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[a9x868]

I thought the whole idea with race cars is to reduce weight?
Why do you want the extra doors..........are they to carry the pit crew around?

Maybe take the family to the shops after the race?

jeez!
next thing he will be charging everyone who gets in!

[eyepeeler]

I thought the whole idea with race cars is to reduce weight?Why do you want the extra doors..........are they to carry the pit crew around?Maybe take the family to the shops after the race?

 
Extra doors are to ferry the kids to school, do the shopping, deliver the cake to LXSS350's house, take the dog to the vet, pick the kids up from school, get chicken and chips for the family dinner, all in the day time,


 

jeez!next thing he will be charging everyone who gets in!

This is for the night time,


LOL, you idiots.....

[SmacT]

^ ... but only if they run a 202, right? :-)

[eyepeeler]

They certainly were.............................................at getting the rear passengers in and out!

Now your seeing the benefits Darky, take the family to the races, race the car and win, drive the race car home. Everyone's a winner.

[a9x868]

Hatchbacks were actually heavier because of big door opening its like a convertable no roof iron but heavier to stop body sagging either that or welding up door on hatch. Its well documented that tooling cost for the hatch cost per unit would be reduced with more sales hench racing hatches to boost sales. If they were so sought after they would have sold more hatches instead of 1 in 6

age old argument
but the stats speak for themselves
theres more dumb people in this world than smart people

only built enough hatches to cater for that.
LOL

[eyepeeler]

Got top arms on diff and temporary shocks (thanks Welby) on, now comes the task of making 3rd link.

Not much room for pipes with the starter to go in there as well as the dry sump hoses. Should be fun.


Tight fit, didn't see that before!!


Underside so far.


Just for fun.

[eyepeeler]

Mounted steering rack after finishing putting it back together.
Will need to scallop out the engine mount a little for clearance.

[eyepeeler]

You probably already know...but if you want, you can pull the 2 fittings out for the heater hoses and run a tap in there to use AN fittings (or plug them) instead of just using a hunk of hose.
 
(I use AN stuff on all of mine...was easy to tape the housing and use NPT-AN fittings screwed in after that. 

Not a bad idea Jeff. Was thinking that some time in the near future I might go with an electric water pump. Upside of that is I can run the water pump and thermo can to keep water circulating after switching the engine off.

[ls2lxhatch]

You shouldn't just plug the header outlets as they are also the thermostat bypass circuit. The factory heater tap is designed so that when the heater is off that water still flows though the bypass but not through the heater core.

 

For those that are deleting the heater Dayco make a hose that will do the job part# 87629. eBay link

 

 

 

 

I originally tapped the water pump and used an NPT to AN fitting however clearance was a bit tight so I had AN fittings welded to the water pump to give me more room for the hose ends.

 

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 06 September 2014 - 09:19 PM.

[Shiney005]

Not a bad idea Jeff. Was thinking that some time in the near future I might go with an electric water pump. Upside of that is I can run the water pump and thermo can to keep water circulating after switching the engine off.

I fitted a Davis Craig electric pump (The plastic one not the alloy) and controller too an old Range Rover about two years ago. I used it regularly up until last January with no problems, and then parked it in the shed. I got it out a month or so ago and the pump was seized. I pulled it out and freed it up but now it makes noises like a bearing is going to fail at any minute. Disappointed.

[a9x868]

The Hatches would still be trying to finish their first race if it wasn,t for the fact they took pity on them and allowed them to use a real engine out of a 4 door none the less

wayne
based on the following
i must eat humble pie
dave.1 a9x hatch
wayne. 1 L34, 1 a9x hatch, anymore i don,t know of!
craig (eyepeeler) 1 L34, 1 real racecar as in the IPRA sedan
and the 4 dr powered 202 lx sl hatch
that bomber would love
and i take it that,s what you were referring to
when you say they took pity on them and allowed
the use of the allmighty 202
in craig,s sl hatchback
it is apparent to me now that eyepeeler is the clear winner
in the garage stakes.LOL

[eyepeeler]

Wow top job eyepeeler its definatly peeled my eyes lol i just skimmed thro your build thread and it looks awsum, I love the dry sump idea thats cool. My 3 link will be different to yours as i have no floor atm so im going to put my third link on the top of the diff and build the floor around it. I want to do a similar thing with the front of my cage, where you have removed the column support and used the cage to replace it but i was thinking of removing my dash building the cage with the new column support then refit the dash so the cage is inside it. Anyway top job looks great
Cheers jake

Cheers Jake, I really appreciate the compliment. You know, I was chatting with a mate this arvo about the benefit of having the 3 link on top. Rules won't let me though unfortunately.