Comments for Team RallyImprezive http://rallyimprezive.com The Really Impressive Rally Impreza Sun, 08 May 2011 14:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on It's all in the details. by Andy http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=629#comment-14 Andy Sun, 08 May 2011 14:02:59 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=629#comment-14 Thanks for following my progress Brie! It's nice to know people ARE reading it. :) Thanks for following my progress Brie! It’s nice to know people ARE reading it. :)

]]> Comment on It's all in the details. by Taylorcraftbc65 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=629#comment-13 Taylorcraftbc65 Fri, 06 May 2011 19:20:27 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=629#comment-13 GOOD LOOKING WORK Andy!!! Brie GOOD LOOKING WORK Andy!!!
Brie

]]> Comment on Getting Rolling with the Cage by Taylorcraftbc65 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-7 Taylorcraftbc65 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:47:31 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-7 Andy, Those are some nice photos, have you had a chance to get any more done, or has "life" gotten in the way? The prgress on my XJ comes in fits, and starts. Sometimes I am pleased with the progress, and then others, the car just sits for a week, while I take care of problems here at the ranch. Brie Andy,
Those are some nice photos, have you had a chance to get any more done, or has “life” gotten in the way? The prgress on my XJ comes in fits, and starts. Sometimes I am pleased with the progress, and then others, the car just sits for a week, while I take care of problems here at the ranch. Brie

]]> Comment on NOW we are rolling! by Andy http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=424#comment-12 Andy Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:06:48 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=424#comment-12 Haha, I would ram you if you got axel grease all over my windshield. ;) Are you going to be running the Cherokee in just rear wheel drive? If so, can you tear down the transfer case and the front wheel drive components to save weight? Seems like with the weight of that thing you'd want to get it as light and as low as possible. Should be interesting! And are you in the Colorado area by the way? Haha, I would ram you if you got axel grease all over my windshield. ;)

Are you going to be running the Cherokee in just rear wheel drive? If so, can you tear down the transfer case and the front wheel drive components to save weight? Seems like with the weight of that thing you’d want to get it as light and as low as possible. Should be interesting! And are you in the Colorado area by the way?

]]> Comment on Getting Rolling with the Cage by Andy http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-6 Andy Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:03:05 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-6 Im not sure I know what you are saying, but the a-pillar down tubes are already welded to plates. Those plates are an inverted L shape. So I think my answer is yes. I also hope to weld some steel to in place to tie the sill tube to the door sill itself. And since the main hoop is behind the b-pillar a ways, I am going to weld a gusset from the b-pillar to the sill tube and door x-brace. Im not sure I know what you are saying, but the a-pillar down tubes are already welded to plates. Those plates are an inverted L shape. So I think my answer is yes. I also hope to weld some steel to in place to tie the sill tube to the door sill itself. And since the main hoop is behind the b-pillar a ways, I am going to weld a gusset from the b-pillar to the sill tube and door x-brace.

]]> Comment on NOW we are rolling! by Taylorcraftbc65 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=424#comment-11 Taylorcraftbc65 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:24:14 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=424#comment-11 From what I can see, I like your cage work. (I built all the cages in all my dirt track stock cars in the seventies, and currently weld the 4130 thinwall fuselages of experimental aircraft). It is interesting to hear about the progress on the other parts of your build. Tee and I picked up a 2WD Cherokee front axle at a local junkyard that is going to sponsor the car. It will remove over 200 pounds from the front of the car. Our car is SOOO cheap on it's AIV, that we will have enough wiggle room with the AIV for us to get a post 1996 Ford 8.8 inch rear axle with disk brakes. It is over 100% stronger that the weak Dana 35 that is the stock rear axle for the Cherokees. That makes it safer for my fellow racers who are behind me on a track. It you have ever seen a Dana 35 come apart from too much power or load being put on it, it can throw axle grease EVERYWHERE. Brie From what I can see, I like your cage work. (I built all the cages in all my dirt track stock cars in the seventies, and currently weld the 4130 thinwall fuselages of experimental aircraft).
It is interesting to hear about the progress on the other parts of your build. Tee and I picked up a 2WD Cherokee front axle at a local junkyard that is going to sponsor the car. It will remove over 200 pounds from the front of the car.
Our car is SOOO cheap on it’s AIV, that we will have enough wiggle room with the AIV for us to get a post 1996 Ford 8.8 inch rear axle with disk brakes. It is over 100% stronger that the weak Dana 35 that is the stock rear axle for the Cherokees. That makes it safer for my fellow racers who are behind me on a track. It you have ever seen a Dana 35 come apart from too much power or load being put on it, it can throw axle grease EVERYWHERE. Brie

]]> Comment on Getting Rolling with the Cage by Taylorcraftbc65 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-5 Taylorcraftbc65 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:50:22 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-5 I agree Andy, I am going to do the same thing for the main hoop in my XJ Cherokee. Are you going to weld plates to the door sills and floor, (in an "L" shape), to locate your front downtubes for the top halo? That seems like the stiffest way to go. Brie I agree Andy, I am going to do the same thing for the main hoop in
my XJ Cherokee. Are you going to weld plates to the door sills and floor, (in an “L” shape), to locate your front downtubes for the top halo? That seems like the stiffest way to go. Brie

]]> Comment on Getting Rolling with the Cage by Andy http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-4 Andy Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:38:47 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-4 Thanks! At the recommendation of Jim from Rollcagecomponents.com, I chose to mount the cage as close to the pinch welds as possible. He noted that the pinch weld/door sill is much stronger than the floor itself, so its a good structural location. I did make the floor plates long with the door sill bar in mind. I wont explain it in detail until I have pictures, but it should be pretty major in adding strength. :) Thanks! At the recommendation of Jim from Rollcagecomponents.com, I chose to mount the cage as close to the pinch welds as possible. He noted that the pinch weld/door sill is much stronger than the floor itself, so its a good structural location.

I did make the floor plates long with the door sill bar in mind. I wont explain it in detail until I have pictures, but it should be pretty major in adding strength. :)

]]> Comment on Getting Rolling with the Cage by Taylorcraftbc65 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-3 Taylorcraftbc65 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:16:25 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=356#comment-3 I like the way that you did your floor stiffeners. I like the way that you did your floor stiffeners.

]]> Comment on NOW we are rolling! by Andy http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=424#comment-10 Andy Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:25:59 +0000 http://rallyimprezive.com/?p=424#comment-10 I am installing an FIA approved seat so with my understanding of the rules, a seat brace is not required. And for the belts are going to attach to a bar that is not yet installed. :) And the x brace looks fine to me. ;) I wanted the tube to connect at the bends at the top of the hoop, and as low as possible to the floor, so thats just how it ended up. I know the x does seem higher than normal, but hey, it'll still be strong. :) I am installing an FIA approved seat so with my understanding of the rules, a seat brace is not required. And for the belts are going to attach to a bar that is not yet installed. :)

And the x brace looks fine to me. ;) I wanted the tube to connect at the bends at the top of the hoop, and as low as possible to the floor, so thats just how it ended up. I know the x does seem higher than normal, but hey, it’ll still be strong. :)

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