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Haha! It wont be a walk in the park... I had the quickest lap times for that class, which was a bunch of classics. My normal winter racing consists of time brackets - 1:23 and under, 1:23+ and 1:32+. I had a go in the 1:23+ class last year but ended up going too quick as soon as there was space. So with the beams and a good tune it'll put me near the middle of the 1:23 and faster class. And Haha... I would be keen for an atlantic 4AGE, but have looked at that in the past and the $$$ rack up way too fast - and that was with already owning a head. Also, Simon is a cunt. But yeah, looking forward to beams power... Just working out the logistics of getting it going with a relatively low cash input atm.

Keen.

Mine does more than 50. Good info on the exhaust blockage there KK. Building a new one seems to be the best way to combat it. Mine uses a 1-1/4" Coby with a stinger in the end, works mint.

But why ruin it??? There's no point doing that shit cause it will handle fine without it.

Bit of an update: I've just had the Largest weekend of my life... and possibly one of the best. It'll take a lot to top it. Started off on Friday morning - heading out to Manfeild for a day of testing. All went well, no breakages or worries. Trialed some different brake pads which worked quite well, but were too worn to carry on with in the end. Went racing on Saturday, qualified in the rain and ended up around mid pack. Dumped clutch off the start and didn't move very fast.... So was passed by a few escorts. Ended up being caught up in their battle for 4 of the 6 laps (which was good fun), and eventually got past. Set the fastest lap time for the race in the last 2 laps which was bad for the following handicap races. Sunday morning, another wet one. Started off the back of the grid and was having a really good battle with a Zetec powered bubble-arch MK1, got past him and started to work on Bruce in his 80's Camaro (the "orange roughey"). Poked my nose in around a few corners, only to have the "door" slammed shut in front of me... but kept trying. Got a run on him onto the front straight before he moved over once more...... Edging me toward a puddle. Changed into 4th gear mid-puddle and SNAP, the car was pointing at the wall. Caught it, got passed by the escort and carried on. Gutted. ...... Although at least I wasn't one of the FIVE cars that went into the wall on the front STRAIGHT.... It was pretty wet. Sunday afternoon came along and we got 1/2 a dry race. Started from grid 16 of 25 and ended up having a great battle with an escort again. We were door-to-door for most of the laps and had one point where we "threaded the needle" down the middle straight... 4 wide with He and I passing through the middle. I had a bit of wheel-to-wheel contact with a datsun and he got a bit of guard damage from the esses. Sweet race, even though I didn't get past as many people as I would have liked. Good weekend racing over all, happy mood amongst all the drivers despite the rain. Vids: RX2 falling off at the start of this was heart-in-throat worthy Then we had a bit of a party for my 21st . Thanks KK for the giant glass of VB .... We had 100 people and everyone had fun. Up till 4am on a Sunday night after a Race meeting. Sweet. Etc... In other news:

It would be choice.... but............. One day.

Update - Racing this weekend!!! Can't wait. Found a fresh CWP in the right ratio so my diff is away getting that built that the moment... Will have it back tomorrow morning. Rebuilt front calipers, changed the seals and fitted a different set of (still half worn) pads. Hopefully will stop it from pinching the brakes, which makes it hard to push. Soldered some wiring. Bled clutch and brakes. Nearly ready. Had a fiddle with what the car would look like if it was 50mm lower and 50mm wider while I was waiting for paint to dry .

... But Simon is doing DIY coilovers, he was just explaining that a complete unit would be the easiest way. But he's using MX73 struts cause they mount differently and help to pull everything inwards for clearance. We already know all of your tricks .

What he said. Just unscrew the cap and gently pull upwards... It can be tricky but you can do it in place.

I'll think about it for future reference eh... My hoist supply has the possibility of drying up soon.

yuhyuh keen

^^ Sweet, emission stickers holding the arch onto an impractical car.

Well done . This thing is sweet and needs to make summer appearances.

Oh yeah.... Wanna borrow mig to tack them on?

Looks good mang! So standing next to my starlet and contemplating the arch style made an impression.... They do seem to fit ridiculously well though.

There's a green AE86 race car with 1UZ that has quads on the top... Pretty perfect. Only problem with using a link is you need linkplus to have adequate outputs - from what Wayne told me.

... needs to be slammed...

Still looking forward to this as well! And agree that the extractors are looking good... Wonder how hard it would be to swap the double 90's for U bends in the future?

I like your steez mang. Fun over power is a sweet philosophy, and it will pay off I think. Needs track testing at nats/flawless .

yuh, will send a message out.

No probs man, I ended up getting a whole balance bar for a decent price. Got the suction cup from Outlaw imports - they sell on trademe as well. The first one I got didn't work but apparently was their first failure. Got replaced under warranty and the new one is mint. http://store.outlaw.net.nz/

Just a sony cybershot on a suction cup mount. In car is a canon video cam with wide angle lens.

Re-assembled everything and gave it a wash before the saddle road hillclimb: The saddle road was awesome, and the car loved it. Here's a vid:

Half keen. Tempted to go to Wanganui to watch a hillclimb....