Hybrid_From_Hell Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 For gods sake man. That Exists Has had work done to it I think you have by definition of the above now possibly 'excluded' yourself. Before you squeak and shreak .......... You may be slow, painfully dreadfully horribly slow, god almost hopeless from a buildup point a view - but , you have something tangible What you need to do now is either move off and post loads of "What ifs and I am thinking ofs" without doing any more work - if you do then you will disqualify yourself. If you can maybe in a years time show you have done no more, perhaps even removed things and gone backwards (this is known as "Doing a Warne") then you may survive to procastinate another day Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clbarclay Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Come on own up, just how many vapour builds are there on this forum? I know I can't be the only person on here with more than one (or is that just me being greedy?) I can see us all ending up in therapy at this rate, actually this probably is therapy, I'll start again. Hello, my name is chris <waits for everybody to mumble "hello chris" back> I have been suffering from vapour build now for over 18 months. It all started on my 19th birthday when i was given 'how to build a sports car for £250'....... <cut out 3 years of life, its mostly boring> ...... and then I heard about single link suspension Come on group hug... to be fair my projects are not true vapour projects as the do all have something to show for themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzaz Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 yes you're right, but the final project is not finishing off the engine... its rebuilding the series 3...and beleive me, if I'm taking a year to finish the engine, I'll take 3 to finsh the landie! nah, then its not a vapour mine, I intend to finish it off one day, before my gf decides to burn me in the garage along with all the "oil and rust" (her definiton for a landrover) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruntus Posted February 5, 2008 Author Share Posted February 5, 2008 In keeping with the topic I hope to have pictures of my rear axle (completely refurbed woohoo!!! ) and the front axle (just the swivels to go on) and that will be me officially on the vapour trail!!! Im not going to say whats next on the list only I hope to have someting as gleaming as Mister Hensons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Polishing piston crowns - now that's a bit sad! Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 The theme tune of the Vapour Builder... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpCcelpvkps Cause, like if you squint at a vapour build, it looks like what you were dreaming of. Kinda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzaz Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 Very very true! Those pistons were black as you'd expect from used engine... I read somewhere that polished pistons and combustion cambers stay clean as exhaust wont stick to a polished surface (to be confirmed!) and that a polished surface reflects heat making the engine more efficient ( to be confirmed too!!) So I said, might as well do it, and spent three days of my dear life cleaning and polishing!! At one point I read that coating them with some heat resistant coating improves as well...so I started looking for this coating!! Unbelieveable!!! sometimes I leave myself without words!! At last I realised that this is a rough 18 year old truck engine, not a rocket engine, so I decided that polishing should be enough! probably useless but anyway, good to look at! Lemme ask a quick question, does porting a tdi head make sense? or it falls in the same class of maddnes like polishing the crowns?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 I recall polishing the gearbox and transfercase housings to a mirror finish on my first LandRover far too many years ago. I challenge anyone to beat that for sadness Bill. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 So I found myself saying "vapour build" whilst talking about [another] classic car fantasy I'm having, in my upcoming youtube episode. So I Googled it because I was all of a sudden very aware that I'd no idea where I'd picked up the phrase. The only car related mention I found was here Is it really a LR4x4 coinage!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Before I retired from industry, over many years I've heard and occasionally used the term vapourware. Vapourbuild and vapoursale were often used as well but not as common. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Vapourware rings a bell too! Google produces only a lot of electronic cigarette hits for "vapour build" search, which kind of makes sense. LR4x4 comes up on the first page amongst them. It's a nice phrase. I'm taking it back. Edited June 14, 2017 by Shackleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I don't remember seeing it mentioned it anywhere else. But the term says it all. Daan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 well having read this thread (for the second time, having no recollection of it from '08) I have a slightly different understanding. To me it's about a dream build, regardless of attainability, and not necessarily far fetched. Or the formulation of same in your head, whether it's followed through or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 If it's any help I have vapour builds monthly but I have been known to actually build some of mine to. