1.8t Mid-Engine 1960 UBRDUB

[JK Fab]

jason who is doing the work ?

[volkdent]

NorCal Sand and Off Road, he did a nice job, but I have an issue with the design so unfortunately about half of it has to be redone

Jason

[Humble]

Hopefully he can redo the front down bars and get them closer to the a-pillars. One of the biggest problems I have with my cage is the a-pillar gap. Good to see it's it's getting a cage, it means you can go faster.

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by Humble

Hopefully he can redo the front down bars and get them closer to the a-pillars. One of the biggest problems I have with my cage is the a-pillar gap. Good to see it's it's getting a cage, it means you can go faster.

Yeah, it's way to big a gap, it fouls the window crank, and its in my forward view AND it's about 2.5 inches from my left knuckles. If I were to lose it around a corner and start correcting, your hands just go for the wheel, they don't remember a bar in the way, so I'd be worried about spraining a finger in that scenario, the other is an impact in which a hand could be caught between the wheel and the bar, I don't suspect major damage as the wheels are usually pretty soft, but it could pin you. These are all worst case scenarios, but that is exactly when you wish you would have thought about it more.

Unfortunatlely it looks like in order to get the clearance I want we'll have to cut a couple of holes in the roof to finish the tops of the welds. The car is getting repainted anyway, but it's just more work. I don't like to have situations I'm not happy with stare at me everytime I get in the car, so I think I'll be happy with all the hassle in the end.

[Humble]

Your worries are well founded so don't think that you're being too picky. You definitely want the bars as close to the A and B pillars as possible. Normally to do the welds on top the cage is dropped through holes cut in the floor which are later repaired or covered by the feet plates, anything preventing you from taking a hole saw to the floor?

[volkdent]

He built some very nice body-mounted bases for the cage, there's no going through those. As the body has to be repainted anyway, might as well just cut small holes through the roof, it's easy to get to to weld and bodywork.

Jason

[volkdent]

No pics, sorry, but the A-pillar tubing has been replaced as per my request. Sooooo much better! They havn't been tied into the front suspension yet, but I just needed that done before the paint was redone, the other points are in non-paint sensitive areas. Now the window cranks have room, the visor can clear enough, visibility is not limited at all, and there is the max amount of room between the steering wheel and the tubing. Paint next, maybe off to the paint shop this weekend.

Ooops, I forgot to mention, NO HOLES CUT IN THE ROOF!!! whooo hoooo

Jason

[volkdent]

I finally started working on the duct system for the intercooler. I have built bucks to do a vacuum formed scoop, but I can't seem to find a vacuum forming machine to do it, plus I'd still have to work out how to get the air to the IC. This way I just need to hook up flexible hoses to a plenum around the IC. It's easier, will look ok, and mostly it just makes having the quarter windows pop out much easier. It was a PITA, but seems like it will work. Next some testing to confirm I'm actually getting the flow I need.













Jason