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Old October 22nd 2007, 21:06
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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.
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Old October 23rd 2007, 04:51
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Nice work, what are you planning?
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Old October 23rd 2007, 18:11
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That looks real nice. What are you planning for the final outcome to be?
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Old October 23rd 2007, 19:53
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The finished product will be a drift car that will be street legal. well kind of.
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Old October 24th 2007, 00:04
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thats some hard core metal work, very sick :righton: very jealous of the strut bar
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Old October 24th 2007, 21:19
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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.
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Old October 25th 2007, 07:23
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Nice

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Old November 14th 2007, 16:39
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Frame is finished. Now for the aluminum floor and brakes and some other goodies.
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Old November 21st 2007, 04:41
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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.

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Old November 21st 2007, 19:23
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Alot of complex algorithms, fea analysis and alot of solid works. if it breaks i'll build it stronger.
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Old November 26th 2007, 14:47
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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!
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Old November 26th 2007, 21:18
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FEA! You're giving me nighmares my days sitting in stress analysis class. Powerful stuff though....what software do you use?

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Old November 27th 2007, 20:10
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WOW that Is going to be and IS already Mint
sweet work

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Old November 27th 2007, 22:14
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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.

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Old February 7th 2008, 03:00
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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.

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