syber
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 posted on 29/9/02 at 05:28 PM |
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chassis weight
how heavie is the chassis of ron champion book?
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UncleFista
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| posted on 29/9/02 at 06:24 PM |
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Bloody heavy !
If the photo of Ron holding the chassis up is making you wonder, don't bother, the one he's holding up is made of aluminium 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Jasper
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| posted on 29/9/02 at 06:45 PM |
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Got my floor pan in now and can just lift it off the ground - usually just drag it around now!! but the wheels will be on very soon, oooooh
yesssss.....
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James
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| posted on 30/9/02 at 08:31 AM |
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That picture worried me for awhile. Expecially when I ordered the final 2/3 of my chassis steel and the invoice said it was 40Kg as opposed to that
picture saying the whole thing is 36Lb.
Just put it down to another example of the wonderful level of accuracy shown in the book.
James
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Dunc
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| posted on 30/9/02 at 01:51 PM |
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The bare chassis with floor panel and brackets etc in mild steel weighs about 46kg. Don't believe the book. The truth is out there.
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Highcost builder
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| posted on 30/9/02 at 05:54 PM |
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and i thought i'd used to much welding wire or something because i can lift a fair weight, i certainly couldnt lift mine like Ron (worlds strongest
man) champion.
The book may be wrong or misleading in places but the mans a star, if it wasnt for him i wouldnt own a nearly finished 7.
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dougal
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 12:09 AM |
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still that is only the difference between a pinto and a k-series
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kingr
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 08:19 AM |
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I thought that picture of him holding the chassis looked a bit odd, the metal is too shiny, and if I remember rightly the tubing is noticeably larger
than normal. Nice to have an answer. Very odd that they decided to include that photo, since I don't recall any reference to ali tubing in the text
at all.
Kingr
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johnston
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 07:46 PM |
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talkin of alli how easy/difficult is it too use it for the chassis
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 09:02 PM |
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quote:
still that is only the difference between a pinto and a k-series
or, put another way, 7 - 10% more weight, if you are building a slimmed down car.
atb
steve
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 09:04 PM |
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quote:
I thought that picture of him holding the chassis looked a bit odd, the metal is too shiny, and if I remember rightly the tubing is noticeably
larger than normal. Nice to have an answer. Very odd that they decided to include that photo, since I don't recall any reference to ali tubing in the
text at all.
Kingr
In my view a totally pointless bit of bull^Git that is just misleading. Just like the book title. Thanks Ron for the inspiration, but i dont read your
book a lot.
atb
steve
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Alan B
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 10:09 PM |
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Unless you are an experienced ali welder, forget it!
Even if you are it isn't a good idea IMO
quote:
talkin of alli how easy/difficult is it too use it for the chassis
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Alan B
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| posted on 1/10/02 at 10:17 PM |
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In my view a totally pointless bit of bull^Git that is just misleading. Just like the book title. Thanks Ron for the inspiration, but i dont read your
book a lot........
100% agree Steve.
Inspiration? Yes, without a doubt. Thanks Ron.
Accurate guide to building a car? Is it nutsack
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philgregson
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| posted on 2/10/02 at 07:22 PM |
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I may be wrong here 'cos I don't have the book (first book) in front of me, but I seem to remember the picture of Ron holding the chasis is a long
way from a complete chasis.
When mine was in the state that I seem to remember his was in I could pick mine up too (and I am as wimpy as you like).
I know that the mighty tome is not short on the error front, but I think conspiracy theories about aluminium chassis just to con us are possibly going
a bit far.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 2/10/02 at 09:44 PM |
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just to be picky, its actually a very young looking ron junior holding it and yes, there isnt a lot of it there. It doenst look like bright alu and it
claims 20lb which is even more silly!
atb
steve
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jimmy
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| posted on 3/10/02 at 07:35 PM |
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To use aluminium for chassis construction you will need a TIG, AC,welder preferably with high frequency starting, SIP do a 240v tig AC/DC ideal for
aluminium/stainless steel but for over a grand!
Aluminium isn't cheap either, but ace to work with because it is fairly soft and easily cut on a chop saw with correct blade.
Should make for a very light/strong chassis. But at a cost!
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 3/10/02 at 09:50 PM |
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problem is, you go to all that trouble, and then use a set of front uprights from a ford that weigh more than the chasis.
The wheels and hubs are a major factor - dont concentrate on the chassis and forget its only a small part of a relatively heavy whole.
atb
steve
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