Cue Ball, the S40 Cheap Race Car.

Philia_Bear

Spac;90028 wroteTurbo & NA brakes are the same. The early cars (pre-98?) had 256mm brakes, all later ones had 281mm.

Cheers Ash.

I assume its now running 281mm brakes?

Spac

Yes.

AshDVS

Spac;90028 wroteTurbo & NA brakes are the same. The early cars (pre-98?) had 256mm brakes, all later ones had 281mm.

Cheers Ash.

No worries.
Drop me an email or give me a call if you need anything.

Spac

Big day today, not that you can really see it.
Took the dash out, removed all the crap from behind it, put the dash back in.
Also took the aircon out, although the compressor will remain until I get the shorter fan belt.

Down another 25kg, which is less than I'd hoped. On the bright side, it's all ahead of the midpoint of the wheelbase - most of the earlier weight removal was behind that point.

Also got the steering wheel sorted, and the race seat out of 8-ball bolted in.

Philia_Bear

the weight savings of running without the t-belt cover is not worth the risk

Have you removed the trunk and hood struts (another 500g)

Spac

1x boot strut is already gone. With all the other trim removed from the bootlid, one strut is enough.
The Laser has no functional struts in the bootlid and it's a PITA.

I ran the 244 rally car without the cover, and my T4 has been without a cover for at least a year now.

Spac

Bonus points to whoever works out why I've chosen this shitty font.

Philia_Bear

Spac;90245 wrote

Bonus points to whoever works out why I've chosen this shitty font.

looks like 2 masked subs licking something

Spac

Maybe, but no.

Spac

No real progress, but stuff like this (a) can be prepared at work; and (b) helps to keep me motivated.

Philia_Bear

Id think the body kit hurts more than it helps

Spac

Agreed... But lots of Sikaflex says that the bodykit is staying.

Spac

This arvo's efforts:
Less of a dent.

Rear suspension done. The Konis/Eibachs came from the V40 T4 wreck I got off Philia Bear. Sway bar came on my $450 daily NA S40.
Hard Race adjustable camber arms were $150 off epay. They're too short, I think - their full length is still 5mm shorter than the stock length. Not sure if this is because the Evo they're intended for is different, or they're for mega camber.
I've put spacers on the body mounts, so I can get 0* camber, and then can wind in more nest as needed.

Rear brakes and front suspension tomorrow.

Spac

On the trailer to get the cage bent up tomorrow.
Note the excess of camber on the rear, despite the spacers in the arms. Haven't worked out why/how to deal with it.

Another 10(?)kg out of it today. Empty washer bottle and charcoal cannister weighs 2.3kg - not a lot, but it's from the heaviest corner of the car, which is useful.

Konis are in the front, but I'm buggered if I can find the other set of camber adjusters I bought. :/
Interestingly, each of the front Konis are 2.3kg less than the stock struts - those silly weights are only 1.8kg of the difference.

Good news is that all the important electrical stuff works. I was a bit unsure how it would go after I'd carved so much stuff out, but all good.

Also fixed the reverse lockout on the shifter. For a car that's a Swedish/Japanese hybrid made in the Netherlands, the French garbage still clearly stands out as being garbage - pointlessly complicated and poorly made.

jamesinc

Is the shitty font from your mailbox?

Spac

No! My hand drawn texta mailbox numbers are offended by that comment. :D

Spac

Big day, even though it doesn't look much different.
Painted the cage, took the Hardrace camber arm out of the driver's side, sealed up the holes in the firewall, mounted the little battery, cut the cat converter out and gutted it.

On the trailer again for exhaust re-joining (after the cat-ectomy) and wheel alignment.

Spac

For my own benefit...

Cost so far:
Car, $1000.
Seat, $75.
Steering wheel, $already in the shed.
Half cage, $600.
Paint for cage, $22.
Shocks & springs, $200 (rubbery figure - they came in the V40).
Rear camber arms, $150.
Vinyl for stickers, $10.
Camber pins, $40.
Rear sway bar & wheels, $150 (rubbery figure, came on the silver S40).

That's all I can think of now.

Spac

Whinge time.

Took it to an exhaust shop that's run my a late friend's father (I also get along fairly well with the dad). Talked to him about what had to happen, no worries: "$300 or less, it will be a couple of hours (tops) and we will have it on the hoist by 8:30". Sweet.

Get a phone call at 8:45, where we talked about two O2 sensors and the likelyhood of a gutted cat causing an error code and shitty running. Decided to swap to a larger, intact cat instead (NB: less time/work for them).

Rang at 12:20, and the gronk answered: "Just finishing it now. Give me ten minutes".
Turned up at 1, and it's still on the hoist.

Go to pay, and it's $400!
Nooooooo.... He instantly - and I do mean instantly - drops the price to $257.

As he's reversing the car out, he nearly sideswipes the door frame.
"Oh" he says "the check engine light comes on".
Turns out that he'd deleted the front O2 sensor... *bash head*

So I send him back in to refit the O2 sensor. Takes him 30 minutes to do this...

When I'm tying the car onto the trailer, I see that he's done a shit job - I'm not much of a welder, but I would be embarrassed to charge someone for welding that ugly.

CEL is still on at this stage, I'll see if I can clear it when I get home.

If I'm still this annoyed tomorrow, I'll go down and speak to the owner. He obviously left Gronk unattended... The Wife pointed out that the $150 difference in what he wanted to charge could well be him trying to line his own pocket...

Spac

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