The Intelligent Money Racing 718 Cayman build thread!

[Gallons Per Mile]

I see, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation

[JulianPH]

Steve, I asked you not to waste money on a safety cage, what did you think all that light weight bubble wrap I sent you was for?

[Steve H]

JulianPH said:

Steve, I asked you not to waste money on a safety cage, what did you think all that light weight bubble wrap I sent you was for?

Sorry Julian, the stuff you sent wasn’t the proper FIA product but to see if it’s worth investing in that I tried it in in my road Cayman anyway and all the popping noise was distracting my zen like driving technique

[Steve H]

ChevronB19 said:

That’s one hell of a cage, looks good! Does it need certification?

No, it simply needs to pass scrutineering which is based on the MSUK "blue book" regulations.

Suffice to say it well exceeds the requirements .

[JulianPH]

Steve H said:

Sorry Julian, the stuff you sent wasn’t the proper FIA product but to see if it’s worth investing in that I tried it in in my road Cayman anyway and all the popping noise was distracting my zen like driving technique

[jeremyc]

Steve H said:

Good to see they are fitting the floorboards at the same time.

[Steve H]

I thought parquet might be a bit OTT

[QBee]

If you want to do a proper job, in keeping with the origins of the car, I can organise you a load of Black Forest timber at trade prices

[GSP]

Steve H said:

No, the way the car is laid out the front turrets are well supported as standard but also very hard to tie in or brace. The cage is bound to add rigidity but the beauty of starting with a car that is designed to be fast in the first place is we can concentrate on adding strength for safety.

Probably best not to google ‘GT4 turret’ then, out of the small portion of people I know with Porsche’s 3 have had turret failures and were told they’d driven them harshly at the track...

[Steve H]

Yes I have seen those photos and we did look at options but there doesn’t seem to be a good way of reinforcing there so I’m relying on my smooooooooth driving style instead

[JulianPH]

All credit to Steve for this!!!

[Steve H]

Teeshirt teeshirt teeshirt

[Superhoop]

JulianPH said:

Superhoop said:

I had a liver and tan Doberman years ago.. She was a nutter and HATED cats..

Are you in the UK..?? I thought clipped ears were banned here along with tail docking..??

Mine is a mixture of intelligence and absolute nutter daftness!

Yes, the UK, but we bought her (through a UK breeder) via an Eastern European breeder.

Her mum is 'Pride of Serbia' and har dad is 'Pride of Russia', but I think we we conned and her real parents are actually Scooby Doo and Santa's Little Helper!

Trust me, you haven't experienced Nutter daftness until you have owned an English Bull Terrier.. They are on an entirely different level of insane

[JulianPH]

Superhoop said:

Trust me, you haven't experienced Nutter daftness until you have owned an English Bull Terrier.. They are on an entirely different level of insane

After the first month with mine. that sounds terrifiyng!

[BrotherMouzone]

Just discovered this thread. Nice one and good luck Steve!

[JulianPH]

BrotherMouzone said:

Just discovered this thread. Nice one and good luck Steve!

Cheers! Steve is doing an amazing job!

[QBee]

JulianPH said:

Superhoop said:

Trust me, you haven't experienced Nutter daftness until you have owned an English Bull Terrier.. They are on an entirely different level of insane

After the first month with mine. that sounds terrifiyng!

Is this your dog, Julian?

[JulianPH]

QBee said:

Is this your dog, Julian?

That's the one! And don't mention squeaky toys, they are doing my head in!

[JulianPH]

Steve H said:

Teeshirt teeshirt teeshirt

Missed this mate, good idea!

[Steve H]

We’ll have to talk kit for next year, I can see the paddock being well attired with IM tees and caps .

And just in case anyone thinks we’re just playing with our dogs and not building cars, the front aero mods are well in hand and they tell me I might have the car back by the weekend so I can start painting the cage