Miks15
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 09:41 PM |
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roll bar thoughts
Just a quick thought.
Could you take a premade rollbar for a standard car, chop a section out the middle and weld it back up to get the right width for mine? Or is this a
big nono?
Dont need one soon but thinking ahead and as always trying to keep costs down. Car wont be used on the track and roll bar will be purely
aesthetical(although will be nice to know it wont snap if somehow i do manage to go upside down.
Am i being completly ridiculous?
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clairetoo
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 09:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
Am i being completly ridiculous?
Um.......................
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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carlknight1982
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 09:51 PM |
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and roll bars are sprung steel so no it wouldnt work
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Miks15
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 09:55 PM |
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fair enough, probs one of things i wouldnt mind spending a little more anyway, if it saves my live later on then mabye worth it
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nitram38
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 09:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by carlknight1982
and roll bars are sprung steel so no it wouldnt work
He said Roll bar, not Anti-roll bar.
They are two different things! 
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Miks15
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 09:58 PM |
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so it would be possible then?
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:00 PM |
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oh you bad man, if you insist on doing this I'd say get a heavy walled bit of tube (scaffold about 2ft long) and insert it inside before welding
it up. Make sure you are welding to both the tube and the other half of the bar by leaving about a 10mm gap between the two bar half’s.
This is how I shortened my buggy’s bar.
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Miks15
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:02 PM |
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ahh right i got ya whippy!
Thats sounds like a good idea, so basically plug it to put the strength back into it!
Sounds good cheers
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Mole
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:54 PM |
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I suppose since theres no requirement to have one you can do as you wish. Would have thought it would be less safe than a one piece bar though. Also
ignoring the safety consideration you would have a visible weld in the midde of your bar.
[Edited on 26/4/08 by Mole]
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mark chandler
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 11:13 PM |
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Correct CDS tube £60, two mandrell bends put in @ £15 each and weld it up. Not worth mucking around.
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Miks15
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 07:53 AM |
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the weld can be smoothed over so it isnt noticeable
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Mole
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 08:05 AM |
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Your better at dressing welds than I am then. Out of interest why won't a standard roll bat fit?
Edited because I've just looked in your photo archive. Another option would be to ask one of the roll bar manufacturers to turn out one to a
different spec. Cannot imagine it would be much more expensive if any, almost the same work involved.
[Edited on 27/4/08 by Mole]
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Fred W B
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 08:21 AM |
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In addition to Mr Whippy's tip, I would drill some holes into the cut bar some distance out from the join so you can plug weld through onto the
insert tube.
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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MikeR
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 08:56 AM |
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why would this approach be that much weaker?
You've got potentially double the thickness of steel spread through out the top section of the bar, yeah you've got a heat affected zone
in the middle - but would it really be weaker?
Ok, if you just cut and welded or cut and welded with a 4" bar inside, but if you go to something like 24" or even better the whole length
of the top section, i would have thought it would be heavy but strong.
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delboy
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 10:00 AM |
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mikeR, your spot on, I used to repair the front bumper of my saloon stock in a similar way. We sleeved the main 40x40x4 bar with a 30x30x3 inside for
only about 200mm and they didn't fail at the joint. We usually managed to bend it at a point beyond the joint if the hit was big enough.
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NeilP
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 10:12 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
yeah you've got a heat affected zone in the middle...
If you've got a blow torch around then preheat the weld until it's too hot to touch - stops some of the worse effects of local heating
through welding...
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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RazMan
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 10:59 AM |
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Personally if it was my car, I wouldn't bother modding anything and just make a real one. Dressing the welds might make it look pretty but it
won't do anything to improve strength.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 12:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RazMan
Personally if it was my car, I wouldn't bother modding anything and just make a real one. Dressing the welds might make it look pretty but it
won't do anything to improve strength.
Dressing the welds will increase the strength of the weld as any local stress risers will be eliminated. The important thing is not to undercut the
weld in the first place, or to over dress the profile. Probably best done on MMA using low hydrogen rods, E7018 from memory.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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RichardK
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 04:19 PM |
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I got mine done at MNR, gave Marc the diamentions I needed, they bent the main hoop and gave me the rear stays for me to cut and weld up, all out of
cds really pleased with it and didn't cost an arm or a leg either as it was like a roll bar kit, just need to decent weather so I can paint the
bugga
Just a thought
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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Miks15
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 06:48 PM |
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do you know how much it cost in total rich?
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82 Locost
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| posted on 27/4/08 at 08:47 PM |
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Never scrimp safety. In my opinion all roll bars should be triangulated (front or rear) so it doesn't fold when (if) the car flips.
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Griffo
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| posted on 28/4/08 at 08:25 PM |
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A good weld is usually as strong as the material it is joining so would there be a need for an inner tube (although it wouldn't hurt)?
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RichardK
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| posted on 28/4/08 at 09:47 PM |
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Here is the link to the jobbie, third item down £100
LINKY
Its now blue, surprise, surprise
Cheers
Rich
[Edited on 28/4/08 by RichardK]
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 30/4/08 at 05:14 PM |
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That seems rather tall!
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chriscook
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| posted on 30/4/08 at 05:47 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
That seems rather tall!
To be honest I think everyone gets used to seeing roll bars that are too short - which make the ones that are the right height seem tall.
To get the right height you should draw a straight line from the highest solid point at the front of the chassis to the top of the roll bar. The top
of your head (with helmet on) should be below this line with a bit of a gap to allow for movement under the harnesses.
MNR seem to be one of the few companies that do it right from what I've seen - I noticed someone else on here had an MNR roll bar that was tall
enough in my eyes. (edit: it's coozer's car)
[Edited on 30/4/08 by chriscook]
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