Rodger also has a (ROCKET & JET ENGINE) options for his chassis.I think we will see Tyler B. Running some of these at 2011 Optima shoot out.:lol: :lol: :lol: :rofl: :rofl:

Awesome!

We will be posting the results when the analysis is complete. Eric said he has to design the chassis as one single parts, not an assembly to be able to analysis the chassis. The one single part will take quite a bit of work just to create that design. I will keep you posted

Some more pictures of the chassis before we begin TIG welding this chassis.
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...y2011022-1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ary2011023.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...y2011021-1.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ary2011026.jpg
http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/t...ary2011025.jpg

The Welding will begin this week. We will probably weigh the chassis bare also. I'm sure it's heavier then stock but that is probably a good thing.

I use CATIA. If you use Boolean operations its actually pretty easy to make it one part. If you have complete product, looks like you do, and all pieces are contacting eachother; just put each part in a seperate part body under one part and use the add (boolean operations). It will combine the parts into one solid eliminating any over lap and combine parts at each point they have contact.

That frame is sweet. I'd hate to be the poor sucker welding it together though lol. I need to get rich so I can stick on under my Tempest

Awesome work Rodger and crew.

Just wondering why the side rails have a angle on the top portion of the frame when other frames don't.Will it make the frame fit different to the car. I'm not even being a smart a$$ with that question :D

It's because it's the same width as a factory frame for these cars, and the floor boards drop down between the frame necessitating the angle. The factory convertible frames (boxed) have that angle too.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill

Bill is correct it will fit the body better, which in this case allows the rails to not hang below the chassis as much. But with the way these rails are assembled it makes them stronger then just a piece formed to that shape. Because the body mounts have been boxed from top to bottom thus creating a whole triangulated structure. Then with the round tubes running completely through the rails and into the inner frame section it ties those pieces together using the whole mass of each rail not just the inside surface. The draw back to this design is the mount of welding, but since we have taken advantage of some trick press braking techniques it will cut down the weld time considerably.

Alot more to come in the near future.