Killer Whale

[GTS-t VSPEC]

OK, sorry for the lack of updates, but work got in the way for the past few months, and seeing as it finances the project, I couldn't really say no.

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY

Having seen a fair number of incidents at the track, and also being a requirement for the race category I plan to enter, I finally bit the bullet and went the full cage. Asking around the racers in WA, one name kept popping up for who does the best rollcages. Brad Stacy. Working for one of the top Race Workshops in WA, and also working from home, I got in touch with Brad, and explained my requirements. Brad was awesome to deal with, and having done dozens of cages before I felt confident leaving my car with him.

The cage took about 2weeks, which wasn't bad considering he was doing it in his spare time. I'm really happy with the end result, and would recommend Brad to anyone thinking of getting a cage done in WA

http://www.bradstacyfabrication.com.au/

Enjoy the pics

PICTURES

X side bar

Roof X bars

Front view

Rear Cage

Cage Rear Strut

Cage Hoop Top

Cage Hoop Bottom

[ordinary]

Dman, that's 1 hell of a cage! The thing will be super stiff - might be able to run softer spring rates... Like a Lotus... ok, maybe not a Lotus heeeee

[Ant97GTR]

Holy *&%$ seems a lot has happened since I last saw your beast!!

Great to see it coming along and look forward to the results on the track

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Great to see it coming along and look forward to the results on the track

Thanks Ant

Just finishing up tidying the wiring, re-instating the rear firewall, and then it should be ready to roll again

[chuckie]

Great work Paul,

Good to see Brad sorted Cage out .

Whats next dude,

new RB30

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Great work Paul,

Good to see Brad sorted Cage out .

Whats next dude,

new RB30

I'm leaving the engine as is for the time being, makes plenty of power. Likely conversion to E85 fuel though, which should improve response and up the power a bit.

[ahh 33 s2]

was just wondering about this car just yesturday, how long until it gets back on the track???

[GTS-t VSPEC]

was just wondering about this car just yesturday, how long until it gets back on the track???

Potentially it could go back to the track within about 2weeks, but in order to get everything ready to pass scrutineering it will take alot longer. At least I'm back working on the car again, so progress will be made

[erik]

just getting my battery nerd on, what are you thinking of using?

you can get pretty powerful motorbike batteries, they already use them in race/drift applications anyway

[GTS-t VSPEC]

just getting my battery nerd on, what are you thinking of using?

you can get pretty powerful motorbike batteries, they already use them in race/drift applications anyway

I'm getting a Braille Battery, only weights 3kg

http://www.autocraft.au.com/braille/index.html

[erik]

bit expensive, but that is pretty light, what one were you looking at? how many cca?

are you looking at the lithium ion technology?

depending on the cca you require i'd say a Deka Powersports ETX18L or ETX30L,

they are a AGM technolgy and should have plenty of power and they could even sit around for 6 months and still start the car.

Give Goodchild Enterprises a call and they should be able to give you a good price on one, even tell them Erik from Bitz sent you

[magic1]

cage porn paul!

[GTS-t VSPEC]

cage porn paul!

Cheers mate.

Updates on there way, Kermit Engineering welded on some tow hooks, window net clips, and steering column. It's now headed down to Xspeed to tune on E85

[dirtyRS4]

Ok, time to get this bitch on track

this.

quoted for awesomeness

[magic1]

paul have you disabled the VCT to run the big cams?

looking to do this to mibne but cant find out much about it.

[kungpow]

stock cams will do 450rwhp wouldnt ever use that much grunt really in a track car, plus you would try to retain vct at any cost possible as it is a very good thing to have while tuning.

very clean car mate did you have a dyno sheet from the engine set up on page 1?

i was also supprised at the weight of the doors as well i have mine off at the moments and there feels like enough metal to make a charade out of them.

how much weight do you think you saved by stripping the wiring harnes out of curiosity?

Edited August 20, 2011 by kungpow

[GTS-t VSPEC]

paul have you disabled the VCT to run the big cams?

looking to do this to mine but cant find out much about it.

Hi Tristan, I've got the biggest VCT cams I could find, Apexi 270degs. I think the VCT is one of the best parts of the RB25s. To be honest you'll struggle to find big VCT cams, so you may be stuck with disabling it.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

very clean car mate did you have a dyno sheet from the engine set up on page 1?

I do somewhere, I will try and get a copy posted up.

how much weight do you think you saved by stripping the wiring harnes out of curiosity?

At least 10kgs, I have shopping bags full of it.

[Bren444]

Hi Paul

New years update on the car please :-p

Very well done so far mate and look forward to finally meeting you some time soon!

Cheers

Brendan

[Boss-zilla]

You got this back just before xmas and still havent put the photo's up. tisk tisk