Wallys914/8 Conversion and Restoration, The Build Up Continues, and Continues, and Continues Options

[wallys914]

I have had this car since last august, this july the resto/conversion started from the ground up.....Today i stand with the car body work 80% complete and the powertrain build about 20% Complete......Please Critique and Credit, anything you like.....

Original Car like a week after purchase

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Car after new tires, headers, clutch, carbs from fuel injection, and new muffler.

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After a lil paint and some New tires and wheel adapters <--- Bad IDEA

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3 day stripping paint

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Interior after some stripping...

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Car after more parts stripping....

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[J P Stein]

Go to the SCCA website and read the rules on helmet clearance to the top of the cage.....otherwise known as the broomstick rule.

[Solo914]

Go to the SCCA website and read the rules on helmet clearance to the top of the cage.....otherwise known as the broomstick rule.

This cage has really come together....keep it going!!!
Where are you going to move the car if the Association won't let you work on it there?

JP,
Just to clarify for others, isn't the SCCA helmet clearence rule/broomstick rule for open top cars running without a windshield? Basically if you lay a broomstick on the front dash bar to the main hoop the driver should have 2" of clearance to his helmet. I do not believe that this applies to enclosed cars or cars running with a full interior cage. When I built my Spec Miata and was poring over the GCR I did not remember this being the case. Or is their another clearance rule that I don't remember?

Kyle

[J P Stein]

Go to the SCCA website and read the rules on helmet clearance to the top of the cage.....otherwise known as the broomstick rule.

This cage has really come together....keep it going!!!
Where are you going to move the car if the Association won't let you work on it there?

JP,
Just to clarify for others, isn't the SCCA helmet clearence rule/broomstick rule for open top cars running without a windshield? Basically if you lay a broomstick on the front dash bar to the main hoop the driver should have 2" of clearance to his helmet. I do not believe that this applies to enclosed cars or cars running with a full interior cage. When I built my Spec Miata and was poring over the GCR I did not remember this being the case. Or is their another clearance rule that I don't remember?

Kyle

You are right, the broomstick rule applies to open cars, but......

18.4.1. Main and Front Hoops
A. Main Hoop: The main hoop (behind the driver) shall be full width of
the cockpit. The main hoop shall be as near to the roof as possible
on closed automobiles and not less than two (2) inches above
the driver’s helmet on open automobiles, with the driver seated
normally and restrained by seat belt/shoulder harness. Low front
hoops shall be cowl height, or at a minimum, a straight line drawn
from the top of the main hoop.

It also goes on to say that the top of the drivers helmet cannot extend past a straight line from the tops of front & rear hoop in a caged car.

[Solo914]

Go to the SCCA website and read the rules on helmet clearance to the top of the cage.....otherwise known as the broomstick rule.

This cage has really come together....keep it going!!!
Where are you going to move the car if the Association won't let you work on it there?

JP,
Just to clarify for others, isn't the SCCA helmet clearence rule/broomstick rule for open top cars running without a windshield? Basically if you lay a broomstick on the front dash bar to the main hoop the driver should have 2" of clearance to his helmet. I do not believe that this applies to enclosed cars or cars running with a full interior cage. When I built my Spec Miata and was poring over the GCR I did not remember this being the case. Or is their another clearance rule that I don't remember?

Kyle

You are right, the broomstick rule applies to open cars, but......

18.4.1. Main and Front Hoops
A. Main Hoop: The main hoop (behind the driver) shall be full width of
the cockpit. The main hoop shall be as near to the roof as possible
on closed automobiles and not less than two (2) inches above
the driver’s helmet on open automobiles, with the driver seated
normally and restrained by seat belt/shoulder harness. Low front
hoops shall be cowl height, or at a minimum, a straight line drawn
from the top of the main hoop.

It also goes on to say that the top of the drivers helmet cannot extend past a straight line from the tops of front & rear hoop in a caged car.

Cool. I just recieved my 2009 GCR in the mail.... how fortuitous.

Chris,
Everything is looking good. If you ever decide to go road racing or even track your car you are probably going to make plates to bolt in you top anyway, and when you do that it will give you plenty of room to move windshield cross bar. Your build is getting me rev'd up, maybe its time to build a caged 914. Honey, where is the checkbook?

kyle