rallycar, 4nik8, shoey, datman55, anyone... hows everyones cars going in datnat prep?

i have pulled mine apart to do everything properly now that i have had a little drive. finished welding in my big trans tunnel yesterday and put an absolute walletload of body deadener all through the inside today. also made up a much better gearbox crossmember that bolts to the existing threaded holes on the inside of the tunnel, giving alot more room for the 3 inch exhaust.

carpet and seats will be going back in over the next few days and then its back to getting the driving and running sorted.

anyone else running the last minute gauntlet for datnats?

yeap i should have everything i want to be done ready for datnats. the rotary will be ready this week and i cant wait to take it for a spin.

theres also a few things that i wanna do that im not sharing hopefully they all should be done for datnats too

Still screaming along with the progress. I've been wiring more last weekend. I'm almost ready to put the dash in, and give it a crank over. Still a few hard yards to go..

Got the tailshaft/springs and intake almost sorted.

ca18detman dropped in on the weekend. It was an impromptu visit, and good to hear that his car is working. I plan to take 2 weeks off work before the event to make sure I'm ready to go. Mine will be registered, so I got a few more details to work out.

But I'm not too stressed. It's getting closer.

Cheers,
Chris.

nice! i dropped around to 1200rallycar's joint this evening and he certainly has some work ahead of him figuring out that a series manifold with the delco computer.

hey dattodude, have you had much to do with checking base timing on the CA's i have a feeling mine is not giving me a correct reading and am gonna try a sparkplug lead on piston 1 to check. i'm really hoping it is currently running way out coz when i fix it, it'll transform free horsepower really

ca18detman will have a better idea about setting the timing. I still use the "turn it one way turn it the other, and put it in the middle of the "noise changes" technique. Just as used on the old A-series.

If you can get the car completely out of shape after dropping 2nds..then the car is tuned right.

while we are on the topic of datnats, has anyone organised anything to do with accommodation? im always asleep throughout the day so i dont get a chance to call them.. are we goin hotel stylez or campin it up. or doin our own thing?

cheers evan

i'm pretty sure i've hooked in with the guys from the ozdat forum, a mate of mine organised it. i think they are trying to book the whole campsite out so there should be room for more. have a look on www.ozdat.com/forum. should be a few different dats there

We are trying to really stress that everyone books their accomodation with the tourism office. They have organised shuttle buses and lunch on saturday, you miss out on this if book on your own.

My car is almost in one piece.
Almost finished priming and saturday I should see it painted, a mate of mine is in the same situation.

Check out my progress if you like www.datnet.org/flyby

It won't be 100%, probably only 80-90% compete, but it'll be drivable!

I have probably done the whole car a bit to quick (about 3-4 weeks worth), but should turn out alright in the end.

This damn deadline is driving me CRAZY!

I'll be taking some time off like shoey before the weekend, hopefully its all a cruise then.

Seeyas there!

now thats an epic saga! looks good flyby. with about 1 and a halfish months left you'll be doing very well to get there but i'm sure you'll make it. a very complete project, i'm impressed. i had one of those days today where you seem to spend hours on the dat and nothing gets really done. thats a neat tunnel job you've done there too. i posted off my motorsport entry money and forms today too, just to add that little bit more pressure what made you decide to make a custom plenum? have you done most of the work on it, paint and panel included?

keep up the good work fellas time is ticking...

I seem to have those days only too often!

Hopefully they will become alot easier and this will happen quickly, I must admit ALOT normally gets done over a full on weekend.

I did the entry form trick too, it helps

The plenum is to simply get rid of all those damn water hoses and the idle/air valves.

Looks alot neater, and i'm not interested in driveability as its more a track.cruiser.

Basically done it all myself except the painting of colour and clear, that is what my spray painter mate has done. I am no panel beater so its not 100%, but it ensures i'm there rather then leaving it with a panel beater and waiting years for it to get back!