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  1. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Hi Mike, Our Goal... Hummm.... Our goal is to produce a car (well, actually two) that are competitive with the best high performance production cars manufactured today. We want to accelerate, brake and handle as good as the best of them. But, we also desire the same street manners. We...
  2. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    I understand what you are saying, but I think that we will be OK. All of the cross bracing does come to a single point. We are already looking at modifying the next cage raising that point up about 2". The tube wall is about 1/8" thick. Thanks for the comment on the welds. We work hard...
  3. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Thanks for the kind words. I think we are adding about 150 to 160 lbs. When complete, I am guessing that the car will weigh in at about 3,000 lbs Not to bad when you consider that we are adding about 6% to the overall weight of the car and netting over a 70% gain in torsional stability.
  4. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    That's a tough one. Everything we are doing is designed to work as a package. How much is "real High"?
  5. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Hi David, The front frame rail extensions are formed out of 14 gage sheet. We are not going to extend the rear frame rails. We are going to rely on the roll bar to help reinforce the rear frame rails and suspension mounting points. You could weld yours up just like mine and still use...
  6. SN65

    The Reenmachine DOHC '67 Shelby Clone Convertible Progress

    Well..... Yes and no. We are making about 640 at the crank and we have logged about 6K since April of 06. Granted, we didn't up the HP from 390 until sometime in June or July. That being said, I have never pushed the car to its limmit. Maybe we will if Hot Rod ever has their open track...
  7. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Hummm.... We just performed our final torsional test and the numbers have not changed from the last test. Hummmm....... We are currently at 70% reduction in torsional deflection. I would have guessed that all the welding and the last few mods would have netted us some gain, but...
  8. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    This weekend we finished up all the chassis mods. Just some grinding and sanding and we should be ready to drop her back on the frame rack for the final torsion test. Here is a link to the latest photos. http://sn65.com/Fire%20&%20Ice%20unibody%20reinforcement.htm It will be...
  9. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    New update at the site http://sn65.com/Fire%20&%20Ice%20unibody%20reinforcement.htm Check out the fuel door we are currently evaluating. With that said, it is time for the suspension gurus to chime in and help with the front end geometry. Here are our issues.... We are going with...
  10. SN65

    The Reenmachine DOHC '67 Shelby Clone Convertible Progress

    Well... While the roll bar will help a little, it is more of a safety item than a structural item. We will be evaluating just how much a roll bar contributes to torsional stability once we weld our roll bar in. The front end and floor sections of these early cars are where most of the...
  11. SN65

    The Reenmachine DOHC '67 Shelby Clone Convertible Progress

    Hi Pete, I noticed that you used sub-frame connectors on your ride. Did you know.... Sub-frame connectors have little to no effect on improving torsional stability. They do help improve “beam” deflection, but do nothing to reduce torsional deflection or "twist".
  12. SN65

    The Reenmachine DOHC '67 Shelby Clone Convertible Progress

    Hi Pete, Sounds like we are living the same life in some kind of bizarre alternate universe. After spending a few days at SEMA, my wife and I took off for Aruba. There is nothing quite as nice as sitting under a thatched hut, on the beach, drinking some random tropical concoction out of...
  13. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    We have mounting pads on the base of the rollbar which allow us to weld the bar in place without messing up the coating.
  14. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    We are currently going to powder coat the cage. I have given some thought to having the cage covered with leather like a stearing wheel, but, for right now, we are looking at just powder coating.
  15. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Just finished the roll bar. Here are some photos. The last on is trying to show the quality of the welds. I think they came out great.
  16. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    We are just finishing up the welds on the roll bar. It would have been faster to Mig weld it, but we decided to Tig weld all the joints. It should look killer after we have it media blasted and powder coated. The three link is in the works. All designed on AutoCadd and ready for fab. Just...
  17. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    We are adding a 1/2 x 1/8 thk piece of bar stock. We trim the driprail back (leaving about 1/8" as a guide) form up the piece of barstock and weld it in place. The entire lower edge is continiously welded. This fuses the loose edges of the roof and the bar stock together into one solid piece.
  18. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Here are some photos of the roll bar setup. More photos are available on our website.
  19. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Cool. Is you car going to be on display? If so, what booth? We are building our own front strut setup using custom coil overs and SN95 spindles. We are also building our own 3 link w/watts link, coil over rear suspension. Both of these, when complete, will be 100% bolt in assemblies...
  20. SN65

    Fire and Ice

    Good eyes... If we were going to use the original suspension / shock tower setup, we would have freplaced it before hand. But, we will be installing a McPherson strut setup and we are going to be removing the inner section of the shock tower to get us a bit more header clearance for the...
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