What type of jack do you have in your car?

Yah right.

Call me stupid for spending $400 on a SnapON impact gun if you want but the damn thing just won't give up, first of, it doesn't sit in the rally car when it's not rally time, it sits in the garage, I ziptied a big leather drill holster to the roll cage for it. I bought it almost 3 years ago, still no problems and it also gets used in the garage for other cars.

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M.Samli
Phoenix AZ
Gaylant VR4
EVO III GSR (Stolen)


Rallies are no place for traitors

I've got a small steel hydraulic jack in the Saab. It's pretty compact, comes in in it's own plastic box that also holds the lug wrench...straps in easily.

It's about the same weight but more compact than the aluminum HF jack that I've got in the truck.

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Per

Now that's some good science!

I have the standard scissor jack mounted on an aluminum plate with a 19mm nut welded onto the shaft which matches the lug nuts. Jack is some honda dealie.

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Matt Smith

Racing in glorious black and red

My daily life is a Saab story (sold!)

I use the std scissor jack, but it's a pain. I got caught out by a dead impact gun at tall pines... winding that sucker 1/2 a trun at a time on a stage really sucked. I now carray a ratchet as well. Time to upgrade to an old VW jack :-)

-Martin.

MRWmotorsports Wrote:
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> I use the std scissor jack, but it's a pain. I got
> caught out by a dead impact gun at tall pines...
> winding that sucker 1/2 a trun at a time on a
> stage really sucked. I now carray a ratchet as
> well. Time to upgrade to an old VW jack :-)

Yeah Martin I just love some of the photos I have of mid 90s WRC escort Cossie works cars and there sitting there is the ol VW Bilstein jack.

Or the beautiful GpB Celica restoration and bam right there is the ol VW Bilstein jack.

THAT should answer the question when you know they're spending piles of dough to try and win at the highest level.
>
> -Martin.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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What about these... Bilstein jack, but uses a worm gear. Better off with the other style that 'slides' up and down the pipe?

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Vintage-Bilstein-MBZ-Jack-for-Mercedes-Ponton-Sedan_W0QQitemZ160259573752QQihZ006QQcategoryZ42606QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem





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I use the OE Volvo 240 jack.
I also use a T-Bar with the sizes of sockets I have for front and rear.


I've never had a Jack failure on a stage. My jack gets replaced every few seasons as a matter of GP. Free at the local junkyards. Tough to beat for a price.

Rallytires that are mounted up with 'Forklift bead sealer' have been MUCH less inclined to end up debeaded on stage. It does also help if you are not such a savage and avoid bashing into things.

Good suspension has helped plenty with keeping me from bashing into things.

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JohnLane

Overkill is consistently more fun

sagsert Wrote:
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> Yah right.
>
> Call me stupid for spending $400 on a SnapON
> impact gun if you want but the damn thing just
> won't give up, first of, it doesn't sit in the
> rally car when it's not rally time, it sits in the
> garage, I ziptied a big leather drill holster to
> the roll cage for it. I bought it almost 3 years
> ago, still no problems and it also gets used in
> the garage for other cars.

I bought one of those too. i had buyers remorse at first, but i think i would pay double for it now. 5+ years as my only impact gun. it has NEVER let me down. its remarkably strong and the battery lasts a long time and is very quick to charge.

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Problem with those is that you can't slide it up to meet the height of the car--have to jack up the air for a bit. And it would be harder to extend.

I am taking another look at my old porsche/vw bilstein jack that I got way back and see if it can't be modified to be a good rally jack.

A one eyed Jack!

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Ted Mendham
www.rensport.net

The Bilstein jack I bought off E-Bay showed up. All I need to do is turn a longer shaft on the lathe and it will be rally ready. I thought $37 was a bit steep but there was someone who really wanted it also.

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Robert.

"You are way too normal to be on Rally Anarchy." Eddie Fiorelli.

Rallymech Wrote:
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> The Bilstein jack I bought off E-Bay showed up.
> All I need to do is turn a longer shaft on the
> lathe and it will be rally ready.

Turn an extend the shaft, make the extention plug in, weld it , then turn the whole thing, easy.



I thought $37
> was a bit steep but there was someone who really
> wanted it also.

'Specially compare to Lynwood Pull-a-Part normal lo-lo price of 50 cents (where i got the 4-6 I have here).

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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.