Roll Cage Painting....sucks!

[golfnutracing]

Seat mounts are already in
you can just make them out... will grab a better pic tonight after the next coats go on.

Found out about the 14" tyre (DOH!).. planning to mount mine to that extra bar between the towers, then space for tools in the rest of the wheel well.

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ahh i see, nice work, the scruitineers generaly insist the wheel be fastened by 2 methods, thats why i have a ratchet strap and a pull down screw, really horrible for quick changes!!!

good to see it coming along, its starting to motivate me to get under mine and scrub and paint it.....its taken 3 months to get the motivation

[Bluerex]

Hey GolfNut, can you snap a few pics of your handbrake?

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[golfnutracing]

Here is a pic from when i bought the car (got it from qld)

I had to modify the linkage, found that it was not getting full throw, so you have to see a way that you can get it to move the piston maximum distance.
(picture is pre mod) all i did was weld a little tag on the end of it that went higher and further backward.

It originaly had the ratchet in it, i took it out cause it shat me, a mate of mine grided the bottom teeth off, so when u were using it on stage it wouldnt stick, but if u pulled it on hard when parked it would stay on (handy for on hills etc, but its bad practice to leave a hyd slave cylinder under pressure)

500k
http://members.iinet.com.au/~wo1fpac...lly/hbrake.jpg

[blackgti1.8]

Here is a pic from when i bought the car (got it from qld)

It originaly had the ratchet in it, i took it out cause it shat me, a mate of mine grided the bottom teeth off, so when u were using it on stage it wouldnt stick, but if u pulled it on hard when parked it would stay on (handy for on hills etc, but its bad practice to leave a hyd slave cylinder under pressure)

500k
http://members.iinet.com.au/~wo1fpac...lly/hbrake.jpg

I dunno - I wouldn't have any teeth at all - in a reasonable setup with
good leverage, you have hold the car with no trouble anyway...
Looks like your lever is long enough...

Bluerex - nice cage
I agree with Matt Loon - I wouldn't be taking this car out into the forest

[Bluerex]

I agree with Matt Loon - I wouldn't be taking this car out into the forest

Geez what a bunch of pussies
The car may just turn up at the occasional show but its real purpose in life is tree-magnet Hehe.

I like the mc attached to the std brake, but I may have to fit a completely separate lever to keep the local rego authorities happy. My khana car (the yellow one) has a modified lever with an 'R' clip to disable the ratchet while running round the course.


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[golfnutracing]

its fine to reg it with only hydraulic handbrake (i have camira front calipers on the back, so no provision for cable), dosn't have to comply with ADRs, when they rego it, they have a quick look, take it for a drive (ive been told on hot rally cars they drive em under the cam, flood the motors, get scared and come back in) and sign you off.

haha wait until your first stage, the inside of the car will be covered, first wet event it will all be mud. A good tip is to seal the car the best you can (obviously), water on the floor causes fog on windscreen, and for a demister a 12v hairdryer or rear window hot wires work a treat, and tinted windscreen is great for glare (can be reg as well!)

blackgti: you want the teeth for when u are parked on a hill, so the handbrake stays on and you have ur head under the front trying to figure out what that noise is. no teeth when u pull handbrake and let go it goes to the floor

[Bluerex]

its fine to reg it with only hydraulic handbrake (i have camira front calipers on the back, so no provision for cable), dosn't have to comply with ADRs, when they rego it, they have a quick look, take it for a drive (ive been told on hot rally cars they drive em under the cam, flood the motors, get scared and come back in) and sign you off.

This is why WA is soooooo goood for rally enthusiasts!!!! We have it pretty good in ACT too (The hand brake advise not withstanding). We have a govt testing station that see little use since they dropped annual inspections for road cars, and I guess they like to justify their existence (and I have a mate on the inside), but, in NSW it is a nightmare!!!

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[alex g]

or should that be anti tree magnet


looking great

[blackgti1.8]

blackgti: you want the teeth for when u are parked on a hill, so the handbrake stays on and you have ur head under the front trying to figure out what that noise is. no teeth when u pull handbrake and let go it goes to the floor

Sorry - I wasn't very clear.
I had a standard cable-actuated handbrake for normal (road) use, and a second hydrualic handbrake (with no racket) for avoiding trees

Isn't it a great feeling barrelling into a corner to know that your only chance
of avoiding that tree on the apex is the hydrualic handbrake?

[blackgti1.8]

Geez what a bunch of pussies.
The car may just turn up at the occasional show but its real purpose in life is tree-magnet Hehe.
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What a guy

Reminds me of a favourite saying of the rally guys in the club I used to be in - Rallying is is the only category of racing where the shell is a spare part
Mind you, this was most often repeated by one rally guy who had the distinction of perfecting the vertical park.
(and I mean that literally - it *was* a steep dropoff...)

Still, I'd be crying if I hung that great shell of yours off a tree...