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MNR at Autosport
amalyos - 11/1/11 at 10:23 PM

MNR have a stand at the Autosport show this year.

They will have their LMP on display, and also my new RGB car (although it's not 100% finished yet!!).

If your going, pop in to say hello.

Steve.

omega 24 v6 - 11/1/11 at 11:36 PM

Will do

big_l - 11/1/11 at 11:39 PM

defo cant wait to see both cars

phelpsa - 12/1/11 at 01:54 AM

Heading up on friday, will stop by for a look!

[Edited on 12-1-11 by phelpsa]

spdpug98 - 12/1/11 at 06:35 AM

]I'll be there at some time on Friday to collect my rear diffuser

GMPMotorsport - 12/1/11 at 07:59 AM

Heading up there with the team on Friday.

Gergely - 12/1/11 at 09:12 AM

Please, please take some pictures guys and post it up here, I'm way too far to go...
Thanks!
Gergely

Agriv8 - 12/1/11 at 09:17 PM

Please Please tak som pictures as I have no tin top due to the thevin scum. Oh and the new addition to the Agriv8 Clan

Regads

Agriv8

gavin174 - 18/1/11 at 09:09 PM

this is a link to Steve's blog

http://stevembuild.blogspot.com/

and a couple of Steve's pics from Autosport...



loggyboy - 19/1/11 at 01:03 AM

Steve, has your rollcage been tweaked since the pics in your blog? If not and you want to run it in the RGB, you may want to check out the discussions on double bends in the front legs of the cage in the chassis section on here. MSA regs dont like the double bends.

expatkiwi - 19/1/11 at 06:27 AM

I went to the show mainly to go to the MNR stand. I must say I was bitterly dissapointed that most of the people on stands I visited were not the same as MNR. The MNR guys were helpfull and chatty. It took me ages to get away as I thought it was coming up to my round for the tea and coffee
The vortex looked beautifull and the LMP has given me some ideas for the future (anyone want to buy my westfield?)

Looking at the pics of the cage on steves car and my eyes are still a bit fuzzt this morning I cant see if by double bend you mean as in and "S" shape on the front legs or a double bend in the same direction.If its a double in an "S" then no the scrutes wont like it but if its a bent at the top to come down then another to turn down again to the floor then that should be OK. Get in touch with one of your local MSA scrutes in the blue book and they will put you in the right direction

Cheers
Brian

amalyos - 19/1/11 at 07:39 AM

The cage is already on Mathiew Lewis's car in the Kitcar championship, and has been tested and approved. I do plan to get the local scrutineer to check the car over before I do my first event.

Steve

loggyboy - 19/1/11 at 11:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by amalyos
The cage is already on Mathiew Lewis's car in the Kitcar championship, and has been tested and approved. I do plan to get the local scrutineer to check the car over before I do my first event.

Steve


Worth a check here http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/2/viewthread.php?tid=127272&page=2

Both MNR and MK cages discussed and a picture clairifying what the MSA dont like.

gavin174 - 19/1/11 at 11:20 AM

If a cage is anything other than exactly what the blue book says,

It has to be tested and approved by the MSA

The MNR cage HAS been tested, and approved by the MSA

Chris had a copy of the approval at Autosport

It may be worth Steve carrying a copy it to races thou.

marc n - 19/1/11 at 12:15 PM

quote:

Both MNR and MK cages discussed and a picture clairifying what the MSA dont like.


basically if you are willing to pay the money for testing and your cage passes the stress test etc then there is no problem, however if you are not going to get certification then you have to follow the blue book to the letter :-) hopefully this will help eradicate all the confusion. we ( mnr ) have three designs fia / rac / msa approved suitable for racing cant speak for mk as im nothing to do with mk












cheers

marc

[Edited on 19/1/11 by marc n]

loggyboy - 19/1/11 at 01:08 PM

So these are FIA ROPS approvals? (MIRA tested?)

If so it would be well worth posting that in the thread I linked too, just to clarify, as Procomps comments would lead people to beleive that they have the only 7esq car with a FIA ROPS approved cage, when if the above is FIA approval, then thats quite clearly incorrect!

[Edited on 19/1/11 by loggyboy]

procomp - 19/1/11 at 02:02 PM

Hi

If the cage is fully FIA ROPS tested it should have the labels present on the cage and the drivers need to have a copy of the paper work to hand for scrutineering.

GBS are presently going through the full FIA ROPS procedure so they are fully ready to race later this year.

Cheers Matt