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Started by _2DOOR_ , Oct 25 2010 09:06 PM

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#26 _2DOOR_

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Posted 03 May 2011 - 09:48 PM

hey Lee, mate when I realised only three of them had seen Drag Racing live it became a necessity, every body was so great and appreciative of what I am trying to achieve. just goes to show that Drag Racers are the coolest people but we knew that. :)

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Posted 06 May 2011 - 11:31 PM

we have got a bit done this week, filled the heater holes, trial fitted the body to the chassis and are working on the tray rams.

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Posted 12 May 2011 - 11:46 PM

Finished Yet?

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Posted 26 May 2011 - 08:11 PM

The boys all now have completed their OH&S White card, a lot of small parts are being worked on and the panel work is commencing. Today we had 5 of our sponsors attend and speak to the students as we prepare them to do work placement. we are still awaiting the motor and the final arrangements are being made so we can start selling parts on Ebay. we also mocked it up so the sponsors could see where we are heading, but it actually worked more as a way of pumping the boys up further and I had 4 boys work back till 5pm tonight.
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Posted 20 June 2011 - 08:45 PM

a lot of little things and acquiring of skills but still progressing.

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guards bolt to the chassis, tyres will be 2inch taller than these.

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cutting up an old chassis

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Posted 20 June 2011 - 09:11 PM

Looking great jeff you should be proud :)

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Posted 25 June 2011 - 05:33 PM

The tray fabrication is nearly finished.
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the look we were after, business like.

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the roll bar is only cosmetic, but will be part of the closing system for the tilting tray.

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The tray needs a little more grinding, support plates across the guards, and some Dzus plates attached and its done.

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Posted 25 July 2011 - 09:37 PM

Most of the metal work is now complete, The body is off the chassis again and we are starting on the body work. we have purchased the alloy plate so as soon as it is cut and fitted to the tray it is ready to go for powder coating as are the guards. We are still waiting on an engine trans and need to decide which way to go with the diff.

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welding guard extensions

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we dont race in the rain so!!
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28 less holes

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made a nice flat surface to mount the ratchet shifter to.
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Posted 12 August 2011 - 07:14 PM

not a lot has happened due to the excessive time HSC major projects are taking up, we have started the body work and have purchased a few things.

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37 litre fuel cell

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line lock in place of the load proportioning valve.

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Posted 12 August 2011 - 09:16 PM

looking good jeff what times are you hoping to run ?

#36 _2DOOR_

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Posted 12 August 2011 - 10:18 PM

hey Lee, the plan is to race in SST, Im aiming for low 11's, but building it so if it runs 10s it complies. as we know they are never fast enough.

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Posted 13 August 2011 - 07:25 AM

cant wait to give you a run :3gears:

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 02:54 PM

I have purchased a vehicle to serve as the donor for the running gear. its a 2002 VU SS Ute. The boys are pretty good at disassembly so we should have it out in the next few weeks. I plan to use as much wiring as possible to make the conversion as easy as it can be.
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LS1 & 4L65E

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 04:10 PM

Man the boy's are doing a fantastic job of the ute . Keep up the good work.

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 05:09 PM

hey jeff ,your a champion mate.

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 08:07 PM

Thanks for the support guys.
I thought I would put up a few of the projects that get in the way of the racecar, yr12 major projects.
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1979 Gemini, replaced a lot of the rear window metal and resprayed in Atlantis Blue.
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Diahatsu Charade caved in roof and full respray, inside and out.
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XR6 bonnet fitted with XR8 bonnet scoop and shadow graphics.
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air brushed over stencils.
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a timber project.
the students create the project and put together an 80 page portfolio.

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Posted 24 August 2011 - 09:10 PM

Great work mate.Good to see these young guys getting that sort of experience.

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 07:19 PM

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cut the alloy for the tray

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very impressed with how well the boys planned and attacked the engine removal.

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now we need a sump, pick up and to make the engine mounts and a cross member

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 08:10 PM

wicked......also that cabinet is bloody impesive.got some good tradesmen coming through :buttrock:

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Posted 09 September 2011 - 10:31 PM

this weeks progress.
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starting on the bodywork

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designing a battery box

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fitted the fuel cell

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Posted 10 September 2011 - 07:48 AM

Great work Jeff.

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Posted 13 September 2011 - 08:38 PM

I ordered a sump through Summit in the US, we fitted it today and set the engine into position so we can make some engine mounts, the engine will be solid mounted.everything seems to be aligning well.


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the angles are right using the standard cross member.

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Posted 16 September 2011 - 10:07 PM

not having the body on I was a bit curious on why nobody was using the standard cross member, this afternoon we sat the body back on and found the trans hitting the floor.
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solid engine mounts
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we started fabricating a new crossmember to sit the trans 50mm lower.

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Posted 13 October 2011 - 09:41 PM

:nada:

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Posted 16 October 2011 - 08:05 PM

funny boy :clappin:

actually had a holiday this time so we slowed a little, first week back and the ute is totally stripped and the cross member fabricated.

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