Freddy_mercury_magic think im getting thew hang of cad nowadays

anyway... you and gay rumours?? dunno what you're on about












































CraigW is it quick ? sounds like you should easy get ur money then

 

top work mate cant wait to see it painted

 

lookin good mate altho i can see the cage lookin a bit more like this when the backs in

 

whitecossie you n me both

WOW nice job Luke, thats class, cheers

 

aye craig cars sorted now the fuse box knacked up

 

Looks Awesome!!

 

Wow, what a thread, ran into you today playing poker, I'm very impressed, might have inspired me to sort my Series 2 out.

Keep up the good work, and the updates

 

JohnTee glad you signed up to the site mate, well worth it, get sum pics of your S2 up so we can ser it

excuse the type errors im pissed

 

JohnTee


Welcome to the Site


Got any pictures of your car?

 

he pm'd me this pic last night



looks like a nice example to me

 

Yeah, sorry that pic is all I have at the moment, excuse the unicycling idiot in the foreground...

Mine hasn't moved for a year or more. I bought myself an Elise, and that has taken all my time, but I really should sort the S2 out, and this thread may have inspired me as the work to do mine is about 0.0001% of what has already been accomplished here.

I'll post my own thread somewhere else so this can return to Ben's fantastic project.

 

excellent, hope you do it

 

Loving that m8

 

Just got a picture msg, All i can say is M O I S T

 

awesome

 

cheers Rad you just couldnt wait could you... child

rear X tacked in position





rear X viewed through rear side window



starting to fix the harness bars into place



harness bars, and strut brace in position







thats all for today, should have more pics tomorrow of the front of the cage and front strut brace

 

Proper wanking material


and no I couldnt

 

Freddy_mercury_magic

its took a while mate, but i can finally see the light at the end of that long tunnel

 

awesome

 

looking good m8t just wonna know you said you got your cage from custom cages and not demond tweeks well i looked on cc web site and for the mpoint cage it is more exspencive direct from ther than it is demond tweeks just wonna know if your is the same as the one that demond tweeks sell its just im ordering mine next week and need the info thanks tom

 

222tomb not sure if mine is the same but i would check to see if the demon tweeks cage comes complete with profiled ends, if it doesnt it will be a bit more tricky to fit.

 

yeah it duz say it comes with profiled ends at a price of 485 quid then a tener for the certificate to prove its fia aproved but on the cc web site its 549 with out vat this is for the xr2i cage bit more expencive than the mk3 escort one bye the way just wonna know if u added any bars or anyting elce just thinking if i go to demond tweeks it will be cheaper but i wont it to be the same as yours but for the xr2i if you know wot i mean

 

the only extra's i requested were harness tubes.

i made my own rear strut brace, and im busy making the front strut brace at the moment, which will be finished tomorrow if all goes to plan

 

thanks think i might be best getting it from cc cuz i wont harness tubes and a rear strut brace in the same size tubing oh did u get the turbes that go though the bulke head to the front sus tops dont supose u could send me sum close up pics to help me weld mine in when i get it i will put a post up soon on my build im just in the middel of seam welding mine but not had chance cuz of the snow thanks red

 

if you check the thread tomorrow night i will have some pics on here of the front of the cage and my front stut brace, aswell as a few other bits n pieces probably.

i got my metal tubing for the stut brace's from a local metal supermarket, paid 11 quid for a 1.5m length, it the same outside diameter as the rest of the cage but has a slightly thicker wall. dont bother buying the braces from somebody, all you need to do for the rear strut brace is grind out the curve so each side fits snugly into the strut top, then weld in like rest of cage.

 

Loving the cage ,will be a sod to spray though

 

cheers Dave, i was thinking the same thing

 

red16, im still checking this everyday man! its looking supurb matey! proper track slut in the making!

really really impressed!

Dunc

 

edited double post

 

you havent welded the rear part how its supposed to be mate,,,

you seem to have welded the 2 rear turret bars in the wrong place

they should both go to the rear turret but you've welded 1 from the corner of the main hoop to the floor ? which should go to rear turret
& the 1 you have got going to the rear turret should go to the middle of the main hoop (at the side) and you have welded it at the top
is this for any particular reason or was it a fitting issue (heard there can be height issues wth sunroof models)

lso your harness bars should be in the lower section

as your drawing above shows

not a dig or anything just curious

 

lookin whens it goin to be finished

 

Dunc Maclean thanks Dunc

M K yeah the rear of my cage is different to the diagram, wondered when someone would spot that the cage doesnt actually come with instructions just a few pictures of a cage which is different to the one i have in the diagram the 3 bars at each side of the rear dont actually go to the strut tops they go to the floor where the rear seat used to be, but i didnt like the look of the X in that position (it seemed too upright) so welded the X to the strut tops instead. the metal plates you get to mount at the base of the rear stays are 3" square so wouldnt fit the strut tops anyway. plus it means this way the cage in my car is that little bit different

and as you say there are problems fitting with the sunroof in place, as i had to cut some pieces of the cage.

not taken as a dig by the way well spotted tho

stuart collins shell will be painted in the next month i'd imagine, chassis and interior finished by the summer and engine will be sometime after that, not very specific its all down to money, and the lack of it

 

front strut brace rested in position (battery tray has since been removed)



bars from main cage to front strut tops



didnt do much else to the car today because with snow on the ground outside it was fookin freezin in the garage, the bloody fires ran out of gas too

so heres a few pics of how it will look from outside the car through the rear screen

 

thought there must be a reason

 

looks awesome

 

Not bad Ben

 

M K yeah was a few, been a 'mare to fit so far, you dont get a lot of instruction/info for your 600 quid

gus thanks bud

 

YOUR IN THE WRONG JOB ,SHOULD BE DESIGNING CLIMBING FRAMES INSTEAD ..LOL..

 

i said they look good didnt i


thats why i have changed me mind and getting one similar to yours