celica

well I didn't want to hijack the thread too much, but fuck it - Anders is joining in and this is anarchy right?

But I didn't place a stupid check in "keep a copy in my sent items" and I'm too lazy to type it all up again...

Edit: Tom was nice enough to reply so here's the list for all to see

- quickener is in. Feels real nice so far.
- Car is on its side right now as I'm drilling out the lame captured nuts for the subframe mounts. Putting in some thick DOM tubing that will be tapped and in double shear. Also finishing the stitch welds on the bottom.
- Some nice new Sabelt seats showed up the other day. Fit like a glove
- Found a low mileage ABF and decided to throw on some properly sized dual carbs. Will probably EFI it down the road. But this is cheaper for me at this point.
- Got an O2A and a 4.24 R&P waiting to be mated. Still deciding on which LSD (bildon vs kaaz).
- I'm going to try plating some A-arms first- see how those go.
- Got Burmeister camber plates
- Going to get some JVL suspenders... whenever I get off my lazy ass and get over there
- I've got a plan for the rear beam.... but I've got to make it go around the stock gas tank which is going to be a PAIN. stupid fuel cell rules piss me off
- I'm going to try some "straight" tie rods off of a scirocco and see how those hold up. Eventually going to be some heavy duty heim joint rod ends.
- Got my hands on an interesting brake setup. Girling 60 calipers with corrado 11" rotors up front. Then took a stock rear rotor, cut them down to use as hubs, then mount some 11" rotors in the rear with MK4 calipers.

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-Jason



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/18/2008 11:07PM by mack73.

mack73 Wrote:
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> well I didn't want to hijack the thread too much,
> but fuck it - Anders is joining in and this is
> anarchy right?
>
> But I didn't place a stupid check in "keep a copy
> in my sent items" and I'm too lazy to type it all
> up again...
>
> Edit: Tom was nice enough to reply so here's the
> list for all to see
>
> - quickener is in. Feels real nice so far.
> - Car is on its side right now as I'm drilling out
> the lame captured nuts for the subframe mounts.
> Putting in some thick DOM tubing that will be
> tapped and in double shear. Also finishing the
> stitch welds on the bottom.
> - Some nice new Sabelt seats showed up the other
> day. Fit like a glove
> - Found a low mileage ABF and decided to throw on
> some properly sized dual carbs. Will probably EFI
> it down the road. But this is cheaper for me at
> this point.
> - Got an O2A and a 4.24 R&P waiting to be
> mated. Still deciding on which LSD (bildon vs
> kaaz).
> - I'm going to try plating some A-arms first- see
> how those go.
> - Got Burmeister camber plates
> - Going to get some JVL suspenders... whenever I
> get off my lazy ass and get over there
> - I've got a plan for the rear beam.... but I've
> got to make it go around the stock gas tank which
> is going to be a PAIN. stupid fuel cell rules piss
> me off
> - I'm going to try some "straight" tie rods off of
> a scirocco and see how those hold up. Eventually
> going to be some heavy duty heim joint rod ends.
> - Got my hands on an interesting brake setup.
> Girling 60 calipers with corrado 11" rotors up
> front. Then took a stock rear rotor, cut them down
> to use as hubs, then mount some 11" rotors in the
> rear with MK4 calipers.
>
>
> 94 Golf
> www.Mack73.com
>
>
>
See with all that fab shit you gotta get brought into the INNER CIRCLE and meet up with like William "Steel Solutions" for CNC plasma cutting all sorts of sheet'n'stuff.

And seeing about they RATIONAL way of doing somma that stuff maybe better or cheaper than you just doing it one-seys.


> Edited 1 times. Last edit at Mar 18, 2008 by
> mack73.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

john vanlandingham Wrote:
> See with all that fab shit you gotta get brought
> into the INNER CIRCLE and meet up with like
> William "Steel Solutions" for CNC plasma cutting
> all sorts of sheet'n'stuff.
>
> And seeing about they RATIONAL way of doing somma
> that stuff maybe better or cheaper than you just
> doing it one-seys.
>

> John Vanlandingham
> Sleezattle, WA, USA
>
> Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
>
> www.jvab.f4.ca


Dang it, its time for me to stop talking and start doing -

John you got some time this Saturday? If so, I'll need an address

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-Jason

> >
>
> > John Vanlandingham
> > Sleezattle, WA, USA
> >
> > Vive le Prole-le-ralliat
> >
> > www.jvab.f4.ca
>
>
> Dang it, its time for me to stop talking and start
> doing -
>
> John you got some time this Saturday? If so, I'll
> need an address

Follow the link to JVAB, address and phone number is there, way easy from up North.
>
> 94 Golf
> www.Mack73.com

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Where are you living in Cali right now?

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Michael LeCompte

I'm came down from washington state to go to school here. I graduate in june and am moving back. Its been fun, but I'll never get used to the vast density of people here in So Cal.


Why are YOU living in Cali right now??

Shenan Wrote:
>
> I also recall reading an article that the Focus
> WRC circa Colin McRae's time driving for them had
> a 1.5 turn lock to lock steering rack, which
> incidentally I also recall hearing is a similar
> ratio to what Formula 1 cars have.

Certainly explains how Colin could seemingly go from full lock one way to the other and back in the same short corner.

What it doesn't explain is how so much steering motion seemingly made no difference in the attitude of the car So maybe they had the super fast steering because that car *needed* it.

>This also
> brings up the question, where do they get these
> super quick steering racks, or do they somehow
> custom make them, and how difficult/expensive is
> the whole deal? Just curious.

I was thinking about doing something similar for rallycross - 2.2 turns lock to lock Cadillac STS steering rack + 1.5:1 steering quickener = just about 1.5 turns, coincidentally enough. And a *big* cooler.

Then I decided to quit screwing around with front wheel drive.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

I asked where.

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Michael LeCompte

pikespeakgtx Wrote:
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> I asked where.
Look at the profile, shows a LLU.edu address
One second on Google:
Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center
Loma Linda University (LLU)is a Seventh-day Adventist educational health-sciences institution located in Southern California.

Might answer maybe.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

Nice work detective work there Sherlock.

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Michael LeCompte



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pikespeakgtx Wrote:
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> Nice work detective work there Sherlock.

If we can finger out how to make all kinds of dirt cheap yet Soooper Bitch goodies, then fingering out addresses is easy.
>
>
>
>
>
> Edited 1 times. Last edit at Apr 6, 2008 by
> pikespeakgtx.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

34degrees 03'02.03" N
117degrees 16'05.69" W
1123ft elevation

Maybe we should add GPS coordinates to the rally anarchy required profile information...

I SEE YOOOOU....

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Michael LeCompte

pikespeakgtx Wrote:
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> I SEE YOOOOU....


Yep, home sweet home. At least for the next four months. Then I'm headed back to washington.

Update on the celica: This weekend I'm driving over to take a look.
If I like what I see, I'll bring it home with me. (to the afore mentioned coordinates)

Jason- Thanks for buying the camber plates. The whole Corrado upright with stock brakes is a pretty good solution, too. I went from some worn out AP 4 pots to the stock Corrado setup on my Golf and never looked back.

John, I heard that AMA enduros are ALL run like qualifiers now. Can't be early. You just burn the checks and get your time. A crusty old enduro buddy told me this...haven't checked it out with AMA. Takes some of the pacing skill out, but makes it more like rally.

I agree with everything Tom B said. Looks like Jason is on his way.

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Lurch
Eric Burmeister
The west coast...of Michigan