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got round to playing with some body work over the new year so got all of that situated im now trying to work on shock placement but havent got the correct shocks to do it with so looking for some 12 inch foxes if anyone knows of any

todays collection was another 5 alloy rims slowly getting a collection of them together now have 9 alloys and 6 vw t5 steel rims so a couple more alloys and should have enough to race need alloys 4 and 2 steels for dimonds need 5 alloys for all terains need 2 alloys and 3 steels for insa...

ye its is in the 2019 rules and is over like however many years old its ment to be to use im planning / hoping for it to be racing at the nationals but just have to wait and see because i am wanting to do a few test ccvs before hand and y i already have the engine just need to get it in...

i started with a 1 pice front hoop but dint put enough rake on it co cut it off also if it gets damaged its easier to replace the engine i am going to run is going to be a 3 liter BMW 330d diesel as i am uste to the power of a 200 its going to be a slight difference

its going to be for both but its a comper that can ccv i also what it road legal so it can rtv and then i can do everything at the nationals and i am a part of NERO

so i got inspired buy owl on the forum buy his ALRC comper build and im on building mine so thought i might as-well post up some photos this is a fiew months apart between some of them as i built the chassis and started on it in some and then kept running into problems on the leefer so ended up...

it was but put it back down to keep it off the roof hoist stop it getting dented as i was doing the suspension

the exact reson why i aded mind the spelling i am dislexic sorry for any reeing inconveniance lol this is autocorect trying to help but making it worce at the same time

so managed to have a bit of a mess about added a 3 inch lift wish some standard height springs also started messing about with some radiators and intercoolers had a transit intercooler and with the ends having a slight modifacation also this was a friends pre modify radiator that he wasnt going...

so managed to get the engine mounts in place had the left and right mounts and they works as they should im going to have to modify the sump and put a lift on it so i dont kill the engine but a lift was the plan anyway

i looked at doing the 3.0 but it sems to be alot of electricks and i am already using one of them engines in another projrct so didnt have one lying around

why o why do you not like this idea its what i had lying around and fancyd an experiment cos i dont have the money to work on the comp safari car so its somthing to do in my free time and i cant just sit about otherwise i get bored i got the engine in the car on a hoist today next to work out mounts

so today fist i moved the car outside was planning to was it but didn't get round to it i wanted to get on next i tidy up and tried to clean up the oil and stuf that was on the floor after that i pulled the racer build off the lift and liberated the 300 in the process after that i got the...

the car was bought for a differant project and i was just going to break the car but decided to have a bit of a experiment i planed to get around the wiring side buy leeving the v8 ecu and ancillaries in the engine bay may have a engine light on but it might work i know it was slugish but a...

maby but we will have to see i do have a back up plan but i am trying not to go that way and a 300 moves a 110 defender full and 3.5 tone trailer fine and im not so botherd about noise i like the sound of a 300 and refinent isnt key its havving a working car