derf
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 06:22 PM |
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Trail fit of my new radiator, it barely fits
I held my rad up to my chassis and in the nose, I have almost no room to play around with because the radiator is too big. I cant tilt it forward
because it will be too tall, and it cant go up or down because it will hit the top of the nosecone. On the plus side it does fit in the nose, so the
largest size rad you can fit is 19"x19"x3" inside of a CMC Locost nose.
 
1/4 view with front suspension, nose and radiator.
 
Radiator from engine bay, tight fit
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 07:18 PM |
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EVERYTHING on my car barely fits!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Cita
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| posted on 22/9/04 at 07:37 PM |
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Things that barely fit are looking proffesional
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bikerush
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 10:58 AM |
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I WOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE SHIT WELDING YOU HAVE DONE ON YOUR CHASSIS.... 
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andyharding
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 11:07 AM |
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At least he had the balls to build his own chassis.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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bikerush
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 11:26 AM |
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fair play.. and i admire him for that...
but you can see why we need an sva test now ....would you be happy if your chassis was welded like that? lo-cost building is a great thing gives
people a chance to do their own stuff ..and i fully support it.. but come on lets get the saftey side of it right... that's all
davec.
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andyharding
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 11:32 AM |
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It has to be strong not pretty.
Hopefully he has cut some test welds on half and made sure they're strong.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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bikerush
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 11:43 AM |
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agreed don't have to look pretty... i am not a qualified welder but i can weld very good.. to me it looks like the wire speed was too fast and
not enough heat into it,poor penetration ?
i am not meaning to have a go at him.. but i nearly had heart failure when i saw the welds!!
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andyharding
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 12:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bikerush
I WOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE SHIT WELDING YOU HAVE DONE ON YOUR CHASSIS....
[sarcasm] Sorry must be me, reading it again I don't see how I could have thought you were having a go. [/sarcasm]
The blokes doing his best - if his best aint good enough that's for the SVA man todecide. [edit] just noticed he's in the US so no SVA but
you get the idea [/edit]
[rant] This forum is for people to help each other out with constructive advice not to rip the wee out of someone who isn't as good as
something as you. Comments like the above are not welcome (unless you know the guy and are having a laff). [/rant]
Sorry for ranting but it really pisses me off when someone takes the wee out of someone elses hard work.
[Edited on 27/9/04 by andyharding]
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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bikerush
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 12:42 PM |
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andy.. as i read his post he seemed worried about his rad only just fitting .. and then i thought he should be more worried about the welds ....if you
think i was wrong to say that fair enough .. but the fact of the matter here is the welds simply don't look good enough...that's my only
point..
wasn't meant to be a dig at lo-cost builders in any way shape or form..
dave.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 12:53 PM |
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Derf lives in america
there isnt any friggin sva out there......!
so there.
Any weld defects can be easily sorted by grinding back and re-welding.
'just fits' is all thats needed! I mentioned to Hicost once that his turbo was almost touching th chassis rails, he pointed out it wasnt
touching.
so fair play - just is good. doesnt is bad.
atb
steve
[Edited on 27/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]
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derf
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 01:22 PM |
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The wels look terrible, but every one that I have cut open has had full penetration to the other side. I have cut out a few welds that I didnt feel
were strong (usually because they sit on top like a slug).
Different states require different things. In NJ any welding done on the chassis has to be inspected and signed off by a qulified expert, Ive had my
chassis looked at and he said the same thing they look terrible, but they are strong.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 01:31 PM |
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If you dress the visible ones down a bit, and paint with a decent 'build' layer of paint, they will look a lot better.
At the end of the day, very few welds are actually visible on a locost
atb
steve
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derf
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 03:24 PM |
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Noter that all the welds shown are fresh, and I havn't even hit them with the wire brush yet, not only that but alot of them look like
"stacked coins", but because of the bad photo quality they look like straight lines.
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 03:45 PM |
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Have a look at a TVR chassis, then say something. For £35,000 I would expect a lot better workmanship. I don't think they go through SVA as they
are type approved. It looks like fluxed wire or pure CO2 weld. If it fills the nosecone it means the air goes through it not round. I had to cut the
brackets down on my Escort radiator to get it to fit.
[Edited on 27/9/04 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 03:56 PM |
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look at any 70s jap motorbike
when i took delivery of a brand new one in 1976 there was still strands of mig wire sticking out some of the welds!
A guy here with a W reg busa has a swing arm with welds on it that look like birds droppings. Nothing important, just bracing for the shock
mounts.......
atb
steve
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 04:41 PM |
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Yep, the old Jap bike frames were awfull, spatter everywhere and like you say bits of wire sticking out of the welds (or "hedgehogging" as
I like to call it  )
Must admit, my welding skills have really improved as I've worked on the car to the point where I've gone back and redone some of the
earlier ones. I still have big problems trying to weld into acute angles though.
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andyharding
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 04:45 PM |
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I cut one of my old shrouds into a point which helped.
Are you a Mac user or a retard?
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leggin11
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 08:30 PM |
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shit welds
bikerush is correct in pointing out the welds are bad wots the point of building a car taking for sva to be told that it needs completaly stripping
down cus the welding is not good enough for a shopping trolly
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alfasudsprint
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 08:52 PM |
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must say some of my early ones looked pretty ugly, thats why i got the suspension arms made for me...now my welding is much better.
keep at it man!
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Dale
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 09:50 PM |
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I have found with the 16 gauge tube its very easy to get a very strong weld, they dont allways look nice but when you try to break one your more
likely to tear the metal. It looks like the same issue I get often of trying to weld sideways and its a bitch to do -and you get build up from the
wire speed being a bit high or your welding a bit to slow-(my issue often) but usually it just means extra bead on top of the finished strong weld.
Once you have seen what your strong welds are like and tested you can quite easily tell when you f(*&ked one up and can redo it.
Dale
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ayoungman
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welding
Welding is like riding a bike ! Practice makes perfect. I agree with most of the above, wire feed too high... that was my breakthrough into good
looking welds. Slow the feed down..... gives you time to swirl to get the ripples showing. Practice, Practice, Practice ,Practice.
"just like that !"
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