The fabrication thread.

[roco]

most of the cages are mig'd except for the t45 cages and back halfs are all Tig'd. tigin a cage isnt a pain in the ass, its the same process its just more time consuming to weld. the main thing id consider is which welding process are you more confident with and willing to trust your life with??? i dont know your welding skills but i never recomend someone try welding a cage unless they are insanely confident in there welds, but never overly confident or delusional. i consider myself a good welder and i even test my welds and materials regularly just incase!!! if your used to tig theres no point buying a mig to lay bird shit, but if your confident with mig then id say it would save you alot of time.

[USN_S14]

so its a good entry level tig cool it was in expensive so that's good. what did you mean stick and not mig? i have a mig and a stick welder why would i do that with a tig? little confused sorry

[TTnickdizzle]

Originally Posted by USN_S14

so its a good entry level tig cool it was in expensive so that's good. what did you mean stick and not mig? i have a mig and a stick welder why would i do that with a tig? little confused sorry

Sorry must have read it too fast or something but i thought you said that lincoln can do TIG, stick, and MIG.

It cant do all three but it can do TIG and stick obviously.

@ roco cool thanks, i just always see people MIGing cages and was wondering why.

[Black240Ct]

Not made by me but made for my car. Local dude here in ct

[kouki_drifter]

Originally Posted by longfellow

Working on an suspension upright design. This is test design number one, which I'm not all that happy with. I'm working on a new modular upright that I think will work better, I'll post that one later.



Trying to keep it as simple as possible while also shaving off as much weight as possible. I'll be making it in a hand operated mill so the less complicated the design the better.

hell yea i love solidworks i have an manufacturing technology degree i have a lot of experience with it, its a sick program!

[OutlawLui]

I don't have tube bending machines, or a welder, but i do what i can with what i have lol, even though its not really fab


Today i was looking up Radiator "Cooling Panels" or covers. And noticed they were over $100, and looked pretty simple to make

So i took measurements and drew up a layout



Then i used our router to make a vinyl cut out sample



After some changes i finally cut it out of thin aluminum



And finally painted it




Ill post up the final pic wen installed

Pics might take a day to work, i had more to post. but photobucket is giving me trouble.





And here is it. Need minor little details

[blusx]

Question??? If I have a tube front end and bash bar do I still need to duct air towards the radiator or should I be fine? Duct as in that^^^^^ type of heat plate and all

[tauntdevil]

Originally Posted by blusx

Question??? If I have a tube front end and bash bar do I still need to duct air towards the radiator or should I be fine? Duct as in that^^^^^ type of heat plate and all

Not needed per say but it would help a bit.

[dawagarage]

looks good, jack. how did you bend the metal? brake?

[dsc4130]

Originally Posted by roco

no str8e180 is right, they built three full r35 rollers from the ground up. everything from tube chassis, bodywork, electrics, engine, ect, all built here in house.. the chassis is based of a RJ design but is no built by RJ. first r35 drag cars in the world.

Is that r35 body cf?

That car looks like the ones at my work, except we build Camaros and mustangs

[OutlawLui]

Originally Posted by hotboiblaze

looks good, jack. how did you bend the metal? brake?

It's aluminum so it was easy to bend. I used a table vice and bent it slowly

[ch1873857]

cage for S13 vert that Ive been working on. Dave Hodges is responsible for the engineering. Ive done all the TIG welding. turning out really really nice..

[Otto347]

Anyone thats into machine work or interested in getting into machine work take a look at this.

mrpete222's channel - YouTube

I found this guy while looking for a "how to" on something but then just watched some other videos of his and he knows his shit.

[PoorMans180SX]

Originally Posted by ch1873857

cage for S13 vert that Ive been working on. Dave Hodges is responsible for the engineering. Ive done all the TIG welding. turning out really really nice..

Looks good, except you would normally have the x in the halo meet the little cross bars to the a-pillar. In a cage you want as many common connecting points as possible, it helps with load distribution in an impact.

[ch1873857]

Originally Posted by PoorMans180SX

Looks good, except you would normally have the x in the halo meet the little cross bars to the a-pillar. In a cage you want as many common connecting points as possible, it helps with load distribution in an impact.

this cage was custom built for an abnormally large man in a tiny car.. it was either this x brace or no x brace at all. its just how it worked out. once he gets the cage back in the car so i have weld that piece to the main hoop and rear bars you will see. Its a really interesting cage that has taken a LOT of time..

