AWD-T3-VR Lexcen

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

VRSenator065 wrote:

Nobody makes a gumby set of basic bolt on flares for these? Just a thought, something cheap and cheerful?

Would look a bit weirder than it does now with no rear flares Gary..

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Today!

Finished the DS Guard, all good and have been tidying up details, I’ll go down after lunch and do the inner liners and mudflaps and that end is sorted!

Same ride height, what a difference tyre diameter makes!

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Today End!

Corrected the swaybar geometry and softened it up a bit made a flap to cover the coolant reservoir after seeing what the rocks were doing to the exhaust tips, Lexcen guards are a touch different to the VR/S Commodore ones (unless there was a change between R and S) so I fudged it a bit and will do the driver side if I ever need to put another on it..

Bar setting the Camber that’s it for the front end, just waiting on my bandsaw blades to arrive and I’ll get stuck into the rears!

[Chris (agentcrm)Participant SC, CTVR Statesman 1968 Skoda 1202 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 82]

I’m pretty sure the Lexcen shares it’s guards with the statesmans. The Commodores are different at the indicator cutout as they’re shallower.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Chris (agentcrm) wrote:

I’m pretty sure the Lexcen shares it’s guards with the statesmans. The Commodores are different at the indicator cutout as they’re shallower.

Thanks Chris, that’s exactly where the difference was, I just trimmed the Lexcen plastic bumper as I think Commodore guards will be easier to source then Lexcen or Statesman!

[Chris (agentcrm)Participant SC, CTVR Statesman 1968 Skoda 1202 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 82]

Yeah by about 50:1 :p

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Chris (agentcrm) wrote:

Yeah by about 50:1 :p

Can buy brand new knockoffs for $110 each  :XD:

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Today End!

Bandsaw blades arrived, got the 150mm bar cut down ready for the Lathe soon as I get a day cool enough to spend 10 hours out there hogging it out..

(42c here today)

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Anonymous wrote:

Today End! Bandsaw blades arrived, got the 150mm bar cut down ready for the Lathe soon as I get a day cool enough to spend 10 hours out there hogging it out.. (42c here today)

What no pic of the aftermath of opening the band saw blade packet

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

VRSenator065 wrote:

IJ. wrote:

Today End! Bandsaw blades arrived, got the 150mm bar cut down ready for the Lathe soon as I get a day cool enough to spend 10 hours out there hogging it out.. (42c here today)

What no pic of the aftermath of opening the band saw blade packet

“Don’t mention the War” 

[[TUFFVQ]Participant Melbourne1991 VQ 304 View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 171]

Apologies if you mentioned this earlier but I had a look and couldn’t find it – what are the black 18/19’s you’ve put on there recently?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

[TUFFVQ] wrote:

Apologies if you mentioned this earlier but I had a look and couldn’t find it – what are the black 18/19’s you’ve put on there recently?

I have 2 pairs of 19’s one set are Concaves the more recent set are Mars MPMS.

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Anonymous wrote:

[quote=12087]Mate you have some skills .. Love watching this build come together.

Thanks Sands, have you given any thought to how you’ll do your top seats? They normally come with a 14mm hole in them but even if you drill it to 16mm for the Koni’s you lose 2″ of travel to the bump stop, I machine them so they locate in the spring and the top bearing then bore a hole big enough for the bump stop to locate on it’s stock seat.. I have 4 here you can have cheap [/quote]

 

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[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Today End!

Stroker kit for the 308 sourced and at the machine shop, dropped the headers off to be coated then dropped by a mates place and fixed his broken valve spring..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

You mind posting up some progress pics of the LE up on here, I guess its not enough work for its own thread.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

VRSenator065 wrote:

You mind posting up some progress pics of the LE up on here, I guess its not enough work for its own thread.

Will do soon as there’s some progress Gary, just waiting on the machine shop now.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Today Lunch!

Got one of the rear strut tops 90% machined, the other is about 60% done, I’ll go back down after lunch and continue….

Long slow process when you’re making parts out of 160mm Steel Bar!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

My little lathe would pop an O ring if I tried to turn that in it, you sure have some nice toys

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

VRSenator065 wrote:

My little lathe would pop an O ring if I tried to turn that in it, you sure have some nice toys

Yeah I’m glad I got a bigger machine then I first looked at!

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Today End!

GoodNbad… Got the Strut tops finished and installed did a mock up with the off road tyres all good, Dressed the Hippo in it’s Ballet Slippers so far so good went to move it BZZZZZZZZZZ wrong not budging without a lot of throttle… There’s a Teflon in the Trans if you tear it on installation it does just this..

Put it back up in the air all wheels turn nothing close to dragging wind the rear shocks up a bit in case the tyres are hitting the guard lips.. nah not it start looking at the front can’t see anything so I put the trans jack under the A Arm and jack it up, LOCKS UP solid, think bugger maybe the CV’s are running out of plunge… nope then I spot the insides of the front discs are gouged badly….

Turns out when I reinforced the front A Arms last time I didn’t check it through it’s full range of travel and the ends have been rubbing the discs under full compression, explains some of the weird handling last event, took corrective action and remachined the insides of the discs so all good now, drove it outside and the next issue reared it’s ugly head, it’s too low and scrapes on the ramp in/out of the shed, no drama I’ll raise it up 25mm and it’ll be fine!

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Never ceases to amaze me the issues that occur when you do something.  A guy I used to work for used to call it “ripple through” make one seemingly innocuous change and it ripples through and effects other things you didn’t think of.  I guess its just one of those things you correct each thing as you find it, and a year down the track look back and realize how much you have improved the package.  As a side issue was talking to a track guy i know yesterday and he just did an air bag conversion on a friends Monaro and apparently couldn’t believe how well it handled, and put ti down the the bag being a rising rate spring.  He said he is toying with the idea of doing it to his race car as an experiment.  If it was that good be interesting on a car like yours that’s an all rounder.

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[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

I have Bags in the Tonner Gary and wouldn’t do it for the Lexcen as they go the wrong direction, drop the car for track days and they soften, raise it up for autocross and they go harder, exact opposite of what I need..

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Today End!

Ok went down early this morning to dodge the heat, dialed a bit of the rear Toe out raised the suspension, rolled the rear guard lips then dialed in 2.9 degree Neg Camber all round as a starting point!

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