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Postby adamgent » Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:57 pm

I've been following this thread since day 1 - It is an inspiration and I take my hat off to you.

Out of interest - what do you reckon is the estimated cost of this project???
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Postby matt » Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:25 pm

adamgent wrote:I've been following this thread since day 1 - It is an inspiration and I take my hat off to you.

Out of interest - what do you reckon is the estimated cost of this project???
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Postby Luke » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:11 am

adamgent wrote:I've been following this thread since day 1 - It is an inspiration and I take my hat off to you.

Out of interest - what do you reckon is the estimated cost of this project???


I havent directly tracked expenses on the project, all the little parts add up to a lot, but really the biggest expense has been time. Over the past 8 months I've spent at at least 40 hours a week average working on the project, on top of a normal 55 hour per week day job. That dosent leave a lot of time for anything else!
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Postby Luke » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:29 am

I went through and fixed all the broken links for images in this thread. Its neat for me to look through and see how far its come.
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Postby Rallyho » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:58 am

Don't EVER try and add up the costs. It will make you go crazy!

I like the running pictoral...can it be set so we can go right to the most recent shots?
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Postby saab90089 » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:38 pm

Ya, thanks for this thread luke and team! I always enjoy seeing the progress being made on this car.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: just makes me wish I had the time and money to build a rally car as well as you guys have done here (and your current 99 for that matter).

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Postby The Josh » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:14 pm

Ah you got trouble luke!
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Postby Sam » Mon Apr 07, 2008 8:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3brEIwIHjg
There is no such thing as too low or too stiff.
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Postby TRAILINGTHROTTLE » Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:04 pm

i guess that im off the hook for pullin the engine out of the current car, then?
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Postby Luke » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:18 pm

The Josh wrote:Ah you got trouble luke!


Ah I ain't got no trouble, YOU GOT TROUBLE!


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The "bulkhead" for the fuel cell
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Postby Luke » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:08 pm

Building the "bulkhead" box for the fuel pumps and filter
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Rear axle trip prob fitted with HDPE rock guard
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Fuel pumps and filters in the new box
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Aircraft hardware all the suspension mounts.
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The knuckle sporting triangulation of the top mount and the jaguar ball joint
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The fuel pump box in place behind the seat
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One last shot of the clean engine bay
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Postby Jordan » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:10 am

So do we get to see any pictures of the engine IN the car? :P
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Postby Geoff » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:54 am

Luke wrote:
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Rock guard?

So on that Shaguar balljoint, is the distance between the pivot point and the spindle the same as the stock joint? (are they the same height?)
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Postby Luke » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:07 am

Geoff wrote:
Luke wrote:
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Rock guard?

So on that Shaguar balljoint, is the distance between the pivot point and the spindle the same as the stock joint? (are they the same height?)



Yep, otherwise the hat of the rear disc acts as a rocktumbler and makes quick work of destroying the rally computer probe. Its cut from a 3/16" sheet of HDPE and secured by the old dust sheild bolts. We did the same thing with the other car and its worked well.

The jaguar ball joint is almost identical in terms of distance from the top of the taper to center of the ball pivot.
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Postby Luke » Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:37 am

A few more updates:

A power steering reservior coming together:
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"tripled" front motor mount installed:
This should greatly reduce the chances of a failure!
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Motor is in the car and mostly hooked up!
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Oil cooler support bracket in place:
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Sardine can is now fully welded onto fuel cell lid:
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