Thanks Snot.

Carlos, your a funny man. Which Cortina do you have?

 

 

Roll cage finished.

The only one you ever need to own

 

http://www.rollaclub.com/board/topic/67499-my-1966-mk1-cortina/page__pid__669264#entry669264

 

Nice work Carlos. Will it have a green strip up the side?

 

 

Getting ready for the new dash brace to mount the race dash panel.

Dash brace done.

Rear firewall going in.

I could be wrong, but you've removed the V shaped cross brace that is behind the back seat upright. Big tank?

No, standard tank. Just removed for weight.

The cage and rear firewall will more than make up for any strength that maybe lost.

Fair enough, it's such a spindly little bit of metal!

I think its only there to stop the back seat falling into the boot.

 

New alloy rear fire wall fitted.

Plenty of silicone in between to make it liquid proof ?

Hi Mika, Yep, still have to fully seal it up.

 

A flame and liquid proof barrier is what the regs require. And it will be.

Silly thing is, there is no requirement to seal the inside of the C pillar.

If the car is rolled onto its roof and there is a fuel leak, it runs up the inside the C pillar and ends up pooling on the roof under your head, not good if your trapped.

I always like to seal the C pillar as well with expander foam. It wont stop fuel for long but it does slow it down and it stops the general fuel and exhaust fumes that seem to get into striped out race cars.

Rear firewall sealed.

20/20 Hindsight and all, but would have been neater to apply the sika between the sheets before riveting them together. If you had access to one, a bead roller would have given a bit more form to the firewall and stopped it from vibrating as much. It'll be a big wobble board now, still won't be able to hear it over the stones though, so doesn't matter that much.

They wont vibrate, can't really see it in the photo, the panels are not flat.

Looking good! That's on my list of things to do for my car. Did you use anything fancy sealer wise?