Hyundai Excel Build Update 7

Another week, some more progress. Although school has restricted the amount of time I can spend on the car, but I will have holidays after exam period which I'm looking forward to.


The past 2 weeks I have researched and thought about suspension. There isn't much options in the suspension department for The Excel rally cars, so we (Peter Eastly and myself) have decided to create our own suspension design, mainly due to cost restrictions. What I have in the pictures is the Damper housing and Dampers to suit a Holden Commodore which we will be converting to suit our Excel. Our main goal is to make the suspension strong, reliable and lots of travel. These dampers are slightly longer than the standard excel dampers, which should give us more travel. I will keep this blog updated as I go through with the suspension conversion.

Thanks to Imparts Hobart for supplying the dampers, can be contacted: (03)6231 9000

Build Update 6 cont

I have finished the cage it is all welded in (note, the pictures below are not the finished cage). the dash was cut and trial fitted and it will be wired up next weekend. I need to get the cage log booked by cams so that will be happening as soon as the dash is in.

Shanons Car Expo

Hi, last weekend I took part in the Shanons Car Expo, which is the largest car show in Tasmania. I entered my VW Golf with the OzEdition VW club. There was a total of 600 vehicles at the expo. The weather was good and there was a lot of interesting cars that you don't get to see often. This event is great for exposure and next year I will definitely be entering my Hyundai Excel rally car.

Hyundai Excel build update 6

Progress is showing with the cage all welded in and only the rear legs to be cut and welded in, and the side intrusion bars. After that the cage is finished and it is ready for paint. My next job is to cut the dash a little bit to allow for the cage tubing to go through. Then the dash can go back in and the car is ready for seat mounts to be fabricated. The cage has taken me and my cage builder together about 40 hours up to date, which is pretty efficient. We have been very lucky because everything has gone to plan and there has been no mistakes in measurements.