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Post by aircooled on Nov 20, 2011 8:23:30 GMT -7
Looking for the right process in building a car. Which should be done first and why, drilling axle holes or making the weight pockets. What are the benefit to doing one before the other?
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Post by *5 J's* on Nov 20, 2011 12:56:47 GMT -7
Do all major cutting or routing first, then drill. If there is any stress in the wood you want to remove that prior to drilling so that your holes are true. With quality wood it probably doesn't matter as 9DB states - but why take the chance
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Post by aircooled on Nov 20, 2011 13:14:14 GMT -7
Thanks for the information, there is so much to learn about building a quality car.
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Post by 2FAST4U on Nov 20, 2011 21:04:39 GMT -7
Looking for the right process in building a car. Which should be done first and why, drilling axle holes or making the weight pockets. What are the benefit to doing one before the other? what are you using for weight, lead or tungsten? I will tell all you boys and girls this... The stingray Kit car with no fenders form JE that ran 2.984's in the July PDDR purestock class and won the month is lead powered... it was drilled first then routed out for the weight pockets, then I melted the lead and poured it in the body the same way I do it on the 30 years in 30 mins Video... The car runs great... The car body is from the Suger pine that JE sells with all its kits or suger pine blocks of wood... Is there other ways? Yes In my opinion as long as your car body has enough wood around the axles holes and support so it does not flex, you are ok to drill the holes then cut the weight pockets out... the main thing is that you have a flat bottom on the car body when you drill your axle hole when using "THE BLOCK"... This is the key... Then making sure that the car body does not move in "THE BLOCK" when drilling the axles holes... Hope This Helps Glenn If you have any more ?'s please feel free to call me... would love to help you out... www.jewkesengineering.com
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Post by aircooled on Nov 21, 2011 5:16:48 GMT -7
Glenn, I'll be using 1/4 cubes. Besides the lower cost of using lead what are the other benefit's of using lead over tungsten?
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