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Post by Penguin45 on May 18, 2013 20:33:20 GMT
Sounds like it's coming together pretty well, Aaron.
You really MUST get some pics up! You can copy and paste from a hosting site (Photobucket, flickr etc) if you don't get the attachment system.
Chris.
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Post by dave1800 on May 19, 2013 1:08:21 GMT
Agreed would love to see some photos. I guess you are aware Julian Edgar has decided to abandon his project for an engine graft after lots of work. A real shame. David Sounds like it's coming together pretty well, Aaron. You really MUST get some pics up! You can copy and paste from a hosting site (Photobucket, flickr etc) if you don't get the attachment system. Chris.
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Post by charlypm on Oct 25, 2013 4:30:27 GMT
Having not had the time to visit the board, I've just found this thread about the race car. I posted some pictures of it on a different thread. The pictures are on the picture board and called Landcrab at the 24 hours of Lemons.
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Post by hydrolastic on Jun 24, 2014 3:24:56 GMT
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Post by dave1800 on Jun 26, 2014 13:05:30 GMT
Thanks for posting. An amazing transformation of the leisurely Landcrab. How far off is the next race, it looks as though you're going to be busy! regards David
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Post by hydrolastic on Aug 2, 2014 14:41:49 GMT
Hello everybody, Well the second race is over. The performance of the probe powered Austin 1800 was superb. Not perfect but better than i expected. first we did the external coil setup with the pertronix 60,000 volt coil. Flawless! This year i added a set of ebay headers and a used cold air kit. I had the frustrating experience of disassembling the transmission to fish out the diff spider gears. This put real pressure on us to get it together and running before race day. On track we were in a field of 60 cars. Some are really quick the model T was there which looks like a model T but is a fabricated race car and it hauls the mail. Most of the other cars are german, japanese or swedish sedans. The real race for us was Crazy mikes Classic mini our teams classic mini and our teammates new car the 1984 C4 Corvette. Now we are all there on the same track. I was out first and i was super surprised when i floored the accelerator! the extra power over last year was huge and it really made me rethink where to shift. last year we just left it in fourth 100 mph down the straight. This year it was grab fifth and and 115! The pull out of the corner was awesome and the mazda 6 brakes were working flawlessly. So well that after the first day in our group we had the fast time for the day a 2:16 just a bit faster than the corvette! About an hour from the end of the first day the clutch exploded promptly puncturing the gearbox with gear oil everywhere! I Thought we were done for the weekend but we ended up removing the transmission and repairing the gouges with JB weld installed the off the shelf 104 dollar clutch kit. fired it up five minutes before the race started the next day. Had a collision on the front fender not big everybody that drove the car loved it. it was as a teammate said a "sleeper" We Had a blast Thanks of all the helpful reply's and the sticky's they all really helped. Thanks! Aaron hydrolastic is online now Report Post
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Post by dave1800 on Aug 4, 2014 0:52:48 GMT
Hi Aron
Well done it's amazing what you have achieved. Thanks for the the info on the JB weld repair, I've never used it but it sounds as though it's worth keeping handy. Do you have any photos this time?
