TD Coupe Twin Cam Rally Car

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Definately subscribed to this thread, beauty of a project.
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Some more progress on the car.

The engine bay is all finished now. Just waiting on
a new set of ignition leads to turn up.
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The wiring & fuel setup is all complete &
working now too :D

2 x VN C/dore lift pumps in the tank & 2 x Carter
supply pumps.

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awesome work there . so tidy
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Also (not so much for your road cars) the under body
protection. haha

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And the rear brake lines along the diff
are run. Just getting ADR lines made for the
flexible bits. (diff to body)

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that is all :shock:
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What a fantastic car, huh? EAsily in the top 5 on this site.
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thats to pretty to rally on dirt! Awesome work.
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by far the best track gem ive ever seen. bar nothing best ever. wanna email me a full size image for my desktop background?
Yes, i do still own my coupe, Yes it is still registered and running and ATM driven daily.


oh and NO its not painted yet
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Hey man, I'm loving your work on this car! You're putting in alot of work, similar to my dad and his track car. I think you might be able to relate to my thread.
http://www.ozgemini.com/forums/non-tech ... sc&start=0

Sorry the pics aren't great, only got my phone for photos.
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Any reason you didn't go 4-link and watts linkage over the ladderbar setup? It would improve your handling something serious. Regulations?
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Yeah that is exactly why I couldn't put a 4-link & Watts linkage
in the back. Regulations.
Also I was going to fabricate a Macpherson Strut front
end for it, to give it more travel.

If I run it under the CAMS historic regs I could run a
4-link but not a Watts linkage setup. But there are
very limited CAMS historic events running.

The CAMS PRC Regs state that the rear end is classed
as 'suspension' & is there for free, but it all has to
bolt up to the standard mounting points. No other
holes can be drilled for the mounting & it all has
to be interchangable with the standard rear end.

The way I did it is the only way it can be done like
that.

Ronnie - I don't actually have any full sized pics of the
car yet. It will be driving on Sunday with a bit of
luck :D so I will take some then.
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The stock rear end would have to handle better than the ladder bar due to articulation wouldn't it? Most guys with ladder bars are only doing straight line stuff..
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That oldschool Marlboro rally car you see pics of had the same setup...
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redzone (coxy) wrote:The stock rear end would have to handle better than the ladder bar due to articulation wouldn't it? Most guys with ladder bars are only doing straight line stuff..
single ladder bar works exactly the same as a stock diff though. only difference would be the 3inches or so offset
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