Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:22 AM |
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Chassis update and ready for weldathon...
Before I get my chassis fully welded, can anyone see anything I have missed or anything structuraly wrong with my chassis.
Planning to add the hoop for the steering column later and the odd small bracket and shock mounts.
Cheers,
Pat...
 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:22 AM |
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:23 AM |
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:23 AM |
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:24 AM |
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:24 AM |
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:25 AM |
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:25 AM |
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rayward
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:32 AM |
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Top belt/harness mounts?, radiator mounts?, handbrake bracket?, brackets for solid to flexi brake pipe unions?. err thats all i can see.
Ray
[Edited on 22/5/05 by rayward]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 10:54 AM |
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Something to bolt your seats to?
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 11:08 AM |
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Seat mounts was the thing I noticed too. Don't think bolting them to the ally floor is good enough for SVA (or safety), you need a more secure
mounting point.
Other than that, looking good!
Pete
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 12:26 PM |
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Handbrake mount is there - it's very small and going at the front of the tunnel near the scuttle and vertical.
Going to weld two 3mm bars across the bottom for the seats - jut like an MK, but going to wait until I have the seats so I get them spot on.
Upper seatbelt brackets will be relevant to the type of seat, so will do them once I get the seat in place.
Front brake flexy pipes will bolt throught the ali side panels.
Radiator mounts will be put on once I have the nose cone sorted - shouldn't be hard though as the 'blade rad is really small.
Cheers so far.
Pat...
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Danozeman
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 02:47 PM |
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Just a small thing. the ends of the tubes arnt capped..
Dan
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andylancaster3000
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 03:22 PM |
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Roll bar and roll bar mounts? Especially if you want to race it. (if that is what you want to do )
Andy
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 03:27 PM |
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Tubes will be capped in the weldathon - got to cut out the centre bit of the bar at the back below the diff and cap these as well, so that'll be
my reminder.
Far bottom corner roll bar plates will be welded in once the chassis is fully welded and then the roll bar welded in place.
Anything else...
Pat...
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clbarclay
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 03:37 PM |
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More additional bracing is an option. The pictures show additional braces that i've come across more than once in the past.
 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 04:27 PM |
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Cheers - though about them, but it's all this weight compromising stuff.
As it is, chassis stands at 55kg.
Also got the fireblade cradle adding additional stiffness.
Pat...
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niceperson709
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| posted on 22/5/05 at 11:07 PM |
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Hi Pat
I know you are ver weight concious but one diagonal acros sthe front trapeezoid would not ad much to the overall mass but would ad a lot of stiffness
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other wise looks good .
best wishes
Iain
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James
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 09:19 AM |
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Pat,
Looking good. Gotta agree with Iain here.
You really want that front inverted V to prevent the whole front of the chassis lozenging.
Also, what about a towing eye?
Cheers,
James
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James
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 09:21 AM |
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Fuel tank supports?
Front upper shock bracket?
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James
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 09:24 AM |
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Tabs to attach nose cone with.
Pedal mounts? Or you buying bolt in pedal box?
You going De Dion or Live Axle?
HTH,
James
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Avoneer
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 11:06 AM |
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Cheers guys.
Nose cone and front shocker mounts will go in once nose cone positioned and shockers bought.
Fuel tank will have an angled bracket on each side which will sit on the sloping bars.
Pedal box will be MK's and will be done when the 3mm plate and tubes for the cables is fully seam welded in.
Car will be Live axle.
Towing eyes - thanks - that's something to add. 8mm solid round???
Might put one diagonal brace in the front, but many cars don't and I don't know of any that have lozenged unless they've been in a
crash bad enough to do other damage. The fireblade engine cradle does provide additional bracing across the top rails of the chassis as well.
Cheers,
Pat...
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ned
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 11:22 AM |
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steering column mount?!!
rad mounts, headlight bar/bracket
ps and i nearly forgot - chassis earth point.
[Edited on 23/5/05 by ned]
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James
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 11:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Avoneer
Towing eyes - thanks - that's something to add. 8mm solid round???
Might put one diagonal brace in the front, but many cars don't and I don't know of any that have lozenged unless they've been in a
crash bad enough to do other damage. The fireblade engine cradle does provide additional bracing across the top rails of the chassis as well.
Cheers,
Pat...
I only just remembered the towing eyes on mine! I fitted a 10mm I.D. tube through the middle of a tube at the rear (ready for a threaded eye to be
fitted as and when needed.
For the front, I bent a pice of 15mm wide 3mm strip into a 'C' shape and welded it to the bottom/front rail....
...where it nicely gets in the way of the nosecone.... 
Cheers,
James
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andyharding
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| posted on 23/5/05 at 11:40 AM |
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Doing the bottom radii on the back panel the same as the top might well stop your rear arches fitting properly.
Have a look
here.
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