pumpers
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| posted on 1/10/03 at 09:25 PM |
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roll cage hoop - stupid mistake but is it ok??
The car is getting there, hopefully to be finished in time for christmas. Left my mate whose helping me build it, alone with the car for a few days,
returned and hey presto, he's fitted the roll cage. Great me thinks, until he tells me he's made a minor mistake. so the question is
this.
The roll cage hoop situated behind the drivers head has been fitted the wrong way round to every picture i can find of a locost. i.e the diagonal
bracing bar is at the bottom behind the drivers head and at the top of the hoop behind the passengers head, if you understand what im talking about (
it reads fine to me but i know what i mean!!!!!! or not as the case may be!! ) so, is this ok or do i have to grind it off and fix it the correct
way?? pumpers 
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 1/10/03 at 10:13 PM |
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Headrest
If you're not having high back seats ,you could make a small round pad ,and fix it as a head restraint, could look good...........
[Edited on 1/10/03 by Surrey Dave]
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D Beddows
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| posted on 1/10/03 at 11:08 PM |
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No, I'd definitely grind it off and start again I afraid - the one thing the scruitineers are very hot on is roll cage safety/construction (and
pre race scruitineering is all about the safety of the car to race rather than wether it complies to the formula regulations, not something you
realise the first time you turn up to compete) and with the way round you have it, if you were to roll the car for example, the impact energy would be
tranfered away from the non existant passenger rather than you. Sorry!
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pumpers
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| posted on 2/10/03 at 08:07 AM |
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tx, looks like im grinding this morning!!!
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DickieB
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| posted on 3/10/03 at 06:03 PM |
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Nah, just weld in another cross member in the opposite direction so you have a cross formed - that is what my Safety Devices cage has - you may be
able to see pictures at http://www.TeamDickie.co.uk
Dickie
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D Beddows
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| posted on 3/10/03 at 08:25 PM |
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ahhh mmmm Dickie is right......that would have been easier and I may have been thinking of another way you could build a roll cage.....sorry! Mind
you I'd still rather have the complete tube protecting me rather than the passenger in the case of X type bracing.
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pumpers
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| posted on 5/10/03 at 06:46 PM |
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sorted it now only took about five hours!!! tx anyway pumpers.
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