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nothing other than R32 arms will bolt straight in. It would be possible to make the R33 uppers fit and use the R33 upright etc but I dont think it would be feasable. The best way around it as duncan said is to use a completely custom upper control arm set-up that elliminates the massive upright and terrible upper arm. The other adavantage is you can fit some good sized wheels on the front. Up to 12 inches wide if you want to push the friendship a litte with the factory guards. The front craddle is okay it just needs some mounting points welded on for the new lower control arm and away it goes. There is no point doing all this work if your not going to buy software and redesign the front geometry, it can be so much better than it is but it does take alot of work. Hence my move to a space frame car which has no limiting boundaries other than the ones I create.

glad you like it. Its a really nice fit after alot of mucking around and re-doing the bends a million times to get it right

well here you go Ryan..... In these photos its basicly finished besides the final weld clean up and welding the cage onto the bases. (its left loose on the bases to tidy up the welds with a small sander just to make sure they are neat as can be) ALOT of extra work has gone into this cage to accomodate the height needed. If you look closely at the photos you will see just how close the roof area bars are to the original body work. The front leg supports cant get any tighter nor could the roof diagonal or main hoop. There is just enough clearance for padding on the front legs and windscreen bar. The harness bar in the rear has nice little lugs that I machined up and welded in to suit the eyelets.

Bradnster's GTR is the king of competative GTR's There is no arguing that. What they have acheived with that car, or those 2 cars is incrediable. The berry/newman 32 was very sucessfull at what it did but I have nothing but respect for the brandster guys and what they did with cars less than ideal for the category. Duncan and I have always spoken about and I still beleive almost anyone would struggle to get he same results they have/do.

WRS don't have any more 997 callipers or rotors, i bought them all two weeks ago. If your after a set if 997 cup callipers they can be had for around the 1k mark for a pair and 600 odd for the 380mm floating rotor IF you know the right people to buy them from. There is a fair ammount of work required to fit them, the porsche hats require replacing or modifying to suit the hub and the stud pattern, the lower control arm needs some clearance mods, custom adaptors obviously, and mods to the upright to accomodate the bracket and caliper size. We've also found that with the weight replace the wheel bearings and studs BEFORE using the car with brakes like this. They WILL fail with the rotating mass. I've got a set on my road GTR currently and they are far too noisey for daily driving, the rotors rattle till warm and drive me nuts. The set on my race car are okay though as noise doesn't matter. There is no such thing as a streetable pad either, I've Had a set if pagid backings re lined for street use. You'll need some big internal diameter 18's as well I have 8 sets so if you are interested in buying a set for a skyline I'm willing to part with them for the right price. This is a current 997 Cup calliper (NOT a road going porsche 6 spot calliper or 996) with a Ferrari F50 calliper Here is a 997 Pagid pad up against an F50 ferrari pad, the size is obvious. These are the 997 brembo floating rotors we use, the rears are in the background kinda. Rears are very hard to get as the porkas dont wear them so they are used for very long periods. Out of interest here is a few I bought the other week, pretty average condition but no leaks or problems just paint damage.

Glad you like it so far Ryan. There's alot of work in it already.

Ive been slack in putting photos up with Ryan's cage but it has progressed and coming together. Basicly everything is knotched and has been trial fitted then touched up to fit nicely. So now im onto the final assembly of the cage. Sorry Ryan but once there is holes in the floor and plates welded down you know there is no turning back The hoop is a sensational fit inside the car. It literally needed a tap with the rubber mallet to get level. The front legs went in as did the windscreen bar, then it was lowered through the floor to make up the roof diagonal and weld up the tops of all the current bars. The front legs are a nice fit. There is just enough room between them and the pillars to fit thin padding if nessisary. The whole thing was then raised back into position and sat on the plates. You can see how close the roof diagonal is to the actual roof by looking at the shadow. Ryan is tall so we've had to adjust the bends and compromise a few areas to accomodate his height. The rear legs were cut and knotched then the mounting plates welded to the body. Typically id rather go to the towers but its rather difficult on the R33 to get the harness bar mounted within the rules so we went to the arches instead. In this photo you can see the mock up string line for the first diagonal as well. First rear diagonal cut and in place. Here is an artists impression of what still has to go into the cage

hahahaha wonder who taught jay the short cuts around there There is only one way to go around oran park fast in a sedan, Duncan knows it all too well too....

