What have you done to your car today?

[Species]

Put a pretty decent dent in my left side exhaust manifold thanks to a rather sneaky rock as shown below hiding behind behind a raised part of the track I took to see the 3 sisters (of mt isa) I now have a MORE permanent tick thanks to the subsequent leak in the manifold... but the fun was worth it Will post some photos soon

 

[Ratbag]

Gidday Spec

Put a pretty decent dent in my left side exhaust manifold thanks to a rather sneaky rock as shown below hiding behind behind a raised part of the track I took to see the 3 sisters (of mt isa) I now have a MORE permanent tick thanks to the subsequent leak in the manifold... but the fun was worth it Will post some photos soon

Bad luck about the damage, mate.

BUT congrats on making the 2,000 th reply to this thread ... :iconwink:

 

[Species]

Yippeee!!! hahah

 

[Rally]

Installed the HID's in the Impreza. A couple of issues arose. First being that the driving lights no longer worked. Turns out I had to pick up the switching wire from one of the tiny wires that feed the HID's. However, I suspect I may have installed them upside down as low beam seems better than hi beam. Ran out of time so i will investigate later. But for now they seem better. Easy installation otherwise.

 

[taza]

Dropped the foz off at my mates place to replace the gearbox tomorrow. Towed it on a car trailer behind Daves Outback.

Picking up my gearbox and new sub box tomorrow. I am kinda starting to look forward to getting her back. Plus then I can sell the L for a front bar!

 

[Rally]

Picked up an aluminium bonnet for the WRX. The good news is that it is the same colour as the car and is much much lighter. The bad news is it needs a bit of panel beating and a re-spray as it has a couple of small dents and scratches. Other good news is it won't rust!

 

[NachaLuva]

Dropped the foz off at my mates place to replace the gearbox tomorrow. Towed it on a car trailer behind Daves Outback.

Picking up my gearbox and new sub box tomorrow. I am kinda starting to look forward to getting her back. Plus then I can sell the L for a front bar!

Good to hear Taza :iconwink:

Picked up an aluminium bonnet for the WRX. The good news is that it is the same colour as the car and is much much lighter. The bad news is it needs a bit of panel beating and a re-spray as it has a couple of small dents and scratches. Other good news is it won't rust!

Not carbon fibre?

How bout covering it in this:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/130647723305?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
:biggrin:

 

[Rally]

A bloke in our club makes the wrap. As for fair dinkum carbon fibre bonnet- no thanks. Illegal and dangerous. I have a carbon fibre rear wing- and yes- very light

 

[mr turbo]

Thats great news taza

You won't know yourself once you get your Forry back

Regards
Mr Turbo

 

[thunder039]

Dropped the foz off at my mates place to replace the gearbox tomorrow. Towed it on a car trailer behind Daves Outback.

Picking up my gearbox and new sub box tomorrow. I am kinda starting to look forward to getting her back. Plus then I can sell the L for a front bar!

how did the outback go towing?

 

[stilson]

Installed the HID's in the Impreza. A couple of issues arose. First being that the driving lights no longer worked. Turns out I had to pick up the switching wire from one of the tiny wires that feed the HID's. However, I suspect I may have installed them upside down as low beam seems better than hi beam. Ran out of time so i will investigate later. But for now they seem better. Easy installation otherwise.

Hi Rally, did you retro fit projectors into your light housings or just cut in ballasts and bulbs and if so how is your low beam cutoff glare wise?

I'd love to see some pics of the lights and the throw at night.

 

[taza]

how did the outback go towing?

Abit scary as it was raining and we had no brakes on the trailer. A 2tonne trailer behind a 1.6 tonne car with only the car brakes.

I insisted on driving it thus responsible if anything happened.

Power wise the 2.5 was alright, not lightening quick but when your towing that kind of weight not too bad. To do the 28km with the trailer and car on we used 1/3 of a tank!!!
The ABS kicked in twice as I slid forward a few meters coming to a round about, luckily there wasn't any traffic like we had most of the way. I was suprised that it happened as with Subies you have 4 wheel disk brakes but again it was almost 2 tonne on the trailer.

The old gearbox was pulled out this arvo and my new one will be going in tomorrow :biggrin: Only took 3 hours including to get the car up on stands and everything

 

[NachaLuva]

A bloke in our club makes the wrap. As for fair dinkum carbon fibre bonnet- no thanks. Illegal and dangerous. I have a carbon fibre rear wing- and yes- very light

Really? Why?

Abit scary as it was raining and we had no brakes on the trailer. A 2tonne trailer behind a 1.6 tonne car with only the car brakes.

The ABS kicked in twice as I slid forward a few meters coming to a round about, luckily there wasn't any traffic like we had most of the way. I was suprised that it happened as with Subies you have 4 wheel disk brakes but again it was almost 2 tonne on the trailer.

