New engine for Rally car is complete!

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:15 pm

I was thinking of something similar to that safari car but up the fender not the roof! I like the HyÃ¦na/zebra guard though.

Geoff · Postby **Geoff** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:28 pm

I've always liked the little lights on the front of the mirrors. I always thought about putting them on a C900. Maybe I'll do that when I build the C900 rally car....

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:58 pm

Little bunny foo foo lights? How about some BIG lights. Isnt there some silly rule about all light being below the level of the windsheild bottom edge though?

Postby **max** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:00 pm

Luke wrote:Little bunny foo foo lights? How about some BIG lights. Isnt there some silly rule about all light being below the level of the windsheild bottom edge though?

Is this like the word of the week or something?

Geoff · Postby **Geoff** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 1:39 pm

yeah some mini lights (as opposed to mini lites). The rule is that they can't be mounted above the base of the windshield.

Somewhere on one of the internets there is a photo of my car with the "praying mantis" light setup that came on the car before I built this one

and it looked really close

Speaking of close...

Edit:
PS: LITTLE BUNNY FOO FOO LIGHTS

Postby **matt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:25 pm

max wrote:yeah but remember how badly the cars nose into the water on the STPR creek crossing?

that all depends on how the "jump" is set up. Alot of guys didn't realize the attitude of the launch was different, more of a jump, apparently it used to be a flat shot onto the water. Either way, stock air box with snorkel is what we'll be needing.

Postby **max** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:42 pm

Geoff- what's with that light on the left side looking a bit odd? Like, bigger and off set?

Crazyswede · Postby **Crazyswede** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:07 pm

chrome retaining ring vs black

Postby **Luke** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:43 pm

It runs it runs

Postby **matt** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:14 pm

that is very nice to hear. How does she sound? I'm sure it's a sweet sweet melody just like the first time we fired that puppy up with the standalone.

Postby **Luke** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:38 am

Oh it sounds so sweet to hear it running nice and smoothly again. Josh and Jeremy came by and before we even knew it the thing was was running, and that was with a pretty long pizza break too. It came together really quicky. Went for a quick drive very carefully and the TPS issue is still there so I will have to fix that but otherwise everything seems fine. Also the oil cooler is bypassed because I can't get all the accumulated bearing particles out of it to my satisfaction. I flushed it in the parts washers for several hours and it still sounds like sand inside so I will have to get a new one.

Postby **matt** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:10 pm

was it a stock oil cooler? maybe we could find a bigger replacement to get better cooling. (though I don't know if cooling the oil is an issue.)

Postby **Luke** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:14 pm

Well I guess techically there isnt a "stock" oil cooler for a 75 99, but this one was a large volvo turbo one modifed with AN fittings welded on. I think it was a nice size for the task I would like to find a better location for it though since I don't like having it right in front of the intercooler.

Postby **Luke** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:01 pm

As you can see the installation required great concentration and focus

Postby **max** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:38 am

Wow look at that, Luke has a REAL crew now! :lol:

New engine for Rally car is complete!

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