5KTQ Race Car Prep

[Haydn Taylor]

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Haydn Taylor Hi Carlos Thanks for the reply. Youre absolutely right about the
buy not build thing, I have built a load of cars and always lost money,
however youre also right about the blood and grease, the building is a major
part for me. My intention is to do this as cheaply as possible as it's just a
toy car and not a full blown race machine. I just have a need to get sliding
about legally instead of doing it on quite NH back roads. Eventually I intend
to take all the mechanics from this vehicle, once its dialed in and I am done
with beating on it, and transfer the mechanics into a super 7 style vehicle
for Autocrossing. So the 5KTQ is really the test bed for seeing if the
driveline is up to the abuse (which I already know it is, especially with a
lot of weight removed. I am trying to aquire the relevant rule books and codes
as suggested and will keep posting on my progress as time goes by. Thanks
again and good luck with youre CGT. Haydn >From: "passat TS" >To:
quattro at audifans.com >Subject: Re: 5KTQ Race Car Prep >Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2003
13:42:52 +0000 > >[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] > >Haydn, > >This is
more or less what I'm doing with my CGT. The only problem is to >achieve a
decent compromise without spending an arm and a leg in the process. >I found
the hard way that my rally suspension is pretty good on dirt but it >sucks big
time in an autox done in a very sticky concrete surface, but if you >ask me, I
still had fun. > >It was correctly suggested that you investigate the rule
books very carefully >before any first step. An example is that you can't have
bolt in cages in SCCA >rally anymore, even if you have a FIA approved Safety
Devices one. I would >also suggest that you go out on the net and find plenty
people that did what >you are planning to do. We have all sorts of forums/list
these days. The site >www.specialstage.com[1] that was mentioned is a great
example. > >SCCA rule books are available online at their web site
(www.scca.org[2]) or >you can order them. I'm not familiar with the other
sanctioning bodies, but >shouldn't be difficult to put your hands on their
rule books. > >The last thing is a common advice all over the place: "...don't
build, buy it >ready, it is way cheaper..." > >I totally agree, but needless
to say that I ignored this correct advice, since >for me building is half the
fun. It seems that you are willing to mix grease >and blood, but for the non
mechanically inclined. I would follow this advice. > >Later, > >Carlos. > >ps.
Scott. Just a thought. Could you get by at ITB with a NG engine instead of >a
NF? NG's can be found in CGT's from the factory, and are very close to a NF. >
> > > > >From: "Haydn Taylor" > >To: spokes at the-wire.com, sfisher71 at yahoo.com
> >CC: quattro at audifans.com > >Subject: Re: 5KTQ Race Car Prep > >Date: Mon,
03 Mar 2003 14:08:13 -0500 > > > >[ Converted text/html to text/plain ] >
>Haydn Taylor Dave...Scott Great posts, and thanks for the advice. the rule >
>books was my next step. I am from the UK and have played with this sort of >
>thing a lot back there, as well as building vehicles for the film industry in
> >Australia. My initial problem here is knowing where to look for the rule >
>books, then once i have them, knowing where to get what I need. The bsae plan
> >at this point was to build a vehicle that will fit in a number of classes
and > >categories of 'play racing' to allow me maximum flexibility throughout
the > >year. IN my experience in the past I have found that with some carefull
> >thought and planning it is possible to make things like cages that have a
>base > >superstructure that can have modular additions to make it fit
different specs > >(providing those specs dont call for fully welded and
gusseted cages > >throughout). So any pointers on where to find rule books /
web resources for > >the vast range of motorsports available to me in the
North East would be > >greatly appreciated. In the meantime I am planning on
starting in about a > >month by stripping everything non essential from the
vehicle (as a general > >rule in the UK the stock dash had to remain for most
classes - so that will > >remain for now)....everything else will get pulled
and stored. Collection of > >supplies is also beginning. Thanks again and I
cant wait to get into this > >project....I've been hankering a toy for a while
now. Haydn >From: Dave Hord > > >To: Scott Fisher >CC: Haydn Taylor ,
quattro at audifans.com >Subject: Re: >5KTQ > >Race Car Prep >Date: Mon, 3 Mar
2003 13:53:31 -0500 > >Well said! Good post > >Scott. > >-Dave >
>--------------------------------------------------- >89 >90q > >330,000km as
of Feb 26th. >Rally Conversion...perpetually in progress... >Roll > >cage
shots available at: >http://home.the-wire.com/~spokes/rollcage/page1.htm > > >
> >Quoting Scott Fisher : > > > --- Haydn Taylor wrote: > > > At present I >
>am keeping my options open regarding > > > what type of racing I intend to
>do. > > > > > > While that seems reasonable now, be warned that it can > >
get > >expensive fast if you do the "wrong" thing for > > where you want to
end up. > > > > > > >--Scott Fisher > > Tualatin, Oregon >
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