Aussie Mike's machine shop

[Rebel1]

Mike, Best of luck for whatever future you elect.

Somehow tho I suspect you will be a very busy boy with your fabricating skills.

A pair of caliper adaptors for series 11 jag brakes would be great taa.

Don't care what calipers long as they are alloy and legal (seals etc).

Just send me a price and I'll send the folding stuff.

[stephen low]

Mike

Well done on your planned move, as said, at least you made the decision on this and it wasn't forced on you.

Clearly though you were responding to my taunt about me getting my car back on the road sooner than you - I only said it in jest mate you didn't have to take it to heart - lol

But it has been obvious that your "playing" in your shed is your passion and you've got to follow your passions in life, particularly when they are also your job.

Makes it very easy then to roll out of bed and go to work - best of luck with this new venture then!

Too bad about the timing, I'd have enquired about your side pipe offerings had it been sooner too.

Look forward to a bit more business spruiking on the forum from here on.

Cheers

Steve

[400TT]

Congratulations Mike.

Hmm...would you consider moving up to the Gold Coast???

I know someone who is looking for a man of your talents to work part or full time.

And I reckon you would love it up here.

Best of luck with it mate.

Hey, maybe it's time for a holiday on the Gold Coast and get some time to visit our factory.

[spookypt]

Originally Posted by 400TT

Congratulations Mike.

Hmm...would you consider moving up to the Gold Coast???

I know someone who is looking for a man of your talents to work part or full time.

And I reckon you would love it up here.

Best of luck with it mate.

Hey, maybe it's time for a holiday on the Gold Coast and get some time to visit our factory.

And I know just the property for you to buy too Mike!!!!!!!! Talk to me....I'll do you a deal!!!!!

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by Rebel1

Mike, Best of luck for whatever future you elect.

Somehow tho I suspect you will be a very busy boy with your fabricating skills.

A pair of caliper adaptors for series 11 jag brakes would be great taa.

Don't care what calipers long as they are alloy and legal (seals etc).

Just send me a price and I'll send the folding stuff.

We'll talk Les, I reckon I'd be able to knock something up.

Cheers

[Aussie Mike]

Originally Posted by stephen low

Mike

Well done on your planned move, as said, at least you made the decision on this and it wasn't forced on you.

Clearly though you were responding to my taunt about me getting my car back on the road sooner than you - I only said it in jest mate you didn't have to take it to heart - lol

But it has been obvious that your "playing" in your shed is your passion and you've got to follow your passions in life, particularly when they are also your job.

Makes it very easy then to roll out of bed and go to work - best of luck with this new venture then!

Too bad about the timing, I'd have enquired about your side pipe offerings had it been sooner too.

Look forward to a bit more business spruiking on the forum from here on.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks Slowy, I didn't take it to heart. I'm my own worst critic though

[Aussie Mike]

I'll take that as a huge compliment Craig, Thanks.

I would really like to build one of you new cars one day.

Cheers

[400TT]

Originally Posted by Aussie Mike

I would really like to build one of you new cars one day.

Cheers

Why stop at one, you could be paid to build as many as you like.

[Aussie Mike]

Just finishing off a T56 Mid Shift conversion for Modena.

This one also got billet steel synchronizer keys and the pad for the slave cylinder machined to suit the clutch. It's also getting a new shifter design I'm working on.

Here's a pic of the remote bleeder setup I make. It's much easier to use than the stock bleed screw as there is no mess. You can use a regular brake bleeder hose. It's pretty easy to reach into the engine bay in a Cobra to get to it so no need for hoses and a remote block bolted to the firewall.



Cheers

[Jerry Clayton]

Now if you use one of these on there you will make it even simpler and faster----http://www.speedbleeder.com/main.htm

[Aussie Mike]

I saw them a while back but couldn't find an Aussie supplier. It's a standard bleed screw so would be dead easy to swap over.

[Jerry Clayton]

I don't know if Summit or Jegs have them in Russel plumbing stuff but they are sweet---I have done bleeding of complete brakes systems on numberous street rod builds by myself in less that 10-15 minutes with no mess and all that spousal talk about in/out, up/down can be left for other occasions---------

[Aussie Mike]

LOL. Very funny Jerry!

[sambo]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

I don't know if Summit or Jegs have them in Russel plumbing stuff but they are sweet

They sure do

Still not sure how you can be working the brake pedal at the same time as you're watching the bleeder for a constant stream of fluid.

Sorry for going off-topic here Mike!

[Aussie Mike]

No problem Paul.

Ben's finished T56 mid-shift gearbox!



Here's the new shifter design. There was a fair bit of effort in making this work but I reckon it should be a good thing.



Cheers

Michael

[Rossba]

[quote=Aussie Mike;1257381]

So if you need a T56 Mid shift conversion, active side pipes or what ever built drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.

Hi Mike,
Congratulations on doing something you love to do.
I am just looking into some fake side pipes for my DRB.
Looking at doing them in stainless. Is this something of interest to you?

Ross

[Aussie Mike]

Hi Ross,

You are the 2nd person that has asked me. It's definitely something I'm looking into. Just trying to find a source of suitable bends at the moment.

Cheers

[Rossba]

Sounds good,
Couldn't see $2400 worth from the manufacturer when I priced 3" pipe and 2 bends for $250. Haven't sourced pricing on the header pipes.
Will see what you come up with. No hurry from our end.

[Aussie Mike]

I've made a few sets of live pipes now but no dummy ones yet. There's probably less work in building them but more work in making them pretty in stainless.

Here's a few examples of my live pipes





Or how about short and loud




The live pipes are re-packable. These are the ones I built for Boxhead.



Cheers

[Rossba]

Look great, but unfortunately our foot well wont allow for use of live pipes so I am limited to fake and was looking at stainless to keep looking pretty without rusting.