Update and Preperation for Khanacross on 29th of November at Cambridge

Update!!!
Car is almost ready for khanacross on the 29th of November at Cambridge Motorsport Park. I have swapped setup from circuit to gravel again which takes about a days work, with all the fiddly settings. The circuit wheels have been swapped for some radials due to the khana rules. The car just needs a toe check and it should be right to go.
The car has recently developed a problem in it's mid range power and we don't know what it could be, so I might start at the top by replacing the fuel filter and work my way down from there. Also I have fixed the terratrip and it is now working perfectly with the foot remote and all.
Summer break is coming up and I have a relatively large list of jobs that I should get done. Hopefully the car will be in full TRS spec(Tasmanaina rally series) around March next year and Then I will keep running it in club level motorsport until late 2009 where I will try and enter a full TRS event again.

New Parts Arrive

I have ordered some parts for the Excel recently. I bought some bushes from Superpro. They are made from a much stiffer polyurethane material which will make the car setting in toe, camber and caster much more fixed, which will give better stability, handling, and control.
I also purchased a shift light kit from Jaycar which I am in the process of wiring up. The kit said that it takes 60min to wire up but it has almost taken me 3 times that and I still haven’t finished.
I also received some more camber washers from DMS so I can give the car a more neutral set-up for gravel I will probably be running around 0.5 negative camber on dirt on the front and rear and 2-4 negative camber on the circuit.
Next event is a Khanacross out at Cambridge.

Wiring the Terratrip and Intercom

Today I was able to get a little bit completed all though it felt like the small jobs took for ever to do. I was able to get some of the wiring for the terratrip and intercom done. A wheel probe was inserted inside the hub and a small bracket had to be made, to hold the probe. Then thin wiring had to be run up to the dash to the terratrip. The terratrip was mounted to the dash with the wiring coming up from under the dash. Then we sourced some power from the cigarette lighter to power the terratrip and intercom.