Second Wind: the 200mph Merkur

[4-barrel Mike]

Is this a good height for the lateral head restraint, 3.A.3?

Mike

[Stainless1]

around ear height, with you -20 fire suit on
looks about right

[38flattie]

Looking good, Mike!

[4-barrel Mike]

Thank you, sir! (both of you!)  

Mike

[Kiwi Paul]

Mike..Do you need me to come and look? Sorry I didn`t get a chance to talk on Saturday.....

[4-barrel Mike]

Sure, if you want to. 

Give me a call at your convenience.

Mike

[tauruck]

It looks very nice.

I love your attention to detail.

[4-barrel Mike]

It looks very nice.

I love your attention to detail.

High praise, sir! considering that my best looks like a two-year-old drawing on a wall with a crayon compared to what you're doing.



Mike

[tauruck]

I beg to differ but thank you.

[4-barrel Mike]

Overkill?



Just under, as far as I can tell working alone, 4" wider than my helmet.

Mike

[Peter Jack]

"Overkill?" ............ There's no such thing! Your cage is looking good.

Pete

[4-barrel Mike]

Thanks, Pete.  It was supposed to be slightly tongue-in-cheek.

Ok, next problem.   

Left-side belt mount, as original, seems well-placed:



Right-side, as original, ok for the seat Rick used (shown above), but I'm sure that Grib set the seat on top of it.



Not enough room for the original-style tube:



So, I propose using a piece of 1/4" x 3" similar to the cardboard, fit to the trans tunnel, welded solidly to the front and rear crossmembers as shown, and stitch-welded to the trans tunnel:



And then weld on the double-shear mount.

I think that this would provide more than sufficient strength.

Any thoughts or other ideas?

Mike

[Bob Drury]

  Mike, it's looking good.  Just remember one caveat:  You want the tubing under the floor to be equal in strength to the cage over your head... people have exited out the bottom before.  Bob

[salt27]

Mike,
  When positioning your belt mounts make sure the belts don't rub on the seat.
I remember someone having an issue with that.

  Don

[4-barrel Mike]

Thanks for the kind words and the advice, Bob.  The original longitudinal subframe was heavily reinforced by Byrnes & Co. and strongly ties into the Alston back-half, running directly under the seat:



Sorry for the angle.  Front is to the bottom (obviously).  Is that sufficient to keep me from falling out?  :lol:

Don, thanks for advice.  I expect that I'll have to trim the seat slightly to fit correctly.

Mike