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Originally Posted by twinturbo (Post 76775)

Plenty of 2.4's about.

TT

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Originally Posted by Dualist (Post 76768)

It's all in stainless.??

Once it's on the road check for cracks religiously, I was gonna build one out of stainless but got told it don't like shocks and will crack, not where the welds are but a few inches away from them, basically everywhere.

One of the guys I work with, his boss build a trailer out of stainless and went on a camping trip to France, even though it didn't have a big load on it (just his tent and some gear) the chassis of the trailer had cracked around tubes near the suspension mounts and ended up left on the side of the road as it couldn't be repaired, he had copied a mild steel version so though it would have been ok, obviously it deals with stresses in a different manner.

Stainless is ok providing that you use the right grade . hytens1200 or somthing like it is the way to go. i would like to think that the guy who built it has done the research but point taken and will check it out. TT how can I tell if its a 2.2 without pulling the head off. is it a stroke or an overbore?

Bob

it could be just the side panels as the expence of a full s/s chassis would be silly

as for 2.1+ pintos are thay stroked or are thay just over boared?

Stroked and bored

If done cheap they are crap, it takes a lot to get a good one built.

TT

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Originally Posted by Dualist (Post 76768)

Sounds like weld decay, the chromium in the stainless steel reacts due to the heat of the welding process leaving a band of non-stainless steel around the weld, which then leads to cracks or corrosion. Depends which grade of stainless steel it is.

Ok you lot are right its odd ball. I stuck a tape over it and its 2" narrower than the haynes. But what is it?

Do ya naw wert i iz yit?

Bob

They look like Indy front wishbones to me. And if I'm,not mistaken isn't the Indy 2 inches narrower than the Haynes? But that isn't an indy chassis LOL, who knows

Could be a Locost with Rorty IRS.

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Originally Posted by alga (Post 76913)

Could be a Locost with Rorty IRS.

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They look like Indy front wishbones to me. And if I'm,not mistaken isn't the Indy 2 inches narrower than the Haynes? But that isn't an indy chassis LOL, who knows

Im gonna be devils advocate here;)

If the chassis is the same width as the original book chassis (2 inches narrower than roadster) but 4 inches longer in length than the book one, it might just be a McSorley 400 chassis. The chassis construction point towards this.
The McSorley 442 & 442E are 4 inches longer and wider and 2 inches higher (albeit differently portioned between these two chassis) than the std book.
chassis.

Wishbones is not indicative of a specific design in many cases simply because many change these items for aesthetic or geometry reasons. In my case I modified the upper WB to add more positive caster and both bottom and lower WB are of my own design. Many others does the same all the time for whatever reasons they see fit.

My money would be on it being either a McSorley or perhaps a modified Robin Hood chassis.
As far as I can make out those wishbones look identical to those on my MK Indy.