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manofaus
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:56 pm 
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well its basically the same as most of the others that you have seen, except the bar at the front. I chose to bend mine and use 8 c/sunk 12.9 M8 hex screws.
Still need to make the mounts up. more clearance needed for the rear of the g/box too.
but it is progress.....


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oooOOO purdy...looks alot like JC's :P
no offense or anything but...is it just me or does it look a wee bit on the flimsy side? the one i've got planned sure is ALOT beefier than that...perhaps unnecessarily so :?

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just you I guess.... engineer thinks its ok....
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Looks like a neat piece of work 8)

I agree that a lot of the others are WAY over engineered!
(I include my own in that category)

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Looks great , tidy work ....well done.
Is my subframe the only one with a removable centre crossmember? i notice the 4fte's dont use one either?
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Looks good, Inazuma be careful not to overdesign and end up having unnecessary weight.

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my front bar is removable, makes it easier to install im my case... (c/sunk screws) lucky that the oil filter is not that hard to remove either.... I don't need to remove the bar to remove the filter.
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minimetoy wrote:
Looks good, Inazuma be careful not to overdesign and end up having unnecessary weight.

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what size members did you use dan? i am looking at 50mm x 50mm RHS with 5mm walls...spose i could ask the engineer...

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Ina, you;ve got to remember how cramped for room it is in there aswell. When I read you "50 * 50" comment i got my ruler out and said to myself ">>ck that's huge".

Anyway, good work Mano, Ron will be pleased to see his brainchild populating allover the country.

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striped 63 wrote:
Ina, you;ve got to remember how cramped for room it is in there aswell. When I read you "50 * 50" comment i got my ruler out and said to myself ">>ck that's huge".

Anyway, good work Mano, Ron will be pleased to see his brainchild populating allover the country.


40x40 was my other option :) just thought that it might not be enuff...
spose 50x50 is a bit on the massive side...

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Don't go over the top with 5.0mm Wall Thickness
A little bit of gusseting in the corners would be a lot more effective :idea:

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awdmoke wrote:
Don't go over the top with 5.0mm Wall Thickness
A little bit of gusseting in the corners would be a lot more effective :idea:


well i was gonna gusset pretty much every corner that formed a 90 degree...which is a fair few...i havent discussed any of this with the engineer as yet...i wanna make the jig first...then i will have a better idea of what i am gonna be doing...all i have at this stage is a few rough sketches and a mental image of how i want the finished product to look...

PS sorry for hijacking this thread :P

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heres something to compare to guys...

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hot DAMN! that thing is sexy...not the kinda thing i have in mind...that thing's a bit TOO radical in terms of its deviation from stock...i am aiming for something more like this:

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ahh yeah nice, i guess the one i posted is fair overkilll.. would a motor like that be more fuel efficient ?
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