VW 1303 Space Frame
 

Check It out. Made some progress on the ole frame:)
Tig welding with the new Dynasty 300dx.
Some nice machining.
Now to take the body off and see if this can hold up the front supsension.:D

Nice work, what are you planning?

That looks real nice. What are you planning for the final outcome to be?

The finished product will be a drift car that will be street legal. well kind of.:p

thats some hard core metal work, very sick :righton: very jealous of the strut bar

Some more goodies to go on the car. New seats, hydraulic handbrake, 4 point camlock harness, 12.5" steering wheel, rabbit rack and custom clamp.
Check it out.

Nice

Wiebrand

Frame is finished. Now for the aluminum floor and brakes and some other goodies.:D
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metal?
 

what type, size, and wall thickness are you using? (in the cage & the front and rear braces?) And have you added up all the extra weight/ weight difference between stock and how it is now? It is a really cool idea, I just want to know what kind of planning and calculations you did before you started welding.

Eric

Alot of complex algorithms, fea analysis and alot of solid works.:lmao: if it breaks i'll build it stronger.:cool:

So when can we get the specs on that custom front end? I would be very interested in taking the bug body out of the front suspension equasion!

FEA! You're giving me nighmares my days sitting in stress analysis class. Powerful stuff though....what software do you use?

Lanner

WOW that Is going to be and IS already Mint ;)
sweet work

Chris.

Awesome project. Its something ive been dreaming of a long time. Im struggling to get accurate dimensions of a 1303 floorpan in order to model it in solidworks
If someone can provide them i would be grateful.

Chris

Yeah I am designing a very similar tube frame cage and pan very similar to what vw1303 has done for my chassis and suspension class. If possible I am looking for what ever dimensions (especially on the cage) that I can get. I am going to design the chassis on Catia and build a scale model (and eventually a real car) and do some FEA testing and quite a bit of suspension geometry calculations with canter of gravity and roll centers in bump and in roll. so sorry if im stealing the thread but im sure im not the only one that is interested in this stuff so any help or sugestions would be great.

thanks,
Eric