1973 RSR evocation

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:13 am

Something to consider regarding road use. If you have an accident without a helmet on and hit your head on the roll cage tube near the door top you might be in trouble. With plenty of padding it should be okay but just something to remember.

squirdan · Post by **squirdan** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:30 am

you are right bruce but yes it will be padded with that surprisingly hard FIA stuff:

http://www.msar-safety.com/detail.asp?p ... ge_Padding

and with the super low seat mounts and recaros and harnesses, my head should be well below the rail

watch this video...i could not believe they were helmetless...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLHefuScKHQ

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:24 pm

granted it is fairly flat but it doesn't take much imagination.....

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:54 pm

Looks great.

Is there any of Ian's original car left???

Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:18 pm

964RS wrote:Looks great.

Is there any of Ian's original car left???

Not much now

Dan - who supplied the cage (Custom Cages ?) as it looks very beefy and safe

Any updates to the engine ?

Ian

squirdan · Post by **squirdan** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:59 pm

964RS wrote:Looks great.

Is there any of Ian's original car left???

Just the reg number and the elephant racing parts

Only joking... Partly down to ian's elbow grease and Brillo pad action that I can go carpetless without it looking literally like a tangerine

squirdan · Post by **squirdan** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:02 pm

Highfield wrote:
964RS wrote:Looks great.

Is there any of Ian's original car left???
Not much now

Dan - who supplied the cage (Custom Cages ?) as it looks very beefy and safe

Any updates to the engine ?

Ian

Engine going on high butterfly and re calibrated mfi but not just yet

Might do some "customer r&d" for Tuthills sequential dog box

Highfield · Post by **Highfield** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:08 am

squirdan wrote:
Might do some "customer r&d" for Tuthills sequential dog box

Read about that on their website - sounds interesting - Prodrive unit ?

Ian

squirdan · Post by **squirdan** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:14 pm

not 100% sure Ian. its on one of their rally cars currently.

custom cages yes. getting car back tomorrow...looking fwd to seeing the results

squirdan · Post by **squirdan** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:59 am

ii think my car is finally finished

swapped over to single lwt gel battery:

contour gps camera:

abm914 · Post by **abm914** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:01 pm

squirdan wrote:ii think my car is finally finished

Almost, you just need a steering wheel!

Car looks fab, more pics please.

The cut off/fire switches, are they electric?

Ad.

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 1:01 pm

looks great - love the cage!

squirdan · Post by **squirdan** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 4:56 pm

964RS wrote:looks great - love the cage!

thanks Jason...ummed and arred over body colour or not but in the end went for it

its a Tuthill rally spec cage, possibly overkill for my needs but certainly adds safety and stiffness as well as some weight. havent weighed it yet but did the following in mitigation:

- rear qtrs and rear windscreen changed to 4mm lexan (plastics for performance)
- all interior carpet, trim and sound deadening gone
- twin battery setup swapped for one smaller one

so hopefully shouldnt weigh much more than it did

pht9 · Post by **pht9** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:36 pm

very nice

, do you know the final weight ?

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:43 pm

You've certainly invested some serious time and money into this car and although I think lots if people would have been hesitant using quite an expensive and nice base car to do so I think what you've finished with looks great!

Can't wait to see it in the flesh.

Been going through thoughts on whether or not I should keep mine again (GT3's are getting silly cheap) but as the battery is now fully charged I would expect that by tomorrow night all those thoughts will have disappeared again...it's been 6 months...need to blow the cobwebs away!!!!

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