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Duncan's Race Car - The Most Overdue Build Thread On Sau


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  • 4 weeks later...

OK, finally warm enough to not freeze in the garage, so v1 of the rear panel rodent excluder is in place.

Cut a section from ally flyscreen mesh

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The plan was to sika it in place, but happily there was flange on the unit so I used the magic of cable ties to install it.  I'll check it at the end of a season and see if its still in place...

 

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While I was rolling around on cold concrete (I'm too old for this shit, I need a hoist again), I noticed the v1 nocas rack from 2005 had broken in the accident, so out it came.

You can see the welds split on the left, but to be fair it lasted 15 years of race rally abuse before the tree was a hit too far

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These days of course aftermarket is easy, I went GKtech because black and looks reasonable quality

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I check the inner ends, they were in good condition (not original, I put them in about 5 years ago). Measured the distance between the inner tie rods ends to try and get the wheels pointing something like straight ahead until they get to an alignment and swapped the inner and outer arms over. The Gteck centre was 3.5mm narrower than the old nocas rack so I spaced the arms out with washers 

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When to fit the arms up and found out that the old rack was definately off centre, so I kept the same spacing but took 5mm from one side and added 5mm to the other. I'll try and point the wheels straight once everything is back together, and then will see how hard the alignment guy laughs when he checks my effort

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I did have trouble with the nut on the left ball joint being stripped (possibly crash damage, who knows), and f**k me if I didn't actually have a spare of exactly the right m10x1.25 half height nut.

Happy days, 2 jobs down, 1 million to go

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Solid progress well done +1 get a hoist, cold concrete can F right off. 

I still have my creeper but unless the car is up high on stands it can be a squeeze to get it under with enough space to work. 

 

  • 2 weeks later...
On 04/01/2017 at 5:19 PM, MBS206 said:

Before 2020 hopefully, that's when the supposed next armageddon will occur and you don't want to miss getting to take it for a spin one last time.

OMG, how right were you, the apocalypse did arrive in 2020!

I've fixed my web hosting in the last couple of days so all those missing pics at the start of the thread are back

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how on earth can you give due attention to a post and the overall situation if you are posting on a phone?

f**k I feel old some times. bring back the dos bbs.

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On 8/17/2022 at 8:23 AM, ActionDan said:

Legend, good work. 

This forum needs an app again, doing this shit on a mobile browser does not tickle my balls at all. 

@prank why no more app? $$?? 

No App. Get in front of a PC for the nostalgia.

On 8/17/2022 at 8:43 PM, Duncan said:

how on earth can you give due attention to a post and the overall situation if you are posting on a phone?

f**k I feel old some times. bring back the dos bbs.

Now we don't want to go back to far in the stone ages...... Windows 95 or 98 maybe......

 

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On 8/17/2022 at 9:12 PM, Duncan said:

typical fcking millennial, not being able to tell the difference between gen x and their parents. have you moved out of home yet?

I have no idea how old you are brotato, but you sound unhip 🤣

 

At 40, yeah I moved out last week 😉

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a little more seriously, I can't believe SAU is 20 this year. And, like this thread says, I've had the race car for 17 years (and about 17 engines....). 

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On 8/17/2022 at 9:12 PM, Duncan said:

typical fcking millennial, not being able to tell the difference between gen x and their parents. have you moved out of home yet?

 

On 8/17/2022 at 9:13 PM, ActionDan said:

I have no idea how old you are brotato, but you sound unhip 🤣

 

At 40, yeah I moved out last week 😉

Unhip 🤣

Would actually like to know the age group of the usual suspects here?
Thinking I may be hanging out in the retirement village..............

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On 17/08/2022 at 9:18 PM, robbo_rb180 said:

Thinking I may be hanging out in the retirement village..............

If people in the retirement village are driving GTR race cars it sounds like a pretty good place to be

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On 8/17/2022 at 10:46 PM, soviet_merlin said:

If people in the retirement village are driving GTR race cars it sounds like a pretty good place to be

Yeah better than the matching number vin, engine and screws crowd .

 

On 8/17/2022 at 9:24 PM, ActionDan said:

40 here, last month

I'm 37 feel much older when I have to deal with under 30 crowd 😂😅

Think may have to move part of this discussion to Wasteland so @Duncan get on with his build thread.

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