Did a job over the weekend,

customer had a complain on a weird screech coming from her front brakes. First thing we checked were the wear indicators, and well.....they needed new front pads and rotors.....plain and simple

      Best tools known to man kind.....had the Ingersal Rand for about 7 years now and this puppy is still                             runnin' solid

It's the Arm's Race!

Thought i'd quickly give the news. Volvo Trucks has done it again in Europe with now the most powerful truck in the world.....To make a long story short, a couple of years ago Volvo came out with there brand new Volvo FH16. This was marked the most powerful truck in the world with 700 horse power and 3,150 Nm of torque (don't know the conversion). Recently, Scania came along and brought the new R730 to the market with 730 horse power and 3,500 Nm of torque, pretty much throwing Volvo's D16 engine out the door. Now, just recently, Volvo is back in first place yet again with 750 horse power and 3,550 Nm of torque.....So i guess it's really your preference on what you want, Volvo's inline 6 beast, or Scania's massive V8 monster...take a look for yourself.

I'll have a full in depth report on Volvo's new engine.

When it comes down to it, i'll stick to the Volvo, even though I've never touched anything V8 in heavy equipment, i know Volvo, work on Volvo, and was taught on Volvo. The only question is who will be next to conquer the arms race?

http://www.volvotrucks.com/trucks/global/en-gb/trucks/gallery/Volvo-FH16-750/Pages/volvo-fh16-750.aspx

http://www.scania.com/products-services/trucks/truck-range/v8/Engine/730-hp.aspx

Work Things....

Thought i post up some things from work. Never really went in depth with my profession, but i'm a diesel technician by day, and a metal fabricator by night!! haha!

The company (fleet) i work for just brought a hand full of fully loaded International Pro Star tractors. There a heavy spec model built for hauling some of the 60,000 pound plus loads.....i.e bricks, clay as well as propane tankers....etc. Me personally, not a big fan on these trucks. Throughout the years, never really liked the product, build quality and down time are a big no no in the trucking industry, and these things are known for there failures. Caterpillar teamed up with International when they pulled out of the heavy duty truck engine industry a couple years ago, but now CAT is bringing out there own line up of heavy vocational trucks, branded the CT660, but that's another story. Theses Pro Stars come with MaxxForce 13 engines, pretty much a CAT built bottom end, using a NaviStar head, slap it together and you have a MaxxForce engine. Navistar owns International., just like the old Ford PowerStroke's back in the day......I've personally always been a Mack, Volvo and Western Star kinda guy.....Especially with the Detroit Diesel Series 60......Almost 4 decades of using the same engine, and with minimal changes, if i had a Western Star, it would have a mean 60 in her...Once again, back on topic...They brought the new units, and i have to do a pre delivery inspection on them, as well as install a hydraulic power take off, and pump assembly.....After that, another tech looks after the rest..... Here's some pics taken with the best quality....the shitty IPhone!

    my office!

770 HP Audi Quattro S1 Group B Monster by ProSpeed Bulgaria

Thought i'd just post this up, 770 horse power of Quattro madness!
Enjoy,

                    

Some more pictures of Saturday's run

Hot Wheels & the Caddy....

Well, i thought to end a hard week with a small update. Today was a pretty legendary day, finally, after enough patience and alot of overtime, we were able to get our new machine up and running. Mitch was able to start laying down some weld, while i shoot, and i tell yea, it feels pretty dam good to be welding out of our own shop. I'll leave it at that for tonight, let the pictures do there justice. Also, i thought since I've updated the car to its present state, i'll show off how Project Hero sits as of now. And before i forget, went to Walmart today and got some Hot wheel cars....yup we still collect em'! It's amazing to see how much detail these things have, not to mention there coming out with 1970 Chevelle's and 1973 Nissan Skylines.

Will update soon
Chris

 The Esab Tig 2200i Caddy

    some aluminium

    Here she is, Project Hero

    Finally to end the night, some collectibles 

    you can even see the "skyline" lettering on the side of the car

Well, being Sunday afternoon, thought to post a big update again....This update will lead us to the current state of how the car looks. After this update, everything will be present. After the 4AG was yanked, it was time to get everything else out, rear axle and supporting suspension, front subframe along with front shocks, brake lines, reservoir, rear fuel tank, front and rear headlights, as well as the rear hatch......The list goes on!! The car now pretty much is a shell, nothing is left on it. The entire inside has be gutted including the dash, side panels and rear side windows. We managed to come up with a great idea for moving the car around while we work on it. fixture a movable stand made out of wood. The stand has those shopping cart wheels on them, obviously beefier so they can hold the weight. This makes it so much easier to work on the car....then once we finish, my POS can fit in without any hassle.....Here's the tear down of her as well as her current state....     

    Here's the stand being made. (only the base)

    Front sub frame, & power steering out!

    Toyota Tech strikes again!!

Had to throw some tires on the front cause the rear end and fuel tank still had to come out, didn't want the        car to start tipping!