Hi Guys, So the next time i went to another track. 6kms long and very high-speed. Practiced all day there, got much fun and skipped the timed laps the other day. Falling into a high angle slide in a negative camber turn at the top end of 3rd gear mastered. https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/94189/58527...

Hey, championship progressed to its second half. Participated in the third round on the yet another new track - car runs great. Outdoor temperature raises up so there is a lot of sand on the track, so the speeds are climbing up. I've managed 130kmh on the straight and that was scary. In my class, I'...

Thanks, Mac. Great advice on uneven braking force. now when i think about it i might unintentionally left some grease on pads\disk. Sure i wiped them but this thing was all around the place. I reused all initial discs\pads\calipers. Now with a peace of mind that nothing is likely to fall off in the ...

So i assembled spare strut back in place. Car runs on all 4 wheels now. https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/143523/5852728.b/0_13c53a_2cfd588_L.jpg Found bent caliper guides, so swapped straight ones from spare parts. Brake disk hit the pad and the caliper on its way out. One brake pad have a radial gro...

ok, so it was not the stake nut)) outer bearing took a fair bit of stub axle with it. https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/96333/5852728.b/0_13b46e_1fc2ab7a_L.jpg https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/96333/5852728.b/0_13b46d_de6380f8_L.jpg https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/93917/5852728.b/0_13b46c_1ab4a0b2_L.jpg

Cool SAAB, Mac. Appreciate your choice of rally car. Recently, one 96 appeared for sale not far from Moscow for like 4000GBP and i was even considering to have a look, but common sense won this time. Hopefully it will also stop me from buying an Alfa 75 or Giulietta (116). 4000gbp is half of what th...

Hi Guys, got pictures from previous week: https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/174352/5852728.a/0_13ab7b_413fc26_XL.jpg https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/194778/5852728.a/0_13ab7c_d676e9b_M.jpg https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/194503/5852728.a/0_13ab7d_da8ef473_M.jpg https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/215222/5...

Greetings, all. So i continue: I was going to press polyurethane bushings in a machine shop. So i took the arb and wishbones and drove there. https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/195125/5852728.a/0_118b31_6e8803d9_L.jpg While the machinist was busy a guy local to machine shop asked to have a look. He was...

Hi Mac, thanks. Quick question: i disassembled my strut and a set of spare struts. Top plate was cracked, as you said. I welded the cup for the bump stop back to the plate that holds bearing and a spring. Now a can't find the way to attach the rubber bump stop to its metal cup. The cup is fair bit l...

i'm close to going to machine shop to make some conical guides to install these bushings.

Merry Christmas, everybody. Mac, bogbasic, 360beast, MCHUDD, macplaxton - thank you for paying attention to my build and for your valuable insight. I can't describe how much this helped and supported me. During the last few days i learned to mig weld. I desired this for a long time and now finally d...

Thanks guys, this helped me a lot. Dismantled most of the suspension today. Full report to follow soon. I've got two quick questions, while suspension is off: 1) i found suspension spare bushings, can you recognize where they're supposed to go: i've got 2 double-conical things, two like a a dumbbell...

i'll document a bit because it was hilarious. so the water frozen in the petrol tank. started jammed. I dismantled starter and it was all golden. By which i mean cooper bushing dissolved into gold-ish dust all around the starter=) https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/28256/5852728.a/0_1177d1_c423edb_L.jp...

i found the reason for poor fueling, when i looped output from the fuel pump to the bottle. https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/102077/5852728.9/0_115719_6b9fa8a3_M.jpg 25% water in petrol. The next day outside temperature dropped to -11 and water frozen in the tank blocking supply. Oh bugger=)) Cant fi...