Hydro-forming
May 9, 2019 | 09:00 PM
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Melting Slicks
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Hydro-forming
Watching Texas Metal and they chopped up a brand new Camaro ZL1 and made an aluminum frame - got me thinking about how ours were made - like this?
May 9, 2019 | 09:54 PM
Team Owner
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It's scary to think about something at 100,000 psi!
May 9, 2019 | 10:29 PM
Safety Car
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glbeauchamp
It's scary to think about something at 100,000 psi!
Isn't it though? I think at those kinds of levels the numbers are kind of just abstract. 100,000 psi would take 31 coupes stacked on a 1 square inch spot.
May 9, 2019 | 10:40 PM
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I am sure the experts will chime in but I believe the C5 frame rails are hydraulically formed using fluid pressure to bend and form curves in the steel without heating or welding it.
May 10, 2019 | 09:44 AM
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Melting Slicks
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May 10, 2019 | 09:47 AM
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Melting Slicks
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Although I thought the frame rails were aluminum....
May 10, 2019 | 10:37 AM
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Very interesting article.
May 10, 2019 | 12:32 PM
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jjc508520
Although I thought the frame rails were aluminum....
Nope. Not until the C6Z.
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May 11, 2019 | 05:13 PM
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How do you make an aluminum frame for a unibody car?
Jun 20, 2019 | 11:38 AM
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Supercharged111
How do you make an aluminum frame for a unibody car?
Corvette is not unibody, it is a perimeter frame.
Jun 20, 2019 | 11:51 AM
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Beer:30
Corvette is not unibody, it is a perimeter frame.
Last I checked this thread is about Camaros.
Jun 21, 2019 | 07:21 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Supercharged111
How do you make an aluminum frame for a unibody car?
You "back-half" the car, by cutting out the frame rails/floorboard/trunk floor, then creating a "frame" for the rear of the car, which includes supporting members for the body panels.....
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