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Started by _jesseconnery_ , Mar 15 2011 06:52 PM

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#1 _jesseconnery_

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Posted 15 March 2011 - 06:52 PM

i have seen chase strengthening kits for sale and have my SLR 5000 in bare metal. i am going semi modified drive line and suspension, i want be trying to do 10s but still want to have fun. what should i do, add the kit, make my own or leave it stock?

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#2 dattoman

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Posted 15 March 2011 - 06:55 PM

Leave stock

I haven't seen a kit for the LH-X but the thought of mods on a genuine car don't appeal

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#3 _Liam_

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Posted 15 March 2011 - 07:21 PM

CRS make them. If your modifying everything else go for it.

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#4 _Kush_

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Posted 15 March 2011 - 08:05 PM

Where do you get these "chase" kits? I'd like to see one.

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#5 _Viper_

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 07:41 AM

CRS - Castlemaine Rod Shop (search in google)

I got one in my LH, Pretty easy to fit.

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#6 Litre8

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 07:58 AM

Depends on the intended use of the car. If it will be a daily with close to stock powertrain then I would not bother.

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#7 _Kush_

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 09:46 AM

Are they reasonably hidden? Or not too noticeable when they are fitted?

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#8 _uctorry_

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 09:58 AM

i have a hatch so they renown for twisting
have been thinking of fitting one myself!
Do they really make that much difference

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#9 dattoman

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 10:14 AM

Twisted hatches ?

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#10 TerrA LX

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 10:45 AM

Leave stock

I haven't seen a kit for the LH-X but the thought of mods on a genuine car don't appeal

Yeah look at litre 8, that car is sooo worthless now it has had the chassis strengthened...

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#11 dattoman

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 05:01 PM

I don't want to enter into an argument about Howards car
Its an icon

But... its not rego'd, can't be driven on the street , would be difficult and expensive to return to stock... and you wouldn't want to anyway

Great car.... and not knocking Howards reason or purpose for building it ... but we're not talking about 2 apples here

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#12 Litre8

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 05:07 PM

The harsh reality is that L8's market value now is very likely much less than if it was still a stock and well preserved LX SLR 5000..

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#13 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 16 March 2011 - 05:27 PM

I'd give you the price of a stock well preserved LX SLR 5000 for L8 tomorrow Howard...

Edited by Bomber Watson, 16 March 2011 - 05:28 PM.

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#14 _uctorry_

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Posted 17 March 2011 - 11:46 AM

Howard car is a full on track car and I have seen it in action
the car is a great piece of engineering from front to back
So its hard to knock it for what it has been built for.

So I take it nobody has any infor on these kits then or how well they work

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#15 A9X

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Posted 17 March 2011 - 01:03 PM

the old tarmac rally hatch does not have a cage. no signs of it flexing but the rear suspension pick up points certainly need some attention!

Edited by A9X, 17 March 2011 - 01:07 PM.

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#16 _BAILLIE_

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Posted 02 April 2011 - 10:05 PM

CRS - Castlemaine Rod Shop (search in google)

I got one in my LH, Pretty easy to fit.

Think you missed the joke there mang.

It's spelled CHASSIS, not chase.

For any kind of racing, you will probably get addicted and want more. My 2c is: make your own kit from RHS steel, strengthen the pickup points, control arms etc.

Some great threads on here with all the info and inspiration you need.

I would not do it to an original though. Unfortunately, the best thing you could do with it would be park it in storage and buy a clapped out LH or LX to fix up and race.

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 01:46 PM

found this topic via search function,
just interested in these kits (CRS - Castlemaine Rod Shop chassis strenthening kits) has any one fitted one to a hatch do they just bolt up no mods?

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#18 ls2lxhatch

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 03:57 PM

The CRS kit is a bolt on job that is easier to fit to a bare shell.

The back seat needs to be removed to drill mounting holes. There are holes that need to be drilled in the front chassis rails that are easier to drill with the guards removed. I have one fitted on a hatch if you want to have a look.

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#19 _Viper_

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 08:05 PM

Good point... Mine was done while it was a bare shell also, Would be alot harder on a complete car

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#20 _HatchmanSS76_

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Posted 01 November 2011 - 11:05 PM

I f your thinking of putting one in stop thinking about it and do it.
I put a CRS one in the Hatch and it helped with the handling and as an added bonus I'm sure it saved the lives of three of us in the car car when I inverted it. Without the kit the car would have folded folded for sure.

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#21 _moot_

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:09 AM

if hes' trying to 10's as it says in his first post,there wont be much original or genuine anything left anyway...

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#22 jonesy

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Posted 03 November 2011 - 06:33 AM

good info, cheers guys

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#23 _Briggs_

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 08:27 AM

as moot says, if you're after 10's... well, you'll twist the car nigh on in half without one. my brother twisted his over time running mid 11's.

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#24 ls2lxhatch

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 10:36 AM

If you are chasing 10's then you will need a six point cage. If you have a six point cage then you could just fit chassis connectors to reinforce the lower control arm mounts.

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Posted 15 November 2011 - 11:44 AM

I have a full chasis in mine only because rego required it 20+ years ago, but mates of mine have 400plus horses at the tyres in stock chasis with no signs of stress. Even Warren Appelbys old 9 second hatch had no real strengthening except roll cage ect. So unless you are chasing records its not really needed.