sm_wrc uncaged!

[Steviant]

Last saturday was spent at Mark Fish Motorsport,

First we levitated the car

Seats out, cage next

The Motorsport Vision (caged) cage served me well
Some unbolting and it's out and ready for it's new home. Adam try not to 'use' it

Looking a bit sparce in there now

Had already sold my rear seats, and don't have any seatbelts in my car, so harnesses had to go back in and be bolted to something proper. (Don't want Edde dragging out his diagram again )

So, after a cuppa or two, and get this, no joke... Mr Fish provides Fish and chips for lunch, we got back to work. Fitted cage into Adam's car, had a chat with Yaser about his mental Charade racer, and then started stripping...

Managed to remove a carrier bag's worth of this sound proofing

Now for the fun bit...

Some unwrapping

Fishy gets bolting

Now for some sparks (was fun lying under car, preventing the under seal from catching fire, Hmmm, fuel tank is above me)

Towers welded in for extra strength and rigidity, rear cage bolted in

Final tweeks

Will try and keep the sticker the right way up!

Thanks to Mark for all his meticulous hard work, and putting up with me all day long and to Adam for buying my other cage and harnesses.

Engineering passion!

Steve

 

[Alexander]

loves it!

 

[Fred@BTM]

i know fishy knows his stuff, but man he needs some lessons in welding, sorry dude!

 

[172bagss2]

Looks good to me - but I understood that the reason the SD cage was 'better' than the OMP or Sparco equivalent was because it had, with Mark Fish's expert input, been better-designed for the Mk2 Clio...

'Better-designed' was understood to mean 'a better fit' with the cage being closer to the shell (for better cage 'performance' when you need to rely on it - and more rigidity in the meantime) - and the all-important ability to bolt the cage straight in to the car...

I am disappointed to see that the SD needs the same level of fabricating (i.e. towers welding in) as the OMP cage - which is literally 50% cheaper (albeit needing painting / p.coating)... :dapprove:

As above though - looks good nonetheless...

 

[Steviant]

You can just bolt the cage and towers in if you don't want to weld them. It's just stiffer welded in.

And you have to have towers, otherwise you wouldn't be able to get the cage into position inside the car.

 

[sideways danny]

i know fishy knows his stuff, but man he needs some lessons in welding, sorry dude!

it's not aweful, but it's pretty average.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Nice one Steve

 

[Fletcher]

Nice cage.

 

[Guppy]

love this car. any full pics of it?

 

[Inferno]

Looks really good, I might get myself one of those...

 

[mini-valver]

Awesome fella! Cant wait to get mine in. Is this the one that the GB will be getting? The diagonal looks more central than D4ve's, his has a smaller harness bar one side than the other. Your's looks better though, happy days!

 

[Sash]

Looking good hun

Nice to see you doing some work for once :rasp:

xx

 

[Brian]

Dissapointed I missed this now, i'll get a good look today though! :approve:

 

[Steviant]

Awesome fella! Cant wait to get mine in. Is this the one that the GB will be getting? The diagonal looks more central than D4ve's, his has a smaller harness bar one side than the other. Your's looks better though, happy days!

Cheers.
This cage was the last black one he had in stock. Will order up the front with your order.

We noticed the different version when Dave turned up too. Mark is going to speak to SD before he places order. It doesn't make any difference really, just bolted in in a different place.

Just needs some paint in the rear of the car now.

 

[Fletcher]

Any interior pics of the front seats?

 

[Ali]

Very nice.

 

[Bubbles]

Yum Yum, looking as fantastic as always!

 

[fUbAr]

awsome steven... fingers crossed you never have to test it out!

 

[Steviant]

awsome steven... fingers crossed you never have to test it out!

Cheers Fub, I plan to keep it shiny side up.

Will add more pics asap

 

[Rich]

Nice keeps getting better - almost makes me miss mine!

 

[seb]

looks cool

 

[Steviant]

Cheers people.

mini-valver, Mark has spoken to SD, and the version that was in Dave’s is an older type. You will be getting the same as mine, with the diagonal in the middle.

You can also get a welded in 'X' and harness bar version now, if you prefer. I think at same price.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Last saturday was spent at Mark Fish Motorsport,
had a chat with Yaser about his mental Charade racer

that thing on its wheels yet ?

[from MF's garage a few weeks ago]

i miss my charade !! :dapprove:

 

[Tom@JMS]

fantastic work, love things like this when they are done properly!

 

[ben_p]

Looks good.

OMP multipoint FTW though, shame you loose/mod the OEM Dash with the OMP but hey ho!

Whats the cost of the SD?

 

[danny172]

Looks really good mate.

 

[Steviant]

that thing on its wheels yet ?
[from MF's garage a few weeks ago]

Yaser raced it in the last round of the LMA championship at Donnington a couple of weeks ago.

 

[Guppy]

any full pics of the car? also how hard was the oil cooler to fit?

thnx. gup

 

[MarkCup]

I'd love one of those. Properly.

 

[Adamio]

Nice pics, now my suspension's all back on i'll have to take a few pics of mine with the cage and harnesses in.

 

[Steviant]

any full pics of the car? also how hard was the oil cooler to fit?

thnx. gup

Yes mate. These where taken after the engine build earlier this year. Haven't had time to do any decent shots with new cage in yet.

Oil cooler plumbing was easy, we had to make up some brackets to get to fit where I wanted it though. Couple of hours tops.

 

[mini-valver]

Cheers people.

mini-valver, Mark has spoken to SD, and the version that was in Dave’s is an older type. You will be getting the same as mine, with the diagonal in the middle.

You can also get a welded in 'X' and harness bar version now, if you prefer. I think at same price.

Awesome, think your's looks better anyway personally. Ill give Mark a ring next week to see what the crack is now.

Car looks stunning mate

 

[Steviant]

Nice pics, now my suspension's all back on i'll have to take a few pics of mine with the cage and harnesses in.

Good man. We should do some shots at the weekend.

 

[ditz]

very nice steve, love to get mine to this standard eventually

 

[Guppy]

looks awesome!!!!

 

[MarkCup]

How are you finding the Parada 2s Steve?

 

[jon_r]

He only ever drives to Mark's and back, or to Asda's once a fortnight, so round and black to be totally honest.

 

[Guppy]

lol^

 

[Steviant]

How are you finding the Parada 2s Steve?

In the dry, awesome. Have put two exaltos on front for some grip in the wet.
Rears are holding up well.

 

[Steviant]

He only ever drives to Mark's and back, or to Asda's once a fortnight, so round and black to be totally honest.

PMSL, yeah, my track day budget was spent on engines this year.

Need to try out some new rubber next year. Hancooks maybe.