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16th February 2012, 18:10 #1
WRC bodyshells
In a WRC car, if the roll cage gets damaged, does the entire bodyshell need to be rebulilt?
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16th February 2012, 18:16 #2
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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
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17th February 2012, 05:24 #3
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Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
But like dimvii says, depends how BIG the damage....
If main hoop is bend .... I doubt it....
If small dent near roof section, probably they will repair itPassion will make you crazy, but is there a other way to live ? :burnout:
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17th February 2012, 11:05 #4
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I agree...it all depends on the damage...
To finish first,first you must finish!!!
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17th February 2012, 14:15 #5
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I was at Msport a year ago, and if i remember correct they have only scrapped 2 Focus bodyshells, both involved in fires. All others repaired, even the one from Latvalas Portugal crash. A new shell costs around 80000 pounds, so there can go plenty of hours into repairing a damaged shell.
/peter
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17th February 2012, 14:20 #6
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What the hell costs 800 thousand pounds on a bodyshell? Fabia S2000 bodyshell costs something like 24 thousand (as a spare part, not for manufacturer to produce), the rollcage is similar spec. made of very expensive Heggemann tubes. That's still expensive like hell although four times less. It's not a space shuttle. I can't understand these prices...
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17th February 2012, 14:25 #7
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Just referring what we were told :-) It takes about 1000 man hours to just do the shell. The Focus was built from a naked floor pan. They then added most of the roll cage, and then put on all the panels around the floor pan and cage.
And its 80 thousand, not 800 thousand, still crazy money though :-)/peter
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17th February 2012, 14:30 #8
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Of course 80, sorry AFAIK Fabia bodyshell is built same way from the floor platform. That's one of the reasons I don't get the price. For me it's just crazy
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17th February 2012, 14:49 #9
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Everything about WRC cars is crazy :-)
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