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Post by Paul (madeye) on Oct 9, 2012 17:27:53 GMT
a couple of weeks mate and it will be back with the hoop and heading to powder.
ill start with the nibbler gun on the block this weekend, then coat it black.
strip the head out, send for vapour blasting then work on porting/flowing
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Post by roadtrackrace on Oct 9, 2012 18:53:19 GMT
dont like the sound of this, ive bloody grafted all day. have you got pics of the damage and what you propose?? The wishbone brackets have been thoroughly tested and can handle 400lb/ft of torque without a problem. They are also designed to bend with impact (as Mabbs quite rightly points out, just like an F1 car). This is quite simply to protect the chassis. What might seem like a light tap, especially if it involves a car coming in the opposite direction, can actually generate huge forces. 2 cars travelling at a sedate 30mph towards each other are closing in at a speed of 88ft a second. A collision like this could badly bend a chassis if it were not for the fact that the wishbone mounts and the front wheel/hub/brake assembly attached to them were able to readily bend thus absorbing the impact. Replacement parts are normally available within a few days of placing an order if wishones need to be made, and Fozzy will have his parts with him shortly. RTR. |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Oct 9, 2012 20:40:45 GMT
i never looked at it from that perspective to be honest. but it fully makes sense. i would be much happier buying wishbones than having a chassis repair and re-coat.
thanks very much for the reply.
ill get me coat ;D
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Post by fossie on Oct 10, 2012 18:01:45 GMT
Pictures for those that are interested - ps Paul, any idea when the replacement bits will be with me?   |
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Post by Froggy on Oct 10, 2012 18:26:47 GMT
Do you mind me asking what sort of impact did you have? wayne,
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Post by fossie on Oct 11, 2012 7:30:51 GMT
Very slow coming together on a blind bend with a ford focus - if the lane were 6 inches wider we would have passed each other!
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Post by kiwicanfly on Oct 11, 2012 7:34:12 GMT
Very slow coming together on a blind bend with a ford focus Perhaps the Focus and your donor were old lovers and could not stand being apart any longer.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2012 7:49:43 GMT
Fossie, is there a possibility the opposite side is damaged as the shock travelled through the steering from the impact? That would explain the deformation. Looks a quick fix anyway, and hopefully it will be the last |
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Post by fossie on Oct 11, 2012 15:30:45 GMT
its a possibilty... nothing a large hammer cant resolve!
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Oct 16, 2012 6:19:44 GMT
little updates lately as im on an intensive course for work until 14 dec. thats not really in my plan. on a plus im hoping to take the chassis to powder this weekend. i piloted out the grease nipple holes right through to create a witness hole 180* from it then drilled 5mm ready for tapping. and thats it im afraid peeps..  |
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Oct 16, 2012 12:03:16 GMT
my luke seatbelts are the ones which wrap around the roll bar. is anything required to stop them moving from L-R for IVA purposes? just while i still have a bare chassis??
cheers
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Post by airforceone on Oct 18, 2012 14:32:44 GMT
I have some TRS Magnum seat belts that can wrap round the roll ball as well but
I'm sure for the IVA that they need to be fixed with eyebolts with at least an
8.8 rating so I just used some angle iron on the roll bar.
I intend to wrap then round the bar now that the IVA done with.
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Oct 18, 2012 15:12:03 GMT
so you have fixed angle to the bar, bolted in an eye, attached the belt to the eye?
mine dont have an option to clip to an eye with my belts
hmm could be an issue
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Post by airforceone on Oct 18, 2012 15:30:55 GMT
Yes Mate.
I have just used some 12.9 grade bolts I had left over from my suspension to bolt the angle bar
onto the holes in the cross bar.
Drilled holes in the flat surface that faces the seat and put the
8.8 eyebolts that can with the belts onto that face. Same sort of thing
as JimK has done with his build, nice ,easy and cheap solution.
Got the belts at a bargain price new, so had to come up with a solution.
I thought most belts had either bolt connectors or eye-bolt hooks at the ends.
Obviously mine have eye-bolt hooks but these can be removed to allow the strap
to be wrapped round the roll bar.
They are still on Ebay at the same price I bought them for. Nice 3 in webbing in black
very well made. £100 each including postage. You had the choice of bolt or eye-plate
fixing.
You could always sell your old ones.
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Post by Paul (madeye) on Oct 18, 2012 16:10:31 GMT
have you a pic of the mountings? i have already bought the harnesses i want and made all my lower mounts to suit.
i dont want to make permenant changes to my bodywork as im getting a very expensive powdercoat job.
cheers, paul
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