"wasted",my new ford 31 coupe

Holey Flexing Wishbones! I still would feel better if the internal circumference of the oblong cuts was "boxed". There would still be an opening but the "hollow" edges would be welded. Hard to explain.

 

He said he's gonna box them.

 

The issue is not with the front axle as it is forged and over engineered anyway.

The bones are just hollow thin walled tube, not too thin being almost 3/16", designed for the engineered purpose. Removing small amounts and reinforcing the area around the removed portions is necessary. Removing large amounts as the oblong slots in this case, then the reinforcing boxing plate material must be much thicker to take the extra strain, not to mention the care needed in building and reconstructing/adapting these to the tubes.

All of this I am sure was previously thought out.

Just throwing in my BAAAAAAAAA..

 

today update ,
i made my new front crossmember ,let's see the pix

 

here's my small block chevy

i will post picts of the chassis next week
enjoy...!

 

the 1st pic you posted is the exact situation where the inner hot rodder woul d have his balls in a vice against the purist. i dont think i have what it takes to hot rod something so complete!!

am i going to hot rodders hell?!

 

upgrade pix, the dashboard


here's my latest shot of the car (a mock up)

 

the dashboard

mock up

 

oups sorry

 

I am curious about your cross member?. Does the spring have any movement in a relaxed state? When you jack the car up does the spring bottom out on the cross member? If so I would think this will create a world of shit when driving it.

 

sweet , keep on keeping on

 

I had a good look at your axle and bones, from an engineering perspective they are OK as is.
The slots in the axle do not affect bending [beaming] strength much, if the axle wants to bend, the bottom edge wants to stretch and the top edge wants to compress [ or kink ]
If you slotted between where the bones mount and the kingpins ,this would be dangerous [never do that] because the axle tries to parallelogram itself under load.

The bones are also OK because they have an oval section and you only slotted the sides [ the top and bottom still have their structural integrity for tension and compression ]
You will have some bending loads under "brake torque" which will try to compress the bottom edge.
Do not mount the spring shackles on the bones suicide style [especially behind the first slot ] the first major bump and the bones will try and bend like a parallelogram.

I hope this helps clear up a few doubts. [ I will be comfortable doing the same mods on an anglia front end for a vintage styled racer ]

 

i will try to post more pix this week ........!
more details from the front end.

 

i'm scratching my head on that crossmember...that dash is pretty kool...different...that engine cleaned up nicely..

 

I think you've got a mismatch of styles going on. Wire wheels and wide whites don't seem to match the broken low stance and dual quad chevy in my book.

 

no wire wheels ,i put a 16" steelies set on it, watch my last pix of the mock up...!
the car will be higher from the ground and will have a little rake, no more than 1".

 

pinkies rodshop has done it like that on a few of there builds, they also sell the crossmember.
http://pinkeesrodshop.com/Spring_Over_Crossmember_with_Clamp-a50.aspx

 

this is all my inspirations...........!all my front end,and the same for the rear .

 

still scratching...i know the guys at pinkees are pros, but does it limit suspension travel?..and what do you gain by having the spring over the crossmember?..

 

yeah, engineering basics arches, and circles are good for structure but slots definatly are not. You might get by with the wishbones being slotted as long as they have been filled, but the axle is definetly toast.

 

You certainly have "wasted" your parts. After seeing your axle/wishbone/crossmember I gotta wonder if you are hittin on all cylinders?

 

That cross member and spring have to hit when the car comes back up on it's travel. I just looked at the Pinkees web site and I and baffled as to how this thing can function correctly with out causing damage to the spring.

 

Dash and 15s maybe, Kelseys and a stock dash yes, dash and Kelseys dont really go together IMHO.

Just saw the mock up, that works for me ...

 

don't know how it performs but heres another version built by salt flat speed shop
http://www.saltflatsspeedshop.com/sf32.html

 

the crossmembers look a bit different..pinkees and vonstripers spring is sitting directly on top of the crossmember...the salt flats ss. project has some room for the spring to travel...i mean its gotta work right if pinkees sells it?..

 

some news:
the exhaust

and the alternator braket

the bomber seats and brakets



and the aluminum doors panels and the shifter

next steps the chopped 28 grill shell

 

Looks like a coupe from the "Rufus Ranch".

 

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Re the slots cut in the axle compared to
round holes - it's not merely a matter of
"taste" and personal preference. it's a
matter of safety and common sense and
of basic engineering, metaliurgy and the
laws of physics!! Compared to just drilling
some round lightening holes in the axle.
those slots have severely weakened it and
it will almost certainly break. It's your car
and your neck and your "taste", but I hope
you don't take out anybody else who's
unfortunate enough to be on the same road
as you *when* your "cool" front axle lets go
on you.

Mart3406
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you are to far away to come over & punch me , but , that dash really sucks man .
keep us posted.

 

huh... while you guys are busy arguing about all his parts, he's getting closer and closer to driving.