evo65m
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/08/06 21:52:17
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Yeh baby when is the first track event or targa event. Oh and wtf happened to the lhs. Edit Answerd the last ?
Cheers
Daniel
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/08/06 22:23:45
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No idea, when its driving i guess.
Goal is MR2 nationals mid next year, few track days after that, and maybe targa tas rookie rally year or 2 after its going and set up well
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/08/06 22:39:29
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wow.. what a change of plan! the cage looks like serious business!
love this car. :)
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 08:37:43
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Looking great Brendan.
Loving that 3rd pic on the grassy mound, looks awesome.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 09:57:50
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Looking great, will love to see this back on the road and track.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 10:03:50
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Definitely one of my favorite cars on this forum. Absolutely beautiful!
Sorry to hear about the smash but I guess it proves that you were driving it properly and not being a pussy.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 11:46:25
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Nice work on the cage. Very impressed. I like the side intrusion bars with the vertical stays. Very nice. Are you running strut tower stays? Are you seam welding the body too? Another one you may like to add, is a stay which starts opposite the side intrusion on the main hoop, then finishes at the engine mount. I dont think anyone has done this but after seeing how the Porsche run their cage to provide rigidity at the rear of the car. It may be worth the effort as it should settle the rear od the car down. You dont need to use the heavy 2.6mm tube to the towers or anywhere outside the safety cell so you can use a much lighter gauge(and weight) pipe to achieve the same results. The guys who built a few of the Bathurst 12/24hr cars did make a point to tie all the metal on the front strut towers together then seam weld as it helped with the handing of the car to a large degree. You can see what they meant in the pic but a little hard to see but you are sure to get the idea. Hope the words are of some help and congrates on your work so far. 
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 19:44:01
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just looking at pics of crash ,what tyres are on that? they dont look like they are up to standard of rest of build and may be big factor in accident.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 19:56:02
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if you saw the corner you would think otherwise;) his brand new TOYO's were fine, especially considering the overkill sizes.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 20:49:02
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oh ok have heard some storys on that track. just thought he would have full semis on . toyos are good but there not r888s.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 20:51:23
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it was a hillclimb track so much like a short cane on some cough street cough roads.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 21:39:49
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good work brendan
hope she gets back on the road soon
i dont think many cars went past 3rd gear at all in the hill climb
sweetpete - have a look at the track on google maps you will see what these guys are all talking about
cheers
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 21:42:46
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roll cage looking good brendan, glad to see you working on it again after that tragic crash!
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 22:38:55
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B24: Thanks :) Seeing pics of yours help with some idea. Strut tower wise just strut braces atm, didnt run cage to front towers or weld strong stays or bars as im not plannting on respraying under the front bonnet or engine bay, when i do ill seam weld and have welded stays and thicker plates, same for rest of car havent seam weled anything, only few bits inside cabbin were i am respraying.
Not sure were you mean with the enigne mount stays, cant run out to car to have a look, i assume you mean from low on the main hoop to the rear firewall near the fuel tunnel?
Sweeetpete: Fronts were Toyo T1Rs 225's and rears were Kuhmo KU36 275's, the front was fine, the rear was loose due to no heat.
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RE: WIDEMR's Build thread, Take 2 - Roll cage pics add
2010/09/06 23:16:21
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i think he means the lh gearbox mount area?
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