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Lyndsay Doran
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 29
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Hi all
The bug has well and truly bit so I'm looking out for a starters/ beginners perpared Autotest Car.
If anyone has one or knows of one for sale or can even point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate it...
Thanks
Lyndsay ![Very Happy](images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:40 am |
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Piers14
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Joined: 31 Jan 2009 Posts: 2030 Location: Leopardstown, Dublin |
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Hi Lyndsay, Welcome along.. Good to hear your that your keen to keep autotesting.. Do you need the car to be road legal or are you looking for a out and out autotest car that you can trailer to the events?
Piers
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:22 pm |
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Lyndsay Doran
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 29
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Hi Piers
I suppose it would be better to have a road legal car for multi venues but I'm going to have to keep costs down so I guess option B - a trailer car - will be the way to go for now...
Thanks
Lyndsay
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:49 pm |
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Piers14
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Hi Lyndsay, Did that car you were driving on Sunday have power steering? If so, you could just get it lowered, fit a bucket seat, lap belt and off you go.. I'm not familiar with how those cars stand up to abuse. It looks small & light which is a good thing...
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:56 pm |
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Lyndsay Doran
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 29
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The steering in it was my problem (well one of them ), it doesn't have power steering and I just didn't have the strength to get it around... It's unfortunate because it's a great little car otherwise and could easily stand up to the abuse... Noel flew around in it (while he was in the seat) but I noticed the difference straight away in the Corsa before my dramatic exit, which had power steering, it was so much easier...
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:47 pm |
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Piers14
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Hi Lyndsay, If you know someone who is handy at working on cars you could get electric power steering from a corsa fitted.. Its a common conversion and parts can easily found.. It's pretty straightforward.
You'd also have to refit the cars boot lid to keep within the regulations.
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:08 pm |
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Lyndsay Doran
Joined: 24 Jun 2010 Posts: 29
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Do you mean that I could put the power stering from a Corsa into the Kia Pride I had on Sunday without power steering...? (Sorry I'm a technophobe)
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:36 pm |
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Piers14
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Yep, That's what I'm saying.. Stick Corsa power steering in the Kia, lower the suspension, fit a bucket seat, a proper steering knob and your all sorted.. Corsa power steering columns usually sell for €100 (or maybe if you know of a corsa being scrapped you could get it removed)..
Here's a pic of corsa power steering fitted to Damien Phillips starlet..
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:55 pm |
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Lyndsay Doran
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Hmmm, I think there's a scrapper Corsa lying around that got a small ding on Sunday
Thanks for the help
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:00 pm |
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Piers14
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Glad I could help, I believe the Kia Pride is a rebadged Mazda 121.. Let me know if its fuel injected or has a carburettor. A small (€20) marine fuel tank fitted to the inside of the car will also help cut down weight at the rear of the car...
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:09 pm |
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Philip
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Piers, where can I get one of those marine fuel tanks you mentioned?, the Mini's tank is fairly rotten and I cant imagine its any good for the petrol. There's a baffle in my current tank but do the marine ones have that? Thanks...
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:16 pm |
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Piers14
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Hi Phillip, If you have carbs you won't need a baffle.. Here's one example of where you can get one, although this one is a bit too large..
12L Marine fuel tank
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scott
Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Location: Bangor, Co Down |
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Lyndsay,
Have dropped you a PM
Cheers
Scott
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Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:16 pm |
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Joined: 03 Feb 2009 Posts: 348 Location: Dublin |
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![](templates/AcidTechTiger/images/quote_header.gif) | ![](templates/AcidTechTiger/images/spacer.gif) | Yep, That's what I'm saying.. Stick Corsa power steering in the Kia, lower the suspension, fit a bucket seat, a proper steering knob and your all sorted.. Corsa power steering columns usually sell for €100 (or maybe if you know of a corsa being scrapped you could get it removed)..
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One other thing you'll need if you're adding power steering to your car is a power steering control unit this will give you a dial on your dash so you can dial in the amount of assistance it provides. They are available from http://www.rallywiz.com/ if you took the power steering out of that corsa you had on Sunday then the control unit would be €44.99.
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