Hi Joe,
I hope you didn't get too wet at Pocono! I decided to miss SVRA's event at
Summit Point this past weekend, too much work to do on the car. At least I
stayed dry...
I appreciate the offer to come take a look at your car. I probably won't
get a chance, though.
The guy doing the job wanted me to pull the dash and all the wiring so he
would have unencumbered access. It was a pain but I am now glad I did it.
There were several things I will tidy up upon reassembly.
We decided to leave the outriggers as is. We are going with gusseted frame
extensions in front of the outriggers for the cowl hoop and behind the
outriggers for the main hoop. Two side intrusion bars on each side. One
diagonal bar from the center of the main hoop base of the passenger side
cowl hoop. And two bars going rearward to pick up the frame as close to the
rear leaf spring mounting point as we can.
Thanks for your input.
I just remembered I owe you a pair of figure 8 gaskets... Oops! I'll get
right on that!
At 12:58 PM 5/19/00 -0700, jaboruch wrote:
>Henry, on my TR3 I have the cowl hoop mounted to outriggers, but not the
>stock ones. I have a plate welded to the top of the frame, projecting out,
>and then gussets coming down to a larger plate,which is welded to the side
>of the frame. At the outer end, they are also welded to the inner rocker
>panel. You are welcome to stop by and see my car, next week. I will be
>racing (it looks like in the rain) at Pocono this weekend.
> With your bars, going rear to the wheel arches, you may want to consider
>having them go back to the frame in the boot. This would be stronger, and
>better to stiffen the frame. The bars would need to be at least at a 30
>degree angle to the main hoop, and within 6 inches of the top of the main
>hoop. On my TR3, they make it without having to cut the rear deck. You may
>also want to run a diagnal bar from the top of one side of the main hoop, to
>the bottom of the otherside, for more strength. My SCCA rule book is
>already packed in the trailer, but I think SCCA would require it. I Know
>that you are not racing SCCA but they require it for a reason. Joe
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