>Are you selling these braces or would you make the design available to
>the group?
No I am not. and if I can find it I would be glad to make the design
available, but with NO guarantees.
> The size of the air cleaner isn't an issue for me as I plan
>to use ram air anyway. I have seen a picture of Terry's brace, but have
>no idea what he charges for it.
I dont remember now what he wanted for it, but I thought it was quite
reasonable considering the engineering time he put into it. It took me
quite some thinking and engineering to come up with mine and after telling
Terry about mine he came up with a different design. I like mine better
because its adjustable, but Terrys allows for the use of a stock air cleaner
which mine does not.
>PS Has anyone raced a Bricklin in a sanctioned event and how did they
>do? What class was it raced in?
I have rallied mine at full bore and have considered racing it in CVAR
vintage racing. I got permission to do without a roll bar based on Terrys
notes and pictures of the integral roll cage. The battery cut off is
however a bone of contention since this will kill the door opening
mechanisum and I want to be able to get out fast without some knuckle head
shutting off the doors with the external switch. I think I have permission
to wire the doors around the switch so that they will always operate even
with the emergency cut off switched off to prevent fires.
Another problem that has not yet been satisfactorily been answered (to my
satisfaction anyway) is whether you need a fuel cell since there is not a
metal firewall between the driver and the fuel tank. I think for safety
sake you should have a fuel cell even if the racing body allows you to race
without one and they may still require the metal fire wall even with the
fuel cell. My Formula Ford has both and is required to have both.
Jim I. ,
Onboard "Millennium Falcon"
"Auto racing, bull fighting and mountain climbing are the only real sports.
All others are just games." E. Hemingway---- J.Isbell adds "and sailing."
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