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Author: Subject: Chassis and cage finished at last...
Avoneer

posted on 11/4/06 at 10:24 PM Reply With Quote
Chassis and cage finished at last...

Finished and ready for painting.

Can anyone spot anything missing before I go forth and spray the bugger.

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posted on 11/4/06 at 10:25 PM Reply With Quote
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posted on 11/4/06 at 10:26 PM Reply With Quote
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posted on 11/4/06 at 10:32 PM Reply With Quote
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posted on 11/4/06 at 10:34 PM Reply With Quote
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posted on 11/4/06 at 10:45 PM Reply With Quote
chassis earth point
front/rear towing eyes
handbrake bracket

may be there but i just can't see them





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MikeR

posted on 11/4/06 at 10:47 PM Reply With Quote
i'd add an extra brace under the rear roll bar mount at the very back corners of the car.

and get some spare paint when you have to re-do something

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zilspeed

posted on 11/4/06 at 10:47 PM Reply With Quote
I'm just thinking about a proper cage - you've given me some ideas






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James

posted on 11/4/06 at 10:48 PM Reply With Quote
Brake pipe brackets?
Exhaust silencer bracket?
Handbrake cable mounts at rear of tunnel?
Propshaft bearing mount?

Again, you might have them but can't really see!


HTH,
James

[Edited on 11/4/06 by James]

[Edited on 11/4/06 by James]





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EViS

posted on 11/4/06 at 11:27 PM Reply With Quote
Btw, is that a McSorley 'book frame' you've constructed there? As far as I can see, McSorley doesn't seem to show where to add all the various brackets and mounts...?
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posted on 11/4/06 at 11:32 PM Reply With Quote
Cheer guys.

Tab on top bar that goes under the scuttle for 1 earth. Back earth will be bolted through the plate that the lower legs of the roll cage mount to. Battery (mounted at the front behind the rack) and the lights will be earthed via a bolt through the steering rack mouning flat strips.

Don't want towing eyes.

Handbrake bracket is next to the dash and the lever will be vertical.

Got plenty of spare paint. Not sure what you mean about an extra brace for the roll bar.

Only need one brake pipe bracket for the flexi to the live axle which is hiding there somewhere. Front two will be through the ali panels.

Can bracket will utilise the two bolts that hold the passenger seat on.

Handbrake cable is of the only one cable variety and the retaining plate is there at the back of the tunnel.

Propshaft bearing mount is the 6mm flat plate vertically next to the drivers left knee.

Think I've covered everyting...

Pat...





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posted on 11/4/06 at 11:46 PM Reply With Quote
Sort of McSorley, Book, Stuart Taylor, MK mix.

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posted on 11/4/06 at 11:59 PM Reply With Quote
Don't want towing eyes.

Man with westy had his rollbar bent by mad man with tractor pulling him out of the KNOCKHILL kitty litter/mud.

best to have a towpoint for trackdays ect






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posted on 12/4/06 at 06:15 AM Reply With Quote
Ok, towing eyes it is.

10mm solid round welded to the underneath if the front and back lower chassis rails?

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posted on 12/4/06 at 06:18 AM Reply With Quote
Ok, towing eyes it is.

10mm solid round welded to the underneath if the front and back lower chassis rails?

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James

posted on 12/4/06 at 07:43 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by Dave Ashurst
Curved steelwork panel for rear wheel arches?


If I was doing a chassis again I'd wait till I had the wings before I did that bit. Then, wherever my wings were placed the curved bit could match the wing profile and position.

The Stuart Taylor wings have this bit included in the GRP.

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James

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posted on 12/4/06 at 07:46 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by EViS
Btw, is that a McSorley 'book frame' you've constructed there? As far as I can see, McSorley doesn't seem to show where to add all the various brackets and mounts...?


EViS,
McSorley is just an accurate chassis plan. An addition to correct mistakes in 'The Book' which ff you're gonna build a Locost you're gonna need to buy.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859606369/qid=1144827970/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/203-5673459-7339169

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Marcus

posted on 12/4/06 at 07:56 AM Reply With Quote
How about some side impact protection welded to the cage?

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EViS

posted on 12/4/06 at 12:55 PM Reply With Quote
Also, how did you bend the pipes for your cage? Do you own some expensive equipment? Or was the cage purchased... (price?)?
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posted on 12/4/06 at 03:47 PM Reply With Quote
Cage was built by MK Engineering for £300 or £350, can't remember.

I'm using ST rear arches so no extra curvy bit needed.

Don't fancy side protection due to your neck thus taking the shock if something hits side protection.

HiCost - I hear you, but the brackets are heavily reinforced - will take a pic shortly.

Think they will do the job.

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posted on 12/4/06 at 04:20 PM Reply With Quote
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