Building a Sprint car chassis?

[UnbounD]

Hi there

I want to build a Sprint car frame for one of my Nitro buggies. I was
considering using 8 - 10mm aluminium tube. I have a dremel for the cutting,
but not too sure of the best method for attaching the rods. I was thinking
of using a little butane powered solderer but Im unsure if it will put up
with the abuse a nitro will give it. The bottom of the chassis is not the
concern, just the actual frame.

Also wondering if anyone had seen any plan/ortho views of a real sprintcar
from (I have looked) as my current plans are taken from pictures and real
plans would be a boon!
Any advice or pictures of your efforts greatly apprieciated

Thanks for your time

Jason

[Douglas Bollinger]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 17:55:22 +1200, UnbounD wrote:

> I want to build a Sprint car frame for one of my Nitro buggies. I was
> considering using 8 - 10mm aluminium tube. I have a dremel for the cutting,
> but not too sure of the best method for attaching the rods. I was thinking
> of using a little butane powered solderer but Im unsure if it will put up
> with the abuse a nitro will give it. The bottom of the chassis is not the
> concern, just the actual frame.
>
> Also wondering if anyone had seen any plan/ortho views of a real sprintcar
> from (I have looked) as my current plans are taken from pictures and real
> plans would be a boon!
> Any advice or pictures of your efforts greatly apprieciated

We race nitro sprint cars every week at the RC local track. My car is
typical of many of the racers: a Custom Works body, wing and cage, with a T
& S chassis (fiberglass) and a mixture of Associated buggy and GT parts.

I acquired a used chassis for a sprint car made entirely of aluminum and
brass rod brazed together. The roll cage is what is made out of brass rod.
I'm not sure if you can braze aluminum tubing. I don't use this chassis as
even though it seems sturdy enough, anything metal tends to bend after time
and that throws the handling out of whack. It does look neat though.

http://www.dirtoval.com/

has plenty of information and links on this subject. At this website you
might be able to find a car similar to what you want to build.

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[Dreamscape]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 18:41:33 -0400, Douglas Bollinger
<dcb@pa.nospam.net> wrote:


>I acquired a used chassis for a sprint car made entirely of aluminum and
>brass rod brazed together. The roll cage is what is made out of brass =
rod.
>I'm not sure if you can braze aluminum tubing.

aluminium can be soldered (special solder), welded of course (though
itd need a very talented welder to build the sort of stuff youre
talking about) and even glued - i *think* (if i remember correctly)
there are some aluminium-specific glues around now that, when used
correctly, can rival a welded joint. i dont claim to be anything of
an expert on the subject though - try rec.crafts.metalworking ... if
its doable and involves metal, there's at least 3 blokes in RCM who
have done it all before and would be happy to share their wisdom.


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