Originally Posted by maddogdaz666
Have you thought about golf arches? Possibly with G40 arch trims on? As they'd look similar to nova arches but bigger
Good work by the way
I had thought of going the golf route but they just won't be big enough. Will need to custom fab, something along the lines of this is the plan (at the moment!)...
With the outer tubing your gonna add, will you still want the side bars on the top mount? As you could replace them with flat sheet?
I think the bent tube will look better tbh.
I like your thinking with the arch. Could you not use a skirt and arch idea like the oval racer like boys do? As they add about 4-6 inches a side(arch) width.. They would i think easily cover the rear wheels and have a skirt that would still work... Altho i love the Caddy above! I love how and where they've widen the front arch...
Last edited by Benn; 06-02-14 at 09:22 AM.
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Yeah the ones that hold the turret in place, surely you wont need both? If you could plate it.. But.
I'll try and get a pic of a racer, the are round and wide so might work.
Any link to the caddy build? It's not the one i thought it was.
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Caddy Build - http://forum.savarturbo.se/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=69003
The tubing will be stronger than just the plate and weight negligible.
what about mk2 escort forest style arches?
Oh it is the same one i've read! Never seen the early photos when the inside was green.
Now Mr Day, i want to be able to take a photo of you like this...
Last edited by Benn; 06-02-14 at 01:33 PM.
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Not a huge fan of that style, besides, after all this effort with the custom fabrication why not fabricate my own arches!
Oh it is the same one i've read! Never seen the early photos when the inside was green.
Now Mr Day, i want to be able to take a photo of you like this...
Oh Benn, believe me, I often dream about that day! :D
Bit more today focusing on the rear end as I really want to get it tagged into the frame!
So using a spare subframe I put in the polybushes i'll be using and I had some 5mm thick plates made up. I put the plates into place and bolted down then put a temporary tack bar in place...
I then moved this over to my frame as I know its level and got the discs clamped down and temporary tack out the way...
Tack in the uprights then horizontal tubing making sure it was level. After tacking it ended up close enough to level for me!...
That could then be put into place on the rear end...
I could then get the rear end lined up level and with the use of the box rails I could get the whole thing true left to right, front to back and the diff angle matching that of the engine & box - i.e. for a straight, level prop! It would of been nice to then get it tagged into the cage but I've not enough tubing so will have to get some ordered.
In the meantime I made a clamp for use with my tube bender to help keep the pipe in the die and not rising and therefore kinking! Can't wait to test it out...
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