ghvh
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| posted on 25/11/02 at 05:37 PM |
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Welding the Floor
In the book it shows a 1 piece floor does this not make a water trap in the gearbox/prop tunnel. would it not be better to do it in 2 piece and leave
the prop tunnel open?
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 25/11/02 at 07:31 PM |
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sounds like a good idea doing it in 2 peices,mine is done in 1 and you have to take the axle out to remove the prop
ps where in west london are you?
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ghvh
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| posted on 25/11/02 at 07:38 PM |
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Heathrow, I can see the planes from the work shop
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Deckman001
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| posted on 25/11/02 at 07:51 PM |
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Would't the floor being in two pieces make it weaker ? And more liable to flex and bend ?
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chrisg
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| posted on 25/11/02 at 07:54 PM |
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I think it should be ok, lots of people use ali floors, riveted on with no ill effects.
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Deckman001
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| posted on 25/11/02 at 07:57 PM |
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 Good point !! 
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James
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| posted on 27/11/02 at 01:07 PM |
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A guy at college has just taken delivery of a Luego chassis.
I noticed straight away that they use a two piece floor. The benefit I noticed straight away was that it means you can easily cut the two pieces on a
guillotine!
Cheers,
James
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elewayne
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| posted on 27/3/03 at 11:41 PM |
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Ali floor pan
If you use an ali floor pan do you rivit it directly to the bottom? Or does it require some folding to rivit to the insides?
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James
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| posted on 28/3/03 at 09:19 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by elewayne
If you use an ali floor pan do you rivit it directly to the bottom? Or does it require some folding to rivit to the insides?
I'd have thought it's fine to do it to the bottom/underside of the rails.
The only disadvantage is that if you ground out on something then you'll rip the rivet heads off! :-(
Did mine last night- though mine are steel and I'm planning to weld them. Was all going well untill I realised I'd put the swages on the
wrong side of one of them! Doh! :-(
Oh well, will only take 2 hours to re-do! :-(
James
[Edited on 28/3/03 by James]
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 28/3/03 at 08:42 PM |
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Mine is in two parts, I am going to make a 3mm steel cover for the tranny tunnel, bolted in with countersunk allen bolts.
I have 13mm RHS skid tubes welded front to rear at opposite angles to stop the floor drumming with vibration from the engine (differing shape will
prevent the floor reaching a harmonic frequency). It will also help if (when) I ground the car, and if I flatten one, it is easily ground off and
replaced.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 29/3/03 at 01:21 PM |
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There, I knew I had an image somewhere
 
Rescued attachment DCP_0427sml.jpg
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