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phastafrican · 08-22-2014, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryaquinn

Do you have another pic of your front down bar. Are you connecting it to the oem dash bar?

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It would have to go significantly further forward to touch the oem. I never touched or moved my ECU harness, so the down bars come down in front of that... same as above.
Scroll through my pics here - http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72007

phastafrican · 08-22-2014, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Piercemotorsports

Ok-gotcha-that may help us as well. I put our roof spreader up high and had to notch the roof beam/visor area and slid the A-Pillar bar straight down the pillar and then turned down inside those dash mounts (almost cut them off), touching/pushing them out for sure...Thanks!

That's pretty close, I think you're clear. Wouldn't hurt to measure a few more times. That's the only part about my cage I didn't do right.

Piercemotorsports · 08-22-2014, 06:56 PM

When we weld in the gusset's it always pulls the legs in a bit anyways...finished up the roof diagonal/taco shells and dropped it to weld!

phastafrican · 08-22-2014, 08:02 PM

True. Gussets or any attachments to the chassis are 2 extra points for me, so I skipped them on this build. If I do go with a more powerful motor in the future and a faster class, I left enough room to be able to weld them on.

xwd · 08-23-2014, 11:42 AM

There is a JDM AC delete bracket since the stripper model there doesn't come with AC. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1678040 has info on the part numbers you can punch into amayama.com to order it.

Raceseng is also looking to make one.

Piercemotorsports · 08-29-2014, 06:02 PM

Man it's tough to get a tall guy into a race seat in the FRS! We had to cut out the front oem seat mounts/crossmember/pedastols, "modify the tunnel" to move the seat to where it was low enough for our 6'2 friend to feel remotely centered on the wheel! The floor's not entirely flat either but we stitched in some flat strap and captured nuts so it sits level. Cage is almost done and we're fitting the dash back in around the a-pillar bars.

phastafrican · 09-05-2014, 05:04 PM

I cut out the factory mounts too. Not a lot of head room

Piercemotorsports · 09-05-2014, 07:57 PM

Almost done---got the seat mounts, rollcage, harnesses, window nets, fire extinguisher, quick release/steering wheel combo, tow hooks all finished---test drove it and other than a pesky ABS light that popped on we're good! Next week BBK for the front!!

phastafrican · 09-05-2014, 09:30 PM

Very nice

Piercemotorsports · 09-09-2014, 06:31 PM

Ok-almost home! Got the BBK kit on and some new shoes!

Piercemotorsports · 09-09-2014, 06:36 PM

Oh and alignment/corner balance---looks like we're at 2540lbs dry and around 2800lbs with a 200lb driver and a half tank or so...

phastafrican · 09-09-2014, 06:55 PM

Great. I'm at 2570 dry. Fairly close.

Ryaquinn · 09-09-2014, 07:01 PM

That cage looks great!

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Piercemotorsports · 09-09-2014, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by phastafrican

Great. I'm at 2570 dry. Fairly close.

Ok cool-that makes sense, you've got more cage than this car and the AC stuff still...I think we'll drop well below 2500lbs when we finally loose the passenger seat, but that may be a while for Jet as he's doing HPDE stuff...

08-22-2014, 06:56 PM	#31
Piercemotorsports Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Torrance, California Posts: 27 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	When we weld in the gusset's it always pulls the legs in a bit anyways...finished up the roof diagonal/taco shells and dropped it to weld! __________________ www.piercemotorsports.com

08-22-2014, 08:02 PM	#32
phastafrican Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven Scion FR-S Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 437 Thanks: 118 Thanked 171 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s)	True. Gussets or any attachments to the chassis are 2 extra points for me, so I skipped them on this build. If I do go with a more powerful motor in the future and a faster class, I left enough room to be able to weld them on. __________________ Emmanuel Baako: NASA-Southeast Race Control & NASA Florida Race Director RaceCar:2013 Scion FR-S #986 NASA PTD \|\| Tow:2011 Dodge Durango R/T

08-29-2014, 06:02 PM	#34
Piercemotorsports Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Torrance, California Posts: 27 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	Man it's tough to get a tall guy into a race seat in the FRS! We had to cut out the front oem seat mounts/crossmember/pedastols, "modify the tunnel" to move the seat to where it was low enough for our 6'2 friend to feel remotely centered on the wheel! The floor's not entirely flat either but we stitched in some flat strap and captured nuts so it sits level. Cage is almost done and we're fitting the dash back in around the a-pillar bars. __________________ www.piercemotorsports.com

09-05-2014, 05:04 PM	#35
phastafrican Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven Scion FR-S Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 437 Thanks: 118 Thanked 171 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s)	I cut out the factory mounts too. Not a lot of head room __________________ Emmanuel Baako: NASA-Southeast Race Control & NASA Florida Race Director RaceCar:2013 Scion FR-S #986 NASA PTD \|\| Tow:2011 Dodge Durango R/T

09-05-2014, 07:57 PM	#36
Piercemotorsports Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Torrance, California Posts: 27 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	Almost done---got the seat mounts, rollcage, harnesses, window nets, fire extinguisher, quick release/steering wheel combo, tow hooks all finished---test drove it and other than a pesky ABS light that popped on we're good! Next week BBK for the front!! __________________ www.piercemotorsports.com

08-23-2014, 11:42 AM	#33
xwd Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2013 DGM Subaru BRZ (Subie #9) Location: ATL, US Posts: 2,667 Thanks: 123 Thanked 861 Times in 552 Posts Mentioned: 32 Post(s)	There is a JDM AC delete bracket since the stripper model there doesn't come with AC. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1678040 has info on the part numbers you can punch into amayama.com to order it. Raceseng is also looking to make one.

09-05-2014, 09:30 PM	#37
phastafrican Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven Scion FR-S Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 437 Thanks: 118 Thanked 171 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s)	Very nice __________________ Emmanuel Baako: NASA-Southeast Race Control & NASA Florida Race Director RaceCar:2013 Scion FR-S #986 NASA PTD \|\| Tow:2011 Dodge Durango R/T

09-09-2014, 06:31 PM	#38
Piercemotorsports Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Torrance, California Posts: 27 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	Ok-almost home! Got the BBK kit on and some new shoes! __________________ www.piercemotorsports.com

09-09-2014, 06:36 PM	#39
Piercemotorsports Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Torrance, California Posts: 27 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s)	Oh and alignment/corner balance---looks like we're at 2540lbs dry and around 2800lbs with a 200lb driver and a half tank or so... __________________ www.piercemotorsports.com

09-09-2014, 06:55 PM	#40
phastafrican Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven Scion FR-S Location: Fernandina Beach, FL Posts: 437 Thanks: 118 Thanked 171 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s)	Great. I'm at 2570 dry. Fairly close. __________________ Emmanuel Baako: NASA-Southeast Race Control & NASA Florida Race Director RaceCar:2013 Scion FR-S #986 NASA PTD \|\| Tow:2011 Dodge Durango R/T

09-09-2014, 07:01 PM	#41
Ryaquinn Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: FRS Location: Gainesville FL Posts: 444 Thanks: 154 Thanked 283 Times in 154 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s)	That cage looks great! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ FRS Drift videos: http://www.youtube.com/ryaquinn

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