Not adjustable?? I put ours on the rallycar each time and wind on some force outwards to pre-load the struts out.

Ive never had any trouble with a fixed strut brace.

 

The first round of the 2wd rally master is the Orange rally on the 25th May.

Ill be entering the Celica. Will we be seeing the ra40 there?

Hell yes! Its the anniverary of the first time I saw the car and I'm looking forward to seeing how much its improved since then! Steve was running an average of 75% of the fastest stage times then, he's up to over 90% now.

 

The crew will be staying at my place, make sure you look us up!

We will see you there.

 

Bit more on the new trans tunnel.

Found a spot for the Tilton res.

Keeps the fluid away from the exhaust and allows easy fitting of brake hoses to the pedal box.

Can you mount that any higher? :no2: Oh i need to slap you!!!

Mount everything as low as possible, starting now, by the time you finish there'll be nothing you need to change.

Either of you guys made a remote booster setup on the other side of the car?? So the pedal rotates a tube that works the master cyl/booster on the pass side.

 

Jusr something I'm thinking about...

 

I like that reservoir idea, maybe not low but it gives some space.

Ive seen remote boosters in older cars without mechanical linkage.

If its for a rally car, it still is a fair weight to carry.

 

The main reason for mounting the reservoir there, it allows the feed hoses to the pedal box to drop straight down.

Mounting it lower in the engine bay creates clearance issues with the exhaust manifold, roll cage, throttle cable and steering coloum and the 3 hoses have to go through two 90 degree bends in the fire wall.

There is a small weight issue but it seemed to be the lesser of two evils.

Toyota had there reservoirs mounted in the same place in the group b car.

More progress on the new trans tunnel.

Amazing how you are incorporating all the little details in very creative ways.

If i'm not mistaken is that the World Class T-56? any reason to go WC instead of normal except for better shifting? Normal T-56 is practically indestructible.

Thanks Daniel.

 

Hi Lucas. The main reason I went for the Magnum over a standard t56 was the option of 3 different gear lever positions.

It has a great close ratio gear set and super fast gear changes.

 

Trany tunnel is done.

A couple of finishing touches and its on some wheels, ready to go to the sand blasters.

Insane.

Thanks Stephen.

 

Got it back from the sand blaster who assured me he could strip it without warping any panels.

He let one of the new guys have a go. The roof now looks like someone has bounced a basket ball on it.

Sprayed a fish oil type product in all the had to get to places.