Ke30 3Sgte Racecar

[cuzzo]

Hi mate,

 

Would you be interesting in swapping shifter housings from that gearbox?

 

I have a further forward one available similar to this:

 

Cheers,

Adam

Edited August 19, 2013 by cuzzo

[Tough_little_ke20]

Cheers mate

[Tough_little_ke20]

No Adam sorry the housing I have is perfect for my seating position

[Tough_little_ke20]

Mounted up the engine and box last Sunday so she sits up by herself now, and I sat down with the CAMS manual tonight and worked out my cage design

[altezzaclub]

Make sure your head fits up in the little triangle above you, and you can easily get your legs and bum over the side intrusion bar and past the secondary front vertical one.

 

Personally I'm not a fan of that CAMS cage. The one in the rally car will cause the crash by forcing a poor visibility situaton from a bad seating position, and then may keep you alive long enough to burn to death because you can't get out in a hurry.

[Tough_little_ke20]

Roof bars will be no issue and I may even still use a full cross, I have a very basic cage in my ke20 but it needs a lot more stuff to get registered so I can do rally I like this cage design easy to get out of and strong as ʞ©$ɟ

[Tough_little_ke20]

Ok so the car is now completely stripped and on the rotisserie, next up is to seam weld the floor and chassis and then mount the IRS, gettin exited now

[Silverrr87]

hows this thing going mate? super keen to see updates on the irs setup

[Tough_little_ke20]

I've been pretty busy lately with work, trade school and racing, gonna get a quote on sandblasting the undercarriage, interior, boot and engine bay so I can seam weld all the floor panels, chassis and fit up the IRS hopefully get it happening pretty soon

[Tough_little_ke20]

Ok so for anyone who is gettin eager for updates, I have a quote from the sandblaster and its gonna cost me $150-$200, no brainer, he can do it in a couple of weeks so I've gotta get it off the spit and onto the trailer then take it to him and set it up on the spit again and blast it, then move it back to the workshop and get to work. Will update once its blaster

[Tough_little_ke20]

Called the sandblaster today and he's gonna do it this Saturday assuming its not raining, so the shell is now off the spit and on the trailer. It handy having a boss who lets you pinch the fork for the night, could have been pretty tricky otherwise

[Silverrr87]

Nice work, would kill to have the skills and space you do. Your plan of irs has got me talking to engineering and custom shops about doing the same. Even the 3sgte has got me second thinking the sr I already have, I feel a bit dirty making the heart Nissan

[Tough_little_ke20]

Pics

[Tough_little_ke20]

Just basic skills, just don't rush things, I'm a fitter so I do have access the right tools and some extra skills, all the space is dads workshop, not leaving much for him haha. I thought about the sr because you can just drop the whole s13 driveline in, no converting to rwd but I couldn't curse a Toyota with Nissan parts, so although there are parts from all different models going into this car they're all Toyota parts

[Tough_little_ke20]

Ok some noticible work done now, the rolla has been blasted underneath in the bay, boot and interior. The rotisery made the blasting so easy. Luckily tge blasting didnt reveal anymore rust but it did reveal how bad the rust in the rear guards is. Because the weather is pretty good I'm not stressing about primer so I'm spending every night this week at work to get the seam welding done then Saturday ill get the sound deadener out and the primer on, then onto the IRS