Progress

[jpayne]

40 liter tank, but I might have another one made which is shallower but wider and longer and fits between the turrets which will have bolting lugs welded in so no straps.
pumps make petrol go from the back to the front to make bang bang.
Shed is 10x10 with a 2.5 x 10 mezzanine 4.0 high, has an office, toilet and kitchen, air conditioning 3 phase and lifting beams.
Not a lot to report today, spent it on maintenance on the subazuki!
But cut more and bigger holes in the escort'


and removed the last of the original paint from the 'A' pillar as this is the first time the doors have been off since it was built


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[MOOSE]

[Danny M]

[jpayne]

Hey, my shed is twice as big as my house. Literally.
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[jsa]

[Danny M]

Yeah mines going to be 20x12

[jsa]

You will make a fine redneck

[Danny M]

LOLOL

So Justin why are you bothering with such a wide premade tank with all the lift pumps and swirl pots and crap
Get a narrower tank made with a swirl pot in the bottom and just have a single pump and filter

[crusey]

Danny is right.

Simpler and more reliable options available that are probably lighter as well.

Project is looking great though!

[jpayne]

Fuel system will be fine for now, will have the tank made next round. I want it flatter to get weight lower. as it sits the bottom oft he tank is about 5-10mm above the diff at full compression.
Today's work
filled in some holes




and closed in the rear 1/4 rust repair


and


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[jpayne]

Irrespective of the size of my shed its the way you use it that counts, I should have moved a year ago!
passenger side bubble removed and rear 1/4 section cut out

not such a big hole as other side


but the pattern part needed a lot more 'fettling' including a sliver sectioned out of it



I havent welded the fronts yet as Im going steel arches so will be cutting a bit more of it out soon

then to repair the old boot massacre
new panel sections made with stiffening and my own interpretation of the original plugged openings cause I can!




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[jsa]

[Danny M]

[jpayne]

well I cant afford a fleet so my shed is big enough!
Busted out the tube notcher

and started on the cage replacement parts...notcher makes it so much easier, string lined it all up first to get the angles and lengths before cutting


can anyone see anything really wrong with this before I weld it all up! yes it the correct type and dimension of tube. It is better aligned than shown just tape isn't that permanent and I will install gussets in the 'X'
I'm not going to bother with the windscreen reinforcement as it needs to be bent 'out' or if straight I have 55mm between steering wheel and the bar for my hand...plus its only necessary for international events and I aint doing any.
I'm also considering not putting the lower bar in the front strut triangle as it looks to be impossible to fully weld though I could tack it , remove both bars and fully weld before re-inserting...maybe. I'm figuring the floor, bulkhead, splash panel offers reasonable stiffness in that direction...I'm being lazy aren't I?

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[ozstang65]

I'd be making the intrusion bars out of 2 bent pieces joined in the middle with gussets. It's CAMS recommended best practice now and may be a requirement one day. I think this line of thinking comes from a serious side impact incident where a welded joint came adrift.

[jpayne]

Thought about that, decided against it as
1- I have no bender,
2-not spending the money on having it bent and
3- probably wont seriously race it anyway.


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[jpayne]

So I continued on, back at work now so progress will slow a bit...
I have invested in a guard Goat

this has allowed me time to cut more roll cage bars




and the goat east silastic, rubber and sikaflex adhesives. even chewed it off steel scraps!

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[Anthony Tanzer]

Should have got the Goat earlier, for body deadener removal!

[jpayne]

Dont know what Ive been doing. been there several times but achieved nothing
Ran out of welding wire wednesday night with about 6mm of welding left before I could etch that part...damn it
15Kg's of welding wire has been poured over it...I wonder how much was ground back off?
Roll cage getting there

started making 'x' bar gussets, fits well but is only 0.8mm. Worked as a template though

stripped the dash back to metal and welded in the windscreen pillar gussets


these cant be seen from the seat position
also finished the fluid reservoir base



cheers

JP

[jpayne]

roll cage finished
so some blurry photos to mark the day



tank platform to weld in re engineer central seat mount and when they arrive fit the steel arches then that's it for welding...oh I need a clutch pedal stop and bungs in the drivers floor for the aluminium foot plate and the new front panels...will it end

JP