Regards
David
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Post by tommydp on Aug 5, 2014 7:08:59 GMT
Well done! Sounds like you're having fun racing the crab:-) As Dave says, an amazing achievement transforming an 1800 into such a race car! Keep up the good work:-)
Regards, Tommy
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Post by hydrolastic on Jan 30, 2015 5:01:48 GMT
Hello All, So its hard to believe but we are getting ready for the third season with Maxine. This years upgrade was installing the ford power steering along with doubling up on the front springs. limiting the rear suspension with bump stops. We are considering taking it out in march for a trackday. while the engine was out I decided to replace the timing belt and put in a new waterpump since those are the things that I have to remove the engine to do. when I replaced the belt I saw that both heads the timing belt marks were off a tooth. I installed the new one correctly I hope we have more horsepower! The new front springs add up to 300lbs per inch and jumping on the bumper it moves much less now. The power steering is wonderful now, it is almost one finger steering! and it looks great as I kept the 1800 wheel complete with horn badge. Next items for the race is a full set of lights and a led light bar as Maxines first race (in June) is a full 24 hour race through the night. I also want to get a new set of brake shoes in the rear but I don't think there are any on the shelf in north America. Possibly there is a cross reference and they were used on a more common model of car. If anyone knows what to look for let me know. that's it for now. I will keep you posted
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Post by hydrolastic on Feb 25, 2015 1:51:38 GMT
Hello Guys took the rear drums off and the worst has happened the rear shoes are down to the metal and the drums are heavily grooved I guess the race was harder on them than it appeared. Is there a part number for the rear shoes and what other cars or something else the drums could have beed used on? Aaron
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Post by hydrolastic on Jul 22, 2015 1:22:42 GMT
Hello again! Probably getting tired of the race car but this year has been amazing I was able to get the rear brakes fixed and a whole bunch of little items done before the race in june. The field was amazing as this race had mostly miatas (MX5) and bmw 325's and i was worried we would not do well overall. BUT little did i suspect that the four of us would really get our act together and we had uneventful fuel stops and fast driver changes. After 12 hours of racing we found out we were only 6th. wanting to give it our best shot we ramped it up notch and a few of us were doing 2:18 lap average's and our hotshoe Adrian was doing 2:16's at that pace we picked off 5th 4th and 3rd till we were just 4 laps behind the leader with an hour or more left we were just behind the leader in a 1974 Datson 260 Z Adrian could not get ahead of him. We finished the race in second place! Maxine did 340 laps 920 miles with an average speed for the race of 58 mph. Here is a link to a video of the finish s1346.photobucket.com/user/Hydrolastic/media/IMG_2291_zpsdrjzb1wd.mp4.html?o=0I went over to the Datsun after the race and yup it was all done up with a triple set of dcoe webers. It was a really nice race car. To say the least we were super happy with the result. Next post will be about the race on july 11-12. Aaron
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Post by dave1800 on Jul 23, 2015 2:31:08 GMT
Hi Aaron
That's a really fine achievement. I imagine you were all exhausted but exhilarated at the end of such a marathon drive. At one time those Datsun sports cars 240Z up, were reputed to use Crab driveshafts following on from the licensing of BMC parts for early Dastuns. Not sure if it's true or not.
Look forward to the next report.
Regards
David
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Post by andrewa on Jul 23, 2015 15:57:01 GMT
What a result - awesome!! Am def. going the wrong way persisting with the ancient B series - especially after hearing the car on the video - I wonder what other engines would suit my car - the Mazda mill seems a good bet!
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Post by dave1800 on Jul 24, 2015 1:11:26 GMT
You would miss setting the tappets and the musical cacophony. Several others have tried, including Julian Edgar who wrote up his experiences in great detail Julian Edgar- the link is to part 1 - just Google to find parts 2-5 as this seems easier than wading through the index. These were serialised in the LOCI magazine. regards David What a result - awesome!! Am def. going the wrong way persisting with the ancient B series - especially after hearing the car on the video - I wonder what other engines would suit my car - the Mazda mill seems a good bet!
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Post by hydrolastic on Jul 25, 2015 0:43:28 GMT
Hello Austin 1800 fans. The team was so pumped up from the race in June! Just before the race i was wiping off the windscreen from the last race. A few weeks prior i put a new set of rotors and calipers on and bled the brakes. We had spent most of the time prior to the race getting a new engine ready for the mini. We run two cars on the team , A converted mini to a wolseley hornet that Sean had painted up as the John Lennons rolls royce. Anyway not much had been done to Maxine. We started off with a huge disappointment with the new tires as we usually run Dunlop star specs. The tire store told me the new tire was the dunlop 102. I asked what the difference was and he said that the tread was the only difference. it turns out the 102's are total street tires and we were rolling the tread over right at the beginning of the race I was not hopeful they would go the distance. Never the less i increased the tire pressure a couple of times till we were over 10 psi over our normal of 28 psi. After that it was just a go for it for the next 16 hours. We got into the groove and again with fast fuel stops and driver changes the 1800 just kept going. I could tell the guys were really giving her cause they were shifting into fifth before the tower. My turn out and i just could not believe it Maxine was running like a top and despite the crap front tires I was doing 2;18's ! As we got closer to the end of the race we were first in class and in the lead! About an hour from the end of the race Crazy Mikes mini dropped out and we ended up thirteen laps ahead of the next closest contender. Scott being the best driver we have as far as easy on the equipment was in the car for the finish. First place in Class C ! Thanks everybody for helping to keep Maxine running. Aaron
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