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IPRA 4 Door LX

Started by eyepeeler , May 15 2011 05:46 PM

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#726 _LXSS350_

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Posted 03 June 2014 - 11:42 PM

Craig before my retirement my whole life was in Mining. Believe me even at my age it still irritates the cr#p out of me how we never make anything with our amazing raw products. Everything from iron ore to wheat and wool etc ...... all Australia ever does is sell raw products for peanuts and buy it back for triple (after the importing country value adds).

You would swear with aviation etc that we should be able to make a fuel cell but our wages and costs of everything in Oz just puts us way out of whack with the rest of the world.

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#727 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 12:11 AM

Aussie Aussie Aussie???
Anyone know if we make anything here in oz anymore??

Sausage rolls and cherry ripes?

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 12:29 AM

Craig before my retirement my whole life was in Mining. Believe me even at my age it still irritates the cr#p out of me how we never make anything with our amazing raw products. Everything from iron ore to wheat and wool etc ...... all Australia ever does is sell raw products for peanuts and buy it back for triple (after the importing country value adds).

You would swear with aviation etc that we should be able to make a fuel cell but our wages and costs of everything in Oz just puts us way out of whack with the rest of the world.

Couldn't agree more with that Col. With all our raw product in Australia, you would think that we would be in the box seat for manufacture or pre and post processing of raw material. Yet we sell it to nations who have none of their own, and then we buy it back.

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#729 355LX

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 12:02 PM

This subject makes my blood boil. I wonder if it's too late to reverse the damage to our local industry. Our policy makers have no vision or no clue about planning for the future.

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#730 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 01:26 PM

Would need a politician with balls.

Australia has never had one of them.

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#731 _LXSS350_

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 02:40 PM

Australians wouldn't have the common sense to vote in a visionary because they would loose all the handouts as the political party tried to pull the county back into line. To fix what we have destroyed over the decades would take real pain and Australians just don't want to do that and would rather vote for idiots like Clive Palmer who has no idea about the real world. All Palmer knows is because of the fools who voted he holds enough power to get his idiotic face on tv to say stupid stuff that a 15yo wouldn't say.

Australians should start learning Chinese because the way its going we will be run by China the way we are going. The Chinese are way too smart for dumb Australians who can't see the trees through the forest. Not my problem any-more as I will be long gone and have grown sick of how this country has gone downhill into a cesspool sewer of corruption, greed and self interest. Maybe old KRudd might have another go at the top job (because he speaks Mandarin) as Australia deserves to be back running under such a brain storm. What a joke this once great nation has become all because we allowed ourselves to get lazy, greedy and out of step with the rest of the world all wrapped up in our own little bubble of contempt and ignorance.

Sorry Craig that's enough on that. It just shit's me to death what's happened in Oz.

Still could be worse I could wake up in the morning and my Hatchbacks have all grown two extra doors each. ...... LOL

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#732 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 04 June 2014 - 02:48 PM

Still could be worse I could wake up in the morning and my Hatchbacks have all grown two extra doors each. ...... LOL

LOL

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#733 _greg2240_

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Posted 06 June 2014 - 01:46 PM

geeeez

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#734 eyepeeler

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Posted 06 June 2014 - 03:40 PM

Geeez what??

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Posted 07 June 2014 - 06:58 PM

I have to thank a couple of forum members,
Dave, 355LX for giving me some old tyres that came from his car. They will be perfect for rolling the car round till it comes time for new boots.

And Welby for doing a swapsy of Chrome bumpers for some painted ones.
What was yellow is now white.

And there you go Gene, finally painted the wing mirror housing!!

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Posted 09 June 2014 - 07:24 PM

Painted bumpers on, looking better.

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#737 _greg2240_

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Posted 09 June 2014 - 08:20 PM

this car looks better than new, a credit to you, Greg

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#738 _Viper_

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Posted 09 June 2014 - 08:44 PM

I thought you were painting stuff taxi yellow for a second there.

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Posted 09 June 2014 - 08:54 PM

this car looks better than new, a credit to you, Greg

Cheers Greg, appreciate the comment. The body work is ok for a race car, I have learned a heap and if I do a road car in the future it will be a lot better.

