Bluey's Rebuild.

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

Yep, gotta love that bonus!

I got a remote control v8 supercar, and i think the novelty has already worn off.

A velo will keep on giving.

[Jason]

omg my Xmas bonus was a box of chocolates...

[Redwarf]

Got weight reduction program??

 

Edited December 26, 2007 by Redwarf

[78_7kRolla]

Holey crap (excuse the pun but it had to be said) Good to see progress is being made.

[Medicine_Man]

Talk about swiss cheese..

[Jono]

and i was about to ask what the hole saw was for... did you weigh all those bits you cut out? 12kg from the body deadener seems well worth it + whatever else you cut out.

[Redwarf]

did you weigh all those bits you cut out?

 

You would have to be really retentive to do that, as well as collecting all of the body deadener in a box to see what it weighs.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll let you know when I have the scales downstairs again...... :y:

[Teddy]

hahha your not the weight reduction kind untill you can meet and beat tony and chris's weight reduction - lol you seen under the dash pad for example ?

 

Lookin tops rob :dance:

[Jono]

how much does a cage for a small car like this weigh?

[Redwarf]

The one that's going in, a fair bit.

 

Main hoop and double cross

Front legs and x bar

Sainz bars

Rear legs and harness bar

Double side intrusions

Bars from front legs to front strut tower

Double roof bars

 

At a guess, around the 50-60 kg mark, but I tend to hit things hard these days.

 

The one I pulled out of the old car was about 40kgs.

 

Teddy, the dash on the 55's are different, and there isn't as much metal to remove. However all captive nuts and brackets that are no longer required are also being removed.

 

I know it seems silly removing all this weight and then sticking a pipe factory inside, but to me it's worth the effort to keep it as trim as possible. The cage is not just safety, but also structurally strengthening as well.

[Taz_Rx]

chassis rigidity FTW!! :dance:

[Redwarf]

Slow progress, but an enforced holiday at the moment is helping.....

 

 

[Redwarf]

Received car back from cage builder yesterday. Two weeks away, and there's been a bit of a change.

 

This is now about the minimum spec cage that I'll have in a good car.

 

Pics are a bit ordinary, but you get the idea.

 

It mounts at 8 places, the usual 6 plus through the firewall to the front towers. It's tagged to the body in a further 8 places.

 

Business cards can be distributed on request, although this guy does have a substancial back log. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Des]

Send some info this way Red :)

[oh what a nissan feeling!]

That is brilliant, finally a corolla with some real structural rigidity.

its so tight to the body.

 

It must be good not having to worry about rego hassels :)