@mattivirta maybe in the US, but here in AUS it's per bolt/nut.

@mattivirta yeh, it got a bit untidy having 2 cars being worked on at the same time, plus the plasma table build and house renovations, but it's all clean again now. Thanks for watching.

@@roberttscho605 thanks for watching .

Yes mate they are Duragal SHS tubes. I didn't want ant corrosion happening. Seems to run smooth along them.

@@Dawa810 I don't have the measurements as its already installed, but I can tell you after using 2 astra pumps prior, the noise is the same, but the astra pumps are ugly and the merc pump is tidy looking. Taller but alot thinner than the astra pump.

It took me about 2 months to get to the first cut, but it was worth the wait! I had alot of family stuff to squeeze in between the build. Yep your right I should have covered the whole engine really. To make matters worse the fuel cell for the engine is just below the Plasma table. I did vacuum out the ITB when I realised. Luck the butterflies close tight. lol I better think it through a bit more next cut. Thanks for watching. Sully

@@GenerationGap69 that was a good day. But I can't complain too much, I make alot of noise in my shop and they don't complain.

Cheers for the watch mate!

@@uncommonsense9625 I know exactly what your saying and agree 100%. I still think motorex in Melbourne is a better show for more high quality cars in one place. Thanks for watching.

@SullysRodskustoms. For sure, I went to Motorex about 2018 and it is still one of the best car shows I've ever been too. I live up north so I've entered in the ROCKYNATS for the last four years and for a small town they put on an awesome event, I recommend it 😀

Yep, lots of great cars in the hall this year.

Thanks, it’s definitely a standout car.

Thanks, yeah it was a great day, always good to see so many great cars.

@@JAStheACE I know right, the design and pre planning in these cars is amazing. The people weren't. Lol

@@SullysRodskustoms. Indeed, glad you got there to have a look and show me what i missed, Cheers mate.

@JAStheACE couple more videos coming in the next few days. Street elite and tuff street cars tomorrow. Then the cars in the main arena, then a general walk around video. No burnout videos though, I'm not really into sitting in a cloud of smoke.

@@autoprofinish3453 all good mate, glad it has helped a few people. That's what they are for. I wish I had youtube earlier in my life. My knowledge is from breaking stuff and not having the money to pay for someone to fix it when I was younger and the experience is priceless and having a give it a go attitude helps alot too.

@@paulcamilleri182 Hey Paul, I also have a matching number hq gts coupe I'm building. The hq wheel size is 17x7 x +6 offset on front and 17x8x 0 offset rear. Tyres are 235x45xr17 fallen zeix 914. Hope this helps. Sully. Wher

@ are you in Melbourne? Do you recommend we’re you had them done

@@paulcamilleri182 I'm in Wollongong area. I purchased them through ebay, it was a place in Sydney that had them. Were delivered and turned up well packed and tyres fitted and balanced already. I just removed the old stock wheels the car had on for paint and assembly and bolted these on. Didn't have to leave the garage to get them. Lol

Yeah good idea, I was thinking about adding a couple of fans. I'm actually in NSW, Near Wollongong. Thanks for watching.

Daryl, I used the stepper drivers that are recommended in the JD's garage plans. Do your stepper motors lock up when powered up? If so, you have power going to them, probably just crossed wires to the stepper paired wired, Use a multi meter and bell out the wires to each stepper and find the pairs. If it is still not working, I suggest disconnecting the stepper motor wires and swapping them around. Do you have the power lights on the drivers when powered up? If not you problem is before the drivers. Make sure you used the jumper wire as per the plans when programming the ESP. I missed it the first time and couldn't get it powered up or even to accept the program. The ESP was from Amazon. Be careful not to get a 40 pin ESP like I did or 2 pins will have to hang off the edge pf the breakout board. Count the pins on the board and the ESP make sure both have 38.

@ THANKS for the comprehensive answer. I just thought I’d let you know the problem has been resolved. I used DM556T drivers. These for some reason had a compatibility issue with the ESP32. I fitted DM556 units and they worked fine. 👍

Thanks Mas.

I bought mine through Amazon, Not sure of the brand, just cheap Chinese ones, I think they were 50mm wide and 25mm high, They were 1m long, My table is 1500mm long and wide so I purchased 3 chains and used some links from the 3rd chain to add to the other 2 for correct length.

