zilspeed
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:11 AM |
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Dominator TS400 - Kit Car Crisis
We've all seen the programme above and how it all eneds in disaster with the chassis proving to fall to bits under the strain of what it was
asked to do.
Pistonheads currently has a body and chassis for sale. I have no intention of buying, but for educational purposes, what would you change in the pic
below ?
Get your paint programme out.
Start sticking in big fat red lines to show
the chassis tubes you think he missed
out / got wrong.
[Edited on 5/4/10 by zilspeed]
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steve m
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:17 AM |
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The colour
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SeaBass
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:20 AM |
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Zil that particular car has been mentioned on here before. He's purporting to that being an MK GT1 chassis?
Why is the tube between the rear suspension tops bent?
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zilspeed
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:23 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SeaBass
Zil that particular car has been mentioned on here before. He's purporting to that being an MK GT1 chassis?
Why is the tube between the rear suspension tops bent?
Oops, you're right, it is an MK chassis
http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1579744.htm
In that case, it's amazing the loads that an unsupported bit of inch square furniture tube will take...
(Removes tongue from cheek.)
[Edited on 5/4/10 by zilspeed]
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scootz
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:23 AM |
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My big fat red lines... am I being harsh...
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It's Evolution Baby!
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iank
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:31 AM |
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It might be an MK chassis, but it does look badly bent between the roll cage plates. Has he bought a crashed one?
Seems a little lacking in triangulation around the rear suspension. But I guess there's supposed to be a chain drive diff mounted there in some
kind of cradle that may add strength.
Money he's selling for seems reasonable for the body+suspension IF you know what you are getting into and have the skills to upgrade it
properly.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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SeaBass
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:45 AM |
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Oh yeah - sorry not suspension - roll cage plates... Looks like a banana?
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Russell
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 10:57 AM |
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Is it an optical illusion or are there two tubes right at the front that stick out into fresh air?
I'm a bilingual illiterate. I can't read in two languages.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 11:00 AM |
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Jon ISON is the man to ask as he has been there crashed one and built it back up
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eddie99
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 11:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Russell
Is it an optical illusion or are there two tubes right at the front that stick out into fresh air?
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 11:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
My big fat red lines... am I being harsh...
No i think you are being realistic - why buy a chassis that is proven to fail?
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 12:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
My big fat red lines... am I being harsh...
No i think you are being realistic - why buy a chassis that is proven to fail?
Has the MK GT1 chassis been proven to fail then? (rather than the Dominator one from Kit Car Crisis).
Don't like the rear coil over mounts at all, but I can't see anything bent like a banana; the tube that the roll bar plates are welded to
is designed to have two bends in it, right at the points it's braced to the small "tunnel" near the front.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 12:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
My big fat red lines... am I being harsh...
No i think you are being realistic - why buy a chassis that is proven to fail?
Has the MK GT1 chassis been proven to fail then? (rather than the Dominator one from Kit Car Crisis).
The MK one hasnt no, but the Pistonheads advertised one is the Dominator chassis isnt it - and thats what we're talking about (or i am at
least).
I'd be very happy to be building an MK GT1 myself - or the Spire Sportscars incarnation as it is now if i was in the market for that type of car
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 12:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by scootz
My big fat red lines... am I being harsh...
No i think you are being realistic - why buy a chassis that is proven to fail?
Has the MK GT1 chassis been proven to fail then? (rather than the Dominator one from Kit Car Crisis).
The MK one hasnt no, but the Pistonheads advertised one is the Dominator chassis isnt it - and thats what we're talking about (or i am at
least).
I'd be very happy to be building an MK GT1 myself - or the Spire Sportscars incarnation as it is now if i was in the market for that type of car
Nope, Dominator body and MK chassis
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iank
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 12:37 PM |
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Components:
Dominator TS 400 body
MK GT1 chassis
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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addison
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 01:41 PM |
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don't think that the chassis is a mk, i should know as i built a few, but if it is it could be a crashed repaired chassis,with modifications
which as not been done by mk
regards martin
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Mike S
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 03:37 PM |
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If it is a GT-1 chassis, then it has been chopped around a bit.
If you don't think it's a genuine MK Martin, then it probably isn't.
Looks quite similar in some respects, but a good bit different to mine.
As to his comment about the Dominator being better looking. Well, each to their own but I disagree.
Mike
There are more horses' asses in this world than there are horses
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