Hard work!
Will you plate it to the A/B/C posts and where the stock seat belt achorages are?
Interesting stuff.

Graham

 

Looking good

 

i'm presuming that last picture isn't with the bar in-situ otherwise it's going to be a pain to get in and out of

 

Welder is currently in bits, control board is on dining room table, few multimeters, a portable scope later meant a trip to maplin to buy a new LM324

Hopefully that will fix it..

David

 

here's hoping so!

 

looking great keep up the good work!

 

Just caught up on this thread David..

some serious pro work gone it that cage, the angles and the welding top job mate truly.

not sure if this has ben asked or answered, is it going to be done for scoobylive ?


*Edited to add yes you will be ready * just checked the entry list


Once again top jop mate seriously

 

dont know whether it will be ready.. either way the silver car should be, all being well.. need to source a gearbox though

 

well gearbox is sorted.. Hopefully will be picking a PPG syncro kit up next week. Will also try and sort out a plated front diff at a reasonable price and see what I can find for a centre diff..

Started stripping the gearbox today, transfer box split and in bits, main casing to split the box, allready bits of teeth everywhere

Welder is semi fixed too.. motor isnt running at full speed, but its useable on max speed He says he will take another look when I dont need the welder, IE Tack some more bits in..

I think my dad is enjoying fitting the cage, more than me

David

 

Not going for a full on Dog kit then David?

 

What the hell are you going to be doing in that car, that it needs half a truckfull of scaffolding welded into it?

You gonna drive it off a cliff or summik??

I thought you were all about weight saving David?

I'm sure you will make up for the weight in BHP and torque and I guess it will make the shell a wee bit stiffer, but is it overkill?

 

Danny.. when I can afford a dog kit, I will change but it will be a fully sequential dog kit

Marty,

After seeing the mikee vs andy incident its not necessarily me thats going to be the 'accident' doesnt mean im not going to be involved though..

The car is not and never will be a drag car.. It is modified with one thing in mind.. Fast Road.

Im saving weight yeah, but 50kgs on the cage is hardly much

The engine in the 'red' car will be producing in excess of 600bhp and 500lbft so it should move quite nicely anyway

 

Yea, that was Mikees fault though.... for being there

I'm saving considerable weight by not fitting a roll cage and fitting a lightweight carbon roof. The drivers seat has a G sensor fitted that makes it recline fully via a fast acting pneumatic cylinder (supplied from the nos bottle) in the event of a rollover. The full harness pulls me back into a horizontal position and clear of any danger. As there is no metal in the roof then there is no risk from twisted metal etc.
Saves 28kg on the roof plus the weight of the cage. The secondary plus is that the car is now less top heavy and therefore less likely to roll over in the first place

Andy

 

David ..dam... what work you putting in that car

Looking really good


/Jan

 

Why not just rig it to an ejector seat Andy?

 

I suspect that an ejector seat would be the last thing you'd want.... if the car was on it's way over, by the time the electronics had done their job you'd end up being fired directly into the tarmac.... head first!!!

 

So what happens when you launch the car, does it confuse the G sensor

Anyway these april fools are getting silly, and there is only 12kgs in the roof panel.

 

roof bar done front triangulation done, just door bars and mid triangulation to do, should be done today.

Just going to finish final welding of front half now.

David

 

nice one.. you managed to fix the welder then obviously.

 

yep..

Was a faulty diode, faulty LM328 (iirc) and a fooked potentiometer (probably by me removing it )

David

 

David, you seen Mikee's rollcage/interior all painted up? looks as

 

yep, we saw it yesterday

 

david will u be at home tomorrow daytime got a book for u

 

no, probably not until later on, but someone will be in

 

i'll drop it in about 1ish to whom ever is in if your not, and if your at elvington sunday we'll try to sort something out if theres owt you fancy, if not i'm not working far from your house so i'll bob in and explain

 

Ok

 

quick update, cage is 99% in, just door bars and and final welding of mounting points to do..

Not happy with the windscreen bar, cant get it anywhere near the roof (1 - 2" away) my tubes didnt permit it going any closer, looking at mikee's his look to have been supplied longer.. oh well its done now, and Im not planning on using the cage!

David

 

Probably means you can fit the sunvisors back on!
Mine is so tight I have no chance, so have a 'Touring Car' sun strip using Limo Tint instead.
Good progress, will you be out at TOTB5?
Graham.

 

I doubt the car will make the team for totb5, unless I manage to get the car to do a 9 like it should.. TOTB is a long way away..

David

 

David

You may have already answered this earlier, but i can't be ar5ed finding it , but what sort of weight are we talking in the wagon, from starting off, to finished article?
Be nice to know just how much weight you've saved all in and know the real difference in weight between wagon and saloon.