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 lol! I have you beat there, I have them weekly and I tell myself that I mean it every time. Anyone else got folders on the computer full of model specific accessories and car inspiration that would make up whatever vapour fad was on at any given moment? I've only ever followed through on one, but I'm just getting started What the flavour at the moment Mike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 Off road caravan.... due to some interesting circumstances I'm selling a lot of our camping gear to go the caravan route. However caravans are hateful, flimsy and generally don't tow that well. So once we have established a caravan will work for us in feel a build coming on. Mind I do need to shift so other projects first. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shackleton Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 There are some amazing offroad caravans out there, not that you necessarily need one but they tend to be a more practical size and shape for towing and far sturdier. Can't think of the name of the last one that impressed me but I'm sure you've been looking at them anyway. Always fancied building a small wooden teardrop caravan, but I never have because I doubt I'd use it. Something like this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post muzaz Posted April 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2023 On 2/4/2008 at 11:09 PM, Hybrid_From_Hell said: For gods sake man. That Exists Has had work done to it I think you have by definition of the above now possibly 'excluded' yourself. Before you squeak and shreak .......... You may be slow, painfully dreadfully horribly slow, god almost hopeless from a buildup point a view - but , you have something tangible What you need to do now is either move off and post loads of "What ifs and I am thinking ofs" without doing any more work - if you do then you will disqualify yourself. If you can maybe in a years time show you have done no more, perhaps even removed things and gone backwards (this is known as "Doing a Warne") then you may survive to procastinate another day Nige It's a vapour build no more 🙃 15 years it waited collecting dust and rust....in the meantime I moved out of my parent's house, got married, had a kid, sold the series 3 and forgot all about the engine. Until the bug bit me again, got an old Nintey with a tired 12J this winter. Then I remembered! I had an engine - well a pile of parts actually- the vapour build! There she is, a vapour build no more! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Yay 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaghost Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 5 hours ago, muzaz said: It's a vapour build no more 🙃 15 years it waited collecting dust and rust....in the meantime I moved out of my parent's house, got married, had a kid, sold the series 3 and forgot all about the engine. Until the bug bit me again, got an old Nintey with a tired 12J this winter. Then I remembered! I had an engine - well a pile of parts actually- the vapour build! There she is, a vapour build no more! That is a fine looking piece of vapour... Regards Stephen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 What's the mill? I only ask because it looks very similar to my Warco WM16 and I did wonder if it would be feasible to stick a cylinder head on it for light fettling... not that I'd trust myself not to trash it somehow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzaz Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: What's the mill? I only ask because it looks very similar to my Warco WM16 and I did wonder if it would be feasible to stick a cylinder head on it for light fettling... not that I'd trust myself not to trash it somehow! Close!, It's a WM18, with some out of the box thinking, it was just the right size for the tdi head. The table traverse on your WM16 will be a bit short I'm afraid. Taking light cuts and with power feed it came out nice and flat. Edited April 24, 2023 by muzaz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 4 hours ago, muzaz said: Close!, It's a WM18, with some out of the box thinking, it was just the right size for the tdi head. The table traverse on your WM16 will be a bit short I'm afraid. Taking light cuts and with power feed it came out nice and flat. Think you've got 80mm more traverse than me, wonder if a V8 head is shorter? It did indeed come out lovely, you should be well pleased with that finish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Think you've got 80mm more traverse than me, wonder if a V8 head is shorter? I'd suspect not, give the water passages at either end, but that's without waving a tape about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzaz Posted April 24, 2023 Share Posted April 24, 2023 37 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said: Think you've got 80mm more traverse than me, wonder if a V8 head is shorter? It did indeed come out lovely, you should be well pleased with that finish! Thanks! Yep, the finish came out pretty decent, it was the first head I ever done and the largest slab of metal to go on the mill. But it machined nicely... with a sharp carbide insert for alu and a beefy fly cutter and very shallow cuts as the mill is not renown for its rigidity. My guess is the v8 would be roughly the same size. The bore of a tdi is 90mm, the v8 88mm to 94mm according to wiki. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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