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Level Motorsport M86 Build - Rocco

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  • The remnants of notching. These things DESTROY tires, and you don't want to step on one either. This is the total waste from building the entire main hoop, which consists of 10 notches and 22 feet of tubing.
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  • The reinforcement caps for the rear shocks are removed to allow us to change the mounting position of the shock and increase travel.
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  • PITA.
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  • All gone. Plenty of room to bring the mounting points up or pass a pushrod through for a cantilever setup.
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  • In order to build the best car you can, you first have to strip it down to nothing.
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  • A good, super flat table is used to layout and weld the main hoop and it's internal bars.
  • Cutting taco gussets for the main hoop. The heat from welding weakens the tubing slightly, so gussets at intersection points, called "nodes", helps to add strength back to the joints.
  • Tonight he went over crafting the gussets for the cage. Cleaning the edges of the gusset material, in this case 16 gauge cold rolled steel, ensures a quality weld.
  • High tech methods of bending taco gussets involve a scrap piece of tubing and a strong pair of paws.
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