My build - Lots of pics
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So this weekend the main goal was to get the car down to Eric at Midwest Chassis to get the chute mount and window net installed. So Friday night we loaded up the car and got everything ready, we needed to be up EARLY Saturday. Here is a shot of the proud owner (Chris) with his baby.
He looks so happy
Saturday morning we go up at 5:30 and hit the road about 6AM. Here is a shot of the car on the way down as the sun came up.
We got to Eric's about 8:30 in the morning and unloaded the car. I'm sure his neighbors liked the TA alarm clock Eric got to work on the window net first, and we went to go get some breakfast. Here are some quick pics of what he had when we got back.
Shot of the top side of rear bar. This is the only one that is permanently attached to the car. This makes it nice if you want to pull the net out, there is nothing in the way.
Close up of the weld
Here is the lower side of the same bar. You can remove the bolt, and move the bar out enough to slide the net off.
This is the lower part of the front bar. This is on a heim joint to allow plenty of movement so the net can get out of the way for getting in and out. This bolts to a threaded insert on the cage so you can remove the whole bar.
Same part from the inside
Here is the seatbelt clip that locks the net into place.
And the final product! You can see how the front bar bends out to give you a lot more arm room, a nice touch.
Next up was the chute mount. Eric started by bending up a piece of molly tubing, and tacking it to some molly plates the Jason made earlier.
You can also see that he had already marked the tube for the piece that comes through the bumper.
Here you can see Eric welding up the piece that slides into the receiver on the car, and holds the chute cable.
And here is that same piece all welded up, and drilled for the pin.
Eric is bolting the fully welded cross bar onto the car so that he can check the alignment of the receiver in the center be fully welds it in.
Got it perfect, and welded it fully along with adding a couple gussets for strength.
Here is the whole thing minus the chute holder.
Somewhere in that whole deal Eric whipped up the ring that holds the chute and the launcher. Here is a pic of the weld on one of the 4 tabs that the launcher will bolt to.
While the mount was cooling off he did us a favor and welded in a sleeve for the passenger seat back bolt to go through. You can see him working the TIG pedal between his legs to get this done!
He also added piece to hold the shoulder belts in place. I didn't get a pic of him doing that, but it didn't look easy
Once that was all finished he got back on the chute mount. He started with the two lower pieces to hold the ring in place.
Then after measuring, checking, measuring, and checking a few dozen times he made up the top two pieces. These have threaded inserts in the end of them (on the car side) so that the whole thing can be removed. The he added the two braces on the sides for extra strength
We planned on getting some more small things done to the car Sunday, but it didn't work out. The only big project left is swapping out the ECU so that we can crank up the boost. Then we have some dyno tuning, chassis cert, and finally RACING!!! We will keep you all up dated, and thanks for following along!
Sean
He looks so happy
Saturday morning we go up at 5:30 and hit the road about 6AM. Here is a shot of the car on the way down as the sun came up.
We got to Eric's about 8:30 in the morning and unloaded the car. I'm sure his neighbors liked the TA alarm clock
Eric got to work on the window net first, and we went to go get some breakfast. Here are some quick pics of what he had when we got back.Shot of the top side of rear bar. This is the only one that is permanently attached to the car. This makes it nice if you want to pull the net out, there is nothing in the way.
Close up of the weld
Here is the lower side of the same bar. You can remove the bolt, and move the bar out enough to slide the net off.
This is the lower part of the front bar. This is on a heim joint to allow plenty of movement so the net can get out of the way for getting in and out. This bolts to a threaded insert on the cage so you can remove the whole bar.
Same part from the inside
Here is the seatbelt clip that locks the net into place.
And the final product! You can see how the front bar bends out to give you a lot more arm room, a nice touch.
Next up was the chute mount. Eric started by bending up a piece of molly tubing, and tacking it to some molly plates the Jason made earlier.
You can also see that he had already marked the tube for the piece that comes through the bumper.
Here you can see Eric welding up the piece that slides into the receiver on the car, and holds the chute cable.
And here is that same piece all welded up, and drilled for the pin.
Eric is bolting the fully welded cross bar onto the car so that he can check the alignment of the receiver in the center be fully welds it in.
Got it perfect, and welded it fully along with adding a couple gussets for strength.
Here is the whole thing minus the chute holder.
Somewhere in that whole deal Eric whipped up the ring that holds the chute and the launcher. Here is a pic of the weld on one of the 4 tabs that the launcher will bolt to.
While the mount was cooling off he did us a favor and welded in a sleeve for the passenger seat back bolt to go through. You can see him working the TIG pedal between his legs to get this done!
He also added piece to hold the shoulder belts in place. I didn't get a pic of him doing that, but it didn't look easy
Once that was all finished he got back on the chute mount. He started with the two lower pieces to hold the ring in place.
Then after measuring, checking, measuring, and checking a few dozen times he made up the top two pieces. These have threaded inserts in the end of them (on the car side) so that the whole thing can be removed. The he added the two braces on the sides for extra strength
We planned on getting some more small things done to the car Sunday, but it didn't work out. The only big project left is swapping out the ECU so that we can crank up the boost. Then we have some dyno tuning, chassis cert, and finally RACING!!! We will keep you all up dated, and thanks for following along!
Sean
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9 Second Club
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: IL
Thanks for all of the kind words guys, it means a lot to Chris and I. Eric does fantastic work, and thats why we use him for everything. The car has already proven his parts work, but it will really show it this year!
Like Chris said, if you see us out come by say Hi, and check out the car. It always cool to meet people who have been followin along with the build. We should be at most of the local tracks this year. Byron, Great Lakes, and Cordova for sure, maybe Route 66, and 41 too.
Sean
Like Chris said, if you see us out come by say Hi, and check out the car. It always cool to meet people who have been followin along with the build. We should be at most of the local tracks this year. Byron, Great Lakes, and Cordova for sure, maybe Route 66, and 41 too.
Sean