Has anyone used this C1 chassis?
10-09-2015, 10:54 AM
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Has anyone used this C1 chassis?
http://vetteframe.com/
It looks like a nice piece, looks similar in design to the Corvette Correction setup with some differences in the rear suspension mounting. When talking with him he said it is about 50 lbs heavier than most frames as a result of using thicker square tubing.
It looks like a nice piece, looks similar in design to the Corvette Correction setup with some differences in the rear suspension mounting. When talking with him he said it is about 50 lbs heavier than most frames as a result of using thicker square tubing.
10-09-2015, 11:40 AM
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I'm only "intimately familiar" with SR III frames, but when this guy makes a major point of stating that they don't use 1/20th wall thickness tubing like "other" frames I'd be cautious.
Don't get me wrong, their frame looks like a nice piece. But nobody is producing frames with .050" wall thickness to my knowledge. That would be dangerously thin tubing for a frame application.
Don't get me wrong, their frame looks like a nice piece. But nobody is producing frames with .050" wall thickness to my knowledge. That would be dangerously thin tubing for a frame application.
10-09-2015, 12:27 PM
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Tubing wall thickness
I'm only "intimately familiar" with SR III frames, but when this guy makes a major point of stating that they don't use 1/20th wall thickness tubing like "other" frames I'd be cautious.
Don't get me wrong, their frame looks like a nice piece. But nobody is producing frames with .050" wall thickness to my knowledge. That would be dangerously thin tubing for a frame application.
Don't get me wrong, their frame looks like a nice piece. But nobody is producing frames with .050" wall thickness to my knowledge. That would be dangerously thin tubing for a frame application.
Last edited by mrichard; 10-09-2015 at 02:30 PM.
10-09-2015, 01:54 PM
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Instructor
I was referring to the statements on the vetteframe website that states:
"All of our chassis's are made using 2" x 4" 3/16th wall square tubing, NOT 1/20th tubing, which elimiates "cracking" problems associated with 1/20th."
Does 1/20th no longer equal .050"?
"All of our chassis's are made using 2" x 4" 3/16th wall square tubing, NOT 1/20th tubing, which elimiates "cracking" problems associated with 1/20th."
Does 1/20th no longer equal .050"?
10-09-2015, 02:30 PM
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I believe it's a typo by the web site creator (these guys are not mechanical dudes), he means .120 wall. The 2x4 rectangular tubing he says they use is .1875, so I believe it's a moot point. Yes 1/20th of an inch would be .050...BTW, I have no connection with these folks, but this is the way I read it. Mike