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Engineered to Slide, Waurn Ponds (2026)

Engineered to Slide is a website and blog focused on motorsport fabrication, after 20 years in the industry and countless project cars and motorcycles Nigel Petrie has developed a series of fabrication courses that are tailored to those looking to complete their own projects. This knowledge is passed on from a career that includes a Technical High School education, an Advanced Diploma in Engineering, 18 years employment with Ford Motor Company as a Prototype Machinist along with many special projects and partnerships with global brands. If your looking to learn fabrication or understand what it takes to turn an idea into a reality visit Engineeredtoslide.com you will be glad you did.

30/09/2026

Recent Bronco adventures into the Flinders Ranges National Park, along the Fleurieu Peninsula and down the Limestone Coast of South Australia 🇦🇺

Since reviving the Bronco I hadn’t really put it through its paces, the route for this trip was right up its alley but I didn’t know what this 41 year old 4WD was capable of.

After a few thousand km’s through some wild terrain I can honestly say that it’s way more capable than I thought, only had to lock the hubs in on the softest sand but the low range climbs, the water crossings and everything else in between were no stress. The big 351 Cleveland just kept on rolling!

Before the trip began I made a swing away bike rack, tool box mount, Jerry can holder, rear air bag suspension load assist setup and even 3d printed a number plate.

Nothing I love more than finding 2 wheel trails out on the 4 wheel trail.

Time to clean it back up and get it ready for the next adventure, question is where to?

24/01/2026

We are one week out from .label.invitational and I’m currently putting together the biggest display Engineered to Slide has ever had.

Join me in celebrating 20 years of past, present and future projects at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre this Sunday the 1st of Feb.

See you there.

20/01/2026

I never get tired of this view and with the 20th anniversary of ETS rolling round I wanted to get the old Hilux out there again to hopefully spark some inspiration in the future generations of budding builders.

I got back from summer vacation with a long list of things to do, I did a lot of work on the trailer with an internal ramp system to allow me to carry the plinths I built for this to be displayed on.

I was accepted into the Elite Hall at the and used this as a pre run for the upcoming .label.invitational show where I’ll be putting on the biggest display yet. I’ll share more details on that in the coming days.

Once BlackLabel is wrapped up I’ll put this back on the dyno to clean up the tune, swing some laps and enjoy the fruits of my labour again.

Thanks Colac Motorfest for the entry into the elite hall and thanks to all the people that had good things to say about seeing the Hilux at the show.

05/10/2025

With a refresh underway on the Hilux I thought I’d see what these big VOLK Racing forged magnesium centerlocks fitted with Porsche Cup slicks would look like.

They won’t be staying on but it’s cool to see a different wheel on it.

The refresh has involved making a new turbo manifold, new wastegate, new dump and screamer pipe, new intercooler plumbing, intake plumbing and some extra sensors.

Looking forward to getting back behind the wheel of this.

27/07/2025

Life’s good and motorcycles are better, clawed back some time for myself lately and joined .au and to build my beloved R Nine T Scrambler into a bike that can (hopefully) hold its own against the brand new BMW R12 GS launching in the next few weeks. The brief was to build one of the new R12s but I had unfinished business with this bike and I wanted to continue the good times with a bike that’s given me plenty already. I’ve filmed a 5 part series on this build and you can hit the link in my profile to get into it. I can’t wait to show you the finished product and I can’t wait to catch up with my fellow builders and enjoy a day on the flat track to put these boxxers through their paces.

08/05/2025

I’ve had a list of things to do to the S13 for quite some time, the car shares the sequential transmission with the Hilux and because the engines in and out constantly I wanted to simplify things in the mounting department so I could pull the engine out and still have the car roll around. This meant simplifying the x member so it detaches without the LCA’s being removed, the engines plate solved that by mounting the engine to the chassis rails, the second was the oil pump mount, I wanted to lower that and have it nice and sturdy, the engine plate solved that, the third was the lack of heat generated by the NA motor so I made an electric water pump using the stock impeller so I incorporated that into the engine plate too. Ontop of that (or below it I should say) is the sump, I wanted to remake the dry sump with some nicer pickups and I’m still working that out. I scanned the block, drew all these parts in CAD and then water jetted them out of plate, all relatively easily once I had my dimensions verified by templates. This was a good functioning engine/ bay before and now it’s much better to work on. Still got some finishing touches to do but I thought it’s worth showing the progress.

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Waurn Ponds, VIC

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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