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Chassis
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| talos |
06-19-2021 09:53 AM |
Chassis
Most manufacturers chassis are made of mild steel and some are made of stainless steel. What are the pros and cons. And someday would there be one made of aluminum.
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| strictlypersonl |
06-21-2021 08:56 AM |
When you compare the stiffness/weight and strength/weight of those materials, they are very similar. The advantage of aluminum and stainless is corrosion resistance at the expense of being more difficult and expensive to weld.
It's the basic design layout that really defines how "efficient" a chassis is.
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| talos |
06-21-2021 09:50 AM |
Chassis
But none are made of aluminum yet?
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| 1ntCobra |
06-21-2021 10:50 AM |
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| t walgamuth |
06-21-2021 05:30 PM |
My VSE has an aluminum Monocoque with a cast aluminum subframe up front designed and built by the well known Engineer Herb Adams. Herb and Matt built about 25 cobras with the Monocoque chassis. Four or five are aluminum, the rest steel. With an aluminum small block chevy and an aluminum rear end by Winters it weighs in at about 2000#.
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| Snake2998 |
06-22-2021 12:45 AM |
Aluminium has one big disadvantage in engineering use - it is prone to fatigue failure so has to be very carefully engineered if it is to last through the years.
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