Cavalier Trackcar Project

[joe cavalier sri]

will it be road legal when your done ?

[gsi pie]

I believe so joe

every thing he is doing wont make it not road legal

[TurboDan]

Its been a while since i updated this now. Well after my pipe bender failed to bend my tube troy decided to build his own bender and so i decided to wait till this was done and see how his works.

And well it bends really well. Heres a picture of 2 bends, bottom one i did with my bender with the pipe rammed full with sand and the top one i did with troys hand built bender from scratch first time:




As you can see its very near perfect compared to my benders effort, so troy you should be well happy with it

So i made a start on the main hoop for my cage. All was going well until i came across the next problem:


Its too small! When ordering the tube the bloke on the phone assured me 2.5 metres would easily do the hoop, clearly he was wrong! So i will be ordering a 3 metre length and will be trying again.

Heres some pics of troys bender in action:

[Chip Pan Dan]

good stuff, might have one made for mine

[joe cavalier sri]

whats the push bike ? into my bikes

[TurboDan]

Thats hayleys bike, hardly used just covered in crap but nowt special really, "coyote" is the make.

I have a very nice specialized full suspension which i also rarely use but i keep meaning too. Will get a pic up of it.

[TurboDan]

Actually just found a pic of it on my phone

[btcctroy]

Wow those bends are better than I expected. Thats such a shame I would of love to see that main hoop done its So annoying that the guy assured you 2.5 metres was going to be enough when very well isn't. Could u get us a 3meter piece as I'm going to crack on with mine after your finished with it.

[TurboDan]

Yeah gonna ring the guy tommorow and order them.

[joe cavalier sri]

Actually just found a pic of it on my phone

nice bike that problem with full suspension bikes it takes a lot of energy when pedalling then

[planetc]

nice bike that problem with full suspension bikes it takes a lot of energy when pedalling then

Not bad if the bike is well designed though

[TurboDan]

Also you can lock the rear suspension on it so its just like a normal bike. Allot of the top end bikes have that function these days.

[Envoy CDX]

Love it!

[btcctroy]

I like it, it has the scrap heap challenge essense about it lol

[Envoy CDX]

I like it, it has the scrap heap challenge essense about it lol

[TurboDan]

Well due to now having a baby on the go I have decided to scrap the cage idea for now as time is now against me to get it roadworthy again really then the cage can be added in anytime.

I bought an F20 off troy, then I can get the engine bay painted and engine bolted in.


So yeah still got it lol

[planetc]

I bet you are using all the tubing to make a flash git push chair?

[TurboDan]

lol no donated it all to troy. So watch his thread

[btcctroy]

lol no donated it all to troy. So watch his thread

Thank you very much. Lol
You forgot your oil cooler

[TurboDan]

Yeah remembered when I got home

[TurboDan]

I havent touched this for a while as my camper van project has taken over for now. But i did do abit on it tonight whilst waiting for some bits to turn up for the camper.

I carried on doing the seam welding in the engine bay, i had a play with the settings on my welder and so had some good welds going on today:










And some nice penetration for troy......


I also stripped back ALL the seam sealer in the bay to see if there was any more rust hiding but i can confirm that my engine bay is currently rust free lol. For how long who knows

Engine bay is very nearly ready for some paint!

[TurboDan]

Today seeing as though i was in a cav mood i thought i might aswell get this dam engine bay finished.

So i had one last bit to make and that was some fixed strut brace mounts. I haven't made the brace itself yet as i dont know where it needs to fit around the engine, could of guessed but may aswell make that when the engines in.

So i cut 2 pieces of tube 3" long, cut a wedge out of the side and then welded a nut/plate to the top and ended up with something like this:




Then a VERY quick sand down:



And primer:





Who knows might even buy some kind of paint for it tommorow

[Ads]

exellent work Dan, wish i could weld like that, but its something ive never tied, Ads

[TurboDan]

I recommend trying welding at some point. I have just taught myself really never been to college or anything like that, ive had loads of practise though and some great tips off other people.

Its a good skill and can save you allot of money and once your actually setup with a good welder then it doesnt actually cost you much at all.

[btcctroy]

Looks really nice. The welding looks ace nice and neat. What's next ?