What did you do on the rally car today?

K'meeeeere K'meeeeere.

I'll let you ride my horse make sure you have a helmet, she will buck you off like no other.

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


Rallies are no place for traitors

Nothing on the rallycar this weekend. I did put a new hitch on the van though, swapping the old class III hitch that blocks the underside spare tire mount for a new class V hitch that lets me put the spare back where it's supposed to go. It's nice to get that spare out of the way (it's just been strapped down in the back for the last year) and actually be able to tow up the van's rated capacity.

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Self-righteous douche canoe

Rear beam back in the car. Sunroof hole ground smooth. Windshield goop cleaned off shell. Rear coilovers verified as still not fitting without modifying STAs. Will do new brackets correctly this time though to ensure proper ride height. Need to get halfshafts rebuilt or order new ones and replace the bearing in the bearing carrier. Cage work should start soon. Fuck building cars. I might find it more enjoyable if I could rewind to back when I didn't work three jobs and go to school full time and got more than 4-5 hours of sleep per night and didn't get up at 6 am and go to bed a 1 or 2 and didn't do homework assignments that end up being 17 pages for 10 problems and didn't have to deal with shit like proving that the truncated Poisson distribution is a valid probability distribution and deriving every fucking parameter and aspect of it. I'm a little grumpy today.

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Grant Hughes

Meh. I looked at it a couple times. Even sat in it while smoking a cigarette the other night.

I've run into a possible business venture that stands to make completion of the car a reality (within the next year), but I have to put a lot of time into getting it going. I told my girlfriend about it and she suggested I get the rally car done. I'm popping the question Friday night. :thumbsup

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

The Golf is now finally registered in my name, but.... I decided that the shell is too nice for it to ever see dirt. Imagine that. I'll just use for putting around, although it might see a rollcage someday.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

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

I put my struts back together yesterday. And tomorrow I've got to prime the doors and hood and put the struts back in so I can put the car outside because I picked up the festy that I'm putting a b6t in for a kid. At least that project has some money behind it to motivate me, its a fucking basket case the way the kid has it all torn apart though.

Nothing. Way things are with work, likely nothing until after the winter now. Woohoo.........

Yesterday I got the new crank sensor working with the 36-1 multitooth wheel in MegaSquirt. Felt great after having all sorts of trouble.

Today I finished the nylon bushings for the rear beam - nice to have a lathe .

Tomorrow I should be able to get the rear beam mounted...

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Brgrds
Brian

I called jeff shu, trying to get my springs back.

got hardware (12-16 bolts) for front hubs/brakes)
got bearings and seals.
got rust off the stub axles.

tomorrow,
find boots to go under springs
return castle nut, and two of bolts put in the wrong bin
paint stub axles
replace 8 wheel studs w/ longer ones.

then GET THE MOTHER FUCKING CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE BEFORE I GO CRAZY.
stock brakes, used pads and discs be damned.
odd ball spring rates be damned.
damned the being damned.
damn.

adam
iput the hurt ondirt

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"I put the hurt on dirt" - adam crane
http://CraneRallyCrew.com
corolla gt-s "Patches"
Op: S.S.

Got the new miller welder all set up - Now I just need to get some C-25 for it - Anyone got any recomendations on a supply place for the gas?

Got the steering shaft all tig welded up by a friend for the couplers to the Howe. Almosted finished with fabbing the brackets to mount the quickner to the steering column

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-Jason

I primered the hood, doors, and windsheild channel. Thought about putting the struts on but got pissed and left. Then I went and played in the few inches of snow with my scirocco, kumho all seasons suck but they make for fun sliding. Mayhaps I'll put the blizziaks on soon.

Mounted the "new" rear beam on the Golfie - went surprisingly well.
The old one was fairly bent I must say - see piccies.

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Brgrds
Brian

wildert Wrote:
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> Mounted the "new" rear beam on the Golfie - went
> surprisingly well.
> The old one was fairly bent I must say - see
> piccies.
>
>
> Brgrds
> Brian
>
>

But! But! But Wait a minute, you bent a rear beam on a VW!!!!???
On asphalt??? How can that be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????????

I don't belive you!

I have read many many times over on the Authoritative American Resource the VWs are amazingly tough!!!!

Maybe you installed the last one wrong?
Maybe you're big and fat? Was it bent on your side??

Just remember, you read it there! and keep repeating:
VWs are strong, VWs are strong, VWs are strong, VWs are strong, VWs are strong, VWs are strong,VWs are strong, VWs are strong.

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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.

My Merkur rear beam was bent as shit too.

Yesterday I started welding on the JVAB aluminum crossmember. Blew the shit out of the breaker so now I have to replace the breakers in the the box with new ones. A bit worried if my ghetto house wiring will be able to support the amperage required to weld Aluminum.

Created a template for new shock brackets on the rear STAs. I know some people have made it work with the stock ones, but I can't see any way to get it to work properly with the stock mount so I'm just going to do new ones again. Compared to the ones that we made hammered that resulted in super ride height. They were about three inches high. These are being made sober.

Going to buy steel for cage feet and brackets on STA in a few minutes.

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Grant Hughes

NoCoast Wrote:
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> My Merkur rear beam was bent as shit too.

Yeah well you probabaly abused it! Probably while driving sideways into the curb while being chased by those lesbian Nazi Scooter Nuns who carved you up last time.
face it they want your young, slim body for something evil, and they're going to get you!
>
> Yesterday I started welding on the JVAB aluminum
> crossmember. Blew the shit out of the breaker so
> now I have to replace the breakers in the the box
> with new ones. A bit worried if my ghetto house
> wiring will be able to support the amperage
> required to weld Aluminum.
>
>
You absolutely clear on how those things are supposed to be assembled?????
Did I send any of the bushes and sleeves to help hold the width correct durring welding????

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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.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2006 12:26PM by john vanlandingham.