Unlimited access to a machine shop-what do i make?

[Rowleym]

Alright, so heres the deal. My family owns a tool and die shop. I am new to the bmw scene and i wondered if there is anything that i could have them make to use on my e30. I was told that i could easily make the UUC DSSR, but i would need specs to give to my cousin. Basically, if i have the specs, i should be able to make anything with the tools given. If you want to check it out, its rowleytool.com i would totally like to make parts for people. thanks

[Farbin Kaiber]

I'd jump on the 4 to 5 lug swap attempts every other new member with access to a machine shop tries to jump on.

[Rowleym]

why is this?

[chance]

I plan on making a dssr and floor mount shifter.

You could also try engraving a valve cover. A member on here makes some really nice ones.

[Farbin Kaiber]

why is this?

Because they find it to be a Holy Grail project, then research and find it cost prohibitive, and find factory solutions to be more cost effective. I'm not saying someday someone won't find a method, just that it hasn't panned out yet.

[frankie591]

Instead of ripping off a UUC design that they put a lot of effort and R&D to develop for the community, why don't you think of something original that you can produce. If everybody and their brother starts copying designs, then companies like UUC and Treehouse etc. will stop developing parts for our cars. I have no problem with making a dssr similar to UUC's design for your own car, but mass producing a blatant copy is pretty sad.

[burkey001]

I agree with you Frankie, however the engineering principal of single shear versus double shear is hardly something that Rob from UUC came up with.
You could refer to the 1934 edition of 'The Engineers Handbook' and see a chapter on shear...

To the OP, make something to do with brakes.
Lots of big brake kits have big wide calipers. this means you have to run either a super custom wheel or heaps of spacers. Why not design a rotor hat with 20mm of extra material that 'has' to be there rather than a skinny hat that you have to run with spacers.

[m3fuz]

How about a cooling system that won't crumble under an orphan's tears?

[nando]

How about a cooling system that won't crumble under an orphan's tears?

Like the stock e30?

[pantelones]

. If you want to check it out, its rowleytool.com

Damn, that is actually a pretty impressive shop. The fact that you have the means to make a jig for an automated welding set up is amazing. You could make motor mounts, pre-welded camber caster adjusted sub frames, pre-welded struts for m3 links and coil-overs, control arms, strut bars, chassis braces, and so on.

And since you can heat treat, make a tool for tapping the front struts. So if you want to cut them shorter, you don't have to section the housing. :)

[Rowleym]

Damn, that is actually a pretty impressive shop. The fact that you have the means to make a jig for an automated welding set up is amazing. You could make motor mounts, pre-welded camber caster adjusted sub frames, pre-welded struts for m3 links and coil-overs, control arms, strut bars, chassis braces, and so on.

And since you can heat treat, make a tool for tapping the front struts. So if you want to cut them shorter, you don't have to section the housing. :)

well this just made me excited. Im really thinking about making some control arms. Should i simply make them based on the stock specs but with a lighter steel heat treat them? soooo many ideas going through my head. if anyone wants anything made, just give me the specs so i can have it made. I pretty much have no idea what to do. also, what do you mean by tapping the front struts?

[dothadance]

And since you can heat treat, make a tool for tapping the front struts. So if you want to cut them shorter, you don't have to section the housing. :)

this is actually a pretty wicked idea. the top of our strut tubes/housings whatever are threaded for a collar to screw into. most people cut ~2 inches out of the middle of the tube and reweld it when they get coilovers. this you could just cut the top and thread the inside.

[thebutcher37]

also, what do you mean by tapping the front struts?

Kinda like this.

http://www.vorshlag.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8044

[Vivek]

Make me a shift knob :)

[Pdxseth]

A bracket to put e30 seats in an e28


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