63Ragtop Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 YEAH! looks so cool all laid out like that, good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellnback Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Fark yeah that looks mean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_Safari Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yea Awesome work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leebo3 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Good work young man, was your 4 link not to bad to do? Best of luck with the cert, still 3 weeks to be chop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 fuck man good work Good to know what the ins and outs are with all this looks so bad ass slammed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 oh and what was the story with the brake test? Just simply that the master was to small??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 The one I used initially had a 1" bore (IIRC), so for a particular amount of pedal pressure, the hydraulic line pressure wasn't good enough to really get the discs working. You could stomp on the pedal, but it took a while to stop (car is 2 tonnes). Going to a smaller diameter master gets more line pressure for the same pedal pressure so the brakes work better. The trade off is greater travel at the pedal. There are ways to calculate all this, but I find it hard to approach without some sort of starting point. Andy Smith reckoned at 20mm (13/16) M/C would be best, but I found the Corolla one first so decided to try that out. I might hunt down some better front brake pads too. Right now it has C-Plus pads from BNT. Surely there is something a bit more 'grabby' out there? The actual test is stopping from 100kmh within 4.4 seconds, which it does do (just), and repeating this 3 (or is it 5) times within a certain period to check for fade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bronze Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 Shucks. Hate to think how hard/long it'd take to haul up the galaxie as is on drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted March 14, 2015 Share Posted March 14, 2015 and those are some beefy as fuck arms for your link setup. is that the smallest you can use according to the hand book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted March 15, 2015 Author Share Posted March 15, 2015 and those are some beefy as fuck arms for your link setup. is that the smallest you can use according to the hand book? As I read it, yeah. There is a table in the book, and since this is a full size, heavy car, the 1" Sch 80 is the spec. Next size down is 7/8 sch 80. Makes me worry what the links GBRC made for my Minor are. I wonder if the spec has changed over time. They turn out heavy duty, that's for sure. Like stockcar-spec strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakotom Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 That looks so sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRWEST Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 nice work good to see it finally off the stands and on the deck!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bronze Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I always feel like a useless cunt when you post. But then, I also learn shit tonnes because you solve the problems I have and I can follow your path, and that makes my life easier, so cheers for that, it's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I've got narrow whitewalls from the supremes, but keeping them white was such a pain, that the white part is going on the inside this time. Best thing I've found for keeping whitewalls or White lettering clean is a product called liquid buffer by Tip Top. It's a solvent but designed for use on tyres. Its intended use is for cleaning the inner liner of a tyre when doing a puncture repair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 I always feel like a useless cunt when you post. But then, I also learn shit tonnes because you solve the problems I have and I can follow your path, and that makes my life easier, so cheers for that, it's awesome. Heh, you don't know how long it takes to get these things done. Also note that my real project (the Minor) hasn't been updated for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Bringing this to Nats? I hope so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 Bringing this to Nats? I hope so... Maybe, Holden is cheaper to run, and Beach Hop is coming up soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Shhh. Just bring it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bronze Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Must be pump season. I've been trying to sort a stalling issue and replaced and inspected my pump to find the spring in two pieces. Not the whole problem, but not helping. Have you got any regulator on the mechanical pump, is it just straight to carb now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted February 14, 2016 Author Share Posted February 14, 2016 There's no regulator in the stock system AFAIK - the mechanical pump has enough grunt to spray petrol everywhere when worked by hand off the car Now running the carter electrical pump straight to the carb - I haven't noticed any problems. There is a filter between the tank and pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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