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Postby Luke » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:23 pm

Thats weird, .095 is common around here. I was happy to see that steel prices went down since my last cage and I payed only 3.07 a foot. Two mill lengths or about 48 feet is what I got. That plus some scraps should do the main cage. About an equal amount of 1.5 will fill in the rest.

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Postby SaabsBreakDown » Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:25 pm

Cool, I should be all set for the main part of the cage then.

I had my buddy james order it through his work so we got better pricing. I think it was over 300 bucks for the 54 feet, so way more than you paid.

James had our bending die cast at his work the other day, but i guess the people that work there don't know what they are doing. He tried to yell at them but then he realized they don't speak english. should get a complete set of dies for 1.75 soon though.

Looks to me like the drivers side racing seat will by far be the most expensive part of my operation. That and my fire suit. at various racing events i've met with safety equipment suppliers and they are all saying 800 to 1000 for a seat for me.

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Postby Geoff » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:33 am

your head and neck restraint (HANS, etc.) will be expensive. I think they're required for all competitors next year...

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Postby Luke » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:49 am

Yeah I was going to mention the head restraint too. Why would the co-driver seat be any cheaper? Or is your co-driver nice enough to foot the bill on that one? You should be able to pick up some nice seats for ~$600 each.

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Postby Crazyswede » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:03 am

My suit was about $200. My helmet was about $200. Your seats should range from about $300 per seat to about $800 per seat...with sparco at least. I recommend the Rev or the Corsica...the Corsica has higher side support.
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Postby paulh » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:37 am

i'd imagine its because of his height, he's not exactly the size of your typical racecar driver. 6'8" or something rediculous right Quinn?

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Postby Luke » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:01 pm

Mongo Sparco Rev fit in!
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Postby SaabsBreakDown » Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:51 pm

Yeah, I am 6'8. When does the hans rule take effect?

My co driver is willing to pay for his seat but its sort of not the issue because he is so average in size that everything fits him.. so that means the cheapest FIA seat i can find will work for him.

The biggest problem i'm having with seats is how low the slots for the harnesses are. The angle is way too much. "Large" seats are more expensive but they are usually like t-shirts, they just get wider and not taller.

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Postby matt » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:30 am

wider not taller? that's the same problem I have with pretty much every damn thing.
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Postby Geoff » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:38 am

Matt wrote:wider not taller? that's the same problem I have with pretty much every damn thing.


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Postby Luke » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:54 pm

Worked a little on the roll cage for the 74 this weekend:


Fitted the roof diagonals and the windsheild bar, tacked in place then dropped down to weld fully:

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Then I put it back up into place and tacked the main hoop on. Then the cage feet (which are not welded in yet) are removed revealing large holes in the sill. This allows the whole cage to be dropped about 2.5" inches which is enough to be able to fully weld the tops of the junctions on the main hoop. The cage is this lifted back up, feet slipped back in place and welded and the main 4 points (the most important) are done.
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The cage dropped down through holes in the sill for welding:
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Back up in place tight to the roof:
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Postby saab90089 » Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:17 pm

neat.......it wasn't untill i started crewing for the GTI that I actaully thought about the whole process of installing a cage. Alot of thinking-ahead has to happen so you don't "paint youself into a corner" ....maybe more so "wield youself into a corner".

Looking good though!

So what's the plans for the engine? When I talked with you at STPR you were thinking a N/A engine. This still the plan?

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Postby Geoff » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:36 am

Luke wrote:Image


Neat solution! I've only seen people cut holes in the roof and weld through the holes... or remove the entire roof.
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Postby Luke » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:02 pm

saab90089 wrote:So what's the plans for the engine? When I talked with you at STPR you were thinking a N/A engine. This still the plan?
Ian


Unsure on the engine. Had planned to put a nice old tuned b motor in it, but its modified to accept an H motor too. I am also thinking about taking the motor out of the current rally car and installing in this shell... and putting the b-motor in the current shell. I really can't decide.

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Postby Jordan » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:42 pm

oh common...16v turbo in new shell... 16v b-motor in old shell :P easy as pie!

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