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Show and Tell: What's the most elaborate OTT thing you've designed/made for your car ?

mcerd1 - 27/9/12 at 03:52 PM

We can all get a bit carried away sometimes, here's my offering:

when most people want to run megajolt on a pinto they buy a trigger wheel and a longer crank bolt and just bolt it on (probably with a packer in-between)
However I wanted something a bit neater…..

so after a few hours of measuring and CAD work I cam up with this:
made from 6082 T6 alloy that’s hard anodised with zinc plated mild steel trigger wheel - way OTT but I like it

So what have made ?

SPYDER - 27/9/12 at 04:53 PM

Nice work there!

Our Phoenix build featured lots of ridiculously OTT parts, usually involving titanium and/or CNC machining. Genuinely lo-cost too. Material from the scrap bin and a 6 axis machine to play with. Probably the most OTT was fitting needle roller bearings in the top wishbones. Bonkers! Or maybe the CNC fuel line guides. Or the rack mounts. The needle roller steering column...
Come to think of it, the whole build was OTT.
Getting "carried away" doesn't adequately explain this phenomenon.

theprisioner - 27/9/12 at 06:43 PM

Fuel tank non linearity

http://www.alastair-reynolds.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fuelsystemlinearizer/index.htm

nick205 - 27/9/12 at 08:16 PM

Nice examples!

If you have the will, skill and means then why wouldn't you engineer the best solution you can.

On my Indy build I used the standard Sierra steering column bearing. It worked, but was inelegant and didn't help the steering feel of the car. A decent bearing setup would have improved it for sure.

Chippy - 27/9/12 at 10:37 PM

Well pick any bit and I designed and made it, (other than the bits from the doner car, wheels and seats), does that count, :-) Cheers Ray

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theprisioner - 27/9/12 at 11:37 PM

If you think it is good, and the effort involved does not justify the contribution to societies gain (whatever that is) then it does qualify!

FuryRebuild - 28/9/12 at 08:03 AM

Hmmm - interesting thread.

I'm still of the opinion that a cheap cludge that works is far less than an accurately machined or fabricated part that does the specific job especially well.

There's my cross-bracing spider to tie the chassis together to give the ARB the best chance of working

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There's the (slightly infamous) footwell and footwell access hatch:

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FuryRebuild - 28/9/12 at 08:04 AM

SPYDER - that's wonderful work, and I'd be proud to see work that good on my car.