OZ951

Peter,

Clearly you have done a lot of work there and have followed your own path - your car looks impressive. How are you liking the side exit exhaust ? Is the car street & track ?

Thats only the second 85 951 that I have seen. (that I know of - I didn't even know there were 85 951's until I laid my hands on one).

Peter951

Yes i have done lot of work on that car,i allways want to try to build everything by my self..the car is street lagal,and this coming summer im going to take the car to the track so often i can..i have build a new hole exhaust from downpipe to the end,i used stainlessteel 3" pipes the downpipe is 3,5" and i just use one 60cm long muffler..
Here comes i picture of my interior and the shortshift that i made,yes and the snapp of is made by me to

potent951turbo

Do you have any other pictures of your dash? What did you use to cover it?

Peter951

ill look for a picture tomorow,i dont know what i is called in english,in sweden we cal this flocked..

Peter951

my dash was blood red,but i painted it black first before i flocked the dash,i dont know how to explain flocked,its the same surfes treatment they use on rally cars to avoid sun reflexion to the eyes..

gpan951

Hi.
In a nutshell, yes, cars are expensive in Singapore. There's a complicated system here-basically, a Certificate of Entitlement (COE) is required for every car and it is attained through a bimonthly bidding system. The COE's average cost nowadays is S$13000 (US$9200) and each cert is valid for 10 years. To keep a car on the road, the COE has to be renewed every 10 years. COE's used to run as high as S$100000 (US$70000) in the 90s!!
Initial car prices are high, road tax is high (I pay S$3700/US$2600 yearly) and most roads that lead to the city are tolled.
Gerald

A.Wayne

If it is the same thing they use in rally cars, then it is suede , that is what we use anyway ....

Olli Snellman

I suppose suede is leather? That stuff Peter uses can be sprayed on.



Here's my friends '85

stv951

Olli,
lets see some more pics of the car with the white wheels pls

333pg333

I'd be interested in that stuff you paint on dash as I have a shiny new one made of f/g and it needs something. Maybe Duke could explain what this 'flocked' stuff is?
Also Olli, that vented nose panel in the black '85 (I didn't know that 85's existed either?), where do you get them from? I've just got a f/g one and it's not really the neatest job. That one looks very well done or is it a stock header panel that has been cut open?

Olli Snellman

Actually that black car is not black, paint is Graphite Metallic. Nosepanel is self made from original item. I have to check out more pictures.

Check out these "flocked" dashboards. It's the stuff which is spreyd on using a little bit same method when you do powdercoating.




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Somehow i have it hard to belive this method is only used in Sweden & Finland...

DLS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flocking_%28texture%29

Duke

I think the process is conducted by charging the "host" (in this case the dash) with statical electricity which then draws the loose particles on to to dash. That's all I know

I've been trying to find an English term without luck, as you say Olli, it's hard to believe this is only used in our countries!

However I found out that "Flockad" comes from the word "flockning" which is "flocculation" in English. It's basically a process and not something specific for our rally dashes..
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flocculation

We need a language guru from a rally shop...anyone!?

OZ951

Patrick you can buy spray on (cans) of textured paints at bunnings/Mitre 10. These are the same effect as flocking. I used the spray on cans to do this dash.

Duke

That's funny, I didn't see your wikipedia link until after I posted