Flip Front Braces
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I want to build some bracing for my flip front. I'm not sure, however, where best to mount them against the front of the shell/subbie towers. Could I see pictures of what some folks here have done with theirs?

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Have a look at Matty's car and mike races car (search for tangerine) for ideas.

Mine bolted on using the front shock top mount position, sandwiched between the top mount and the cross member. I welded the shock top mount to the mounting for the brace and utilised longer bolts. However I used 2mm wall thickness 1.5" steel tube.

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here is a couple of mine, very heavy duty and removable the idea was to tie them into the cage through the bulkhead and hopefully aid in crash protection but i never welded in the full cage and touch wood hope not to crash it

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Edited by Brett on 5th Jan, 2013.

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be careful doing the passengers side one, as its easy to make it impossible to get the side rad in/out.

Thanks, guys!

Brett, how did you mount your supports against the tub? I don't see any mount holes or nuts there, and it's a boxed in section with only a through-hole for the tower. Did you cut the section and weld nuts on the back side?

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there is a strip of 10mm thick steel welded onto the bulkhead then 10mm thick steel welded onto the top of the support bar

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can see bit better in this pic

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We did these on a customers car.


More here.
http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic...age__hl__mintec

Edited by Tupers on 5th Jan, 2013.

Thanks, guys!

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1967 Cooper 's' Turbo build @ www.drjing.com