@@Steb12 hey mate. Thanks for the reply. When I checked at the local parts store, Repco, they explained that if the engine was previously rebuilt, which it was, the heads would be shaved and the block decked, so compression loss would be minimal if any. I rang around looking for 253 head gaskets p/n ax130gtr but no one has them.

@@pdterre5496 I would think half the weight.

​@@SullysRodskustoms.Xk is about 30 kg heavier than barra.

@@craigskinner3878 mine isn't the JDs XL. It was just JDs small version that I had to work out how to make larger. After I finished my build they brought out the XL version. I installed the cable drag chains myself. JDs are in the process of installing drag chains now aswell to tidy up their tables. Hope this helps.

@ thanks mate, I’m in the process of starting the jd build soon. Just going to start buying things slowly, I’m also from Australia, if you don’t mind me asking where you purchased your stepper motors from.

@craigskinner3878 I bought them through Amazon Australia. Just watch the lead times on some items. The shielded cable took 4 weeks to arrive. I would suggest buying it through a local electrical wholesaler. Also the z axis stepper which has the screw and ball nut took 3 weeks to arrive. Just buy in advance before you are ready use things or it will slow your build down and really piss you off. Lol

Video 4 is up and its a running table, just a few things to iron out like air pressure, air drier, cutting speed etc.

@@darrenturner6090 you talking about the orange HQ?

@@ryandeweese363 I have vacuum tubes running under the runners to combine the vacuum source for the aic.

Yeh that's what I thought, the plans are actually wrong then. Thanks for the reply, thanks for watching

@@alexrenault3620 I bought an ecm tuning kit. Some commodore company on ebay sell them. About $150, Easy to use, you can pretty much calibrate whatever you need to change. You will have yo turn off vats to get it to run.

@@alexrenault3620 any thing you need to know just ask mate.

@@alexrenault3620 you will also need to sinc each tb to the next till they are all running the same. This takes some time using a downdraft flow meter.

Cheers. ​@SullysRodskustoms. I've got a tune on already with vats delete, but it isn't alpha n (tps based). Is there any chance you could export the current tune to me so I can flash it into mine......? I just want it to idle so I can balance the bodies to each other.

@@alexrenault3620 my tune is still only a base tune. It runs and revs freely on the run stand, but hasn't been driven under load. I can send it to you if you like and you can try it out. Hit me up in fb messenger with your email address. Don't put your email address up here for all the fraudsters and spammers to get.

@@jw200 yes mate, screen shot each and saved to word, cropped the page then saved final version, printed the pages. it took a while to do, but as an old bugger I still find it easier working from paper instructions.

Cheers mate, it's been a good project.

Are you the darren turner with the silver comaro?

@ Yes bud 👊😎

@ Hey Kevin, yes. Been a while. HQ Coupe looking good.

@darrenturner6090 ok ill get you some details later

@darrenturner6090 Here's the run down on the costs. For anything through Amazon Australia, x 1.5 the price JD suggests. Steel cost for me was outrageous, but I was lazy, I bought duragal tube from bunnings in short lengths, 1.5m lengths. Which is why I made it 1.5m x 1.5m. If I was you, I would get long lengths if you can pick them up, way cheaper, you will save about $200. I used duragal so I didn't have to paint the x and y axis tubes as others have issues with the steel rusting. I think all up I'm into it about $1600 -$1700 not including my plasma cutter, which I already had. If you don't have a plasma cutter, just look into a cheaper brand that meets the requirements of JDs suggestion. Lots of people have had success with the cheaper plasma cutters. Mine is a cigweld easycut35. It's too small, get a 45amp pilot arc plasma cutter. When you buy the plans, buy the XL plans from JD. It has a calculator for whatever size table you decide to make. He developed this option after I supersized mine. There was no option for a larger table when I had to work it all out on my own. My thought is make it as large as you can with the space you have.

It was about the same as buying a small car, but this is a beast. It's much more capable than the smaller versions. It was about $1500 AU

@@darrenturner6090 hey Darren, I've only cut about 6 items to date. But most people don't have too many issues. I think I'd they do, they just reprint what they need. I used ASA filament for the printed parts. A bit tougher than what JDs garage suggests.

