What's sticking out of the passenger door?

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What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby davekmoore » Thu Aug 05, 2010 2:01 pm

In several motorsport pics I see something apparently sticking out of the bottom of the passenger door of various cars.

What is it?
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Re: What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby Guran » Thu Aug 05, 2010 3:13 pm

I wondered the same thing when I did a trackday at Phillip Island for the first time in April. It looks like a housebrick wrapped in a shopping bag that is stuck hanging out of the door :lol: . Turns out it is a Dorian transmitter used for laptiming. In NSW, they are much smaller and are usually placed in a more discrete location under the body. The big old original ones are still used in Victoria.
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Re: What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby Damo » Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:57 pm

Guran wrote:I wondered the same thing when I did a trackday at Phillip Island for the first time in April. It looks like a housebrick wrapped in a shopping bag that is stuck hanging out of the door :lol: . Turns out it is a Dorian transmitter used for laptiming. In NSW, they are much smaller and are usually placed in a more discrete location under the body. The big old original ones are still used in Victoria.


Do you New South Welshmen all have small packages? :P
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Re: What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby davekmoore » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:10 pm

Is there a better way of fixing these to your car?
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Re: What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby rascal » Sun Apr 22, 2012 11:42 pm

davekmoore wrote:Is there a better way of fixing these to your car?

You can buy the mounting brackets from Dorian Industries. About $9 ea.
You permanently mount this to the car (I've screwed mine to the front airdam) and then the transponder clips in to the mount with a small pin to retain it.
Takes all of 5 secs to clip in or out

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Re: What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby davekmoore » Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:13 am

rascal wrote:
davekmoore wrote:Is there a better way of fixing these to your car?

You can buy the mounting brackets from Dorian Industries. About $9 ea.
You permanently mount this to the car (I've screwed mine to the front airdam) and then the transponder clips in to the mount with a small pin to retain it.
Takes all of 5 secs to clip in or out


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Re: What's sticking out of the passenger door?

Postby rascal » Tue Apr 24, 2012 11:05 am

I dont have any pics on my car, but the mount in question is the orange thing in the left of the box below.
Dorian002.jpg

And its bolted to the front bumper in the red circled area. On the flat plastic bit behind the painted front section.
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