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A few hours to make a subframe :shock:



Chinese robot....................& it won't fit!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Timbo wrote:
I bet it didn't take the factory 4 days per subframe.

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Yeh, try modify one, no two subframes are the same, precise BMC jigs

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1970 mini K wrote:
my point is, if you had all your metalwork ready to go, a jig etc and you had made a frame before (know which part to weld first), how long would the welding actually take? no breaks included


To answer your question. I had made two subframe prior, to it taking three of us three and a half days to make my frame for my car. And to prove the process, the same three individuals on a different car took the same amount of time the very next weekend.

4 days. Less, you're rushing. More, you're making sure you get it right.

As Ron said, no two subframe are the same and no two cars are the same. If you don't trial fit the frame after each step in the process you will come unstuck by making assumptions.

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Kennomini wrote:
he said "roughly $2500 For that he builds the subframe, build the engine mounts, install the engine, redo the suspension components, and install the suspension"including engineer cert and driveshaft mods to suit mini outer


Can they do a round nose?

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Can they do a round nose?


Sure they can!

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Can they do everything else, ECU, brakes, wiring etc

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Brakes, not a problem.

Wiring, best done by an auto electrician.

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