962 recreation with a GT3 Heart...

962 recreation with a GT3 Heart...

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ezakimak

1,871 posts

236 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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thanks bloke.

ill be steeling that and using it on the 40.

Burnham

3,668 posts

259 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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OP you must be pretty excited about this taking shape. Very impressive.

ezakimak

1,871 posts

236 months

Monday 16th February 2015
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Clive, quick question regarding work flow when building the frame,

Do you follow this sequence of steps

1 Cut and position all tubes (as far as practical)
2 Tack tubes in place
3 with all tubes tacked in place weld frame, completing part of each joint at any one time before moving to opposing joint…..sequence like torqueing up flywheel or wheel bolts….
4 with frame fully welded tack in place suspension pick up point
5 test suspension geometry for motion, binding, clearance
6 fully weld suspension pick up points

Regards Ryan

GTRCLIVE

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4,186 posts

283 months

Tuesday 17th February 2015
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ezakimak said:
thanks bloke.

ill be steeling that and using it on the 40.
No Problem glad I can help....

And yes that sequence sounds about right...

Remember the chassis may move when you weld it don't be to worried as long as the structure is there,
if its a little off by a few mm here and there your still ok. Just when you build the pickup point for the suspension make sure there correct just means some brackets may not be identical left to right...

GTRCLIVE

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Tuesday 17th February 2015
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Todays fun...


Nicely Tig'ed up box with some tubes welded in for strength




The back pickup point of the lower wishbone, had to do some Cad sims before I was happy which way to go,
but in the end I've Sliced a 38x38 box down the length as I wanted it vertical and the floors got 12 deg slant. The floors 2mm so Ive just stitched it to that to make a nice easy mount for the tabs....Pic to follow..

ezakimak

1,871 posts

236 months

Wednesday 18th February 2015
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What TIG are you using Clive?

GTRCLIVE

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Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Its a Everlast 200DX AC/DC unit....

GTRCLIVE

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Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Of Course there are many benefits for building a Chassis on a Flat surface, you can use a old school marking out pointer to project the height of some thing over other tubes..



The beam between the 2 points is also at a height so I can use it for the Ally skin that will be the raised floor in=front of the seats..


Soov535

35,829 posts

271 months

Wednesday 18th February 2015
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Christ I want this car so much.

RallyChamp

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191 months

Wednesday 18th February 2015
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+1 subscribed...

GTRCLIVE

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Tuesday 24th February 2015
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Left side now ready for the wishbones...




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Tuesday 24th February 2015
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Hoonabator

574 posts

226 months

Tuesday 24th February 2015
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GTRCLIVE said:
Thanks for taking the time to do the videos. Explains everything so well.

Total talent envy.

GTRCLIVE

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Tuesday 24th February 2015
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The Videos makes it easier to explain things, as some times its hard to get over what I mean just by typing TBH.... wink

Soov535

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271 months

Tuesday 24th February 2015
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Keep them coming. This desk jockey with no skill at all is loving this.


Dominic H

3,275 posts

232 months

Tuesday 24th February 2015
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Soov535 said:
Keep them coming. This desk jockey with no skill at all is loving this.
Ditto, what Soov said. Great thread, looks so easy! wink


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Wednesday 25th February 2015
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Both Sides welded up with all the braces etc.... Now time for the Wishbones.. Turned the threaded inserts and setup the lower joint at the correct height and angle for normal ride height.





Edited by GTRCLIVE on Wednesday 25th February 01:54

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Wednesday 25th February 2015
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First WB tacked together...



Ebay Plans put on CAD (of course) then modified (Needed a bigger CLR than the original could do for my own Cars roll cage) and a few hours cutting and machining gets you this... Formers I buy from a company in the USA..


Storer

5,024 posts

215 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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Bit disappointed that you are not making the wishbones from milled billet aluminium (I do like milled aluminium!!!).

Still great work though.


Paul

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