Time for an update on this build. I ordered up the roll cage tubing at the start of January. Big thanks to Joe at Proformance metals www.proformancemetals.co.uk for sorting me a great price. The tubing is proper T45 grade not the fake stuff that is doing the rounds. It is 1.750" x 12swg (44.45 x 2.6mm). With the tubing here I needed some templates so the tube could be bent to shape. I decided to use wood for the main hoop template, got it nice and tight to the B pillars so it can support them.
So that was delivered to Protection and performance with a jig for the A pillars. It took 4 weeks to get bent as they were so busy hence not doing much with the car lately. I had the pieces bent with 250mm added to the legs so they come through the floor. These will be used as jacking points and to weld the sill tubes to.
So this weekend it was time to get the cage into place.
Nice and tight to the A pillars:
So that is where its up to at the moment. Next job are the rear stays from the hoop onto the new turrets. This will finally put some strength back into the shell and the cage can develop from there.
I bought a pair of top mounts for the rear so I can get the tubing in the right place as I want it to sit on top slightly. They are actually designed for a mk2 escort and have huge 20mm aurora bearings in them. I am going to have these bolted to the top of the turrets like modern wrc cars for easy of adjustability.
Hopefully should get cracked on with the build at a faster pace now!
So that was delivered to Protection and performance with a jig for the A pillars. It took 4 weeks to get bent as they were so busy hence not doing much with the car lately. I had the pieces bent with 250mm added to the legs so they come through the floor. These will be used as jacking points and to weld the sill tubes to.
So this weekend it was time to get the cage into place.
Nice and tight to the A pillars:
So that is where its up to at the moment. Next job are the rear stays from the hoop onto the new turrets. This will finally put some strength back into the shell and the cage can develop from there.
I bought a pair of top mounts for the rear so I can get the tubing in the right place as I want it to sit on top slightly. They are actually designed for a mk2 escort and have huge 20mm aurora bearings in them. I am going to have these bolted to the top of the turrets like modern wrc cars for easy of adjustability.
Hopefully should get cracked on with the build at a faster pace now!
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