timhoverd
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 03:25 PM |
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"Cortina geometry"
Hi.
Various people (eg rally design) sell front uprights which are said to be "cortina geometry". Does anyone know what this actually
is?
If anyone knew where a drawing is that'd be ideal but just a notion of kpi and ball-joint spacings would be better than nothing.
TIA,
Tim
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hellbent345
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 03:56 PM |
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do you have any kind of 3d cad package? if so i have a 3d model of the cortina upright. If not i think i do have a 2d drawing somewhere, but obviously
that doesnt have the same amount of info a 3d model can give. Let me know
Alan
[Edited on 5/5/09 by hellbent345]
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James
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 03:57 PM |
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I love your 'building' comment! 
I know the feeling!
Cheers,
James
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timhoverd
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 03:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hellbent345
do you have any kind of 3d cad package?
Certainly do, I can get access to Solidworks or Alibre. Is that good enough?
Thanks,
Tim
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timhoverd
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 03:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
I love your 'building' comment!
Actually, it's very unfair. All my spare cash goes into racing and my wife positively enjoys it. I shouldn't complain... 
T
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hellbent345
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 04:00 PM |
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it certainly is! my hard work in replicating the cortina upright has come to fruition! finally someone else can benefit from it
send me u2u with your email address and ill send that bad boy right over!
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hellbent345
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 04:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by timhoverd
quote:
Originally posted by James
I love your 'building' comment!
Actually, it's very unfair. All my spare cash goes into racing and my wife positively enjoys it. I shouldn't complain...
T
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timhoverd
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 04:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hellbent345
send me u2u with your email address and ill send that bad boy right over!
Done.
I take it that you fabricated something directly equivalent to the stock parts?
Tim
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hellbent345
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 04:33 PM |
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nope, i reverse engineered that using a CMM that i have access to, as im designing a machined upright for my college project that has to compete with
the cortina upright. So i had to measure it really accurately and fudge a bit of fea on it  to produce a set of figures that my designed upright has
to beat. i say fudge cos im only on a level 3 course atm (A level equiv) and thus havent had the training to properly do fea. However i am 2 years
behind because i spent them in industry and used my spare time doing yet more 3d CAD
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designer
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| posted on 5/5/09 at 06:25 PM |
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I have the cortina upright in Autocad 3d if you want a copy U2U.
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