I thought you were painting stuff taxi yellow for a second there.

Ha ha, I was waiting for that, nice pick up Clint. Love your new avatar picture by the way, very cool.
After seeing what you have been doing in your thread I've got no doubt that you would have done a cracker job with my car if I sent it your way.

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Posted 10 June 2014 - 06:31 PM

There you go Gene, all painted white and fitted.

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 06:04 PM

Started on the flywheel/ clutch install today.
Got all the parts, just need to learn what to do!

Read up a bit and torque setting for flywheel nuts is 75 foot pounds.

Got the clutch done up at 20 foot pounds using locktite and crush nuts.

Looking at release bearing now.

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 06:06 PM

Used this tool to align the splines in the clutch discs, pretty simple but effective.

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#743 _LXSS350_

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 06:22 PM

Got all the parts, just need to learn what to do!

LOL You eating cake again ??

Did you drop out of school early and missed the Torana assembly lesson ??

Toe bone connected to the foot bone
    Foot bone connected to the heel bone
    Heel bone connected to the ankle bone
    Ankle bone connected to the shin bone
    Shin bone connected to the knee bone
    Knee bone connected to the thigh bone
    Thigh bone connected to the hip bone
    Hip bone connected to the back bone
    Back bone connected to the shoulder bone
    Shoulder bone connected to the neck bone
    Neck bone connected to the head bone

Head bone (dis)connected from the neck bone
    Neck bone connected from the shoulder bone
    Shoulder bone connected from the back bone
    Back bone connected from the hip bone
    Hip bone connected from the thigh bone
    Thigh bone connected from the knee bone
    Knee bone connected from the shin bone
    Shin bone connected from the ankle bone
    Ankle bone connected from the heel bone
    Heel bone connected from the foot bone
    Foot bone connected from the toe bone
    Now hear the word of the Lord Torana.

Dem bones, dem bones gonna rise again.
    Dem bones, dem bones gonna rise again.
    Dem bones, dem bones gonna rise again.

Now hear the word of the Lord Torana.

Edited by LXSS350, 14 June 2014 - 06:25 PM.

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 06:26 PM

Shut up Col!!! LOL

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 06:59 PM

Got 5mm clearance between clutch fingers and top of the bearing, as per the install instructions. Had to space the base with 2 washers.

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#746 _LXSS350_

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 10:49 PM

Shut up Col!!! LOL

LOL

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Before you take the photo's grab the compressed air line (and a blow nozzle) and get rid of all the cake crumbs before you take the photo's. LOL

Looking good Craig.

But I must say when it comes to racing the young Daniel Ricciardo weighed in at 67Kgs last week and with all your excessive cake eating and the body bog via shovel loads your starting weight might not be so competitive. May I suggest it might pay to avoid public disclosure of your race weigh (might save you going from white to cherry red) ....... LOL

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 10:59 PM

LOL
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Before you take the photo's grab the compressed air line (and a blow nozzle) and get rid of all the cake crumbs before you take the photo's. LOL
Looking good Craig.
But I must say when it comes to racing the young Daniel Ricciardo weighed in at 67Kgs last week and with all your excessive cake eating and the body bog via shovel loads your starting weight might not be so competitive. May I suggest it might pay to avoid public disclosure of your race weigh (might save you going from white to cherry red) ....... LOL

I just had a look at the photos again, can't see any cake crumbs??? What part do you see that weighs to much?

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#748 _LXSS350_

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 11:05 PM

No I am taking the pi## ..... it looks good. What are the engine details, gear ratios and final drive ratio,tyre height etc. What are you doing with header sizing and exhaust design?

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Posted 14 June 2014 - 11:39 PM

Engine: LS2 6 litre
Built by SRE and said HP is 550.

Gearbox: Jerico 5 Speed dog box
Ratios:
1st: 2.571
2nd: 1.861
3rd: 1.473
4th: 1.186
5th: 1.000
Diff: 3.45 trutrac custom built
Wheels and tyres: 16x8 Superlites with 225 45s

Not sure about exhaust. Going to try and build it myself. 4 into 1 and exit out the side like in Grp C.
Any suggestions welcomed..