Show Me Your Racing Machines

[Risking]

a little something I have been working on as of late.

Ive done the whole cage at home in the garage (I make a few of them so no stranger to cages)

Its now got an engine and is 75% finished

[Duncan]

lol you don't want to catch fire in that one looks good, its come up well.

but you aren't giving away any of the real good stuff?

[Risking]

No fires in this one Duncan, Ive got a proper extingusher system for it from the good guys at revolution (shamless Plug)

No mate unforuntatly im not giving anything away just yet. But it is special where it counts.

The underside is where the real trickery has happened.

Ill send you a few "money" shots tommorrow. Just for your own viewing.

Edited December 29, 2008 by Risking

[sav man]

are the cams type cages any stronger than the japanise cages (assuming it's one that the front pegs go through the dash, and arn't all bendy). or does the thicker walls make up for the smaller diamiter?

[Risking]

Some of the bolt in Jap cages can be reasonable strong but in a good rollover they are utterly useless.

A cage thats bolted together without any decent reinforcement is going to buckle under the weight of a decent rollover.

The wall thickness of most jap stuff is not overly great either.

And the majority of them have one cross support from the hoop to the rear leg mount and thats it.

The large type clamps most local builders use for bolt in cages are far better than the single eye bolt jap versions

My old GTR had a modified/extended bolt in jap cage, it was decent in that I had added a full cross bar and good intrusions.

It was still no where near good enough for the speed the car was capable of.

Edited December 29, 2008 by Risking

[tacker]

another good pic has cropped up

[Noddy]

a little something I have been working on as of late.

Ive done the whole cage at home in the garage (I make a few of them so no stranger to cages)

Its now got an engine and is 75% finished

Are you planing to make a new wold record by jumping 56 London busses with that cage?

[nickor33]

hey would be intersting to see mark skaife/ jim richards r32 out there. who owns it or is it locked up in a museum somewhere. that car/ cars? has some serious history.

[Neil]

another good pic has cropped up

Chris thats a great pic mate.

I've stolen it and will add to my works slide show.

Neil.

[Kaido_RR]

engine finally back together but we found that the manifold is wrap so need to take it off and replace it or machine it, also need to make up a catch can too.

needs a tune asap, stock pfc map, 5000rpm limiter, and used 40L of fuel in 163km lol

Edited January 20, 2009 by [Michael]

[phunky_monkey]

Coming along nicely now...

Rebuilt and painted rear Brembo's, gearbox and 1 pce tailshaft in, trial fitted front CSC's, Engine in for good now...hopefully!

[Marlin]

Oh no, you said engine in for good! Careful careful!

Looks great mate

[phunky_monkey]

Ok, engine in for now! It's been in and out of there like a hot potato, so here's hoping it's there for a little bit.

Thanks mate

[tacker]

phunky,

where did you get the tailshaft made?

[Marlin]

Well, my little 32 is finally back from paint, complete with GTR kit

83 days to go!!!!!!

[sav man]

looks good ben. looks good with the n1 vents and nismo lip too.

[evil_weevil]

That looks awesome Ben!

Great looking cage too Brad!

[Duncan]

hey chris we are making chromolly ones if you need one and have one spare atm. we need exchange on the old one though because we reuse the yoke and uni.

[phunky_monkey]

phunky,

where did you get the tailshaft made?

It was done by a local mod here in Melbourne. I can find their name out if you want?

Ben: That looks tops mate, love it. Are they Troy's old WEDS? Suit the car really well

[Marlin]

Yeah thanks guys Yep, Troy WEDS, they're very light as!

Anyone have a boost controller they're wanting to sell? Mine melted all over the dashbaord in the sun!