From the ashes... What did you do to your roadster today?

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Post by CordedBowl » Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:05 pm

Good idea!

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Post by Junkwhale » Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:35 pm

Junkwhale wrote:
evel wrote:are those short shifters as awesome as everyone makes them out to be? I considering getting one as well.
I think some of the reviews are a bit over the top; it won't turn your car into a magical gear-shifting unicorn...
I... take that back. After actually getting used to it and spending some time driving it hard it is 100% glitter-covered rainbow-magic gear shifting unicorn. It would be hard to go back.

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Post by Furai » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:03 pm

So thanks to my good man Jose I got to weigh my car. Not bad without me at 975Kg(With 35L of fuel, helmet and a couple tools) and borderline perfect weight balance but also found out Im just over 90Kg which isnt so great...

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Also bought a Link ECU and looking around for cams now

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Post by siren676 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:08 pm

^Nice
Got some new tyres fitted to some wheels which arrived from japan a few days ago, havent fitted the wheels yet as i dont want to ruin them this weekend.
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Post by 4A-GE » Thu Jan 08, 2015 10:09 pm

My last one had the intake cam out of a turbo familia in it. That went pretty well.

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Post by dkbuchanan » Sat Jan 10, 2015 6:03 pm

Finally got around to giving it a good wash and wax, some of the water marks were really getting to me, though wish I had the money to get it re-painted, love the colour, but stone chips!

I'm quite happy with the result though, next is to take the headlights out and restore them, but that can wait for another day. It is now beer o'clock.

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Post by built4speed » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:12 pm

Furai wrote:So thanks to my good man Jose I got to weigh my car. Not bad without me at 975Kg(With 35L of fuel, helmet and a couple tools) and borderline perfect weight balance but also found out Im just over 90Kg which isnt so great...

Fire up the hole saw and angle grinder, plenty of weight to get out of it haha.
Mine is 960kgs with me/race gear in it and a near full tank of gas. 840kgs without me.

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Post by 4A-GE » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:22 pm

I'm a fucking beanpole. I wonder what mine is with me in it. I haven't pulled much stuff out of it mind.

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Post by Furai » Sun Jan 11, 2015 9:28 am

built4speed wrote:
Furai wrote:So thanks to my good man Jose I got to weigh my car. Not bad without me at 975Kg(With 35L of fuel, helmet and a couple tools) and borderline perfect weight balance but also found out Im just over 90Kg which isnt so great...

Fire up the hole saw and angle grinder, plenty of weight to get out of it haha.
Mine is 960kgs with me/race gear in it and a near full tank of gas. 840kgs without me.
What have you done to get it down that far? Also how did it effect the weight balance and do you have a full cage?

Im a little reluctant to cut or remove to much as drifting is a contact sport and things like the heavy bumper supports have been left in so hitting things isnt an issue

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Post by built4speed » Sun Jan 11, 2015 11:33 am

Furai wrote:
built4speed wrote:
Furai wrote: What have you done to get it down that far? Also how did it effect the weight balance and do you have a full cage?

Im a little reluctant to cut or remove to much as drifting is a contact sport and things like the heavy bumper supports have been left in so hitting things isnt an issue
Its got 50/50 cross weights. Full cage. No top or any of the mountings. Light weight racetech seat.
Because there is a high level of pushing and bump drafting in our racing all the bumper supports remain.
Anything that can be removed inside has been. Stereo support brackets in the dash. Intrusion bars in the doors(cage has bars and doors are cheap). Soft close shit in the doors. Side windows and mechanisms. Moved battery forward and installed one 1/10th the weight of factory. Striped the wiring loom. Made the exhaust out of thin wall tubing. Heaps of other small things.

Spotweld drill bit and a grinder is all you need

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Post by WideOpenThrottle » Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:49 pm

Finished the lense [black silicon was a bad idea to glue it on so should have used translucent for a better finished look!] & fitted some side stripes. All I need now is a WOF & rego for my next drive to the track.
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Post by Furai » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:43 pm

built4speed wrote:
Furai wrote:
built4speed wrote: Its got 50/50 cross weights. Full cage. No top or any of the mountings. Light weight racetech seat.
Because there is a high level of pushing and bump drafting in our racing all the bumper supports remain.
Anything that can be removed inside has been. Stereo support brackets in the dash. Intrusion bars in the doors(cage has bars and doors are cheap). Soft close shit in the doors. Side windows and mechanisms. Moved battery forward and installed one 1/10th the weight of factory. Striped the wiring loom. Made the exhaust out of thin wall tubing. Heaps of other small things.

Spotweld drill bit and a grinder is all you need
Now that sounds like a racecar. Mine is still a daily at the moment haha :lol:

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Post by Snapfrozen » Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:57 pm

Right. Big progress. Thanks to the brother in law for his rattle gun.

All suspension out, all suspension apart, ready to prep for paint. Not going to deloom until the new motor is in and running - I figure one dumb move at a time. Started putting the accessories on the motor too. Starter and an engine mount so far. Hardest part is torque tolerances and finding the right nuts and bolts.

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Post by 4A-GE » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:07 pm

Links are a bit oo err.

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Post by Snapfrozen » Thu Jan 15, 2015 9:10 pm

Yeh they broke lol. I may need you in the next few days. Need to compare shit on your car to mine :lol:

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Post by 4A-GE » Thu Jan 15, 2015 11:01 pm

Meh ok. You know where I am.

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Post by CordedBowl » Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:16 am

Cleaned her up!

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Post by Snapfrozen » Fri Jan 16, 2015 9:04 pm

Got cracking on the motor tonight.

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Post by evel » Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:22 pm

CordedBowl wrote:Cleaned her up!

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Does this mean its going? 8)
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Post by CordedBowl » Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:26 am

It's been going for a long time! Still no cert though ._.

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Post by 4A-GE » Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:26 am

Tuned yet? :3

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Post by Snapfrozen » Sat Jan 17, 2015 3:03 pm

Updates in 3 consecutive days. This car may just live!

Bay is ready for paint. There will be no more updates until the paint is done. I want a dramatic before and after. Most of the paint is fine and I just scotch brighted it, a few bits I took back to bare metal as they were a tad rough. Car has minor frontal damage. Will pull it out when I put in the steel bumper bar in a few weeks.

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Post by built4speed » Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:50 am

Steel bumper bar? Why? Its just extra weight. The fronts of these cars can take a solid pummeling to the bumper and not show damage due to that large plastic thing behind the bumper.

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Post by 4A-GE » Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:57 pm

I've been lazy.
Finally got myself a set of watanabes.
Oddly enough, they're the real deal. 15"x6.5" +34.

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Post by CordedBowl » Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:19 pm

Love those Wats 4AGE, they match the BRG perfectly.

I'm sure Furai is proud.

I painted my tires this weekend to see how it would look:

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I kinda like it, but my mind isn't made up if I'll keep it or not

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