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Yeah, get creative. Going light can be cheap, only costing time. As an guide, there was a KE2* in Melbourne that was down to 650kg. don't they say that every 10kg you remove from a car shuld be worth 0.1 sec down the quarter? Or is it 100kg???? I remember a story on an old mag where they took a stock standard 120Y and got its quarter mile times down to 14 or 15 sec without touching the motor. They just started removing weight. All that was left was the floorpan, drivetrain and a seat though..... :wink:

It wont spin 195's....... My 5k would turn 225/60/13's (usually only a single spinner :( )

Put your car on a diet

I agree. Deni Autocross/Vic motorkhana series was a great weekend away. Get there if you can.

I redrilled the crossmember to move the comtrol arms out about 20mm.

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Thought about this briefly for my club car back in the day. Couldn't justify the stuffing around as it was technically against the regs and I'd have to hide it :( My other worry was that I'd forget to switch it back and run the battery flat. Why not just take a couple of batteries and swap them between races and run without an alternator, or just gut it and have it for show. Save the weight of all that copper etc and the power gain :hmm:

I had one of those in my ke20. Cost me $25 :dance:

Spotted in Talbot - a Ke30 2 door on the side of the road with a for sale sign on the screen. Brown in colour and didnt look too bad driving past at 80 km/h.....

Some nasty positive camber in that pic :o

Anything but Holley. Think Holley is American for crap....... Ran a Holley Red pump for about 2 days before refitting the Facet.

The one in my '35 was rubber mounted under the boot floor, near where the fuel lines go through the floor. Made it nice and easy to hook up the fuel lines :) This made it reasonably quiet inside the cabin. Did notice the difference in performance with the electric pump fitted. Was running 3K-B carbs on a 5k and it seemed to have more top end with the electric pump. Only reason it was fitted was that a) had access to a pump for right price and b) had a blanking plate sitting around from somewhere waithing to be used.

Had an overide so I could "prime" the system. Hit the button, listen for the pump to load up, hit the starter button and off it went. Also, my motor used to get pressure quickly, so I wasnt winding it on the starter for ever. Only did it as it was "advised" by CAMS at the time for engines running electric pumps to have a system to shut off the pump in the event of a big accident knocking me out.... Think on method that was suggested was to use some sort of switch from an LPG system, but the details a really fuzzy

Used to run Facets as I used to get them for free. Noisy but reliable. Had the on in the racer wired up so that if the motor lost oil pressure, it would cut the fuel. don't ask me how it was done now though.

This might sound silly, but have you bled the brakes properly? Have you degreased the discs as they usually have a film of oil on them to stop them rusting? Are they fitted with performance pads that don't work well below a certain temp? Take it out to a quiet piece of road and see if doing a few emergency stops helps things. Getting the brakes nice and hot a few times might help a bit. And yes, i am old enough to know what brake fade is :yes: and it used to scare the shit out of me as it always occured on the same corner on my favourite piece of mountain road. The one without the protective railing to stop me going over the cliff. That was a bum puckering moment the first couple of times it happened. Anyway, I though crap brakes were a standard Commodore thing :hmm:

WGMG - bloody gastro. Spent the last two nights cleaning up after 3 of the kids have come down with it. Actually have almost run out of sheets, towels etc. The last one started spewing at 4am >| after last nights effort of lasting until 5am before falling asleep.

Fitted a 4k and 5 speed into an ex's KE20 and wished we never did. Pulled it down and fitted a cam and a mildly modded head and it was a different motor. It cam in hard at just below 4000rpm and kept going :)

Closest E85 is at least 2 hours away :(

To the blue *E70 and the red KE55 Rolla's competing in the Begonia Rally today - 1st round of the VRC - hope you made it to the end in one piece.

And your complaining...... :hmm:

Used to run std 5k springs in my club car. Forgotten exact cam specs but from memory it was a Wade 169 grind (hydrolic). The springs were happy at 7500rpm. That is what I set the shift light at and would go to 8000rpm if I was felling mean.

Coupe ftw. Loved mine, regret selling it.

Loved this one :)

OUCH!!!! Similar happened to a mate. Got home and his house had been emptied, even his tools. Just a note left.

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