Austin dorset project.

[tom.marg]

She's come on well for 11 weeks Tom.

Cheers Tim W

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Not too bad mate! I do about 8 hours on a Sunday, and try to get 8ish hours in the week after work on it. So most likely between 170-190 hours so far give or take! So I’ll try and log it more accurately now as I got a bit carried away with doing it rather than counting the hours.
That is workshop time, I’m often sat on the sofa drawing ideas or reading books on various other builders experiences.
I can see how the time soon adds up for building these full tube cars, with most likely double the work!
Looking forward to the next stages.

[v8pop]

Yeah, amazing where the time goes Tom.

Cheers Tim W

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[tom.marg]

Sundays Update.
A small gusset to the under side of the rear kick up join and a plated inside. Reason for this was so the out side of the fail is flat for the tub to sit along.
Ladder bar to main chassis joiners started to come together bit of an annoying notch on these.
Making big progress now.

[v8pop]

Tidy bit of tube work Tom, will that be TIG or MIG welded?

Cheers Tim W

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[tom.marg]

Tig mate, all the work on this will be tig welded, other than body work I’d think but may even give that a go.
mig has only been used for the fixtures that I have made for speed only.

[tom.marg]

Bit of time tonight on the ladder bar brackets to the cross member, this is what will being held in to the chassis by the notched tubes above!

[Blackpopracing]

*Hits 'like' button.........*

[v8pop]

Tig mate, all the work on this will be tig welded, other than body work I’d think but may even give that a go.
mig has only been used for the fixtures that I have made for speed only.

Nice one Tom, it looks a tidy bit on TIG too.

Cheers Tim W

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[tom.marg]

Cold evening, just about defrosted now. Some ladder bar boxing.

[mygasser]

i do like 'belt and braces', lol. nice welding as always.
neil.

[tom.marg]

Cheers Neil

[Nobody]

Very nice. Being nosey why is the rear kick up so high above the axle

[tom.marg]

Very nice. Being nosey why is the rear kick up so high above the axle

hi mate, thanks, 14 inch shock at ride height, so the kick up is round 15 inch above the middle setting of the adjustable shock mount on axle.

[mygasser]

hi mate, thanks, 14 inch shock at ride height, so the kick up is round 15 inch above the middle setting of the adjustable shock mount on axle.

but surely the shock has nowhere near enough compression travel left for the axle to get anywhere near the chassis? at ride height the shock is compressed 1/3 of it's total travel and it can only have about 7 ish inches of total travel so will only compress a little over 4 1/2" more to bottom out. in post #83 above there appears to be about 8-9" from the axle case to the kick up which would be almost double what's needed. if you don't need the room in the car it's fine of course, but if things are tight a lower kickup would suit better. not a criticism in any way as the car's set to be bada55, just an observation
neil.

[tom.marg]

but surely the shock has nowhere near enough compression travel left for the axle to get anywhere near the chassis? at ride height the shock is compressed 1/3 of it's total travel and it can only have about 7 ish inches of total travel so will only compress a little over 4 1/2" more to bottom out. in post #83 above there appears to be about 8-9" from the axle case to the kick up which would be almost double what's needed. if you don't need the room in the car it's fine of course, but if things are tight a lower kickup would suit better. not a criticism in any way as the car's set to be bada55, just an observation
neil.

I’m not quite sure what you mean mate
My shock running ride height will be around 14 inches, from 17 inches open.
That is what the solid bar is in the pictures of the shock mounts. Ride height. My shock top mount will have to be mounted at that distance from the bottom shock mount that is adjustable to adjust the ride height of the car, not the ride height of the shock.
how or why would I have a lower kick up than the top shock mount, that doesn’t make sense to me.
Clearance is irrelevant really as obviously it will never hit. It wasn’t about if the chassis will hit the axle at all, the kick up is for my top shock mount to have a shock ride height correct.

[Nobody]

I guess we all do different set ups. I generally use rear shocks with 4 inches of travel. Road car doesn't use any more than that.also do the shock lower mount quite low
down off the axle,so you can run minimum clearance between axle and rail and get maximum room inside the car

Keep at it.cracking build

[tom.marg]

I guess we all do different set ups. I generally use rear shocks with 4 inches of travel. Road car doesn't use any more than that.also do the shock lower mount quite low
down off the axle,so you can run minimum clearance between axle and rail and get maximum room inside the car

Keep at it.cracking build

Thanks, I have the shock mount in the middle of it’s adjustment range at the moment, to give me adjustment each way if required , this is a race only car, that will most likely stay in a radial slick, and hopefully if the instant centre can be achieved with any luck it will separate slightly, if not it will squat and I will have enough travel either way for the desired outcome.
This is my first ever chassis, first ever car build, and it’s for someone else , So far going good I think, planning a lot before cutting steel and designing what I believe to be right before building.

cheers

[mygasser]

aah, you're working with quite a long shock then. that explains it . as i said before it's in no way a criticism, more of a query which you've answered. keep at it and as i've also said before it's nice work, you should be very happy for a first chassis.
neil.

[tom.marg]

Cheers guys! I’m pretty happy with it so far although a huge self critic, always looking for an improvement lol

[crumble]

Shocks will be 17" fully open double adjustable with bearing mounts. They will be fitted with 100lb springs. Once we get some track Time we can assess what adjustments if any are required.