My 83 driver rwd project

Yeah I didnt think it would be your priority  
this reminds me of a lupo which had a vr6 in the back although that also had a vr6 in the front and he put nos on each vr and last I saw he was about to twin turbo each one  

That sounds crazy 

http://www.edition38.c…=%20w12%20%20lupo&page=89 Video of it at the top

That's insane just squats and goes 

Wow!    

Any thoughts on this fibreglass dash

My personal opinion, don't do it. Even in a stripped out racer the standard dash can look good, with more gauges or whatever takes your fancy.

That said, it's down to you - go for it if it's the look you're looking to achieve with the car  

Not sure myself if it will suit the car yet

Long way off interior decisions 

Got a bargain today

3 tins of white stone chip and and gun £24


Should easy be enough for underneith and archs

Bargain  

That's cheap    

It's all about keeping the costs low

Sending my front shocks off today to shock tec

Adjustable dampening coil overs

Got a good few hours on the golf this weekend 

Put some supports into the bay accords to the wishbones 
These will also become a base for my alloy fuel tank


Tigged up well for some old steel




Windscreen out 
Just cut the rubbers
 
Next was the start on the cage but first I had to remove more from the interior


After a few measurements and some working out for the bends I got the hoop right in 1 go well pleased


Hoop fitted and then the side/door bars


Next up I trialled a seat to work out where the harness bar should be
Also got the roof bar in 


Put a dash bar in which got lifted later on
And a start on the door bars


Near enough perfect fitted


2mm gap


Another bargain my mate bought a 1.8t engine from Spalding and the seller had this £10 well chuffed


Wiper removed and a front view


And some dirty rott 


Second door bar gone in


Another try with the fibreglass dash


And onto the bar that goes from shock turret to the main hoop a 3 piece nightmare this took hours to perfect




Looks so simple but getting the 2 main door bars in line perfect was a nightmare worth it but still annoyed me until it was right


 


With me being good part of 6ft tall high door bars was out the window which slightly effect the angle of the 3rd bar going to the shock turret nothing major or noticeable from the outside but again slightly annoying  


Next up was some fancy tie in plates to join the cage with the body

Usually we have punch and flare tools but with my cage running as close as it is to the frame work they was too big  
So I ended up punching a 17mm hole in the sheet and improvising

Good old press and ball hammer and 5tons worth of pressure


Not bad


And finally some pictures outside






Think upto now I've put 15 metres of steel into the cage lol

Next week will be doing more cage work and hopefully have some engine bits coming to strip and rebuild

Lovely bit of welding and awesome work on the cage. This build just stepped up a notch  

Cheers bud 

Nice work mate, I'd love one of those pipe benders, we still use the old hydraulic ones

Keep up the good work

Andy.

Nothing wrong with mandraulic at least you control when to stop

I've bent 10 hoops one after the other same setting and they will always be a couple out 

Very nice work indeed, and a bargain grill too

Still not feeling that dash  

Hairyarse it's still just a option at the minute they also do a full carbon version  
At the minute I'm still hoping to use the original dash just a tad trimmed

MrVrG said

Hairyarse it's still just a option at the minute they also do a full carbon version  
At the minute I'm still hoping to use the original dash just a tad trimmed

You don't have to worry about my opinion on it! lol Carbon sounds good though