Louis M
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 06:02 PM |
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Width of Steel Tubing
I plan on building my car in stages:
1) summer/fall would be building a locost with stock mustang everything
2) next summer/fall would be upgrading
anyway, i plan on building with stage two in mind, so i will probably not be using stock 1.0" rhs...
what are the tolerances of each type of steel tubing?
1"?
1.25"?
1.5"?
Also, I believe that if I will be using 1.5" tubing, then it will be able to handle at least 450rwhp
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James
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| posted on 9/4/04 at 06:14 PM |
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Hicost has run his 430BHP car for 5/6 years without a problem. The chassis is 1" box section.
If you want to increase the torsional stiffness of the chassis then search for Cymtriks' plans- they've been posted a few times. They
double the stiffness with a weight decrease. 
HTH,
James
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Louis M
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| posted on 12/4/04 at 05:59 PM |
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assuming identical plans, wouldn't one w/ 2" piping handles so much better than one w/ 1" piping though? its not much more, and
worth it
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/4/04 at 08:46 PM |
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to be frank, no. 2 inch tube weighs twice as much, surely an extra 75ish kgs isnt going to help handling. Plus, as james says, cymtrik's mods
are a simple way to strengthen the chassis and it weighs LESS then the book version. Its like compairing brains over brawn.
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Louis M
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| posted on 13/4/04 at 01:17 AM |
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thanks
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