It is a bonds kit but not the hoop, the hoop is bent up from a jig I have for the R32/33 I was not entirely happy with the hoop for Ryans car so this is my own hoop and ill be using the one supplied in his kit for my little S13 project which im happy for it to sit a few mm off the sides. The bonds hoop is very good and typically id use it without an issue but its not tight enough for what I wanted for this cage. There was about 8mm each side, this hoop has 0mm each side, it actually requires a rubber mallet to get into place. Dont get me wrong the supplied bonds hoop is great and ill post up the trial fitment of it. the legs they are very tight and supplied by bonds, they require some tweaking in the bender but fit very neatly now.

this is the cage kit we have for Ryans car. The hoop has been trial fitted and is a really good fir to the b pillars and roof line of the car. Next few days ill get the rear section and front legs done with more photos to come

for a short period it will improve the tire but not make it like new. Kart shops are the better place to by traction compound from but its different to a rubber softener.

Eventually thats the plan yes. This car will be finished and sold as a rolling chassis and Ill finish off another 2nd car to race. It will take time to get them competative so ill run them in the state series straight up. Liams little excel certainly looks the goods, ive used alot of his ideas in my own cars.

ill be sure to send and post up photos as we go along. For those that dont know Ryan is getting a full weld in cage with the lot.

I tried TIG welding up a sunroof once and the whole roof buckled and went to shit. We beat it kind aflat again but it was never that great. Lucky was an old shit box S13 that had seen better days anyways.

My other GTR has two 044's mounted underneath the fuel cell in the rear of the car and they are still bullshit noisey inside the cabin. I honestly have no idea how noisey the Aero pump is yet as I have not even powered it up. Im assuming from what ive been told that they are pretty quiet,

its been a while but I have been accumulating parts still Added to the pile of bits recently has been tilton engineering Floor mounted pedal box and master cylinders Peterson dry sump tank Aeromotive Fuel pump and inline filters A few Barnes dry sump pumps The porsche 997 cup car rear calipers (have the fronts on the current car) Cobra Sebring F seat And a few other bits and pieces Hopefully over the next few weeks ill get back into it and make things happen again This photo showns the front pads we are using compared to the pad from an F50 brembo calliper.

smart arse Shes good to go so double enter it again.......

Neil or duncan can you put me down and send me bank details or something. Ill come out and chase the Z car around the ol circuit one last time. Probably one of my last drives in the full chassis GTR too.

Price for the whole car minus the running gear and interior etc etc. Basicly wanting a Bare bones rolling shell with pannels and glass maybe a dash skin, dont mind if its smashed or whatever Thanks Brad...

push it out the full 100mm I need a bigger floor space as well. Ive got 3 or 4 cars on the go and no room to build them

hahahahah the old excel is a little wider than it originally was. Did you make a decission on the engine as yet? So you guys have finally taken the plunge and moving factory then. The super car has been parked as well I take it?? Ill email you a few photos of what the skyline is up to latter tonight.

I use them on my race cars. Normally we'd just lob off the front of a factory pump and TIG weld a plate over the hole. Works well and the pump housing still fits perfectly with minimal fuss compared to machining up a new housing. I run my pump off the Haltech switched via water temp but id recommend a controller if your ECU cant run the pump.

thanks Liam, gotta catch up shortly, I havent been around much recently Id honestly like to be further along that what I am but its all happening just a little slower than I planned. Guess cant rush these things. Hows the Hyundai coming along?

providing you can get the right paper work and in touch with the original cage builder you should be right. Or if its built using the nominated material diameters then log it as a CDS cage and dont worry about the hassle. I know alot of people that do it this way but really using the same diameter material etc is defeating the purpose of a molly cage. Im not sure if the z is elligable for IPRA, im sure someone would be aware if it is or not. I have the same problem with garage space and my own race cars. Ive been building a spaceframe Sports sedan in my oversized single car garage. Gets tedious at times.

I got asked if id abandoned this project today. Truth is its still here and being worked on at a much slower pace than previous. Ive been doing multiple cages and work for other people to get the funds back together for this project. Which has run well and truely over budget already. Ive got pretty much everything required parts wise now. Dry sump gear, fuel systems hubs suspension etc etc The chassis has had the front braced a bit more and there is still more to come