[Zacho]

Damn some good work here the last few pages. Here is a TD06 manifold I built for an sr and a dinosaur greddy wastegate that is the size of a pineapple. Wasn't enough space to do the wastegate the way I wanted but this will do. Still a very large upgrade from what he had. Used the torch switch (using slopes) and no footpedal for the whole thing.

[roco]

yeah that particular one is cf, but i not sure if the other two built were? they could be high grade fiberglass!?

Originally Posted by dsc4130

Is that r35 body cf?

That car looks like the ones at my work, except we build Camaros and mustangs

[dpritchard4]

ok here is an odd question.....subframe bushings....i know everyone makes theirs out of aluminum, but has anyone tried plastic of some sort??? ive been looking into mcmaster carrs website and looking into delrine to make bushings out of, they give alittle, but have decent impact resistance but will be alot better than oem bushings. any idea how it would work?? the other question does anyone know the dimmensions of s14 diff bushings? i just picked up a vsld and need to know how tall to make the top part of the bushings. thanks

[dawagarage]

Originally Posted by dpritchard4

ok here is an odd question.....subframe bushings....i know everyone makes theirs out of aluminum, but has anyone tried plastic of some sort??? ive been looking into mcmaster carrs website and looking into delrine to make bushings out of, they give alittle, but have decent impact resistance but will be alot better than oem bushings. any idea how it would work?? the other question does anyone know the dimmensions of s14 diff bushings? i just picked up a vsld and need to know how tall to make the top part of the bushings. thanks

energy suspension makes them from polyurethane. solid, not inserts.

[Mister.E]

yeah, why go through all that work? the energy suspension bushings are cheap and they pop right in.

[KoukiMonsta]

Originally Posted by dpritchard4

ok here is an odd question.....subframe bushings....i know everyone makes theirs out of aluminum, but has anyone tried plastic of some sort??? ive been looking into mcmaster carrs website and looking into delrine to make bushings out of, they give alittle, but have decent impact resistance but will be alot better than oem bushings. any idea how it would work?? the other question does anyone know the dimmensions of s14 diff bushings? i just picked up a vsld and need to know how tall to make the top part of the bushings. thanks

I agree with the above posts, but I must say delrine is AMAZING to work with. Greatest material to machine, it comes out so smooth, very nice (borat voice)

[LEXUS SC300]

nice homemade exhaust

[Broadfield]

Edafe's 350z Center HVAC/Radio Delete album | Broadfield | Fotki.com, photo and video sharing made easy.

[JaysPerformance]

My custom SR twin scroll manifold, downpipe and mid mount I/C set up. Only runs 3 couplers for entire I/C, 4th is vband from turbo to hot pipe. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1346163656.260203.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346163670.399856.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346163683.243876.jpg

[JaysPerformance]

Here's the rest ImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165101.749760.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165116.167858.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165132.602644.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165150.486971.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165169.302413.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165184.537431.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165197.978111.jpgImageUploadedByTapatalk1346165213.801181.jpg

[Tearlessj]

Buying myself a Hobart 210mvp this weekend! I can't wait to start using it.

[PerilousActs]

My latest pick up:


1930's Canedy-Otto 21" box column sliding head floor drill.

16-speed (8 direct, 8 back-geared, range 82 to 2100 RPM)

1650 lbs net.

Jacobs Num. 18n chuck on it as well.

Swooped it for $175 at auction lol. Everyone was afraid of moving it.

[onehundredoctane]

^That is awesome. Personally I love how simple a lot of older machinery like this is, yet it still gets the job done!

[JaysPerformance]

Originally Posted by Tearlessj

Buying myself a Hobart 210mvp this weekend! I can't wait to start using it.

If you can afford the miller syncro 200 I highly recommend that and buy it from cyber weld. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1346190202.529220.jpg

Also using a Lincoln electric 3200HD mig welder. It's a very good mig for a 110 as long as your plugged into a socket close to the panel.

[tunermt]

DC5 i just did for Buddy Club Thailand



My personal DD Galant VR4 (custom twin scroll evo 8 turbo set up i built while at Full Race)


Personal s13 (custom manifold built while at FR)