I deleted the old pics and added the new ones..

DAY TWO AT ICC - FRAME BUILD-UP:

Bob hard at work.


Dell watching Bob like a homo.


Nice welds, Bob.


End of night work accomplished...and Kyle throwin' down a jig.


The Frame team...woot. Don't mind that other guy..



WELDING DAY 3:

Donkey Barz 1

Monkey Barz2

A-pillar barz3


Start of the rear...pimp. oh, and no that isn't the engine we're gonna use...


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Crush zone


After Testing


Setup one after testing


Pic of the rear where the rear A-arms will be attached and the diff will be housed.


Front of Frame..or is it the back?! who knows...


Rear of frame


Closer shot of the rear "box"...its gonna be a pain for the welder.


Nice Rear shot of the frame


Can we get a sponsorship with Dremel?



Modified by Heinz57 at 4:29 PM 2/28/2005

 

WOW, i thought i was like the only guy on here that was also in FSAE... frames looking good, but arent you guys running a little behind? weve had our car running for a month or so now... well, untill someone wrecked it on tuesday, now weve gotta compleatly strip it and redo the frame

keep us updated on your progress!

 

wow..that stinks!...no, we're only a few weeks behind..this is how our school works..its a year project with only 10 students (3 frame, 3 suspension, and 4 engine)...

so which school do you go to?

anyway, talk to you later.

 

yea i'm in FSAE too here at Penn State. we've had our frame done up for a long time... i'm on the crush box (now called the "impact attenuator") team... layin up carbon and stuff... super fun

our frame is done up, but the thing is certainly not running yet

 

I'm doing FSAE next year here at University of Illinois

 

rutgers FSAE 05....watch out

 

im at UF. we dont really have set groups for different parts of the car (although we do have our welder, suspension guy, etc...) but we kinda all do everything. And i guess your not behind, we were just way ahead... but not anymore!

at least we have something to do now, it was getting kinda boreing there for a little while.

 

Looks good man. I did FSAE at Cal state from 02-03. You guys are behind...lol. Been there done that too many times. We didnt get our car finished until May1st...but we also only had 8 people on the team. Good luck this year in MI.

Jason

 

its funny that everyone says we're behind, cuz this is where the teams usually are every year for our school. We also start from scratch too. We don't really take from last year's car and improve it, but we design a whole different one.

thanks for the comments tho, it should be fun when we're all at the competition.

 

Our frame was done before christmas

 

i think we just had an over-acheiving captain this year... im pretty sure our car was running by chrismas, if not just a couple weeks after. but its given us enough testing time to wreck it twice, so mabey its not so great

on the other hand our Baja team built their ENTIRE buggy in less than 7 days last year... they claim the welds were still hot on some of the suspension parts as they loaded it into the truck to take it to competition. lol

 

Our target is to have a driveable car on April 1st.... so we're pretty much on track.

Although the more learn, the more I think a simple car running on March 1st would be better.

 

FSAE @ UNC Charlotte

We're testing tommorow.

 

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Is it just me or does that weld look terrible? I'm not trying to be a dick, but I weld chromoly all day long and it's not supposed to look like that. It looks very hot to say the least.

 

its OK, i'll take lightly to your critisism...I think it's called penetration..he got that sucker all the way thru. That weld is solid as a *****-f#cker. I will consider that you've welded for a while, but this guy is a freakin' pro. He knows his ****.

 

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Perhaps you would like to donate your services and TIG our car for us...

In the mean time, we have a great welder working with us. We're learning a lot in the process, and we wouldn't be able to build the car without his help.

 

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i was gonna say the same thing, looking further down the thread. the master chimes in.

i am no welder by any means, but ive been around it a bit, and i can tell when someting is not right.


i hope you guys dont have any problems with your chassis breaking

 

I'll tell you what, send me the frame and i'll weld it for free...

 

haha...thanks for the offer tony1. You better hope we don't take your seriously! You'll end up with a bunch of frame member pieces on your front door by monday!

 

Hey, if it's all notched and ready to be welded, i'm serious. I like welding and wouldn't mind helping you guys out.

 

ha..thanks for the offer tony1. but peoria, IL is a bit far from Dallas, otherwise, we'd definately hit you up to check out your skillz.

but anyway, bob will be welding the rest of our frame, and i'll keep you guys updated if you're interested.

 

**** looks hot! hope it fits me


-nate


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Assuming you drive....

 

just remember a person has to sit in there... those welds aren't right. going way too hot.

 

I'm on the UD sae team....... we're alot farther than you guys!!

we're still behind scheduel........ the headgasketless motor is pretty interesting though.