Duncan's Race Car - The Most Overdue Build Thread On Sau

[Duncan]

fking A.

BTW you got any tips on mounting the Haltech

[fatz]

Remove steering column plastic and buy a billet mount of cpc (Ariel)

[boxheadmr]

Your workshop floor is so clean.

[Duncan]

lol not really....and poor old stagea is sleeping outside....there are gtr bits absolutely everywhere

[The Bogan]

I will continue to lurk and will (work permitting) come and see this puppy in the flesh at a local track, ensure you post up dates for events mate.

Good work from Neil with the assist.

Good work from you with the loaded invites.

Rock and Roll

[Leroy Peterson]

should be so much cleaner and more simple once its all ready to go.

if you're getting rid of any redundant gauges, lemme know.

[MBS206]

he's probably installed them all in the stage by now

[Duncan]

actually there are a bunch of good quality gauges that need a new home....I'll post up when they are ready to go. Even better if someone is putting them in a track car because they come pre mounted and pre wired in a carbon fibre centre panel.

Individual gauges were OK but I definitely should have made the move to a single dash long ago with how I use the car.

[zebra]

expressing interest in some gauges

[Duncan]

hahah don't worry I'll be happy to have them go to a good home

Speaking of wiring, can someone with a (working, or at least wired up ) R32 do a quick test for me?

Under the bonnet in the fuse/relay box is a brown relay labeld H/LAMP. Disconnect that relay (unplug it from its loom below). Then, try

1. Low beam headlights should work

2. High beam headlights on should work

3. Flick high beams should not work.

The wiring for the headlight switches is crazy complex for my little brain, so I just want to check my understanding that the relay only controls high beam flicking.

[Duncan]

OK, so Neil dropped by to help mount the various new toys around the car, but I got so damn sick of his complaining "there's shit f**king everywhere in this garage" so we put some stuff back together instead. Actually, since everything is shiny and new (or at least just shiny), it mostly went together pretty quickly. Biggest issue of course was not having anything the right sized pieces to press in the large bushes, in the end the rear subframe ones had to wait

rear arms all have bushes and ball joints (except the LCA inner where it turns out whiteline have 2 parts listed, and I got the wrong one...)

rear hubs back together. Neil had to do these since he's the only one old enough to remember drum brakes (and carburettors too, whatever they are)

front suspension all ready to go with new bearings, ball joints and bushes.

[JAS-25T]

nice

[Neil]

Here's a bit of ingenuity from Duncan, clearly his gay little vice wasn't big enough so why not do this,

Cheers

Neil.

[Duncan]

lol yeah, vice within a vice. and demonstrating that I need something better than sockets as pressing tools

[Duncan]

made some progress on Neil's Radical's wiring this weekend, but stuff all on my car.

I did get this snazzy pressing kit of ebay which made short work of the subframe bushes http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/231667756034

Just put a correctly sized sleeve above and below the bush

turn the handle (OK, lots, and hard), and it is done

voila

[MBS206]

How well do you think that bush pressing kit would work in an actual hydraulic press?

[Duncan]

Well, it was the cheapest one around and they are crappy castings, you can certainly buy similar but better quality kits for 400+. but even so they are still 5mm cast iron so I can't see any problem. Certainly better than abusing big sockets like I have been. I just couldn't readily get the subframe into the press because the shape is horrible, so using just the threaded rod worked a treat

[MBS206]

I may need to invest in a set. Need to do bushes on both Sarah's car and the cruiser. They look like they make the job so much easier!

Now to find a tall jack too...

[Neil]

made some progress on Neil's Radical's wiring this weekend, but stuff all on my car.

Good to get you out of your garage and into mine. Thanks for the 7.5 hours work on Sunday.

[Duncan]

what, lunch was unpaid? you are a harsh boss...