Help, need advice!

bambam · Newbie

Help, need advice!

jones off road · Rehab Dropout...

Welcome to off-road, great looking truck!
Pity you had to meet Gary and the Oztruck boys, they set a pretty bad example!!!! Guess it can only get better from here though!!!
You will need to do a bit to the new truck, You dont need tailights, but you do need an amber dust light and a brake light, mounted up high.
I would be surprised if it did'nt already have a dual circuit brake system, but you do need one, and a bias set-up would be good. Boosting is'nt necessarily required, just depends on your personal preference.
GPS is not allowed. UHF is required, and you local (dick smith) radio store will sort you out. You will need a certain wattage, but cant remember what it is. I would suggest a handheld unit, and hook it into an intercom. Maybe contact philtronics (on the off road site)
You will also need the truck engineered for the rollcage, again I'm not sure of current requirements, but plenty of others will know.

bambam · Newbie

Thanks for the advice. Nice to know I don't need a GPS, there's $500 saved!
The truck does have amber and red dust lights fitted. It doesn't have dual circuit brakes yet, the yanks don't need them to race.
Can anyone else steer me in the right direction for the brake set up (suppliers?) and who in Newcastle or the Northern Territory might be able to engineer my cage?
Thanks,
Chris

bambam · Newbie

143 people have read this and no one can tell me who to go to to get the car inspected/engineered for CAMS?
Don't be shy...

jump1 · Rehab Dropout...

if it was me i would give cams a call as they will tell you every thing you need to know before you get it here and spend more money running around.

Here is the number - 1300 883 959
Here is the website - www.cams.com.au

bambam · Newbie

Thanks, will do.

croweater · Powerhouse Poster

Have you joined a club?? Most of the info should be available by asking at a club meeting.

Petri · Regular Poster

nice looking truck mate, good luck with getting it on the circuit!

Wolf · Rehab Dropout...

jones off road wrote:

... Pity you had to meet Gary and the Oztruck boys, they set a pretty bad example!!!! Guess it can only get better from here though!!! ....

Ahh, jones, thats not very nice mate.

bambam - Step 1 is download the log book application from the CAMS site. Then talk to cams to get the contact details of an inspector in your area who can do a pre race inspection for your log book. When we got ours done it cost $50 for the guy to come out and inspect the chassis.

If the chassis is made of approved materials and sizes its got to have the right barwork in it as per the diagrams in the CAMS manual, if not you'll either have to add them in or seek approval as a non-standard chassis. To be honest, if there are a few bars to add its probably easier than doing the paperwork!

Once the pre-approval is signed off its a matter of getting the log book finalised. Ours happeened pretty easy.

When does the car arrive?

KusterRaceco - if you can pick any holes in the above point them out for us.