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Indeed...there's no point having a bolt in cage if it can't be removed. The thought being that, if worst comes to worst (which it won't) and we roll the damn thing, we can remove the cage and put it in a new shell.

As I eluded to before, we won't be attaching that rear cross piece to cage. The small bit of tube sitting over the top mount in that picture won't be staying there as it means we can't access the top mount then. We need to get a larger diameter section of tube to put Re. That small piece is only...

I managed to get hold of a female aux plug, spliced the output audio lead into it and stuck it to the left of the gearstick. I thought it turned out nicely, would recommend it.

March 7th 2012: We're getting towards the stage now where we're actually putting a few things back on the car, which is a really nice feeling. The first of which is the front left corner, the brake pads are still to be bought, so we'll leave the caliper off for now until we get them. Rob...

Can anyone tell me what thickness of camber shim equals what degree of camber shim?? Hoping to get our own laser cut....

We had a few amusing names when we were discussing it. You could have the names across the doors so that amusing words are left when you open the door (like to top gear did). My favs were: Mudflaps Motorsport or Gashouse Racing. Hehe.

March 1st & 2nd 2012 Whilst I was away with my lovely lady for the weekend visiting her parents (and their new dog), Ryan and Rob made some cracking progress. A lot more fabricating has been done and some good steps have been made. Ryan's beautiful welding really showing through now, base...

Yehh, I like the EBC products, i've got redstuff on the Supra and they really grab once they're a bit hot. I think we might just go straight with yellowstuff, seems the logical choice

What's the opinion on pads too? We'd planned to get yellowstuff pads all round, Ktec racing can supply the fronts for a decent price. Had someone mention ferodo ds3000, but not heard anyone really rave about them

Lol....we are going with 15s, i mistyped back there. I'd like to go with the AO48s if I can, it's just a case of finding a good supplier

Jay, Tony, here's one for you....what tyres do you use? And where do you get them from? We've got some cup racer spec speedlines lined up, so it'll be 195/50 R16

Yeh, cheers Tony. Double annoying 'cause Ryan and I had both looked through the rules and not spotted anything gospel, but hey ho, should only cost us a small amount to remedy. A lot easier doing it now than later when they ask us to replace them! We've been reading a lot of the stuff you guys...

I've just spent a while looking over the rules on polycarbonate and finding that the bluebook does in fact state 4mm is a minimum for any plastic windows fitted!!! We didn't find the ruling before and consulted FIA rules which have a line stating 3mm, but after further reading and checking, this...

It's just yellow hammerite (there's the tin next to the beam). The art is in the preparation, Rob cleaned them up real nice with the wire brush on the bench grinder. We did a white undercoat as well, also hammerite.

Yehh, definitely looking forward to meeting all the faces around the paddock! Throwing around motorsport terminology like nobody's business :p

We're gonna be pretty tight on time and cash, but I think we can do it pretty quickly. Ryan's ARDS is next friday and mine is the following monday. Both of us have no real experience of circuit driving. Rob did the 2CV 24hr last year and that was his first racing experience. So we're very much...

Yehh, that's the plan, don't think we'll be quite keeping up with you guys though. We're all up to speed on the rules, got a few copies of the bluebook knocking about now. The polycarb we've got is 3mm which is what the FIA rules say. The bluebook itself doesn't actually quote a number as far as...

We did it with the side windows and got bored, so SMASH!! A lot more satisfying.

Good question.....we're aiming for Snetterton on April 15th, but likelihood is we'll be scraping to get to Brands on May 7th.

Now we're cooking on gas. Photobucket links ftw

February 28th 2012 After a little delay with the welding as we had to get ourselves a big bottle of gas, Ryan is continuing the progress of fabricating all the base plates and so on. Following on from Rob's efforts with cleaning up all the suspension components, I finished off painting...

February 25th 2012 Some more thorough cleaning from Rob and all the brake components have been painted up. An air compressor proved very useful in removing all the front suspension! Rob starts on the unenviable task of sorting through the main loom (this won't be all done for a while)

February 10th,11th & 12th 2012 A weekend working on the car commences; Whilst Ryan is fabricating all the bracketry and welding things in place, Rob and I will crack on with other items on the car. So, out come the rear beam and the rest of the rear suspension components and brakes. The...

February 2nd 2012: Initial test fitment of the cage (Rob looks proud of it coming together), so we can figure out where all the mounting plates will need to be welded and so on. He's me sitting in the seat (I'm the tallest of the 3 of us), mocking up where the seat mounts will go as well...

January 31st 2012: We've obtained some very vital parts. We did an order of electric components, mainly switches along with a number plate for the trailer and some gauges. The whole lot adding up to just over £100. We have also got ourselves an OMP bolt-in cage at just £530 and some Cobra...

January 17th 2012: Today is stripping day and boy did we gut that thing quickly! All seats and interior trim out in 3 hours by Rob and I. We could have weighed everything we took out and give a nice break down of the change, but that's way too much effort. The seats and seatbelts were...

January 9th 2012: The car enters the garage for the first time for the initial weigh in before stripping anything out of it. We filled it with a full tank of fuel and stuck it on corner weights. For a car that cost me just £1700 back in May of 2011, in good condition and with 90k on the...

Background The story of Chase Racing began in the last few months of 2011, during a casual trip to a rolling road to see a friend's Civic TypeR, which was being prepared for the TinTops series. Ryan and I (Dave) were on the way back from the rolling road in my Clio 172, when Ryan said "What's...

So, we are entering TinTops this year and as such, here is the build blog from the beginning. All the background and stuff is in the following posts and in fact, this information will be replicated on our website, which we will be hoping to go live with as soon as possible. Please read on...

Re: Clio sport convertion! I get so angry when people call themselves engineers when they have no degree or high level qualification to justify so!! Completely undermines the hard work I put in to get mine. :mad: