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| posted on July 25th, 2010 at 10:36 AM |
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Looks good Nathan !!!
It's not green though, it's GREEN !!!!
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| posted on July 25th, 2010 at 09:11 PM |
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 O M G its Shrek!!!!.......no it's too small for Shrek ! it must
be Kermieeeey!!!!!
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| posted on August 14th, 2010 at 09:25 PM |
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just come in from the shed. I finally finished painting the race bug today. Will post some pictures when i get my computer back up and running. Got 2
love these new i phones. I can access the net i just cant post photos. Now that the bug is finally painted i can now focus on bolting it back
together. That starts next week when ive got some leave from work.. Not long now! Will update soon with photos.
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| posted on August 19th, 2010 at 06:11 PM |
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Wow
Hillclimb cars aren't supposed to look that neat.
You'll have to come circuit racing instead. We hold our cars together with cable ties instead of fence wire!
Nice work.
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| posted on August 19th, 2010 at 07:14 PM |
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I think u will see it circuit racing
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| posted on August 20th, 2010 at 12:09 PM |
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Hillclimb cars aren't supposed to look that neat.
You'll have to come circuit racing instead. We hold our cars together with cable ties instead of fence wire!
Nice work.
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What do you mean not suppose to look that neat???? I didnt want it too tidy other wise you get to worried about crashing it. I guess its neat in
comparision to the old one.
And yes your are right Paul, the plan is to do circuit work along with other more lengthy events. The thrill of rubbing bumpers with other cars I find
a little exciting as too, is doing a 15klm road stage. I love the hillclimbs. There fun and cheap (well most are), and considering I have a hillclimb
track only 30min up the road that has an event on nearly every month it makes sense to do them.
But coming from a rally world, I guess I get a litte bored with only driving the bug full pipe 30 seconds at a time when Im use to 200klm competitive
events, hence why I have put a shit load of time into building the new car as more of a stayer instead of purpose built sprint car.
Either way CT, I hope to be racing door handles with you next year.
Im in the shed over the W/E and all next week so if things go to plan I should have some updated 'together' photos sometime next week.
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 05:48 PM |
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Spent a few hours in the shed today and managed to get a couple of things bolted up or in place. Here is a couple of update shots including some
updated new rear bars, a newly constructed from beam which is a little different to what I've used in the past and one of the dash which is 80% back
together.
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 05:51 PM |
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And a couple more. Got some interia in!
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 07:38 PM |
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Tomorrow should see me finish off the front end, add the steering wheel and assembly, steering box etc, fit the pedal box and brake lines and then
move to the rear end
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 07:56 PM |
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what size rear bars you got there?
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 08:02 PM |
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what size rear bars you got there?
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28mm. Big & phat!
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 08:04 PM |
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Coming along nicely Nathan, keep up the good work.
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 08:05 PM |
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good to see my old car is coming along 
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| posted on August 22nd, 2010 at 08:11 PM |
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good to see my old car is coming along
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Yeah. Thanks for the bare shell I think Ive put it to good use
More up dates to come... Stay tuned
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| posted on August 23rd, 2010 at 06:40 PM |
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Did some more work today. Managed to get in all my alloy blank off plates and finished off the dash and pedal box as well fit the brake bias. Manged
to get most of the front end together. Just need some new tie rods for the driver side. ... I seemed to have missed placed the new ones I bought
nearly 20 months ago. Once I have them the front end is complete. Not overly hard work but very time consuming.
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| posted on August 23rd, 2010 at 06:42 PM |
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And I got some new suspension stuff too
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| posted on August 26th, 2010 at 08:51 PM |
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Nice nice work. looking good... i like the torsion bars
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| posted on September 1st, 2010 at 02:32 PM |
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how did the painting at Johnny 2 pacs go?
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how did the painting at Johnny 2 pacs go?
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It wasn't painted there numb nuts.
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| posted on September 2nd, 2010 at 02:24 PM |
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really? I guess you would know
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| posted on October 14th, 2010 at 07:35 PM |
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Been busy again today. Nearly there.
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| posted on October 14th, 2010 at 07:45 PM |
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hi nathan,,,are you still using the same motor,or trying something different..and what will you be using to keep it cool while doing the longer
events...
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| posted on October 15th, 2010 at 11:09 AM |
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hi nathan,,,are you still using the same motor,or trying something different
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Yes I am still using the same motor, internally it wont change. The add on bits have changed though. It is now EFI (Haltec & 45mm throttle bodies)
and I have made some improvements to the exhaust which should see some improvements in HP across the board. Apart from that nothings changed.
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..and what will you be using to keep it cool while doing the longer events...
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Porsche fan and a water/air oil cooling system I have been developing.
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| posted on October 15th, 2010 at 01:00 PM |
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and a water/air oil cooling system I have been developing.
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Sounds interesting, are you going to show us more?
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| posted on October 15th, 2010 at 02:01 PM |
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Yah - c'mon Nathan - we want DETAILS !!!
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| posted on October 15th, 2010 at 03:11 PM |
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Yah - c'mon Nathan - we want DETAILS !!!
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Its nothing that special Dave. I believe you have done a Haltec EFI conversion, so I'm guessing you prob know all about EFI and how it works and what
it all looks like.
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and a water/air oil cooling system I have been developing.
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Sounds interesting, are you going to show us more?
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Matt its not really that interesting either.Its pretty simple. I have been working on it for a little while now. I started getting parts for it just
before I stacked the hillclimb car and rebuilding it, which was back in Oct 08.
Basically it is a system similar to what I use to use on my Subaru rally car where by the oil from the engine/turbo is cooled in a water/oil heat
exchanger. In that case (Subaru) the oil passes through a cooler/heat exchanger which inturn is cooled by the water from the radiator.
In the bugs case. The oil passes through a heat exchanger (oil cooler) situated at the back of the car and water passes through the cooler at the back
and runs through water lines to a radiator at the front (to get cool air). Water is stored in a tank (like a Ford Falcon) and an electric water pump
pumps the water around the car. Its a little heavier then the standard oil cooler type systems people use, between 6kg- 10kgs heavier depending on
what storage tank and lines and fittings I use.
TTA used a similar system on their proto type corolla rally cars a few years back, dropping over 20% from their oil temps by converting their oil
system to water cooled (using the radiator/water) as apposed to oil to air, dropping their oil temps to the same as the water temp. Considering water
is more efficient then air at cooling, I thought it would be a system better suited for what I want to use my car for. And I love developing things,
so Im hoping to have the system all working by new year with plans to test at the end of year/new year.
I have been trying to post photos the last couple of days to show where Im up to but for some reason my camera will not down load the photos. Photos
will be soon when thats sorted.
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Thanks mate, sounds like a system that will really work.
Looking foward to seeing pics
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| posted on October 15th, 2010 at 06:46 PM |
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Great stuff Nathan!
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| posted on October 15th, 2010 at 06:59 PM |
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it will be interesting to see how the adjustable spring plates work on the track under hard cornering as the load come off the inside wheels wonder if
it will feel as solid because on the down stroke of the suspension the big torsion bars will probably stay still while the suspension drops and shocks
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| posted on October 17th, 2010 at 01:05 PM |
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Finally just got the camera sorted so here are a few photos of my bug coming together.
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