Iv been in the garage for 9 hours today. finished welding the chassis, and got the engine this far in:


Engine half in

Only question is, can i cut the middle of the tube out where the top of the bellhousing is and put in some triangulation to compensate and have the engine a bit further back? This would allow a more comfortable gear change and allow me to use one of the sections of the donor propshaft without having to modify it.

forgot to mention that the chassis isnt painted yet, i was putting the engine in to measure up the engine and gearbox mounts.

is going lower than that or its going to bee one big bonner or scoop

He's going to put a periscope in to see over it.

adrian

My dad suggested a periscope. Its just resting on the chassis at the mo ocs we couldnt get it in without taking the gearbox mount off.

No reason not to play around with the chassis design as long as you stick in lots of triangles, infact you will improve it.

How about somthing like this
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dax chassis have been modded like this for their s2000 engines. no problems. as said triangulate

indy chassis' don't even have that tube because of the rounded footwells.

i'm not saying it's wise to omit it, but it won't make your car fall to pieces iyswim.

tom

and i hope you haven't finished welding your chassis!

you seem to be missing a bit at the back
tom

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Originally posted by indykid
and i hope you haven't finished welding your chassis!

you seem to be missing a bit at the back
tom

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