Another Wreck, another Race Car.....

[Peter Jones]

Moving a bit slowly this weekend, I slept badly and have put my neck out. Google tells me the condition is Torticollis and that I'll just have to tough it out for a couple of days 'till it sorts itself out.

Anyway... I did manage to get a little more work done during the week and perforated the C pillars. Mostly for looks I guess, that's not a lot of weight saving

[dubmc]

just a question pete, i know ive this on many race cars, but what impact does it have on structural integrity if any?

[Peter Jones]

Depends which bits you remove.

In a Golf anything behind the rear shock towers is only there to hold the tail lights up. (From a racing perspective)

Flanging the holes can actually add to the rigidity of the panel whilst removing weight.

[Peter Jones]

With the dollar so strong at the moment I've been doing a bit of shopping.

Finally bit the bullet on sway bars and opted for the lightweight hollow ones from Autotech.

Autotech Sport Tuning: Swaybars

Light weight means lighter race car and less postage , they're only about 10kg.

Front is 25mm and rear is 28mm.




Front bar uses stock mounts and I was able to get a kit with nearly all of the brackets new.



Rear bar uses stock mounts on the beam and custom mounts on the shock tower.

[Jarred]

choice! Good work.

[Peter Jones]

Camber tops arrived today. These are seriously well made things!

Straight forward fit up too will easily get -2.5° of camber without modifying the towers apart from drilling the 4 mounting holes.


























I dropped off the struts for rebuilding today too. They've gone to Top Performance, they'll pull them apart and take a look at the valving and spring rates, work out the best setup and rebuild them.

If you hadn't guessed it already, I bought these Koni Coil Overs off Dom.

[Jace]

Awesome ingredients in this recipe. Going to make one well baked delicious racecar!

[morgs]

Any adjustability on those sways? You home over Easter? Will pop in for look if ok.

Morgs

[Preen59]

I bet those strut tops weren't cheap... But worth every cent.

Nice work as always, Mr Jones.

[Peter Jones]

Not cheap at all but much better quality than others at similar prices.

The integrated spring perch helps get the most travel out of the shock.

An interesting feature is the bearing system, the spherical bearing isn't taking any axial load.

The central bearing on GC camber/caster plates is a proprietary bearing, and is made specifically for Ground Control by a US manufacturer. The load rating is 30,500 pounds, and only supports the side load of the shaft. The center bearing DOES NOT support the weight of the car, which is an original and exclusive GC feature. Therfore the load rating of the GC center bearing is incredibly overbuilt for the intended use.

The seperate bearing for the actual weight of the car, at the top of the spring, is a needle bearing that is specifically designed and manufactured in the US for axial load. This bearing, which has no other purpose than to support the weight of the car is also very overbuilt by design. The AXIAL load rating of this bearing is 12,100 pounds.

[Peter Jones]

Any adjustability on those sways? You home over Easter? Will pop in for look if ok.

Morgs

No adjustment on the sway bars. I'll be home over most of Easter except for Sunday when I'll be running at Sandown.

Pop over during the day, I'll be in the driveway

[GOLFBALLS]

Such good reading! This is the most motivating thread on here at the mo!

[Peter Jones]

Progress has been a bit slow of late, work's been keeping me busy and I've had plumbing repairs to get sorted at home.

Here's another couple pieces of the puzzle just arrived today from SCCH via TPR Engineering.

Electric water pump adapter for the ABF and a rear toe stabiliser kit.









There's more parts on the way, but you'll have to wait to see those.

Meanwhile I'm continuing to make progress on the seam welding and rust repairs, it's nearly all done now.

Hope to start priming it soon.

[Jarred]

I'll have to come past once exams are done!

Will be good to see more progress as always!

[Valver.]

Ooh, very nice bits, and great to see some progress I'll be very interested in how the rear setup pans out, so looking forward to your review. Results from others in the UK with similar setups seem to be very good

Seeing this thread again has reminded me about your head studs, which I'd completely forgotten (!!!). If you still want them, PM your address (not sure I still have it) and I'll express them out tomorrow!!!