Spirit of South Dakota Lakester

[Tman]

Tman, does your wheel center to hoop need to be welded 360 degrees?   Or is that a detail related to the speed the car needs to be legal for?

Frank

Fully welded, I will be taking them to a good fabricator friend and have him Tig them up. If you are asking about the fronts with the Ford centers (with the gaps) I asked on that and was told they were fine if fully welded. If not, I have an awesome set for the front of my Tudor!

[Tman]

Working on problem solving, Speed Demon comes to mind for many issues. Mockup, Todds caopies is in my favorites.

[Peter Jack]

Just a thought Trent. Once you get just a little further along why don't you call them and see if they already have a mould for an existing canopy, probably from a homebuilt, that could be made to fit your application. That way you wouldn't have to spend the time and effort of doing a special mould for your project and access to spares would be easier.

Pete

[Tman]

Just a thought Trent. Once you get just a little further along why don't you call them and see if they already have a mould for an existing canopy, probably from a homebuilt, that could be made to fit your application. That way you wouldn't have to spend the time and effort of doing a special mould for your project and access to spares would be easier.

Pete

Todds website shows an in-stock canopy that looks like a perfec fit

[Tman]

OK, no more wood blocks and am working on what I want for diagonals! The PVC is to mockup the fire bottles

[Tman]

Email to Todd, he replied, measurements on the way tomorrow! We shall see.

[Tman]

Working on the semi-pierced rear helmet bars. missed it by 1/2" witht the first try, back to the Hossfelt tomorrow and we will get it. Spent some time on the phone today with Joe Timney about fire bottles. I will highly recomendd him based on input from other racers and the 30 minutes I spent on the phone with him today. He answered questions I had before I even needed to ask him. Thats cool!

[38flattie]

It's looking good, Trent!

[Tman]

Thanks Buddy! Got two matching tubes cut, almost ready just need a little tweaking. Time to cut some uprights.

[NathanStewart]

happy new year trent.  i owe you a phone call.  hope to give you a ring this week.

[Tman]

Got what I call the "dash bar" bent and cut. The tape above the shoulder hoop will be a tube that ties the two together. I am still playing with ideas for the main frame uprights ad diagonals between the lower rails and the shoulder bar.

[Tman]

Did a bunch of shop cleaning among other things and finally got the block up on the rails, time for some fun stuff!








One of our drivers requested a drink holder. I offer up two choices, Stainless and Aluminum

[WOODY@DDLLC]

Aluminum is lighter but we should do an FEA study first!

That's Fluid Entry Assessment and not with diet coke!! 

[Tman]

Aluminum is lighter but we should do an FEA study first!

That's Fluid Entry Assessment and not with diet coke!! 

Well, my pal Scotty that is one of our team does not drink so I grabbed the only thing in recycling that was NA. And thats NOT Normally Aspirated!

[Stainless1]

One of our drivers requested a drink holder. I offer up two choices, Stainless and Aluminum

OK, I don't know about this aluminum guy but I'm not holding any one's coke  but if your bud wants to hold my beer, I'll drive