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steering looks like it fits in nicely keen to see what you think of electric steering after the first event!

i though the barina steering colum was way heavier? Or did you change to a manual steering rack and comes up lighter even with the colum electric assist?

Looking at the last photo, are you running some sort of coil over in the back?

Dazza92VP wrote:i though the barina steering colum was way heavier? Or did you change to a manual steering rack and comes up lighter even with the colum electric assist?

Nah.. The stock pump and tank with no fluid was 6.3kg and 7.8kg for the barina unit before taking approx another kg worth of not requied shaft and brackets off. The selling point for me was the lack of hyrolic fluid and hoses - all shit that goes wrong. The only concern i have with this unit is its IP rating... Or lack of... (Ingress protection)

TdracerTd wrote:Looking at the last photo, are you running some sort of coil over in the back?

Nope... See photos on pages 17 & 18 for better idea

Biggvl wrote:

TdracerTd wrote:Looking at the last photo, are you running some sort of coil over in the back?

Nope... See photos on pages 17 & 18 for better idea

Ah yes. That will do it.

When does it stop being a commodore and become an engine with a seat?

How about now...

another thought... I hope the shaft is nice and strong.... where you didnt have much weight on the steering shaft before as the rack did most of its own work, now you have a LOT of force acting upon those uni joints that arent all that straight.

Yeah, I can see what you are saying, the top uni is from the barina that when in a barina runs on a much tighter angle, I'll try and find a photo..

The lower uni is standard VH commodore, the Commodore one is much bulkier and stronger looking. The shaft in between is solid.

So it's been a little while, got the brakes and clutch plumbing done tonight. Was going to use the original rear line and this is what I found in about the middle of the car...

So made a new line

Inside... Used bulkhead connectors to get through the fire wall

You can see the new strut brace and how much is now missing from the chassis rails now... About 5kgs worth of rail!!!

Getting there...

Holy crap that is weird to look at with all that sheet metal missing. Good to see you having a crack still.
When's the next race?