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What an insane couple of months it’s been! Rallies have been coming thick and fast with just three to four weeks between events. We have no sooner un-packed everything from the last event, we’re turning the cars round and packing for the next event. We’ve been so flat out, since the last post on the [...]

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With the start of our Rally Experiences, a Club Motorkhana car to complete and compete in and replacing an engine in our customer’s 180SX rally car, the X3 had taken a back seat for a couple of weeks. With a coat of paint scheduled ASAP, exterior fittings were the first to be tackled. Bonnet pins [...]

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Swiftly after the cage was installed, the interior items followed. First up the seats. The customer had sourced two second hand OMP race seats in   good condition for a good price. The bonus was the seats also came with alloy rails and mounting plates. The job of actually fitting the driver’s seat to the [...]

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It’s been a few weeks since I last had time to sit down and write an update. With roll cages, we give customers the option to either fit a weld in or bolt in roll cage. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, however both will keep occupants safe in an accident. We build weld in [...]

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Soon enough the front end welding was completed, quickly followed with good beads of sikaflex to seal the seams (especially where mud and water may get in and cause rust) and a coat of rust protection mat black paint. We dropped the engine and gearbox back in as a complete unit with two new engine [...]

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As soon as the floor had been cleaned and prepped, the internal seams of the car were cleaned of sealant to bare metal to allow seam welding to begin. The suspension towers and other crucial areas were all seam welded on the inside of the shell. The seams are stitch welded to provide rigidity to [...]

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With the interior mostly gutted, the next step is to get all the floor sound deadening out to prepare for welding and roll cage fit. The job is not complicated, however it can be time consuming. Read More.

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For several years now, the Eastern States of Australia have had a popular Excel rally series. Using the cheap and readily available Hyundai Excel, the rally series has proved very competitive and popular,  a great way to start rallying. Whilst WA is yet to adopt a one make series for the Excels, the cars may [...]

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How to change engine oil. Changing your engine oil and filter is a relatively straight forward job that can be performed with a few basic tools. For us, the question usually comes down to how often to change the oil in a rally car engine. We’ve created a page dedicated to the discussion of frequency [...]

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After winning the 2012 Darling 200 rally, this 1980 Mk 2 Escort spent most of 2013 living the easy life on tarmc, competing in historic events. That all changed a week before the 2013 Darling 200, when the Escort was converted from tarmac back to gravel to contest the hottest and dustiest rally of the [...]

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