TD Coupe Twin Cam Rally Car

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:17 pm

Here are some more recent pics of the interior almost
finished. Now there is a gearshifter in there. lol.
All fuses & relays mounted under centre dash.
Dash covered in Alcantara.
Still a little wiring to do under the dash & need
to mount the navigator's seat & belts.

Goof81 · Post by **Goof81** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:18 pm

Awesome job.When do u plan on racing it??Do u have any footage on Youtube of your old rides??

MGOTD · Post by **MGOTD** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:28 pm

not going to run a longer shifter?

GEMWRC · Post by **GEMWRC** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:51 am

Love the layout with the fuses and so on

.. footrest buttons are cool , Whats the reset for ? terratrip or ?

Great Work !!!!!

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:10 am

It will be running in a month or so. Hoping to do a couple
of events before the end of the year. A few events in the
forrests of Canberra & in central west NSW around Orange.

Yes I will be running a longer gear sick, about twice the height
of that one. I'll make an adapter this weekend.

With the Nav's footrest GEMWRC, the buttom on the left is for
the horn & the RESET buttom on the right is for the tripmeter.
With the events I do you are given intermediate distances
between the corners. This just button resets the distance
readout so you don't have to move your hands to the unit
on the dash.

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:23 am

Here's a video from Youtube from 2008.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QlVHLj8a_g

About 4 mins & 30 secs in. (red & white)
This was my 82 TF rally car.
2008 BRM Safari in Canberra. Still on my
'P' plates at that stage! lol. Ended coming 15th outright.

Not much done to that car at all. Near standard G161,
standard carby bigger jets etc. It did have 4 wheel
disk brakes though

geminilover3236 · Post by **geminilover3236** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:29 pm

Yeh man, thats awesome. Some good cars in that event. nice stage too. Should go really nicely once you get this setup going.

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:24 pm

Exhaust manifold finally ceramic coated &
mounted.

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:29 pm

Ford Escort MkII H/D Competition quick rack
all hooked up & perfect!

- 2.4 turns lock-to-lock
- 4.2 turns standard

JaZZZa · Post by **JaZZZa** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:46 pm

VERY impressed.

can i ask two questions?

the escort rack looks so stock - did it bolt on or were major changes required?

why is the exhuast made with the spring setup? Is that in case it gets a hard knock it only takes off a section of the pipe?

fantastic build thread, keep it up!

troyrotor · Post by **troyrotor** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:32 pm

That steering is going to be like a go cart,
And what's that beam running under the front of the box. Is it custom or is my car missing it?

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:46 pm

Yeah it will be one hell of a Gemini
when it is finished! haha

The Escort rack is a straight bolt up to the standard
Gemini mounts, but that's where it ends.

- Escort rack ends are 50-55mm shorter than a Gemini.
- Joining the steering shaft to the rack.

The Escort rack I have is a competition one from the UK,
it has the new 'screw-on' style rack ends. Standard escort
rack ends have a imperial female thread that you can
adjust up when they wear.
I use rack ends from a Volvo 740 & tie rod ends from
a Escort MKII (same metric taper as Gem). Just the
right length.

If you have an early Gemini straight steering shaft,
you can simply bolt it up to the flexible coupling. Easy.
The later ones have uni-joints & an intermediate shaft.
I grafted the Escort spline onto the end of the intermediate
shaft (properly of course).

It would be perfect for drifting mate for sure!

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 9:54 pm

Forgot the exhaust.

I made it with slip-joins & springs just so it is easy & fast
to take off. No pissing around with bolts if you have to
change a clutch or something.

That bar under the gearbox is definately custom

It is where the rear of the sump guard mounts up.

Encyclopedia Ronnie · Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:57 pm

GEMWRC wrote:Love the layout with the fuses and so on .. footrest buttons are cool , Whats the reset for ? terratrip or ?

Great Work !!!!!

i see no terratrip lol, thers a trip computer of some sort but.

i would love to see this thing in person some time its so so nice

Gem WRC · Post by **Gem WRC** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 4:54 pm

The trip computer is a Brantz Lazer 3 from the UK.
Really good units. This one is top of the range, does
0-100km/h times, fuel distances & counts 3 separate
distances at once.
Cost about $1000

Have used Terratrips' in the past but didn't like them

When I get it going I will have to come on a cruise
with the rest of the boys in the Gems