What did you do on the rally car today?

Thought this could be a fun on going thread where people post up whatever little thing they did on their car.

So to start it off.

Tonight I got the slop out of my seat mount, wire wheeled the drivers floor for paint, took 90% of my old graphics off, took the windsheild out cause its cracked, and then wire wheeled the windsheild channel cause it had some rusties in it.

I disabled the lock mechanism in the ignition, started cutting/welding on the column for a quickner, assembled the new motor mounts, and started ripping off some tar ..... argh I need some nice cold stuff for the next attempt

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-Jason

On the way home from work, the service van took a shit, at 9:00 PM. Limped in to an apartment complex parking lot and fixed the damn positive post of the battery, blew a 40 Amp big ass fuse, fixed it with a bit of wire, banged on the damn starter with thw BFH, cursed a lot and made it start. Next day off I have to fix it for good.

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


Rallies are no place for traitors

Not quite a rally car but I'm fighting crossfiring problems with the new Accel ignition box I threw in Thursday night. Pissing me off to no end. I'm going to get the beefiest plug wires I can find, switch to non-resistor type plugs, and shield the pickup wires and the primary wires in braided AN hose grounded to the chassis.

Overkill? You betcha. But there's no kill like overkill.

On the plus side, I found out why the engine didn't seem to make much power past 6k. The tach was off. All the time I'd been running it out to 8k, it was really around ten and a quarter. So much for the fancy big-dollar "super accurate" tach.


I was *supposed* to scout the junkyards for fender flares, but the recent rains have made them swamps.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

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

I soaked a couple bolts with PB Blaster to try and get them free so I could yank the balance shafts out of the engine, but got no dice. Decided to yank the oil pan, clean it up and am currently considering using vice grips on the balance shafts themselves to get those bolts loose.

Still need to find my brake line fittings.

I also used the trunk of the car as a nice stage where I posed used Eclipse parts for pictures I plan on throwing up on Craigslist/DSMtrader or eBay in the near future to scrounge up some more cashflow to get the pig running.

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Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero
alterius non sit qui suus esse potest

I wrote a sponsorship proposal to get my paintjob paid for!

gilbrock Wrote:
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> I wrote a sponsorship proposal to get my paintjob
> paid for!
>
> L2 Over Your Mom


My mom says, "Only if he posts pics of his Galant."

Go figure, Eli.

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Brian Driggs | KG7KCA | PHX, AZ | 89 Pajero
alterius non sit qui suus esse potest

I cleaned some seams and did som more seam welding on the rear of the car.

Cleaning seams is the glory part of rallying! ;-) That and pulling wire wheel bristles out of various body parts.

Cheers! John

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http://www.lastditchracing.com
http://www.triplecaution.us

I defeated my damn Torx axle bits with my angle grinder.

I drove 90 miles down to the woods, cruised a bit thu the old Capitol Forest, scene of many an epic battle when Club rallyists Vern Johnson from Portland in his rwd Corolla, and Grant Whiting in his Colt would beat the entire "Pro" fields, and then stopped in at Jack Broadhead to do a test fit of the Sooper Bitchingâ„¢ JVAB suspension on his Misterbitchy Evo III.
Glad I did, as clearance is TIGHT with just 5/16" or 8mm between tire and spring, and less between bottom of strut and drive axle at full droop.

Those damn Japanese sure don't give much movement stock, like 160mm front and even at barely 185mm its a bit too much.

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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.

Quit bitching and finish it already so that I can buy a set for my Evo III.

Smooches

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


Rallies are no place for traitors

sagsert Wrote:
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> Quit bitching and finish it already so that I can
> buy a set for my Evo III.
>
> Smooches

Pas de problem mon Turque Sauvage, seulement un question de fric!
>
> Cheers
> M.Samli
> Phoenix AZ
> Gaylant VR4
> EVO II GSR
>
>
> SARCASM, Simply Another Service I Offer.

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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.

Mais combien mon vieux ?

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


Rallies are no place for traitors

I started removing the body cladding and interior stuff, found a bit of rust. Cut the rust out. Started planning for brackets and fittment for handbrake. Going to get replacemnet sheet metal today.

dustinm7419 Wrote:
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> I started removing the body cladding and interior
> stuff, found a bit of rust. Cut the rust out.
> Started planning for brackets and fittment for
> handbrake. Going to get replacemnet sheet metal
> today.

Oh I forgot! Started packing Dustin's rear shocks which finally arrived.

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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.