Guest Locutus Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 I thought it was some kinda of aluminum based fuel. The same stuff used in the solid rocket boosters on the shuttle. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 New pics are up including one of th ecage routing in my car. It's DOM steel not cro-mo an dit's not going all the way to the floor. It's on the wheelwells and reinforced. http://216.254.117.47/development/testweb.nsf/4691e0edd8a01bd6852569ae0075e9c4/bfde2094dd10c02085256a6a00050714?OpenDocument Beware that the pics are bigger than previously taken. I've got a new camera and am still getting used to it. Should be interleaved pics and none are bigger than 250K but still - much bigger. check out the Konig wheel shot - much better no? Just played aorund and took a ton of shots, threw a few away, cropped like MAD, and then posted them. Wish I'd had this from the beginning! Lemme' know if anyone wants anything in particular taken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pparaska Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 Wow, the pics look great! The car is coming together really nice! Wooo. Those pics are too big though. Get Ulead PhotoImpact or something and cut them down bud! I like PhotoImpact because it has a WYSIWYG compression engine (smartsaver) that lets you see the result as you slide the compression bar from max to min. The car is looking Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted June 13, 2001 Share Posted June 13, 2001 Yeah, I know it's huge. Didn't have much time to play with it last night. Took the shots at MAX resolution too I've got Photoshop but it's not real helpful in that can't see the changes until after I've saved. PITA! Will hunt up the software you mentioned and try to cut them down (sigh). Interlacing brings the file size up too! Hrm, $89... not too bad - will trial it fiorst Thanks Pete! [ June 13, 2001: Message edited by: BLKMGK ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 I am SOOO depressed. I got my car back today. My 8pt S&W cage looks good, but now my car is only good for people 5' and smaller. I just didn't do my homework. Now I have spent $200 on a cage and almost $500 on installation. The cross bar in the main hoop is too high to slide the seats back at all. I'm 6' tall. The main hoop is resting on the shelf behind the seat belts (in front of the storage boxes) as far forward is it will go, and is leaning back as far back as it will go without touching the wheel wells. I was thinking if I had the hoop's cross bar lowered or replaced with something that extends backward a bit, I would be able to give myself back some leg room, but my skull would be firmly planted in the top of the main hoop. I feel like an *ss. I didn't do my homework, and now I'm screwed. Even if I sit up so straight it looks like I have a pole up my *ss, I can't slide far enough back to be even remotely comfortable. The wheel is going to hit my legs. .. and everything was going SOOO well till now. Hmm.. wonder how much I can get a tube notcher and a mig welder for... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted June 16, 2001 Share Posted June 16, 2001 Hey SCCA, you gonna be at the Zed away next week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted June 17, 2001 Share Posted June 17, 2001 I guess this is why my bar sits the way it does. I'm 6'2" and push the seat all the way back against the bar but am fairly comfortable. I guess this does give me a bunch more room huh? I think this is how your's will have to be done. Don't feel bad though, mine was done "wrong" the first time too. The top hoop was run UNDER the plastic piece that holds the dome light. When I pointed out that this wasn't how I wanted it and that my HEAD was HIGHER than the bar they fixed it for me - no charge. If you told them where to put it and they did exactly as you said then I'd expect they will charge you. Especially since moving it back will require new side bars and new bars along the roof if you had those done. Doh! Sorry to hear about this man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest needwaymorespeed Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 blmgk-youre cage looks very nice,I went to youre site to check it out but didnt see any pics of where the side bars come down at up front and how the front of the cage effects youre dash board-any more pics?? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLKMGK Posted June 18, 2001 Share Posted June 18, 2001 I'll try to take some tonight, no one's ever asked me for those before You'll get to see the neat rollbar wrap. I did have to notch the padding near the steering wheel as otherwise my hand rubbed it The front bars make using the dead pedal tough too which bugs me some but not too much. Will try to get the pics tonight while I'm out there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Bayley Posted June 19, 2001 Share Posted June 19, 2001 Check out Mike Kz's installation of the cross bar. http://members.tripod.com/~SnowSurfer/mikekz4.html I "borrowed" his idea for my S&W Roll Bar. It works OK, but I should have gone with more set back though. I only went with two inches of extra bar material (that's all I could find laying on the floor) while Mike has at least three. Regardless, at 6 foot 3, I can still drive my Z comfortably. -Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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