RetroMk1

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Slowly converting the blob into a track car, a few recent mods done to the front end, was completley standard to start!

w44syf

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good luck with the build budwhat seats do you have inside

RetroMk1

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Cheers mate, Two Sparco VTR touring seats, the passenger one is lying down in the back in the pic

Anger

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Looking good mate, im converting my Blob STi to track use mainly at the moment aswell

RetroMk1

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Hard work aint it Just seems to be a money pit at the moment but its nearly there, see how it performs in donington in two weeks

Anger

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Ive just got back from the Nurburgring... lots more to spend now

RetroMk1

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How was it, i took mine out there after having it for two weeks and then the modding started lol. Cant wait to get back out there in the dry though.

Anger

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Had a great time apart from there being a lot of crashes and breakdowns on track

First time with engine at new spec and it made for a few interesting moments in the wet

AWG

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Do you have any interior pics mate?!

RetroMk1

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Lol on my first lap i saw to smashed up scoobs in the wet, slowed me down for a while lol.

RetroMk1

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I will tomorrow as my omp floor mounts and side mounts turned up today so i will when their in tomorrow, its just mocked up in the pic.

I have just taken out most the trim and rear seats, dont want to take it too far at the moment incase i return it to standard to sell.

Its just a bolt in cage, sparco seats and harnesses.

JonMc

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Really getting down to it then -stripped out track car, looking good so far

bioforger

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VAJ nice plate

RetroMk1

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good in it, wonder how long before someone picked up on that

AWG

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Was the cage a do it youself jobby?

RetroMk1

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Yes mate, bought a classic cage off here, then had to knock about a inch out of the rear bars and bolted it in. Couldn't find a bolt in for a blobeye anywhere. Its a bit of a fiddle drilling and getting it to fit but worth it. I'm going to add extra door bars and a diagonal bar across the back.

i will probably return the car to standard if i ever sell it so it was a must to use a bolt in.

AWG

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These fit in just like that do they? Take it you need to drill?

RetroMk1

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yes through the floor pan but then double plated from underneath so it seems solid enough. hopefully its good enough for what i need anyway, fingers crossed i dont find out

AWG

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lol yeah! And to fit further bars they just bolt onto what you already have? It sounds like a kit that you can keep adding to. I like the sound of this!

JB1

You have welded the plates to the floor haven't you? Not just bolted through? Big side or 3/4 impact and those front struts will have your legs.

RetroMk1

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no mate just bolted with thick steel under the floor to spread the load. Realistically i'll probably end up with a full weld in cage but for now i gathered this would be ok as loads of people seem to use these

I know a safety devices cage has weld in mounts then you bolt to these nut this lit is meant to just bolt straight to the floor

Could it be more dangerous than standard?

RetroMk1

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Yes mate using these

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Motors...cessories/2036

JB1

You are adding bars of metal into the cabin. If (and it is an if) they sheer off in a crash then they will be encroaching into the small area where you are. Even a weld in cage on the road is potentially more dangerous than standard. You don't wear a crash helmet on the road and if you crash there is a chance that you will impact the cage with your head.

I am sure that if the plates are thick enough and the bolts strong enough (for sheer and tensile stresses) then it will be ok. Personally; I would weld the plates in. Does the cage go through the dash or drop down by your knees?

Does the front bar run straight down or dash dodge with a bend. If it's the type with the bend then there is another weak point there. If you roll it over the bar will bend at that point.

I'm not trying to be all doom and gloom here (although it may appear that way). I would rather you were safe if the worst happened. A small off and the cage will be fine i'm very sure. It's that heavy impact in which the cage is going to save your life that really matters.