Thats why I wish I had ABS. AFAIC, its invaluable!

The old gearbox was pulled out this arvo and my new one will be going in tomorrow :biggrin: Only took 3 hours including to get the car up on stands and everything

Woohoo

 

[taza]

Really? Why?

Yeah im keen to know also.

Thats why I wish I had ABS. AFAIC, its invaluable!

Really we shouldn't of been tpowing it at all as the Outbacks Max tow load braked is 1400kg. My Forester alone is pretty much that plus the trailer and we didn't have brakes on it. But the OUtback did really well for what it is.

I did at first start driving the Foz up on the trailer with it hitched to the L-Series and the whole back (rear wheels) were lifted off the ground when the Foz got on the back end of the trailer :lol: Pics to come of course!

ABS is great but I hate it offroad, when you need to lock the wheels. I almost always pull the fuse as it just gives me the sh1ts and sometimes even causes the car to stall...

Woohoo


Yeah wasn't as hard as I was expecting! The new one only weighs 67kg's too so really light for a gearbox!

I have pics of a few broken whole teeth from 1st gear too. Also pics of heaps of little broken bits :iconwink:

 

[stilson]

I hate ABS. I hate it in my Mazda SP23, on uneven roads it will switch the brakes off altogether. Give me a locked wheel with the option to reduce pedal pressure myself any day over no brakes.

There are situations where I want to lock all four wheels. If you oversteer beyond the angle of full steering lock, locking all four wheels will keep the car heading in the same direction as when the brakes are applied, as long as you don't have abs.

My dash looks like a Christmas tree ATM and I can't see it returning anytime soon.

If I was towing or the car was to be driven by someone else it would be a different story.

Good luck with your box swap Taza.

 

[Rally]

I ran into another problem- amazing when you have more time the things you see. One of the headlights has a reflector which has come adrift- which explains one of the problems. They are HID, not projector lights. They have a base which is a holder which is held in place the way the H4 is. The HID then is inserted and twist locked into place. All the wiring then clips into place, including the ballasts and bulbs (except when wiring in for the driving lights). I cannot tell about glare until I fix or replace the headlight. But the damaged reflector explains the weird lighting. I did investigate that possibility, as normally it is quite obvious when the reflector has come adrift. It is obvious when you see it, but in a different way to what I have seen before.

Hi Rally, did you retro fit projectors into your light housings or just cut in ballasts and bulbs and if so how is your low beam cutoff glare wise?

I'd love to see some pics of the lights and the throw at night.

 

[Rally]

Hi Taza,

Having 4 wheel disc brakes will not be a counter in this situation to the ABS coming on. It is just a case of the tyres lacking grip on a wet road with an enormous force being applied to them (the trailer)

Abit scary as it was raining and we had no brakes on the trailer. A 2tonne trailer behind a 1.6 tonne car with only the car brakes.

I insisted on driving it thus responsible if anything happened.

Power wise the 2.5 was alright, not lightening quick but when your towing that kind of weight not too bad. To do the 28km with the trailer and car on we used 1/3 of a tank!!!
The ABS kicked in twice as I slid forward a few meters coming to a round about, luckily there wasn't any traffic like we had most of the way. I was suprised that it happened as with Subies you have 4 wheel disk brakes but again it was almost 2 tonne on the trailer.

The old gearbox was pulled out this arvo and my new one will be going in tomorrow :biggrin: Only took 3 hours including to get the car up on stands and everything

 

[Rally]

In an accident carbon fibre will break and can form into dagggers. That is why you do not see them on production cars. HSV was reportedly going to put one on their 427 Monaro, but did not for this reason. Aluminium is significantly lighter than steel. The gap from aluminium to steel is probably bigger than the gap from aluminium to carbon fibre.

ABS is a sore issue isn't it. Bumpy roads can be the undoing of many ABS systems- as can gravel/dirt roads. But in other situations it is brilliant. The big problem is that most people do not understand how it works, and have never experienced it in operation until the big moment. They slam on the brakes, get a really weird feel under the pedal. Thinking something is wrong, they let go of the pedal and slam into whatever they'd been trying to avoid. Overall, I am a fan of it but people need to be trained on it to understand how to use it.

Really? Why?



Thats why I wish I had ABS. AFAIC, its invaluable!



Woohoo

 

[thunder039]

i love abs one thing i wish the brumby had

 

[stilson]

ABS is handy to unlock the front wheels to allow one to steer, something the experienced driver should be able to do himself.

A friend and i had commodore work cars with abs in 2004 and we tested it in different conditions and it added ~ 15% to braking distances if you stomped on the brakes and let it engage opposed to our best efforts max braking without wheel locking.

I remember mine having a hissy fit and refusing to go for half an hour after trying to remove the traction control via fuse removal.