My JB Track Car

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John196701
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My JB Track Car

Post by John196701 »

I bought Barups old car from Vulpes after he started to strip is, i bought it as a project for my son and myself.
He helped me strip it, he is only 10, i proceeded to clean the car, removing all of the sound deadening throughout. I bought a weld in cage kit from Bond Roll bars, what a fun job to weld in

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the whole has been stripped backed to metal and filled and primed ready for the top coat, Black of course

the steering box has been removed and replaced with a rack from a Hyundai Excel, the distance between the inner rack joints was almost the same as the starion, i have not checked the bump steer yet, it should be pretty close

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the booster and masters cylinder has been replaced with dual master cylinder with bias adjustment

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i sourced the coil overs from
http://ceikaperformance.com/Custom-Built-Coilovers-c10/
they listed starion, they had never done one, i gave them all of the measurements and the spring rates that i wanted, they where a little slow, when they arrived, they fitted OK

the ones i ordered are not on the list any more, they where Type 2, the type 2's now have the remote reservoir

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the front brakes are wilwood hats rotors and 6 spot radial mount calipers, the rears and wilwood rotors and 4 spot calipers, the hats i made

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the inlet manifold i have made from billet alloy

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More Later

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Post by WidebodyWoody »

Very nice. :beer
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Post by Komeuppance »

Some serious stuff!!

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Post by thrash »

Sticking to the sohc I see. Is that cost related or you just prefer it?

Will be interested in seeing how you feel about these coilovers compared to the d2s in your streeter

Carry on :beer
quest wrote:
WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
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Post by WidebodyWoody »

Yeah I will be buying some coilovers in a couple of weeks. Would be interested as well.
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Post by fugazi »

VERY interesting!!!
The cage look's like a snug fit!
No braces to the front towers?

Steering rack look's to easy to be true... :?
Servoassisted, no?
Is it going to be in the way for a big downpipe?
I guess the oilpan must be modified or drysump?

What turbo for this setup and what powergoals?
I'm thinking of trying a TD05HR, downmounted... but I dont have anything in the way hens the LHD... and move the servopump to the LHS.

Realy nice build!

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Post by John196701 »

Fugazi

the cage is a close fit, the main hoop and the front legs are almost touching the body, i hole sawed two holes in the floor under where i welded the plate for the hoop, this allowed me to keep it tight, i had the smallest head on my TIG welder, still very hard
this pic gives you an idea how tight it is

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Steering is manual, standard sump still fits

i have a TD06SL2-20G with a T3 flange, one of the next projects is to make up an exhaust manifold, i bought all SS bends and a merge collector from Treadstone in the US. still heaps of room to get a 3 to 3 1/2 inch downpipe.

Thrash

staying Single cam at the moment, more fun getting good power out of a single cam
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Post by fugazi »

Exelent work on the cage!
What I was after when asking was if your not putting any tubing to the strut-towers from the cage?

So the sump still fits without moving the motor south?

Keep up the good work!
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Post by JDSTAZ45 »

I have seen this car in the flesh and gotta say the workmanship is outstanding. I admire the understanding and experience John has with his stuff...
but I must confess, some things go over my head. He definitely thinks outside the square with his projects and actually produces the goods!
The car turned up to be a excellent base from Darryl's backyard and should look sensational when finished in glossy black!
Judging by the performance of his registered JB, this thing should fly and steer well!

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Post by ProZac »

Love your work, cheers for the details, inspirational :-).
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Post by John196701 »

Fugazi

No i did not tie the front struts towers to the cage

the steering rack does not touch the sump, the only thing that goes close is the mounting bracket, the center line of the rack is basically the same as where the drag link sits

Woodie

It will be a while before i try them, i like the fact that they will build them to you requirements, and there is independent compression and rebound adjustment, the D2's on have rebound adjustment.
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Post by WidebodyWoody »

you could pay for the project car by selling bolt on kits for the steering conversion :beer
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Post by John196701 »

the wheel that will be on the car

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the body had been 2 pack primed waiting for paint, the other photo's had it as bare metal

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i stuck the seat and gearbox for a trial fit

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Post by RiceThief »

For those interested in getting Ceika Performance coilovers, don't they will mess you around for months and then not deliver.
Starions are a disease, the only cure is poverty.

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John196701
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Post by John196701 »

Ricethief

yes, it took me a while to get them, probably 2 months from order to receive, they had never done them before, i had to do all of the measurements and draw diagrams for them. i did get a bit worried that i was not going to get them, but they arrived, just slow

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