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« on: September 05, 2018, 10:24:34 PM »
Since we've done the high speed ring once before how about we try one of the other layouts?
The Ring of Skill is really cool or for a short compact blast the Short Öval"Circuit would be a real challenge to manage traffic.
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« on: September 03, 2018, 10:28:28 PM »
Hey Wally, give Seanus a bonus point for the next race  Its a self leveling ride unit, basically a shock that always tries to stay the same length. If you load the vehicle causing the rear to sag then the shock increase its extending pressure forcing the rear suspension to raise. Whether it works or not I do not know but my unit was reconditioned by a friendly Queensland company called W.W Shock Absorbers. The only thing they did wrong was painting the unit black, it is suppose to be blue. Interestingly it was made in Germany. From Range-Rover-Classic.com Ride-level unit
The ride-level unit acts like a large damper, being energised by the vertical movements in the suspension system. The unit is sealed and requires no maintenance.
The location of this unit is between the 'A' frame at the rear axle. Its function is to keep the body of the car level, (provided that the load is evenly balanced across the vehicle). If the vehicle or trailer is overloaded, the ride-level unit will detect this and not operate, hence the rear of the vehicle will remain down.
Normally a vehicle which is designed to carry a heavy payload must have a rigid suspension which ensures sufficient reserves of vertical wheel movement when fully loaded. The Range Rover overcomes these problems by separating the two functions of the suspension.
When laden, about 60% of the payload is carried by the rear axle, causing the back to drop. However, as soon as the vehicle is in motion, the ride-level unit comes into operation and restores the body to a horizontal position. The weight of the payload is thus largely removed from the coil springs which are released to absorb any shock to the wheels. The Range Rover is consequently able to cross very difficult country in reasonable comfort even when fully laden.
The ride-level unit largely relieves the coil springs from supporting the payload weight, and provides warning of overload. It gives a level ride under all load conditions, on difficult terrain, and when towing.
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« on: September 02, 2018, 10:45:06 PM »
Bit of an update. After much welding and painting both sides inner and outer sills has been welding in. The welds are a bit ugly but in their wisdom Land Rover had designed plastic covers which will be attached over the sills once the final finishing is done.  The rear axle and suspension has been removed, disassembled, cleaned, painted and reassembled with new bolts and bushes. I have decided to go for the patented "Äir Suspension". guaranteed to give a aggressive low stance with minimal body roll through the corners .  The brake shields were especially fun (Blue arrow above). The originals were rusted through and new ones seemed to be unobtainable for my model. So it called for some manufacturing. Started with the original as template.  Then some bending, ignore the top double hole. We realized a bit too late that the sides were not symmetrical. Luckily it forced us to add some strengthening around the bolt holes and with nuts welded to the shieldthe end result were as below:   Now for a bonus question. Looking from behind the car through the boot floor. The blue arrow is the rear differential. What is the big cylindrical object (red arrow) for on the rear suspension, ? 
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« on: September 01, 2018, 09:45:13 PM »
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« on: August 29, 2018, 03:26:02 PM »
Race 1
Bacchulum ran into the back of Mael, but only because Mael braked suddenly, taking Bacchulum by surprise – racing incident, that unfortunately had some knock on effects.
That was not my intention, I saw trouble brewing between the cars in front of me so slowed down. With hind sight it seems I slowed down too much or too drastically especially if it was Bacchulum who rear-ended me  I did pay dearly for the mistake as the accident created rear wing damage only making the setup balance almost undrivable. For a change I managed to avoid the race 2 and 3 opening lap carnage, strange that one of the easiest cars to drive is causing some much first lap heartache. Both race were spend chasing bacchulum for the majority of the time, mixed with some desperate defending against Jeremy. Really enjoyed the battle Jeremy, had me in full concentration mode for most of the race. And I almost gifted you the place by running out of fuel with 5 meters to go And yeah a solid 2nd place for Team Maki, mostly thanks to Freezer speed this season. Well done to Struggle (  ?) Street Racing.
