My other 1303 GL

[owdlvr]

Weird, thought I replied days ago. Sorry to read about the hit, you obviously went in HARD!

May I suggest, in addition to the obvious pan/suspension repairs, that you seriously consider replacing both your harness belts and your seat. Harness belts at the very least, and I'd replace the seat to be 100% safe. Both items should be considered "one-use-only" in a crash. I'd also look heavily at your helmet, any scuff marks or signs of impact and you should consider retiring it as well.

-Dave

[Steve C]

Hi

No harness, jut a lap & sash inertia reel belt, I will replace it, it was very low speed crash, helmet didn't hit anything.

Powercruise was on this weekend in Sydney, I was going to take my Beetle to it but that wasn't going to happen, so my son found this little beauty for me, a Nissan 180 SX, came with a healthy SR20DET, 3 inch turbo back exhaust, two sets of wheels, new coil overs etc.

Fixed a few little issues, rego on Friday, did several cruise sessions and my son did about 3 hours of drifting with it and it didn't have any problems, its a bit gutless after my Beetle but its a really nice car to drive.

I plan to do a few speed events in it and my son is going to help me learn to drift

Steve

[Steve C]

I forgot to mention this, I fitted some of Lanners heavy duty tie rods when I built the car, outer tie rod snapped inner one bent, Lanners tie rods looks like new

[Steve C]

Hi

Car is at the panel shop now, working on the new chassis but I found another problem, the G50 bell housing is cracked very badly, anybody know anybody that might have one?







sorry about the crappy phone pics

[Wally]

The G50 bellhousing is not a seperate part like it is on a T2 transmission, so you basically need the total gearstack housing casing.
I'd say thats usually another tranny as the new Porsche part for that will surely be expensive. Maybe search for a G50 with an internal problem?
Very sorry to see the damage is more then sheetmetal :-(

[effvee]

Can it be welded? Or did it damaged the gear stack supporting areas?

[Steve C]

Hi Wally

The damage is only to the bell housing area but the main shaft is offset slightly, I'm hoping that is in the bell housing distortion, the left hand axle hit the centre bolt in the drive flange. The Porsche specialist was telling me that he had a customer who needed one and he bought a re welded one from the US for $1700 US plus shipping.

Steve

[Clatter]

You are my hero!
Not only did you just build it and race it, you pushed it hard enough to wad it up!

Now you rebuild...

Major props.

I'm just a boy.

[effvee]

Originally Posted by Clatter

You are my hero!
Not only did you just build it and race it, you pushed it hard enough to wad it up!

Now you rebuild...

Major props.

I'm just a boy.

you are kidding aren't you. G-50 in a bug, wonderful. That was not a smash up bang up ride. Somewhere in Steve's personal space that hurt. That whole rebuild is going to Cost$$$. Smash up bang up cars, were already banged up. Or, is this the phrase "break a leg", that actors use?

[Steve C]

Thanks guys, a lot people build tough cars but they are not always driven hard.

I think apart from too much boost in the wet is that I built so much grip into the car it felt invincible: in the dry and being a nice car I avoided driving in the rain.

I feel that I have only been pulling things apart on the car, so no actual progress, tomorrow I start on the pan, so a gradual putting it back together again.

I have some good ideas about how to tackle the G50 fitment and make it better than before, I will post photos etc as I go.

[spannermanager]

A sad and tough break that Steve, Have you looked at the Renault UN1 box? detachable bell housing and all, quite a versatile trans.

[Steve C]

Hi

I looked at Reno boxes years ago, pretty rare down here. If the G50 proves to be not an option I might go to one of these http://www.subarugears.com/ not as heavy duty as a G50 but with a weight saving on the chassis and transmission one might survive.

I like doing this sort of thing https://youtu.be/spgKInSH1D0 and this https://youtu.be/uhgVgzf5oD0 not sure how a Subaru box will handle it.

Steve

[spannermanager]

One thing I don't like is the Subaru hypoid r&p for correct drive shaft alignment tho, I looked at them when I built my 4x4 Rallycross '03 and had an option with used prodrive development 'boxes, at cost obviously�� but the positioning was all wrong for my requirements, it forced the trans/motor install up too high for me, hope you get it sorted whatever option you go. ��

[graham]

Not been on here for ages due to moving abroad . Sorry to see so much damage to your car Steve good luck with the re build dude.

[Steve C]

Thanks Graham, I'm still waiting to see how welding goes on the housing, I've been talking to Todd at Subaru gears. If the welding of the bellhousing is unsuccessful I might go 6 speed Suabru with one of the new forged R&P