Hi all, I've got a locost in the driver and passenger side it has a diagonal bar the one on the drivers side gets in the way and my shin hits it can this be removed or is this a major part of the chassis? Any help would be great cheers Chris.

Put padding on it, definitely don't remove triangulation!!

You got a picture of the offending bit?

Cheers

Rich

Sorry no pics yet, it runs from the bulkhead to the upright on the side panel. It gets in the way and I find it hard to get onto the brake pedal, maybe I could move it forward. I will put a picture on tmw. Cheers or your help so far.

Just for your help/knowledge etc, this chassis pic is pretty standard, so will help you refer to stuff by using the tube Initials etc...

Kind regards,
Steve

It looks like it goes from P to H on the o/s and the same n/s cheers for your help guys

It looks like it goes from P to H on the o/s and the same n/s cheers for your help guys

What like this?

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Mine doesn't have triangulation there and can understand why you keep hitting your shins!

Cheers

Rich

Spot on mate

Obviously I cant comment 100% without seeing your chassis but I would have thought in terms of "Risk" that the extra strength those would give would be offset by the chance of legs getting busted on a frontal, I'd be thinking about removing them if your chassis is pretty much standard apart from those.

Just my view but obviously check it out first!

Cheers

Rich

Cheers rich my chassis looks standard apart from those 2 braces out with the grinder tmw. Your right they would brake your legs in a crash. Cheers dude

You're more than welcome. Take care.

R

Yep. Agree with Richard. Chop them out. Sorry didn't think you would have additional tubes in there

has it had a cage in the past? just had our fitted with a cage at procomp and they put those in to strengthen the front cage mounting point.

Hi yes it does I should have put that in my post, so I guess they have to stay then padding it is.

something like this then i guess?

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Mine bolts down on the bottom and on the side it's a FIA cage maybe I could move it forward by a few inches

I have that tube in my chassis design. It alone adds a lot to the stiffness of the chassis - but only after significantly stiffening up the rest of it as compared to a standard chassis. On a standard chassis that tube wont make a large difference to overall stiffness, so you can probably live without it. It isn't present in most company's designs at all, and I dont see that having a cage makes it in any way neccessary. You must have damn long legs if it gets in the way, so if it's a problem for you you may as well remove it, imho.

Yes long legs I am 6 foot 4 I will cut it out tmw

Hi

Those tubes are usually only present on chassis used for competition use. Such as on the Westfield race chassis and our own chassis as standard. They are also in the Locost championship regulations as recommended. They are there to provide significant improvement for the chassis in the event of a T-bone situation. The FIA crash testing shows them to be well worth having in such an accident.

Cheers Matt