mark chandler
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| posted on 23/7/07 at 08:14 PM |
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Interesting web site for historic cars
Hi chaps,
Looking for some inspiration on what my Midi should look like and found this site so I thought i would share it.
atspeedimage
It takes a few seconds to load, down the bottom are pictures of the cars in flight but more interestingly pictures of the chassis and builds in
folders above.
I,m quite drawn to building something that will look like the brabham_bt-30, they even use the chassis as the oil & water cooling pipe's for
the engine, top left and bottom right tube water, top right, bottom left for oil....
When you look into the detail its actually quite basic, as in easily copied so thats a good thing.
Audi box will be bolted to my Rv8 tomorrow so trying to decide on tube now, maybe 4 x 1.5" rails through the car as my feet will be up by the
rack and 1" triangles to brace it up.
Regards Mark
[Edited on 23/7/07 by mark chandler]
 
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designer
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| posted on 23/7/07 at 08:31 PM |
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It would be worth checking if you can use chassis tubes for fluids on a road car.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/7/07 at 08:35 PM |
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You could describe them as "highly braced coolant tubes".
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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caber
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| posted on 23/7/07 at 09:56 PM |
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I don't see any reason why not to use chassis as coolant tubes as long as you consider corrosion issues, either beef up the wall thickness or
line the tubes with something that will keep the coolant away from the tubes, such as tank sealant applied after welding. I would be a bit worried
about cockpit heating and possible burns on the shoulder and arms!
Caber
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mark chandler
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| posted on 23/7/07 at 10:06 PM |
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I agree, its a great way of saving weight and hassle but maybe not that practical in the real world .... but Buel motorbikes use the swinging arms to
hold engine oil and some bikes use the frame for petrol & oil tanks so its not that far outside the box !
Anyway I,m ordering my steel tomorrow so I can get building the frame, I will leave my options open by maintaining single lengths down the car.
Regards Mark
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