Out of disaster comes ...more bloody work

[Mikethepanel]

Cheers mike

First job on todays list was to cut the gear stick hole

Then set the height i want the gear box to sit.
Once i put the mounts up on the tunnel i found that there was a bit of a gap

So i decided that it would be easier to cut and extend the bolt on mount to suit

Then all was ok

[Mikethepanel]

As of tomorrow i shall be ordering the rollcage from custom cages

[boyce24]

Very good move!!

[havard01]

I work just around the corner from Custom Cages, they had a really nice looking Mk2 Escort in there the other day.

[Mikethepanel]

Started to clean off the inside of the roof skin today so i can paint it before the cage gets here. Once i got the remnents of the sound proofing off the ammount of rust was a shock. I ended up shot blasting the entire inside of the roof

Then instantly sprayed it with oxide primer

[Mikethepanel]

Woohoo its ready to be posted

[lee bishop]

Woohoo its ready to be posted

Thats some exhaust mate !

[rwdrs]

Thats some exhaust mate !

Those pipes look like they should be attached to an organ

You could probably play a tune if they were used as an exhaust!!!

[Mikethepanel]

Thats some exhaust mate !

Its got to be that long for noise regs

[grum]

little of that i know, but wouldn't it be an idea to double plate that each side ? gonna take a lot of stress and vibration in its life however good your welding is ............. just a thought

[Mikethepanel]

little of that i know, but wouldn't it be an idea to double plate that each side ? gonna take a lot of stress and vibration in its life however good your welding is ............. just a thought

I have used thicker steel than the original mount is made from

[grum]

its more the "weld" than the thickness of the metal ...... just a double precaution .................. oh how we'll laugh at the first gearbox mount broken retirement ........ no malice intended

[Mikethepanel]

Heres the cage weld test ready to go back to custom cages as the first part of the FIA/MSA certificate

[havard01]

What sort of lead time do you get with Custom Cages? Are they pretty quick to turn things around?

[Mikethepanel]

What sort of lead time do you get with Custom Cages? Are they pretty quick to turn things around?

It took about two and a half weeks from ordering to it being delivered