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Thursday Nights fun racing / Re: S15 R3 - Bikernieki Race Track - 06/09/2018« 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. 467
Cars & Bikes / Re: Rust in pieces« 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 Quote Ride-level unit 468
Cars & Bikes / Re: Rust in pieces« 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, ? 469
Thursday Nights fun racing / Re: Easter Bunny Season« on: September 01, 2018, 09:45:13 PM »Looks like the 2 Estonia's have been updated: Looks like it's only skins? 470
Australian Assetto Corsa League, Tuesday nights / Re: S23R7: Putnam Park Race Chat« on: August 29, 2018, 03:26:02 PM »Race 1 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. 472
Assetto Corsa Competizione / Re: ACC league discussion« 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. Yip agree with the above. I'm confident the switch from AC to ACC will happen naturally as ACC matures. 473
Cars & Bikes / Rust in pieces« 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 474
Thursday Nights fun racing / Re: S15 R1 - Automotodrom Grobnik - 23/08/2018« on: August 23, 2018, 04:29:00 PM »
Who know Bacchulum, anesthetics may be a performance enhancing drug
Best of luck. 475
Racing general / Re: Pebble Beach Auctions« on: August 23, 2018, 01:00:05 PM »
$150,000 for a Land Rover Defender 90 from 1995
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Australian Assetto Corsa League, Tuesday nights / Re: S23R7: Putnam Park Race Chat« on: August 22, 2018, 02:50:41 PM »Hi Wally, Hey you suppose to be at work Russ 477
Australian Assetto Corsa League, Tuesday nights / Re: S23R6: Queensland Raceway Race Chat« 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. 478
Thursday Nights fun racing / Re: S15 R1 - Automotodrom Grobnik - 23/08/2018« 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 ) 479
Australian Assetto Corsa League, Tuesday nights / Re: S23R3: Bikernieki Post-Race Chat« 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! 480
Thursday Nights fun racing / Re: S14 R7 - Oesterreichring 70s - 26/07/2018« 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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