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it looks like it retains the original Viper upper/lower control arm and the upright??

In the front there is absolutly no protection in a hit, but the steering rack appears to have been front mounted leaving it very exposed??

Very interesting to look at though. Yank built??

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Duncan ask an ye shall receive.

Yer body needed to be put in place for rear wing mounts, fuel cell etc etc, coming off for paint in the next week or so.

Risking looks that way but it is not, there is still another 2 feet of splitter etc to be mounted on the front. And the suspension is all dodge but its been modified to take spherical bearings in the A arms that attach to the chassis.

Also the uprights are again dodge but have been machined out to take Pankl centre lock spindles

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sad fact is BB i could send it to you and back twice for the same price as a set of rear drive shafts LOL. Still i hope its all going to be worth it.

and in fact we have decided to ditch the exige project as its far more complex than the viper and run the viper as our 24 hour car which it was designed for in the first place......just need to find another 5000 euro for the bladder tank... i might just send the bill to you if thats ok and pay you off with skyline rides :-)

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yeah send me the bill for your bladder. I've been filling mine for years and it's held strong...

stop whinging about your driveshafts! it's a bloody V10 Oreca Viper! if it was cheap I'd be driving one to work, all of it sideways in 2nd...and I'd have back-up one just to keep my carspace occupied at home.

you could build another 32 for a set of viper driveshafts and a new bladder. what a sad state of affairs. where is the guy who was fibreglassing his own ghetto bumper?!? you've changed man. gone all Hollywood on me... at least I'm still keepin it real with some POS that runs 10% of the time...

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Nar mate still have the ghetto bumper bring it out on special occasions. And i am doing just about all the work on this bloody car too, now if i can just work out to carbon fibre stuff i am home free.

but still BB if you have to be a bear then might as well be a grizzly i reckon, and it breaks ya nuts everytime you roll out to race seeing pure muppet rich boys watching the best of the best being hauled out of the air condition race transporter. Then proceed to hand your a$#e back to on a platter.

Yes we do have a fairly expensive car to rebuild but as always i like a challenge but this time we are going to to it right or not at all.

ps skyline should be available some mid next month for track time you coming over?

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If my bloody apartment gets sold between now and then (and it better) i'm there dude!

good to see you're still keeping it real! haha. it's no fun to win just because you have the best toy and the most money and the biggest pantec. well that's what I keep telling myself...

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So, so very very cool.

I only have about 2-3 months left in India so doubt calenders will match so i can see a round. But , never say never. Get this beast running and you will have a very dilligent wheel cleaner at your disposal ... plus promo girls bum's look better from down there :P

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Anyway pressing on got the electrical system installed and tested this week, although Haltech are developing a new ECU for this car so a little unsure about what they require but shouldnt be to hard to work that in i think.

Had a big win yesterday didnt have much info on the airjacks that came with the car so wasnt sure of the required working pressure. Took some measurements and did some calculations and they told the jacks would lift the car with about 70 psi give or take a few psi. Got me some 10 bar nylon tube with press in fitting and sure enough up she come with 70 psi, very cool i thought as we can do this off a very small compressor......very happy.

Also had the dampers serviced in holland this week and they were in good condition so they will be back this week and so will the BBS wheels that went away for a clean up.

New front body work is leaving the states on monday so it will be here late next week, then fitted and body work can go away for paint.

Diff and gearbox coolers will i hope be plumbed up today and will start to mount the fuel pumps and control system.

Still waiting on the 7000 euro driveshafts to arrive ggrrrrrrrr

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Ok some latest pics with refurbed wheels on.

A pic of the Golf GTi we have just about finished building

And last but not least the new workshop dawg who arrived a few days ago, he is a stray and it appears has adopted us....Spanna the workshop dog

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