Demetri's Projects

[demetri94]

Hi everyone, I have been a long time subscriber but haven't posted too much. Here are some random projects and things I have worked on over the years. Hope you enjoy. Here is my old race car I built in 2008. Wolfe racecraft roll cage I installed, 408ci turbo, C4. Car went 9.40@150 in 2009.

 

[demetri94]

Some more interior pics and engine bay pictures.

 

[demetri94]

A friends car I have done some work on over the years. 5" Intake pipe I built for his new procharged combo. This is a water tank I built a few years back. Now he is running methanol and not using water so I have modified it to be the puke tank in case things go wrong in up front.

 

[gearhead1]

Nice!

 

[demetri94]

Aluminum fuel cell I built for the same car, holds 4 gallons.

 

[demetri94]

Here is a few pictures of the fuel cell installed on the car with the charge pipe finished. I also grafted the upper rad support back in to clear the charge pipe. I added a heat shield to the passenger side header as the fuel cell was fairly close.

 

[rattle_snake]

Nice work. That PC should make a lot of boost for that BBF! Interesting blower drive system.

 

[demetri94]

Thanks. I believe he was right around 30lbs of boost, pictures must make it look bigger than it is. It's actually a small block...4xx cubic inch motor(dont remember exact). Big cylinder heads lol He runs no time events, locally here in Canada and has been to a few events in the US as well

 

[demetri94]

A current project I am working on. Its a 1945 Studebaker M15. Started replacing the floor pans. The lower sections are production pieces, the upper floor pan area are not available. I had to fabricate those and the transmission inspection cover from scratch. If anyone is interested you can follow the build on my youtube channel, link is in my signature. I will post some more pictures of the other areas I am working on. I have started repairing the box as well. Thanks for loooking!

 

[demetri94]

Here are some pictures of the box repairs. both sides needed attention, the front crossmember and the floor of the box also needed to be repaired. I also made up the 2 lower apron pieces that bolt to the box as well as new mounts for the aprons. I will try and get some more pictures to show some of the other work.(my computer and picture skills aren't great, I forget to take pictures as I work, hopefully that improves)The other neat thing about this truck is that it is a dump box.

 

[demetri94]

Passenger side complete now also.

 

[m6z]

Nice work.

 

[demetri94]

Nice work.

Thanks, slowly making progress.

 

[demetri94]

Some other pictures, this is a picture of the drivers side stake pocket I repaired. I also remade the bracing under the floor. and around the transmission tunnel were the inspection cover bolts up to.

 

[demetri94]

Front panel of the box made from piece of sheet, broke both ends and welded on a piece of 1.250 tube across the top. Welded 2 passes across the top and ground down to blend in. The tube had a slight bow to it after all the welding so I used my tig torch to run a pass across the opposite side(no filler or melting of metal) just heated red to shrink the tube back straight. Also fabricated the floor pan of the box from scratch as well.

 

[demetri94]

Found some more pictures of the mustang I was working on a while ago, here is a picture of the tube I added in place of the factory radiator support and also welded in a bumper support to keep the bumper from caving in at speed.

 

[demetri94]

Truck cab is primed and painted, also primed the box as well. Don't mind the dates in the picture, they are incorrect(not set).

 

[rattle_snake]

Wow nice repair on the truck bed.

 

[txvwnut]

Nice fab and repair work. Was that originally a dual rear wheel truck?

 

[demetri94]

A swim platform that I built at the end of last summer for a friends boat

 

[demetri94]

Wow nice repair on the truck bed.

Thanks, took a few tries on the brake to get the floor pattern sorted out but happy with the end result

 

[demetri94]

Nice fab and repair work. Was that originally a dual rear wheel truck?

Thank you. Ya the owner said it was factory dual rear wheels. The other cool thing is it is a dump box. Apparently the only one made with a factory box that dumps.