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Post by cyclon36 » Thu Mar 31, 2011 6:57 pm

Got the brackets in yesterday. Everything looks great and is top notch. I'll be sending them off to get powdercoated next week.

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Post by cyclon36 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:55 am

Brackets:

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I tried to make the large bracket resemble the original as best as possible. It has the angled plates welded to the back for support and the nuts are welded in place as well. The steel is a bit thicker than stock so it should be more rigid.

The smaller bracket was altered from the original design mainly due to the fact that it's not being welded onto a steel pan. The rear foot was extended to provide a larger point of contact with the fiberglass and reduce the stress in that area. The side foot is very limited on size because of the proximity to the wall of the pan but I had two holes drilled to provide either a mounting point for screws or at the very least an area for some epoxy to grab hold of.

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Post by s2000erick » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:34 am

Looking good! Thanks for the update.

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Post by cyclon36 » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:15 pm

Just dropped the molds to my new/old fiberglass guy. I should have went to him from the beginning as he immediately started going over the mold and making changes for the better. plus, he's eager to get working on this which is a plus. I'll have more updates soon.

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Post by MBellRacing » Sun Apr 24, 2011 1:43 pm

Any updates? Can't wait to see the improvements!

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Post by cyclon36 » Sun Apr 24, 2011 8:09 pm

MBellRacing wrote:Any updates? Can't wait to see the improvements!
I should have something this week in my hands (hopefully). My fiberglass guy sent me pictures of the updated mold on my phone. He's tweaked everything for the better which should yield a much nicer part once the pan is pulled. I haven't spoken with him since Wednesday though and no progress was probably made this weekend due to the holiday.

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Post by cyclon36 » Sun May 01, 2011 1:21 pm

First seat blank is done. I'm getting it back on Wednesday.

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