suparuss
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| posted on 28/8/05 at 10:22 PM |
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Originally posted by suparuss
just about finished it today, just needs some vee thingies making for the tube to sit in and some sort of clamp. i will probably use one of those
clamping pliers you can get with the bolt on the bottom for using on pillar drills etc.
come on rorty, read the whole post you half ass! 
-also, i dont have a drill press unfortunately, i have a milling head on top of my lathe but its a bit cramped and hard to get to, being in my little
wooden extension on the garage.
thats the problem here in little old england, we dont get much room and i only have a single garage with some shanty town style extensions, one for
crap i dont need for car building and one for the lathe. im even still using the donor car to store stuff! so anyway, a drill press would just take
more valuable space, but me notcher can be shoved out of the way on a shelf. besides, like i said, it was fun to make! 
i do see your point though, if i had a press i would probably have used it.
Cheers,
Russ.
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Rorty
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| posted on 28/8/05 at 10:35 PM |
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Seems I'm a half ass! At least you didn't call me a minotaur.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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andygtt
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 11:03 AM |
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Looks good...... its also good to know at least I'm not the only one building a mid engine car from scratch.
I went a different route to yourself and employed someone to do the geometry and basic design... however I started with a wheelbase and width put my
driving possition how I want it and we have grown the chassis from there.
I'm guessing mine will be around twice the weight of yours as its gona be Ultima size and taking a Twin turbo V12.
Could I ask were you plan to put the fuel cell.... or is it a small engined car so won't need a huge 90litre one like mine?
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suparuss
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 05:34 PM |
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howdy andy, i think im going to put the tank just in front of the left hand rear wheel where there is a fair bit of space (i think thats where the
ultima ones are mounted but they have one each side). itll be a special shape so ill either make it my self from stainless or have one made from ally
(unless a find some money to invest in a decent ac/dc tig) the capacity wont need to be huge at the moment, the engine is only 2.2l and is pretty
economical when you dont have a heavy foot. i hope you are gonna post us some pics of your chassis? what stage is it at right now?
it will also be interesting to compare torsional stiffness if you plan to measure it.
cheers,
russ.
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suparuss
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 05:48 PM |
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ps- here is a preliminay design of the bodywork ive been messing with just to give an idea of what im aiming for.
 
body work (preliminary design)
havnt done much with the rear end yet though but it gives a general idea.
russ.
[Edited on 1/9/05 by suparuss]
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Fred W B
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 07:33 PM |
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Here you can see what I am doing re Fuel tank position,
The photo is of my early mock up, with a
a V shaped dummy fuel tank in wood (60 liter) mounted in chassis between passenger compartment and engine. Held into chassis by removable (from
underneath) frame.
Cheers
Fred WB
 
General layout mock up
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andygtt
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| posted on 1/9/05 at 09:05 PM |
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I'm about mid way through making the chassis, I still have some bracing at the front to do and have most of the rear to do..... but here is a
pic I took tonight.
[Edited on 1/9/05 by andygtt]
[Edited on 1/9/05 by andygtt]
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