Hey Paul, I had already primed the engine with oil. I should do a video of my engine oil priming pump. Pretty simple really, just a 6cyl red motor pump bolted to a bucket with a feed and supply hose fitting threaded onto the pump. I run it off my drill. Connect it to the oil pressure sender port on the engine oil pump. Works a treat. I prime till I see oil flowing from all of the rockers. I'll definitely look into a video in the near future showing what it is and how to make it. Thanks for watching. Hope you enjoy the videos.

@@marty3469 two rolls for what I built Marty. But I built mine before they had had an XL version. The Z axis is different on their XL version but two rolls should still work for you.

Any chance getting a wire diagram too?I don't want to buy the plans as I already have the old one. Seems silly they didn't update the files for the people would already bought plans.

Mine is a Freenove ESP32 Wroom 32E from espressif. But if you buy this esp, beware it has 40 pins, you will need to have the 2 extra pins hanging off the breakout board. Its OK the extra pins are a second 5v supply and a second ground pin. Not needed.

I bought cable chains through Amazon, Not sure of the brand, just cheap Chinese ones, I think they were 50mm wide and 25mm high, They were 1m long, My table is 1500mm long and wide so I purchased 3 chains and used some links from the 3rd chain to add to the other 2 for correct length. Their new plans have a calculator to work out the Bill of Materials (BOM) that you need to purchase depending on the size. Buy the XL plans, they weren't available when I built my table and I had to work it all out myself to have an XL table and dual Y axis drives.

I don't have a THC yet. I asked JD's Garage but they don't ship to Australia. What you are seeing in the Videos is the touch off function. The Z axis will lower, touch the steel and trip a limit, then the ESP controller knows the steel height and it backs off approx 3mm to be the correct height for the cut. A THC would be great for multiple cuts as the steel gets some distortion from the heat even with the water table.

Hey mate, I was hoping you had a youtube channel, I just looked, I was looking forward to seeing what you are up to with your cars. Sounds like you are busy filling your stable. Good plan, hard to find good ones. Ill be getting started on my HQ GTS coupe in the new year. Should be a good time waster for you to keep up to date with. Sully.

@@Tyler-np9ud Thete are many places that sell them like speedway motors etc. I purchased mine through ebay I think the seller was speedworx. Make sure you get a set with the relocation blocks with bolts and extension harnesses.

@@Bob-hf2np Restoring cars is definitely a labour of love hey Bob?

@@SullysRodskustoms. Sure is, and will keep me from getting bored in retirement.

@@Mindventmofficial I just checked it there is definitely sound

@ I cannot hear anything in the beginning of this video

I would have adjusted the audio levels when you were doing the video edit so that people can hear you a little bit clearer

@@cutweldngrind well my table is 1400mm wide x 1500mm long. Minimal flex in the belt. There are wider gear drives and wider belts on the market. If tou go wider you will have to add an extra bearing or two to each guide roller assembly, depending on width. It's a cheap option using the belts, a ball screw would be optimum I would think, but adds alot to the cost.

@@SullysRodskustoms. Thanks, 1500mm is a good size for sure. I don't have a 3d printer so I either have to buy one of buy the printed kit. Thanks again.

@cutweldngrind my cut with doesn't take a standard metric width sheet of steel. From memory my sheet size can only be 1130mm wide x 1000mm long. So make yours 1500 mm wide outside the y axis tubes. Then a full width sheet can fit.

@@cutweldngrind thanks, just ask if you need more info.

oh and thought about grommet to plug the hole in the x axis tube/

@@2874mattm I thought about a grommet but the x axis is a really close fit and will contact it.

@@2874mattm not sure I understand what you mean.

@SullysRodskustoms. I cant share a photo, but I meant the tensioner part that slides with the long slots. trim the right end (behind the m8 jam nut) a bit to allow the tensioner to loosen more so you'll have more travel to take up slack. On second look it look like the slots are bottomed out on the bolts.

@@2874mattm ok. I get what you mean now, there really isn't much adjustment with the design. So what I did was back off the belt reasoner, pull the belt tight. Then slip the little belt clamp in place, then add some tension. Seems to work ok.

@@rogerbehrens4879 Hey Roger, I'm in Wollongong Australia. The company was call Wollongong sheet metal. You can email them and ask them for a price.

@@allangoodger969 just editing the electrical and first movements / first fire up video atm. Should be out this week. When I say editing it's not proffesional editing by any means, I try and film as much as I can to show anyone building one all the good bits and bad bits.