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Micke wrote:What do you do when you want to optimize the roll cage but don't have access to a good FEM program?

Answer here:

Cool
I've not used this software, have access to better tools, but i know of at least one guy who's used it, and its freeware.
http://www.grapesoftware.mb.ca/

Sooo.... 23 seconds into Australia versus South Africa in the Rugby sevens 1/4 finals, Australia scores. 20-14, Australia wins
How do you like them apples?

Ben, As the saying goes, a picture is worth a 1,000 words. I am not getting a clear enough picture of what you are saying and so I hesitate to make a comment but as a generalisation, I agree where I beleive you are coming from. Perhaps a scribble sketch off a scanner? Cheers, MD Which bit do you wa...

:D Joooooeeeeey....Relax mate......Raggin` you big time here..... :D Break out a xxx,you`ll feel better...hehe!! Besides,I spoke to MD,an he says all you blokes down under are related,no matter where you live..so the Kiwis are brothers dude...When the crap hits the fan ,you all huddle around and cr...

MD for stiffness this is not an ideal sulotion. I am not sure it can be done. But the pipe works better when it moves from for example left side junction @tower bar (on the shock) to right side junction @cross bar under the dash. You drawing makes a virtual rotation point which produces a twisting ...

Ahh yes, our wonderfull ADRs. My understanding on roll cages door bars to meet ADRs is that the bar must run below the level of the seat squabs, so the trick to getting a more effective diagonal may be to have it engineered with a set of seats with deep sides to the base cushion (deep race buckets m...

Nice fab work, but I would have done the rear half of that cage differently, and run a diagonal in the main hoop. You've got alot of tubing there that's not really doing much in terms of stiffness. One of the early M3 websites has an excellent collection of assorted cage designs as used in Supertour...

Fully Hektik bro!

Or, to translate for our US friends...
"its Mad tYtE y0!"

[quote="Mats]There is a lot of feelings and wanting around the 105 series but if you look at the pure fact the chassis is absolutely horrible in standard form, needs extensive rework to be fast. A 116 chassis needs only springs and shocks all around and an adjustment to be fast. Look at the rea...

Bwahahahahahahahahah!
I've been keeping out of it cos i hate cricket.

Yeah, ok, mine weighs like 1450 or something, but I do have more than 500hp at the flywheel

Interesting that they suggest a 1400kg limit on the Ultralite rotors for a heavy braking cicuit. I've got a pair of Ultralites (The price was too good to resist) here waiting for me to get off my ass a build a decent brake setup for my car, however, now i'm not sure they'll stand up to pulling the c...

joey wrote:Lol, relax mate, ben is a career ass. he's obviously cranky and on the rag, and you happened to buy it (you should see him when he's feeling sadistic).

Don't make me start on you Joey

Micke wrote:And... I've seen then in Spiders as well.

Yeah, but the spider i'd seen it done to needed a bonnet buldge to clear the cam cover/oil filler from memory?

Barry wrote:Then I quickly whip out the ol 14mm modified spanner and tighten it more...........

Thats right, tighten it up till you feel the thread strip (or the bolt let go.... was using someone elses socket set with a longer handle ), and back it off half a turn