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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:53 pm
by 308LUX
this is gonna be farkin awesome
POS you shoulda given that warning a little earlier mate
i cant wait to see this thing finished!!
bet it would rival anything the yanks make
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 8:16 pm
by POS
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 9:53 pm
by rick130
Sam,
the speed at which you blokes are working is blowing me away.
I've worked on tube frame race cars before and we'd still be arguing the toss about what gauge tube to use
It's looking good.
With such a low weight, it'll be interesting to see what spring rates you end up running.
Rick.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:03 pm
by Strange Rover
rick130 wrote:Sam,
the speed at which you blokes are working is blowing me away.
I've worked on tube frame race cars before and we'd still be arguing the toss about what gauge tube to use
It's looking good.
With such a low weight, it'll be interesting to see what spring rates you end up running.
Rick.
Im thinking stock Disco springs at the moment - retained both ends with 14in travel shocks all round.
It will be interesting to see what it weighs cause its so easy to keep adding steel to these things.
Sam
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:07 pm
by Strange Rover
Heres a closer up pic of the cranked front radius arms. The chassis mounts are basically where they would be on a stock rover if they were mounted on the inside of the chassis.
Im thinking that if we can get 10in travel out of stock arms and slotted bushes then this setup should be good for 14in travel easily (if the arms were cranked till they met in the middle then they wouldnt bind at all so the closer they are mounted the less bind which gives more travel)
I just heated them up with the oxy and bent them by hand - hope they are strong enough.
Sam
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:15 pm
by mickrangie
that would make one very cool R/C buggy!!!
Then you could sit on a deck chair with a XXXX and still kick arse!!!
Well done Sam thats some A1 booty fab!!!
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:20 pm
by POS
mickrangie wrote::D that would make one very cool R/C buggy!!!
Then you could sit on a deck chair with a XXXX and still kick arse!!!
Well done Sam thats some A1
booty fab!!!
Trust me theres not a great deal of Booty Fab on this rig!!!
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 10:22 pm
by Strange Rover
mickrangie wrote::D that would make one very cool R/C buggy!!!
Then you could sit on a deck chair with a XXXX and still kick arse!!!
Well done Sam thats some A1 booty fab!!!
Ha - I know what you mean. The way I do it is I drink the XXXX and get Ruff or Bobtail to drive my rig for me. Bloody good fun cause when I have a few beers in me I really egg them on to get into it. Im just glad that I got the sence to not drive myself.
Sam
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2003 12:54 am
by cbr
Fuk, I wish I had half the fab skill's you guys have. This thing is coming together fast. It took me longer to make my sliders
This thing is going to be sweet
Chris.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:58 am
by bubs
god dam been 2 days and no more updates
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:06 am
by mickrangie
too much xxxx and sam pasted out under under the rig....
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 5:57 pm
by bubs
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:06 pm
by GRIMACE
DATS FARKEN GOOOOOD SHIAT
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 9:26 pm
by Slunnie
What do you think it weighs now Sam? There probably isn't a lot more weight to go in is there?
Mate, it's looking good.
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:26 pm
by POS
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:31 pm
by POS
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 10:58 pm
by Strange Rover
Heres the rest of the pics - getting close to driving. Just got to mount the springs and shocks bolt in the driveshafts do a bit of wiring and we are driving.
Sam
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:00 pm
by Strange Rover
And weld in the steering box and hook up the shaft from the steering column and make the panhard rod mount.
Sam
Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 11:42 pm
by spice
lookin real good man, has come a long way in such a short time too
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:06 am
by DaveS3
What needs to be done so it is driveable????
BTW - That is uber cool!!!
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 11:45 am
by landy_man
[Ralph from Simpsons voice on] I wish you were my friend [Ralph from Simpsons voice off]
It is looking excellent.... Any ideas on rear bodywork
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:18 pm
by landy_man
Sam...did the hilux shortside axle fit in the housing....
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:10 am
by Strange Rover
Havent tried the short side axle yep - I have just ordered both axles from jac mac and will go from there.
Rear bodywork will be similar to what is on John Gillelands rig. Something like
ATM it just needs the panhard mount done and the drive shafts and a bit of dodgy wiring and it will drive. Still will need springs, shocks and a radiator to drive properly. So it is fairly close and so is Christmas so it probably wont be going till after new years now.
Sam
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:13 am
by POS
Strange Rover wrote:Havent tried the short side axle yep - I have just ordered both axles from jac mac and will go from there.
Rear bodywork will be similar to what is on John Gillelands rig. Something like
ATM it just needs the panhard mount done and the drive shafts and a bit of dodgy wiring and it will drive. Still will need springs, shocks and a radiator to drive properly. So it is fairly close and so is Christmas so it probably wont be going till after new years now.
Sam
MMMmmmm that RIG looks familar
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 8:23 am
by landy_man
John's rig rocks....
I especially like the open dove tail....beautiful...
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 10:15 am
by Bush65
Sam
Awesome work!
BTW did you model the tube frame in Strand?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 1:09 pm
by Strange Rover
Bush65 wrote:Sam
Awesome work!
BTW did you model the tube frame in Strand?
I started to but didnt finish - I basically just got too keen to start welding. And I fairly well got my head around how the critical areas handle the stress (or dont handle it) and had a look at the frames that some of the top US comp guys are running and figgured that by the time you use tube with a decant wall thickness that wont dent too easily that it makes up for a fair bit of bad design and lack of triangulation especially where the frame will want to push sidways in a few areas.
I still should do the excercise though.
I have learnt so much just from getting this far and Im sure that when I build the next one I will optimise things a lot better so perhaps I should pull out the computer stress analysis then.
Sam
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 9:00 pm
by toymad
Sam, looks a bit like this one
Awsome work guys.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 2:34 pm
by planb
Sam
are you using a zf4 or 5 ?
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:04 pm
by Aza
looks awesome, i cant believe how quickly its going along
