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IPRA 4 Door LX

Started by eyepeeler , May 15 2011 05:46 PM

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#401 Ice

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 10:25 PM

Im gunna start callin you the tin man craig

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 10:33 PM

Im gunna start callin you the tin man craig

LOL Gene, I think I have a long way to go till I get to Dirtbags level which is pretty bloody good.
Thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it.

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#403 Ice

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 10:40 PM

Working with your hands is a skill craig at least your havin a go bud i admire people that can do most of the work them selves
practice makes perfect craig

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 10:42 PM

my working with hands involves reaching behind me to my wallet........

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Posted 08 October 2013 - 10:45 PM

my working with hands involves reaching behind me to my wallet........

nah i just use my mates up lol

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Posted 09 October 2013 - 11:18 PM

Trans tunnel DONE!!!! That was a bigger job than I thought. :spoton:

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Pretty happy with how it all went and turned out.

Now onto seam welding a few bit and pieces under the car.

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#407 eyepeeler

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Posted 09 October 2013 - 11:25 PM

I had a side project running side by side with my car this arvo, Got1UR1 came over and we made a trolley up for a very special project. The restoration of a HDT A9X Promo car is nearing the start of it's journey. The trolley is for that. Can't wait for that one to start, nah....... I can't wait for it to be finished, how cool is that car going to be!!

The trolley we made for it.

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#408 _full_noise_

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Posted 09 October 2013 - 11:42 PM

That would have been worth a few cartons of beers at least????<br /><br />WA is the beer economy remember

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#409 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 01:47 AM

Trans tunnel came out well !

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 10:05 AM

good work again.

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 10:22 AM

Cheers Welby and Jeff, thanks for that.

good work again.

Trans tunnel came out well !

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#412 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 10:24 AM

I like the cage work, suspension, engine etc, etc, too of course

(just needs bigger wheels, lol)

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#413 eyepeeler

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 10:38 AM

LOL, Wheels size does suck a bit, would like to run 10 inch. Classic. :spoton:

I like the cage work, suspension, engine etc, etc, too of course

(just needs bigger wheels, lol)

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#414 A9X

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Posted 10 October 2013 - 10:51 AM

wheels ?

Some one mention wheels ??

I could do you a wheely good deal on the shiny round things.

But that would mean going back into the shed. :blush:

I'm not ready yet. Where's my therapist...... :sofa:

Wish i could weld, very inspiring stuff happens here abouts. :bowdown:

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 04:12 PM

Only did half a day today, Bathurst is on. Missed out on working on it yesterday, work interrupted it.

I have been seam welding a few bits and pieces. I figure it's a good idea, can't hurt anyway. I have done the area's around the wheel arches including the spring and strut housings.

I also hit the front chassis rails in a couple of areas.

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I also had time to remove the rusted out battery tray. As others have done, I drilled out the spot welds to do it.

I got it out in one bit and I will use it as a template to make the new one.

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Getting closer to painting it. I had a CAMS logbook guy come round on Thursday night and have a look at it. He gave me the thumbs up, I feel a lot better about painting it now, knowing that he will not come along after it's all done and point out something to change!!

Enjoy Bathurst everyone............... :driving:

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#416 LXdamo

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 05:10 PM

Nice work!! the trans tunnel came out sweet as.

Good news with the CAMS guy as well.

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 05:34 PM

Nice work!! the trans tunnel came out sweet as.

Good news with the CAMS guy as well.

Cheers Damo. It was a massive relief when he looked over the car and gave it the ok.
Nice bloke as well, he races HQ's.

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#418 dattoman

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 06:09 PM

Wanna come round and fix my rusty battery tray too ?

I assume your not putting the battery back there

I think you can buy a replacement section to suit there without the battery tray stuff...so it looks like the other side

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 06:34 PM

Wanna come round and fix my rusty battery tray too ?

I assume your not putting the battery back there
I think you can buy a replacement section to suit there without the battery tray stuff...so it looks like the other side

If I get this one right I could help??
Wasn't going to buy one, I have some zinc anneal sheet and I am going to make my own. It will be flat like the other side, and not a tray for the battery.
The battery will be inside the car.

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#420 A9X

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 07:35 PM

you keep practicing mate, as soon as you've got it right you can start the resto on that gorgeous yellow thing.

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#421 _The Baron_

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 07:38 PM

Nice work Craig.

Bring it back to Adelaide when your done & we can swap drives at Mallala. Just go easy on my clutch.

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#422 eyepeeler

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Posted 12 October 2013 - 07:59 PM

Nice work Craig.

Bring it back to Adelaide when your done & we can swap drives at Mallala. Just go easy on my clutch.

You saying I ride the clutch?? LOL.
That's a great idea, I'd be up for that,

Glad you like what I'm up to. Have you been keeping well?

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#423 _LONA-CK_

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Posted 13 October 2013 - 07:31 AM

i have just spent the last 2 hours reading this thread,,, great workmanship there mate,,, love it.

i stumbbled across this post

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Posted 26 July 2013 - 12:42 AM

For all the size and bulk of the torrie Kframe it is very very weak. This is even more prevelant under race stress. The Kframe is basically trying to hold the front end together, but the chassis (a little folded tin plate) has the strength of a tin can of spaghetti. This is why the group c race cars plated the bottom of the Kframe with 3mm plate between the bottom arm mounts.

To gain some rigidity without changing the factory design I have in the past made 4x full profile chassis plates (3mm) that go from radiator support panel to past the gearbox mount and fully welded them in.

These photo's are similar (abit shorter) to what I used to do to help get the car to stop flexing.under hard driving. This along with plating the bottom of the Kframe helps a lot with the flex issues along with a well designed cage.

Edited by LXSS350, 26 July 2013 - 12:47 AM.

i made the same things for my big boy im building,,, to give the car more strength and will look better once painted.

cheers gong

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Posted 13 October 2013 - 10:30 AM

Cheers Gong, that's a big read from the start!! Glad you like the work I have done so far. LXSS350 has some great ideas, rules are where good ideas get shot down.
I hope the bars I put in at the front and the solid bushes will make a difference on the track.