Garages

[DucDucGoos]

It makes a little over 800. lol. The Sky's are pretty rad. I wanted one of those for the longest time!! It is the redline right??

[duc_fan]

800?!?  Yowsers.  Bet that's a kick in the pants! 

On the Sky: I wish.  It was wifey's car before we were married... so it's the 2.4L N/A with a slushbox.    Great color combo though: midnight blue metallic with tan top and tan/black interior.

I showed her the Wade's Garage LS swaps, now she's totally onboard with doing an LS7 swap... and she'll even let me change it to a manual. 

If we never get the savings together for the LS7, I can probably convince her to let me swap it for the same car, same color, with a manual.  Or a redline in the same color, with a manual.  We're both really attached to the color combo.  Like this one:
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=354449410&listingIndex=13

It handles really well, now that I've had the alignment done for autocross/motorsport and gotten rid of the crappy OEM Goodyears.  The stock setup + Eagle RA1s resulted in a total lack of grip and boring understeer.  Now, with the traction control "off" or in "competitive mode" it tends to slide all fours at once in a very progressive manner.  Lots of fun!  One of these days I'll teach myself how to make the tail wag.

I could opt for a Stage 2 or 3 turbo kit for the 2.4 that would boost it to about 375 BHP, but I'm thinking with the stock slushbox that'd be kinda pointless.  It's supposed to be a fun little corner-carving roadster... first order of business is to maximize the fun with a proper clutch and stick.

[lethe]

I suppose an every once in awhile progress pic belongs here

[freeclimbmtb]

Here's the Jeep when I first was able to make it roll and now in its new spot for at least a little while. Having real thoughts of making it run again.

Want. This.


(Hows the condition of the body?)

[lethe]

Want. This.


(Hows the condition of the body?)

it's okish but not a single panel or part does not have a dent on it 

Looks like I need update pics here too

[ChrisK]

Looks like you're making great progress

[freeclimbmtb]

Too bad you couldnt nix that interior wall...unless theres a plan there...




This thread got me thinking about how I need to get a few shots of my garage...which got me thinking about how i need to CLEAN my garage.  Its not toooo bad, just a lot of clutter (mostly lumber) I need to find a new home for...like maybe the loft of...



THE NEW SHED!!

[lethe]

Too bad you couldnt nix that interior wall...unless theres a plan there...

There are plans that will make the layout of all this finally make sense.
The reason why it is there to begin with is because the original garage was a 20x40 and that was an exterior wall.
Then in the 50's or 60's the guy added the wall I just replaced to have the 10x40 section on the side and walls in the front to add a 30x30 in front to make the total 30x70.
I'm going to keep with those each being distinctly different sections and actually add a bit of a wall with a rollup door to further separate the 10x40 from the rest of the garage. That will be a bike specific shop. Going to add a ceiling and insulate it as well.
Next major step is to shingle the roof in the spring and save up to pour some floors.

[freeclimbmtb]

There are plans that will make the layout of all this finally make sense.
The reason why it is there to begin with is because the original garage was a 20x40 and that was an exterior wall.
Then in the 50's or 60's the guy added the wall I just replaced to have the 10x40 section on the side and walls in the front to add a 30x30 in front to make the total 30x70.
I'm going to keep with those each being distinctly different sections and actually add a bit of a wall with a rollup door to further separate the 10x40 from the rest of the garage. That will be a bike specific shop. Going to add a ceiling and insulate it as well.
Next major step is to shingle the roof in the spring and save up to pour some floors.

Gotcha.  You should sketch up a floor plan...make sure you include the necessities like a 9-axis milling machine and such in your sketch...

Have you looked into metal roofing?  Its actually fairly easy to do yourself, and you'll never need to replace it...

[lethe]

Gotcha.  You should sketch up a floor plan...make sure you include the necessities like a 9-axis milling machine and such in your sketch...

Have you looked into metal roofing?  Its actually fairly easy to do yourself, and you'll never need to replace it...

gave it thought but going with shingles as I've done that before and this way it matches the look of the front half

[Bonster]

When I was in Newfoundland, Lamb's Navy Rum had a contest called "Pimp My Shed" where the winner, unsurprisingly, got his shed pimped.  Sheds in Newfoundland have a cultural significance as a place men meet, drink, bullshit about, and occasionally work on their vehicles...and where women are not expressly forbidden to enter but nonetheless are rarely seen.  Oh wait.  That's everywhere.

Some of the sheds in this thread are pimped, some could use a little pimpin. 

[ChrisK]

Forgot I started this thread! Figure I should update, I recently painted the walls white, to cover up all the crazy colors the PO did. I still have to paint my little workshop room. I didn't worry about overspray on the floor because I plan on stripping all that paint up and doing an epoxy floor.

Also, the biggest news is that I installed a natural gas heater. The thing is awesome. Gonna be so nice to comfortably get work done this winter.

[red baron]

Nice addition (the heater), I did something similar when I lived in the Northeast. Totally worth it.

[Greg]

THE NEW SHED!!

Just in case you need a few pointers on that new shed, let's not forget this classic

http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/showthread.php/146566-Build-to-Fail-Fail-to-Build.-What-is-this-I-don-t-even.....

[abby normal]

Is that Ronald reagan hiding in the corner?