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Offline Glen

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2011, 11:00:02 PM »
look in the build section of this web site
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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #16 on: December 01, 2011, 12:00:54 AM »
Thanks Glen.

I know where Southwest Utah is...but I don't know where the "build section" of this site is.

Help.

And not only that...we are trying to downsize our house and we had a "showing".
Well, I stashed my SCTA rulebook at 10:am and haven't been able to find it as of Midnight.


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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2011, 10:34:19 AM »
...The question is:
Withe driver seated very far forward in the standard roadster body, can the drivers legs protrude through the firewall...'which cant be altered'...into a nose section toward the front of the car?

Butch, I guess I don't see that sentence in the RMR section of roadsters... all those rules to comply with is why special construction is more fun. 
Think 212  :-D
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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2011, 11:30:11 AM »
Withe driver seated very far forward in the standard roadster body, can the drivers legs protrude through the firewall...'which cant be altered'...into a nose section toward the front of the car?

Where are you reading the the above?   In the 2011 rule book page 53 "Firewalls may be altered, moved or replaced entirely". Tony
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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #20 on: December 01, 2011, 11:38:31 AM »
That's the kind of help I need.

Still can't find my rulebook and set to see potential sponsor tomorrow.

Hope he does,t ask to may technical questions.

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2011, 12:31:47 PM »
Help me here.

In a RMR isn't the firewall behind the driver? A sort of barrier between the driver and the engine. I would like to see this Circ de Soli(sp) driver, I hope for a girl.

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #22 on: December 01, 2011, 12:51:51 PM »
Well yeah, in most REMR  (or whatever the hell they are) the 9 inch ford rear end and the 23 inch long auto transmission and driveshaft plus the length of the v8 engine consume all the cockpit...thus pushing the driver ahead of the firewall. I don't care for that look.

What I have is a Honda 4cyl DOHC engine mated to a VW trans-axle. The whole power train is about 30 inches from the axle to the harmonic balancer. With this combination I believe there is space ahead of the engine for a driver in the regular cockpit area.
Then the options are open to put a lakerster style nose from the fire wall out. So this may lead to having to open the firewall,inside the lakester nose, to acommodate the driver's legs.
Is that OK?
I'm up in the attic now looking through the Christmas boxes to see if my rulebook got packed away for the holidays.
Is that kosher....to open the firewall inside to let the drivers legs protrude through the firewall into the tapered lakeste stye nose?
Butch

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #23 on: December 01, 2011, 01:18:03 PM »
Butch. what everyone is trying to tell you is the original firewall on a RMR is not and does not have to be the firewall.  The firewall will be behind you, the original cowl must be there although it can be flattened if I read all those rules correctly. 
If you are thinking of a lakester nose think of a lakester tail...  :-D
Your sponsor might want you to set your sights on 212  :-o
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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #24 on: December 01, 2011, 02:16:31 PM »
I'm gonna stay with this just to prove I....Don't know what.

Okay guys the short engine and trans are behind the drivers separated by an aluminum firewall.
This pushes him far froward ,but his is torso head and shoulders are in the original fiberglass reproduction body, he is looking over the cowl.

Now, can the original (fiberglass ) firewall be opened to allow his legs to protrude through into the lakester type nose?

Still can't find the rulebook. Am thinking of offering a reward.

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2011, 02:26:59 PM »
This thread may give you some ideas.


http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,5612.165.html

Contact the committee chair as well.

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2011, 03:20:56 PM »
I think I understand the issue. Most of us TAKING out our Christmas boxes so that 'she who controls all' can make our homes pretty and bright.

Joanie and I are in Nassau over the holidays. Is that your location or name? I would be happy to see you over a rum cocktail and discuss.

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2011, 05:04:28 PM »
The original firewall can be completely eliminated!!!!!

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2011, 07:08:31 PM »
This is the firewall in the  Hoffman / Markley RMR when they ran it.  The best advise I can give you is before you start the build, go to the salt and see some of the RMR's.  Tony

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Re: Cockpit placement on GRMR
« Reply #29 on: December 02, 2011, 09:37:43 PM »
Got it!

I found my rulebook....it was in the backseat of my truck.

Gotta' get out of the house more.

Knew I was missing the point when I began to get replys with four or five exclamation points.

Have read everything and fully understand 65% of it so that should be adequate.

Thanks