The nova is going to plan btw. Maybe an update mid-summer.
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The nova is going to plan btw. Maybe an update mid-summer.
And we're off!!
lol good luck with the holiday, hope you can make it back!
I dont mind! Lol
Mid summer?! Get someone in who knows what they're doing lolQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
A little taster for for you of what the rear end should look like...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ovachassis.jpg
That looks a bit fcuking tasty! Who did that? lol
lol
obviously not you or the coilovers would have had pink springs ;)
"Not my part" :p And I wanted to do the chassis dayglo orangeQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
That looks spot on. Who you getting to do the inboard dampers?
Gaz supply them off the self with rosejointed ends.
I was thinking more along the lines of the rockers etc.
Whatever engineering company has the resources to CNC them basically lol
There's a lot of one-offs in there! lol
which equals nice ONE off prices lol.
Excellent. Was that designed is solid works?
looks like it.
It shouldnt be TOO bad lolQuote:
Originally Posted by shaun larnder
I think its solid works yeah
Cool, who's done that for you? Has it been tested. This is going to be impressive.
As few as possible within reason :) And yeah it's solidworks, FEA done in the same package.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
Hi :) Me and 4 others took this on as a uni project on a suspension design. It's been FEA'd (Finite Element Analysis, google if confused about what that exactly is, bit complicated to explain here lol) and analysed geometry wise but obviously the real testing comes when it's built, we know for instance the ride frequencies, installations ratios, wheels rates, rough grip levels and what this equates to in terms of roll, camber under cornering etc, but obviously there's no way to test it for real, until it's real :pQuote:
Originally Posted by t45_ste
Iv read a bit into as a lad at work uses it. Where were you when my rear wanted designing lolQuote:
Originally Posted by MK999
Mines suck it and see lol
I did have a nice bit of luck on my timing! lol
Now crack on with the front end Mark!
Believe I was still doing "this is how a piston goes up and down" in my 1st year at that point :p If I start getting bombarded with stuff I might tell people to feck off, but I'm happy to talk to people about anything I learn at uni in relation to their projects, limplamp has abused me for a good few hours at a time before now, just have to bear in mind I'm no expert, I can only pass on what I've learnt, which is all theory.Quote:
Originally Posted by t45_ste
I'm on holiday at the moment, but as soon as you sort me out with a cushty desk and £25 an hour I'll get right on it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
It should take you about an hour to do it tho right?
Thats my preliminary quote yes, obviously you'd have to pay for all the hours put in when its done though. Deal? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
Im sure that you could set him up a nice desk up the shed Simon... lots of bits of wood laying around, not quite as much as all the metal tho which was once your nova floor etc :)
I'll take the little room at the back, that way the PA can be in the main shed to send people through. lol
lol
Hope you dont mind grinding dust, because you will be covered in it.
...and all the spiders...
...and we occasionally have rats to visit but it shouldnt be a problem as we'll have you working day & night so you can "shoo" them off! lol
how bolt able have you made it? my reasoning is you made it as a bolt in sub assembly it doesnt matter to much about crashing lol
The chassis will be stronger than the wishbones, it's just something that happens to be due to the way they're loaded, but the stiffness worked into the chassis should mean that unless he stacks it big time it won't be going anywhere, it flexes 1.2mm iirc under a fictional maximum braking+maximum cornering force, elongation of CDS is around 5% and that deformation even in a small 30cm triangulation tube is about 0.35%. Quick calculation with it hitting a tyre wall (deceleration happening during 1s) says anything under 25mph shouldn't even bend the chassis, which is pretty cool lol Basically it wasn't exactly designed with crashing in mind (the entire thing was done in 10 weeks, there just isn't time for everything) but even if it was, it would be sacrificing the stiffness of something somewhere.Quote:
Originally Posted by burgo
Problem with bolt in subframes too is they flex like a *******, it's like spot welding a chassis together instead of stitch welding it, you're relying of x number of points where it's all bolted up to take the stresses in the chassis, which are piddly little bolts, instead of nice chunky tubes.
The idea is the shell will be bolted to the full car framework as there will be nothing on the shell that is structural. I should be able to lift the shell up over the top once done.
After you lolQuote:
Originally Posted by The Simps
will be the only vectra fitted with a Hiab on the back.
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