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| byndbad914 |
 Feb 13 2006, 05:35 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits  Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None  |
Disassembled the beast over the past couple of weeks in Orange and then AJ (the guy building the tube chassis) did some minor cutting (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif) I am getting pretty excited about the project though, should be cool if every crazy idea I have works out... never really know until you start piecing the puzzle together.
All things work on paper, only some things work in reality (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) If anyone really cares I will continue to post pics as the progress moves along... here is some starting pics. BTW, more pics are on my website in the chassis link I have started. Here is a shot of week1 Attached image(s) 
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| byndbad914 |
Feb 21 2006, 05:16 PM
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shoehorn and some butter - it fits Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 23-January 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 5,463 Region Association: None |
1x2 would be too small... can't find 2x3 so I may just have to go round.
Chromoly is stronger than mild steel... so I can use a thinner wall on chromoly for the same strength, decreasing the weight about 30%. I wanted to build a "frame" car so that technically, you could run the car without any cage. Then the additional cage would just be for safety not rigidity. For rigidity on a round tube car, you have to run a lot of overhead structure to tie everything together (or use large diam tube which would just look wierd) which means for the same rigidity in a 1-3/4" perimeter chassis v. 2x3 box frame I would have a bunch of bars in the interior to crawl around and get in the way, which I am trying to get away from. Was a good idea on paper (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Now that nobody seems to stock it, and I don't need a factory order qty, I will probably be caging the hell out of it. |
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byndbad914 starting the tube V8 car Feb 13 2006, 05:35 PM
byndbad914 week2 Feb 13 2006, 05:35 PM byndbad914 week 3... the "minor cutting". BTW, those crap-as... Feb 13 2006, 05:37 PM byndbad914 rear shot Feb 13 2006, 05:38 PM johannes http://www.914world.com/bbs2/... Feb 13 2006, 05:39 PM turbo914v8 Hell yes. Post pictures untill your eyes fall out.... Feb 13 2006, 07:01 PM turbo914v8 