What I'm doing here is laying out the floor in one inch increments
to get a better idea of where the main hoop will be located. I'm using
tape to write on so it's easier to see. I'm also finding the center of
the car by measuring from door to door in the front and rear. The rear
of the car is five inches larger than the front. By finding the center
of the car, this will help locating the seats when they arrive.
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These are the fiberglass panels that are fastened to the
inside of the car that will one day have upholstery on them. The larger
one in the rear goes on the bottom and the middle one goes next to the
roof and overlaps the larger one. The small piece goes around the window
to keep the glass in. These all had to come out to be able to work on
the cage.
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This is the beauty about mocking-up things because you
can get a three-dimensional idea of what things might look like. By
placing a bar across the main hoop, I thinking that the down-bars could
be welded to them instead of the main hoop. This would make it MUCH
easier to do than coming off the main hoop but this new bar might be
right in line with the back of my head. I'll have to wait at this point
till my seats get here, so it's on to another project.
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Moving around to the other side of the bulkhead, I'm
going to need a firewall between the trunk and interior. The reason is
because of the fuel cell that's in the trunk and not under the car. The
NHRA rule book states that "all fuel tanks must be isolated from
the drivers compartment by a firewall, completely sealed to prevent any
fuel from entering the driver's compartment. Firewall must be .024"
steel or .032" aluminum sheet metal". I'm going to use
.032" aluminum sheet for this but first I'm going to have to make
some room.
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