Cavalier Trackcar Project

[TurboDan]

Because the pic he put up is an astra. And mines not fitted to the car at the moment.

[joe cavalier sri]

so how would you do that to a cav without the subframe ? may sound a daft question but its intresting and im trying to understand cavs more inside and out

[TurboDan]

Please read the whole thread before replying and you may stand a chance of understanding then.

He wasnt showing me the suspension/subframe setup.

[joe cavalier sri]

ok

[Brett]

The bar welded in between the steering rack mounts is a commonly done on older Vauxhall track cars without a subframe.

[TurboDan]

I bought a new toy to play with

Its a 16ton Hydraulic Pipe bender with 8 differant sized formers:






As you probably guessed allready its so i can make the rollcage inside. Its more than powerfull enough for what i want. It can bend upto 3" pipe! Just need some pipe to bend now...

[retrogeezer]

haha, where is the 'like' button!

[btcctroy]

Show off! Lol

[planetc]

Nice bit of kit, think you might have a que forming

[btcctroy]

Nice bit of kit, think you might have a que forming

Why are you first in line

[TurboDan]

Maybe a few rear half cages could be made up and sold.

[gsi pie]

as I said im wanting rear cage

[TurboDan]

But because mine is stripped out its not going to be a good car to model them on as most people will want them to fit with the seats still in. Maybe troys car would be good to use as a template.

Also the gsi floors may be slightly differant where it would mount. Would you want one to bolt in or weld in pie?

[gsi pie]

bolt in is poss plzz dan

hmm would a gsi be different in that way?

[btcctroy]

May not be different at all as the sills and rear bulkhead are the same. You would need to weld the bolt on brackets into place though pie

[TurboDan]

Will see how mine goes first and go from there. Just waiting on some prices for some tubing.

[gsi pie]

that's not a problem troy

[planetc]

Nice bit of kit, think you might have a que forming

Why are you first in line

Yeah sure, I could fit one in the wifes Zafira just in case she overdoes it on the roundabout down the road that she spends half her life going around!! I will certainly remember that Dan has the kit though, if I were to ever have the time and funds available to join the club here!

[TurboDan]

20 metres of CDS Tube on its way! Should be here by friday

[vauxtillidie]

20 metres of CDS Tube on its way! Should be here by friday

so much for 'dont think ill buy the tube this month' haha

[TurboDan]

Was a good deal...

[btcctroy]

Was a good deal...

Yes a very good deal

[TurboDan]

Not done much recently but today i did manage to have an hour or so on it.

Made a start on the rollcage feet, done the front drivers side:




I also tried out the pipe bender on abit of tube i had left from the engine bay. Just wanted to see if the pipe would kink or not as some of the benders have a habit of kinking them rather than actually bending nicely. But it worked well, bent it as far as it would go and its still perfectly round all the way round the bend which is good:

[gsi pie]

the box section looks cool

[planetc]

What thickness did you make the feet Dan?