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Originally Posted by mr2tim
Wanted to see posts from other racers of Mark1 cars and what you did to make the car a good racecar, reliable or not?
Brake pads
Rollcages
Pulleys
Tires
Suspension
Engine
Body
Seats
Gauges
Whatever?
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Brake pads
Whatever was on it when I got it, they are soft I don't need good brakes I hardly use them that hard I just throw sideways or chop a gear.
Rollcages
Whacked together cage in my garage, it looks like cr@p (mostly surface rust) but its strong as hell and stiffens the car as well. Not much to see really.
Pulleys
Nope put a 3sge in it
Tires
15" Slicks for tarmac
13" Wides for slick surface
14" Rally grips for gravel
I can elaborate on this but I have heaps of different tyre setups.
Suspension
Stock supercharged with KYB inserts front and stock rear oil shocks, more potent for gravel than it sounds
Engine
3sge gen 2
Body
Yep it's still there
Seats
Stock, looking for race seats to get my head down away from the cage while restraining me a bit better.
Gauges
Stock, except for a MASSIVE oil light. I don't need guages as such I shift depending on wheelspin and surface so a shiftlight etc etc would be pointless
Whatever
Wheels are generally the lightest I have, I have regreased all the wheel bearings with a uber awesome grease.
I made the strut braces myself using square tube and heavy flat bar, they are pretty heavy but they don't flex at all and I abuse my car.
The car is gutted to the point of obsession, all unused brackets have been cut off. All interior features, all unused stuff is gone. Its really bare.
Basically I run a gutted car with an engine swap and a pair of front shocks. I tweak the suspension angles each time and apart from that nothing much is special. I don't need flash gear for gravel I do really well as it stands the car is well balanced and the ride height and spring rates are right on. It just hunkers down and bolts like nobodies business. Its a case of I have thought about what I need and used the least amount of money possible to achieve it. Kinda anti-climatic really