!

[LoneWolf]

such a cool swap, i'd love to do one one day.

Thanks man.

My transmission extension came from gargastic. Figured these nice already cut out peices would be easiest, nice clean cuts and holes drilled.
Here it is getting tacked up and square.


All welded up.







Oh and I went with the hole saw. Still have to mark out the bolt holes and weld on a peices of angle to lock the crank.

[FireFight]

such a cool swap, i'd love to do one one day.

[jalopi]

I've pondered on the eastwood plasmas for a while, but the thing that always keeps me away from them is that they're the same price as a harbor freight cutter... which concerns me.

I found some plans online for building your own plasma cutter - apparently it uses the equivalent of the same quality parts as what you'd get with a miller/lincoln, just a really ghetto looking case (unless you wanna spend time making it look nice). Most expensive part is the gun/hose. All in all it can be done for around $500, apparently.

[slammin.e28]

Ours has worked flawlessly since day 1.

Trust me, my boss went all over researching these things. He would not have bought it if he didn't think it was a good deal for the $$.

IIRC there was something in the instructions that wasn't clear or wasn't correct. Otherwise thing has been nothing but fantastic. Plasma cutter has been used the most, cutting apart scrap cars, etc. No issues.

I can only speak from my experience, but it's been a good one.

[LoneWolf]

We got this at the shop a few months ago. Plasma cutter works sooooo nice! TIG too. Can get the plasma separate for ~$650-700.....

http://www.amazon.com/Eastwood-TIG20...+plasma+cutter

The reviews would send me running on that.

[slammin.e28]

Right, that's why I really really want a plasma cutter, almost cried when I saw one being used for the first time... all the effort & time I've used to make cuts in the past... it's like it was mocking me

If only they weren't so goddamn expensive... I really just need a sugar momma.

We got this at the shop a few months ago. Plasma cutter works sooooo nice! TIG too. Can get the plasma separate for ~$650-700.....

http://www.amazon.com/Eastwood-TIG20...+plasma+cutter

[jalopi]

Right, that's why I really really want a plasma cutter, almost cried when I saw one being used for the first time... all the effort & time I've used to make cuts in the past... it's like it was mocking me

If only they weren't so goddamn expensive... I really just need a sugar momma.

[slammin.e28]

Why not just cut a guide with a larger hole saw (square, with the inside circle cut out, making room for the offset the plasma cutter guide/nozzle will have), lay it over the tool you're making, then plasma through the 1/4"?

No wasting hole saws. Probably a lot less trouble than trying to hole saw through the thick slab. Who knows, that guide may come in handy elsewhere.

[jalopi]

hrm. guess i'm just impatient. working with aluminum is so much easier :)

[JGood]

I don't remember what brand hole saw I got, whatever was on the shelf at the hardware store. Didn't have any issues, and I used a corded hand drill.

[LoneWolf]

do you guys buy real expensive hole saws or something? because the ones i get would never go through 1/4" steel. that's with alot of ATF lube and a drill press.

i wanna get a plasma cutter for this very reason

Nah just the normal ones.

$8 milwaukee bit on a big drill press. Lots of lube.

Then I throw away the hole saw or mark it for wood duty if I think it has any life left.

The plasma is nice when I'm not lighting my feet on fire.....:rofl:

[jalopi]

do you guys buy real expensive hole saws or something? because the ones i get would never go through 1/4" steel. that's with alot of ATF lube and a drill press.

i wanna get a plasma cutter for this very reason

[LoneWolf]

have fun with the plasma!

Eh, hole saw will probably make cleaner job of it.

I am not great freehanding with the plasma yet and I don't think my circle jig goes that small...