andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

[andypipe]

Re: andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow



At the end of last week the turrets went in, and on Saturday Gary was modding the cage to pick up onto the turrets. The rear H section was removed as it is not now needed, so just the 4 link to do

[Kevmk2]

Re: andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

Thats looking good mate,i bet Gary's saying 'finally i can turret and link your car'

[Retromotorsport]

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Thats looking good mate,i bet Gary's saying 'finally i can turret and link your car'

And arch it

[Graham]

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looking good those turrets look the dogs danglies
i couldnt see what that "H" bit did anyway ,
while the welders out will you be welding up those holes under the rear quarter windows?

[andypipe]

Re: andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

Abit more progress

Link boxes in


Axle fitted up


Shiney new dampers


And new ride height




Should be picking it up at the end of the week, put the underneath at the weekend, then its off for paint

[andypipe]

Re: andypipe's - MK1 Escort - xflow

Cage mods

[david_white]

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Awesome link boxes, gonna be a different handling car this year for sure

Heres Gary hard at work bending his incredible lithe body around various tubes and obstructions to once agin give the best possible srvice to his customers

[Pushrod King]

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Did the cage start off as a safety devices one?(looks like it) In the blue book it states that mods to homogolated cages is prohibited so I've been wondering how I'm going to get away with mine (sd)which is already modified .The scrutineers have already commented on it but as it doesn't matter for sprinting they couldn't do anything

[Retromotorsport]

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Another Grey area ... the Blue Book is full of them.
I spent ages trying to get SD to make a turret mount cage for Mk1's but they where only interested in Hysterical Rallying.

You can build your own cage and you must use the guidlines set out in the Blue book. I belive that the guidelines to modding a cage is there to stop the deletion of tubes, but as always its a strut's interpretation of the rules.
Andys cage wasnt a SD one by the way.

[Graham]

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Did the cage start off as a safety devices one?(looks like it) In the blue book it states that mods to homogolated cages is prohibited so I've been wondering how I'm going to get away with mine (sd)which is already modified .The scrutineers have already commented on it but as it doesn't matter for sprinting they couldn't do anything

provided it looks professionally welded you should get away with it at nat B level, i once turned a bolt in 6 point into a welded multi point and only once in around 100 events did i have a scruitineering issue, they said it had been weakend, quite how they reconned on that as there were something like 30meters of extra tubing in the car i dont know, and it certainly did a perfect job went i went into the armaco at 80+mph.

if they ask just say it was professionally done by a coded welder and they cant really argue unless championship regs state FIA approved or a specific cage spec

[Pushrod King]

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I presumed that Andys' cage is a SD one cos of the brackets on the rear hoop for the front part and door bars.
In the blue book at the end of Q1.1.1 it states that "any modification to a homologated safety cage is prohibited".
I just wonder how they'd know if the cage is homologated in the first place! What I don't want to do is turn up at a race meeting with my car only to have it outlawed because ot the cage .

[Retromotorsport]

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I really think it comes down to how the bolt in cages get modified... and this is the grey area ..

The bolt in cages move, they flex and also deform as every cage should.
But if the cage has welded bars all over the joins so they can flex or force a shear load onto the 2 M10 bolts securing that join that is when you can have catastophic failure of a cage.



As I said in the drawing, the above is my opinion on what should be added, and perhaps the addition shown in red do make the cage stronger ... but that said i will always recommend a welded in cage if, after you have made the additions you cannot unbolt the cage, then go for a proper Weld In cage in the first place

[Roger Miller]

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Chaps,

"The body man strikes an arc again"

What engine and gearbox are u going with from here on ?

[Ratters]

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Top work as usual

Going to be ace Andy

[andypipe]

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Chaps,

"The body man strikes an arc again"

What engine and gearbox are u going with from here on ?

This year i will be mostly using a X-Flow

But next year, who knows as i am trying to sort out the finances for something else