Spaceframed SR20DET RWD Nova

I see you took my advice on the 151 too! :d Least there's more than one tool in there now lol

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Originally Posted by MK999

I see you took my advice on the 151 too! :d Least there's more than one tool in there now lol

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Cheeky! I was going with the 135 but this one came up 2nd hand through a mate. Dirty but barely used.

Well just got in from a very looooonnnnnnnggggg day but pleased with what was achieved! I took more pics but with the light poor and the iphone not having a flash they didnt come out :( But here's what I got....

Started by welding the back edge of the foot plates as once the tube is in place it wont be easy to get to. So 1st time for well over a year doing a bead of weld it wasnt tooo bad...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-112.jpg


Then on to the next three...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-113.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-114.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-115.jpg

Got the a piller tubes in place where I wanted them next with the handy use of some cable ties then tacked it into place...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-116.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-118.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-117.jpg

Main hoop was up next and it needed some pursuading to say the least but happy with the final position and laid down some nice slugs too :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../08-04-119.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...08-04-1110.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...08-04-1111.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...08-04-1112.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...08-04-1113.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...08-04-1114.jpg

Started fettling with the windscreen bar next and just need to finish that up hopefully in the morning. So this is where I'm up to....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/08-04-11.jpg

A downside to the whole affair is that due to the snugness of the fit the body has been stretched and most of the dents in the roof have now popped out :(

fook me i thought this was a few bean tins now lol get a move on man lol

nice update though keep at it

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Originally Posted by The Simps

A downside to the whole affair is that due to the snugness of the fit the body has been stretched and most of the dents in the roof have now popped out :(

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Hammer time.lol

Went up there again today and got the roof/windscreen bar in...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/10-04-11.jpg


Then I got cracking with welding everything in and the wire ran out :mad:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../10-04-112.jpg


Will try n get some more wire in the week. Not sure when I can get up there next, hopefully sunday night.

What setting are you using on the rollcage stuff? doesn't look like it's penetrating much to me

Its on setting two. Its penetrating ok. I can see the tube burning through as I push the weld along.

I would crank it up to 3 min/3 max for that depending how slow you're moving, very much doubt it would start blowing through.

I'll blast a small off cut i've got and see what the crack is. Tube isnt "that" thick tho.

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Originally Posted by The Simps

I'll blast a small off cut i've got and see what the crack is. Tube isnt "that" thick tho.

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Your plates should be though, 3mm? Which means you can stay away from the tube ever so slightly, get good penetration into it all, being a tube up against a 3mm plate it's also quite a chunky construction in general so tends to act like a big heatsink.

penetration looks spot on to me in the shots of the half welded parts.

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Originally Posted by Ben

penetration looks spot on to me in the shots of the half welded parts.

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What about the tube to the plate in the last pic?

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Originally Posted by MK999

I would crank it up to 3 min/3 max for that depending how slow you're moving, very much doubt it would start blowing through.

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3min/3max settings are quite different from eachother, no?

I believe (and this manual looks to back me up) on the 151TE the settings go (lowest) MIN 1, 2, 3, MAX 1, 2, 3 (highest) so he'll want MAX 2 or 3 for this work?

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Originally Posted by Iain

3min/3max settings are quite different from eachother, no?

I believe (and this manual looks to back me up) on the 151TE the settings go (lowest) MIN 1, 2, 3, MAX 1, 2, 3 (highest) so he'll want MAX 2 or 3 for this work?

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Thats very interesting! I assumed it would be min 1, max 1, min 2 etc

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Originally Posted by Iain

3min/3max settings are quite different from eachother, no?

I believe (and this manual looks to back me up) on the 151TE the settings go (lowest) MIN 1, 2, 3, MAX 1, 2, 3 (highest) so he'll want MAX 2 or 3 for this work?

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That indeed would be what I meant, haven't used mine in a while now :( Probably getting confused with the old snap on settings also

I have the same 151TE and have always used the settings order as above, going by what the manual has said. :)

I think the other Clarke MIG models use the MIN1, MAX1 etc etc order which is quite confusing?!

Looks like the smaller models go they way we thought Mark, its just the higher ones that are different.

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Originally Posted by The Simps

Looks like the smaller models go they way we thought Mark, its just the higher ones that are different.

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Yeah mine is a higher one, same as yours but it's got a bottle holder and wheels lol

Mines got a bottle holder & wheels!!

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Mines got a bottle holder & wheels!!

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can't remember what the difference is then, thought it was that.

Just looked it up, yours has a hobby bottle holder? Mine has a platform for man bottles, rather than little girly bottles :p

Still doesn't make your welding any better tho..... :p

You both weld like the pair of homo's that you are! lol

Looking good Simon. will have to get them both on a track day somewhere when they are finished. !!

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Originally Posted by Longdogcharlie

Looking good Simon. will have to get them both on a track day somewhere when they are finished. !!

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I'm not sure that word is allowed to be used in this thread! lol

this any further this motor?? i hope so it will be a awesome piece off kit this

Its looking good Mr Day.

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Originally Posted by dj_wudgey

this any further this motor?? i hope so it will be a awesome piece off kit this

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Been having the odd hour on it here n there welding panels, tubes etc. Will get some better pics when I'm next up there. Just never looks like much to show! lol

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Originally Posted by Benn

Its looking good Mr Day.

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Cheers bud. Slowly getting there.

Shouldn't you be getting the frame from the diff and sh*t in before doing the cage?

The cage & rear end, gearbox etc are all one structure. The car is no longer structural. The cage is the chassis.

Ah, space framing... Nice.

simps pull ya finger out lol awsome work mate looking forward to seeing it on the mistrals dont leave it for long though mate i may have them away while your not looking lol

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Originally Posted by Benn

Ah, space framing... Nice.

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Yep. All tags into the rear hoop so needed that in first...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ovachassis.jpg

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Originally Posted by blue_peg_16v

simps pull ya finger out lol awsome work mate looking forward to seeing it on the mistrals dont leave it for long though mate i may have them away while your not looking lol

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I'm spending what free time I can up there but its near on impossible nights as I just dont get home from work in time and cant work up there past 9pm cos of the neighbours. Weekends its trying to fit everything in! Just waiting on Mark to sort me some info out then I can find out how much the rear section is gonna cost me to get the tubing bent & supplied! :eek:

the tubing looks great, I made somethink similar for a rangerover external roll cage. It looks like a lot of work, but will be worth it in the end. it will be ace rear wheel drive.

I know how you feel mind with the "not enough hours in the day" senario

have a good few bank holidays coming tho so that should help things.

I thought this had been scrapped ;)

So a few pics of what I've been up to (mainly fluffing about practising my welding!). lol

The drivers front base plate is all welded in. I made some small plates up to fill the gaps to the sill then blasted over the lot to make it look tidy...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...19-04-1112.jpg


I then set about tidying the front of the sill where it had been chopped off. So this is how it was...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...19-04-1110.jpg


Trim that back to shape...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-116.jpg


Bit of CAD and make a plate and tack it in...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-115.jpg


Blast round it...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/19-04-11.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-114.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-113.jpg


Smooth it all back...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-112.jpg


Then the next plate in place...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...19-04-1111.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-117.jpg


Just need to put the little fillet piece in next.

I'd also previously tidied up the area above along the seem. Its hard to see, but when you grind it back there is 3 parts to the skin and they need tieing back in.

Passenger side, unwelded...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-118.jpg


Drivers, welded...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../19-04-119.jpg


Some might wonder why I'm farting around doing this but it will all hopefully come clear soon! In hindsight I wouldn't have use the base plates that came with the cage and use some normal square bent plate but oh well, I'll know next time!