Cheers mate!
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Cheers mate!
Wow, top turret modifications looks the business!! I Have wondered why no-one has done this before! How much have you welded in James? is the f/g bonnet single skin?
Thanks John...not sure what you mean how much have i welded in? If its the extra height in the turret its 45mm.Quote:
Originally Posted by John H
And i will be looking for a single skin bonnet :thumb:
Lol yeah thats what i meant.
Tinker from tonight people not a great deal done as there was a lot of 'looking' going on (by myself i may add) lol mainly due to the issue surrounding my front cage leg to turret mounting point issues, i think the solution came out ok though.
Right - i got on with finishing off the O/S front turret extension welding and gave it a clean up
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts001.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts002.jpg
Then a lick O paint
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts003.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts004.jpg
While this was drying i started the 'looking' i didn't have the camera for most of it as the missus was using it so i only have the end result but i will expain.
Basically the cage to front turret legs come throught the bulk head at a strange angle i.e. they bend inwards towards the centre of the car unlike most that follow the edge of the wing on the other side of the turret.
This puzzeled me as the cage was built as a full bolt in item and there was no were obvious you could bolt to even with the bulk head in place due to the angle so i can only assume they had some brackets simialar to what i have devised....
Here i what i did (3mm plate btw)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts005.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts006.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts009.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts011.jpg
Looking forward towards the front of the car
There is a support between the top and the bottom as seen below
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts012.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts013.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts014.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts015.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts017.jpg
And with the cage leg in place (it will be held by a bolt through the centre)
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts018.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts019.jpg
The bolt through here
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts020.jpg
Not the usual angle i was expecting....
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts021.jpg
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...emounts022.jpg
That was it for tonight :thumb:
Very nice, weldings damn good as allways.
What leave the cage removeable? Surely welding it in and tagging to to the pillars will give it that bit more stiffness..
Where does that bar come from? Dont they normaly come in lkike a triangel from the leg?
Benn there a 16 bolt in type tag points all over the cage so instead of cut all these off i thought i might as well make use of them besides it doesn't hurt being removable.
That bar comes in off the A pillar cage leg but at an angle (and yes that is the only way they fit and its not fitted wrong i have tried every conceivable position) lol
Looking good James.
ALL cages in motorsport at one point had to be bolted in, its nothing unusual to see a fully multipoint cage that bolts in, they usually run extra fixing points in the B pillars and roof area to help stiffen the shell up but still allow removal of the cage.
You are 100% correct JB on the tag in points - i did take loads of pics of them when i first got the cage.
Thats one on the left
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g.../cage014-1.jpg
And here on the roof bar and B pillar
http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...85/cage007.jpg