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« on: August 26, 2018, 11:15:30 PM »
We need this modded
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« on: August 26, 2018, 07:05:31 PM »
As a non-participating paticipant, I'd suggest having one-off ACC events on another night of the week to begin with. The game will be in it's infancy and will probably be lacking in a lot of features when it comes to Multiplayer.
Once it matures and gains popularity then I would suggest looking at a straw poll aound a championship to decide whether you treat it as a separate game and run it on another night of the week, or whether to alternate during the week.
As above, the issue will be dividing an already smallish community between two championships, yet those that will be paticipating in just one of the series may not like the idea of only racing every 2 or 3 weeks if you altenate between series each week.
If I was racing (hopefully not too far off!) I'd want to be all in with a series or not at all, so to commit to a particular series and only race in it a couple of times a month wouldn't fit with my "mentality", but that is just me. I hope that makes sense.
Yip agree with the above. I'm confident the switch from AC to ACC will happen naturally as ACC matures.
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« on: August 24, 2018, 02:53:28 PM »
Thought I'll post some progress of my "Best 4 x 4 x far" The story so far, bought a rusted out Range Rover Classic 1982 for about nothing with the idea to restore it with my father. That way we both avoid having to watching the multitude of cooking shows on TV. Both of us has had done a lot woodworking in the past but no mechanical or metal work at all. Still ended up paying too much for it though. During the 5km drive home it ran out of fuel (subsequently discovered a hole in the fuel tank) and had the brakes fail.  I'll post a few photo's later but so far spend MANY hours cutting rust out, both sides inner and outer sill has been replaced together with the rear interior quarter floors. We currently putting the rear axle back after cleaning, painting, replacing all the suspension bushes and rear wheel bearings. Sort of working from the back to the front  Its a 5 year project so lots of time left. Below is what its suppose to look like, hopefully in we'll get it close 
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« on: August 23, 2018, 04:29:00 PM »
Who know Bacchulum, anesthetics may be a performance enhancing drug Best of luck.
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« on: August 23, 2018, 01:00:05 PM »
$150,000 for a Land Rover Defender 90 from 1995 
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« on: August 22, 2018, 02:50:41 PM »
Hi Wally,
Server no worky.
"WARNING: This server's available slots exceed the number of pitboxes for Putnam Park GP"
Hey you suppose to be at work Russ 
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« on: August 22, 2018, 02:48:10 PM »
Sorry for the no show, I wasn't up to it.
You absence were noticeable Bacchulum, without you to keep order the first laps were chaos. For myself a fun, if long night (bit too many laps?). The pace wasn't there for any hope of a decent result but the night was made by a majestic move around the outside of Killagorilla at the last turn in race 3. In fact I was so chuffed with the pass that I promptly threw the car off the track a few corners later to give the position back At least Freezer made some good points for the team.
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« on: August 17, 2018, 06:52:48 PM »
Tuff choice for a car. First thought I'll go slow and choose the RUF. However during the last practice race I found that you can get around its lazy front end with some setup and driving changes so its just as quick as the others. The MTX's would make for great racing, had a ball chasing Wally during the second practice race but its a bit boring. So I'm going to go with the first car I tested, the Avia_ae2, slow in a straight line but man so CHUCHABLE! I'm usually complaining of a lack of front grip but that thing just sticks So Phil a Avia_ae2 for me please... (and you are not allowed to take the Estonia_20_1600 )
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« on: August 01, 2018, 11:25:47 AM »
Just watched the replay to see that upon having my somersault crash, team mate Mael arrived on scene and did exactly the same thing . .
Gained some significant front end damage early on in the first and last race which made the car understeer like a pig, Which meant when my team mate distracted me by flying off into the scenery I missed the turn-in point and plowed into the same bank he hit. But due to my superior cat-like skills I landed on 4 wheels and continued onwards Would love to see the accident from Joe's perspective, somehow he made it past while the incident unfolded. Lastly a big thanks to Russ for falling asleep at the start of the last race, you owe me a new front bumper!
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« on: July 27, 2018, 12:21:28 PM »
Thanks Seanus, been a while since I've had so much fun drifting a car out of corners And a special thanks for the gift of the podium place in race 3!
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