Tubular chassis?

[Oily]

Just throwing this idea out there,how hard would/could it be? Is there any part of the chassis that couldn't use tube,like the wishbone mounting points etc?

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[snapper]

Next time you are at a show, have a good look at the MNR chassis.
If you wanted to build your own round tube chassis, the MNR one is the standard you should be looking to emulate

[ozzy1]

Roadrunner racing do a round tube chassis also with their SR2

http://www.roadrunnerracing.net/rr-g...d-gallery.html

[metal matt]

hi. It's been a while since i have been on here but on my chassi i used tube on the top of the tunnal to make the edgees nice and soft and i was then going to make a one peace grp panal that drops over the top so it dosnt have any seems and i also have plans to make another chassi in 316 polishd stainless steel tube i just think it would look so cool

[Oily]

Thanks for the replies.Just had a look at the above,very nice

Just flicking through the book and trying to see where you would struggle in any areas if a tube chassis was the order of the day.

[ozzy1]

I dont think you would have any probs just the fact that you would have to fishmouth most tubes where they meetand it would consume a lot of time.Unless you have access to a lathe which would make it easier.

[3GE Components]

There's no reason at all why you can't use round tubes, square is easier to work with for a home builder, which is why it's more common.

Cutting round tube can be done with a tube notcher, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WNS-Pipe-Tube-...item3360cc8870 , the "hard" part is keeping the fish mouths parrallel to each other.

Brackets for suspension etc will have to made, as they are not a stock item anywhere, this is something we could do for you if you wished.

Putting panels on is a bit trickier, as you have a smaller contact area for the rivet, so accuracy is paramount.

On the plus side, round tube chassis's look far better

Kind regards

John

[Oily]

Will bear this mind John if I go down this route I'm still weighing up which way to go

Originally Posted by ozzy1

I dont think you would have any probs just the fact that you would have to fishmouth most tubes where they meetand it would consume a lot of time.Unless you have access to a lathe which would make it easier.

I do have access to a machine shop so that's one less thing to worry about

[Oily]

Forgot to ask would you do like for like,i.e 1" tube instead of 1" box?

[3GE Components]

Originally Posted by Oily

Forgot to ask would you do like for like,i.e 1" tube instead of 1" box?

Personally, I'd go up a size to 1-1/8" for the main tubes etc etc.

Kind regards

John