 Mark And Duncans R32 Build, or, superlap on a shoestring :D |
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 2 Jun 2008, 08:46 PM
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 that's racing!     Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18  |
well we agreed it was time to stop hijacking Russ' thread, so here is one of our own.
having built and raced standard gtrs for a couple of years (well couple of minutes track time), we figured it was time to go the other way and build something a bit more over the top. but of course our budget hasn't expanded so this is all being done on the dirt cheap (as usual). Hopefully under $20k over a couple of years - will see how we go on that. we've had it for about 18 months now but have only really got going this year step 1. cheap shell that someone had to sell. dead standard just a white car with a bit of paint.      -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 08:55 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
next, strip all the tar off the shell, take out the wiring loom, interior etc etc
   nothing spent so far. well a heat gun, wire wheel and some scrapers -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 08:58 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
save some weight in the boot too - the spare wheel well has been cut out. was damn heavy, we put a flat sheet of ally in instead.
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2 Jun 2008, 09:05 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
we don't really have a good pic but the rear parcel shelf has been cut out too. you can see it in the roll cage pics.
speaking of which....Mark has been working on the cage for weeks. thankfully with rob who knows what he is doing lol    it looked roomy back there for a while without the parcel shelf. plenty of bracing, cross bracing and even support for the subframe mounts. don't think we'll need a rear strut brace now -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:09 PM
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 Yawn.. Another RB26DETT  Posts: 1,318 Joined: 1st June, 2005 From: Melbourne Car(s): BNR32, Civic EG8 Real Name: Mike Trader Rating : 9 |
Thats a mad cage. What do you race in?
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2 Jun 2008, 09:12 PM
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 Rank: RB30ET Posts: 9,981 Joined: 1st December, 2003 Car(s): Golf GT Sport Tdi Real Name: Jason Trader Rating : 4 |
Finally started on it hey?
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2 Jun 2008, 09:13 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
front of the cage was a bit trickier. we wanted to support the front strut tower properly so we had to loose the
brake booster abs wiper motor clutch master resoviour brake lines i guess some of those things will go back in somewhere later (1, 4 and 5 hopefully)    its a bit close to the throttle inside but other than that looks great. and all the holes in the firewall have been welded up to. and the speedo cable hole so i guess we wont be having one of them lol -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:16 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
we've braced the cage to the a and b piller in 4 places too
heres the side of the cage. could be tricky to get out in a rush  which also kind of gives away the minor mods to the doors  they are getting ally skins once the windows are in - although i think we might have gone a little too far around the hinges - they flex so much the paint has cracked. might need to start again with them. about 2k spent on that materials and labour probably. and a absolute heap of work -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:22 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
up next.....clean and paint the cage and interior to protect it all.
also no pics but we've made a boot out of the ally sheet as well, rob did a top job welding such thin material. need to do some final adjustments then fit it up with some bonnet pins also - foam filling. you can kind of see in the second pic, the a pillar and sills have been foam filled. one side only so far, need to finish off the other side soon. -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:23 PM
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Rank: RB30ET Posts: 9,981 Joined: 1st December, 2003 Car(s): Golf GT Sport Tdi Real Name: Jason Trader Rating : 4 |
Is this going to be ready for the first superlap?
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2 Jun 2008, 09:30 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
also - all the wiring is out, we will pull out everything we don't need which will be at least 50% of it. its damn heavy and there are 4 seperate looms in the car.
windows are all gone, we are putting in perspex instead. looks pretty easy to form to shape but we haven't got there yet so who knows. have a motor waiting to go on a stand, only 2.6 but got all the good stuff inside and a fair bit of work to the head including big cams. all the stuff we aren't allowed to do to the productions cars. was pretty cheap we had pretty much everything around. -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:32 PM
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that's racing! Posts: 18,920 Joined: 10th May, 2002 From: Sydney Car(s): bnr32,z33,wgnc34,ungd21 Trader Rating : 18 |
from here its mostly stuff we have to spend money on, so that will decide how quick we can do it.
fuel system shocks springs swaybars bushes and adjsutable arms big wheels - no more of this standard 17x8 shit brakes tyres tailshaft seat, harness, kill switch, extinguisher -------------------- |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:36 PM
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Rank: RB30ET Posts: 9,981 Joined: 1st December, 2003 Car(s): Golf GT Sport Tdi Real Name: Jason Trader Rating : 4 |
lol more questions.
What use are bigger wheels. Anything past 17's are harder to get racing tyres for, and also unless you are putting big fark off brakes they get heavier and dont give any advantage. -------------------- Sponsor me! - click the banner |
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2 Jun 2008, 09:55 PM
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 Godzilla Posts: 7,119 Joined: 13th November, 2002 From: Western Sydney Car(s): Hayabusa Real Name: Ben Trader Rating : 5 |
A great thread - been looking forward to his as im doing an almost identical setup and im at a very similar stage.
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2 Jun 2008, 09:57 PM
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 GTR R32 Posts: 1,032 Joined: 18th February, 2005 From: Brisbane Car(s): R32(X2) R33 R34 R35 GTR Trader Rating : 0 |
cool thread great to see mate!
hehe i bet it feels great to be able to throw the rule book away and do what you want and in some ways sometimes that is cheaper. bigger wheels = bigger brakes firewall mod looks good too!! are you doing some seam welding? cheers russ -------------------- |
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