My e30 DTM car copy build

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  • StreuB1
    Advanced Member
    • Sep 2007
    • 113

    #76
    Originally posted by matt
    A JD2 bender is like $500... there is no reason to run alloy steel over with a freaking truck to bend it.

    Closer to the chassis is farther from the driver.

    The flip side: Why would you want an ill-fitting roll cage?

    Have you ever bent a roll bar yourself before??
    I like to build things with metal n stuff

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    • ///meric
      Advanced Member
      • Jun 2004
      • 124

      #77
      Originally posted by madjurgen
      John of S14.net uses MAXX with his build that is easily putting out 320+hp and he knows waaaaaaaay more than you or your dad ever will. As long as you have the correct MS chip for proper timing and spark with respect to the hardware youre running, MAXX is nothing more than fuel control.

      This is basicly the reason i went with the Maxx system. I have talked with John many times tru emails and he has the right chips for the spark. I dont like reinventing the wheel. Going with a different ECU system would be doing that.
      I wanna go Fast

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      • Bill-B
        E30 Fanatic
        • Apr 2007
        • 1242

        #78
        Originally posted by FredK
        StreuB1 is over on bf.c, and is known to fabricate some pretty crazy shit. :up:
        True that!!!
        Originally posted by NavyE30
        I saw Vlad was posting and got excited. Then I saw there weren't any boobs and was sad.

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        • StreuB1
          Advanced Member
          • Sep 2007
          • 113

          #79
          Originally posted by FredK
          StreuB1 is over on bf.c, and is known to fabricate some pretty crazy shit. :up:




          Originally posted by Joe318is
          Im having a hard time following this thread with all you fags being such assholes. Let the man build the car the way he wants, suggestions are nice but shameless banter and bashing is juvenile and annoying at best.

          EAD,
          JHomo

          :up:
          I like to build things with metal n stuff

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          • FredK
            R3V OG
            • Oct 2003
            • 14744

            #80
            shh. TRM bends the best cages EVAR. With like nodes and shit.

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            • ///meric
              Advanced Member
              • Jun 2004
              • 124

              #81
              Originally posted by Digitalwave
              You should probably know something about the people you are flaming before you open your mouth.
              The person that did the bending, has fabriacated more wild and crazy things then anyone on this forum.
              I wanna go Fast

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              • StreuB1
                Advanced Member
                • Sep 2007
                • 113

                #82
                Originally posted by Digitalwave
                You should probably know something about the people you are flaming before you open your mouth.
                No flaming being done at all.

                Teh hummer was used to bring the rollbar that was already bent back into plane.......they tend to twist naturally with the grain of the steel, no matter what you do. Tweaking the roll bar back into plane before its welded in means yer not putting a piece into the car in a stressed position.

                It wasnt use to bend the tubing. If you can bend 1.75x.095 4130 with a car tire, I wanna see that first hand. I will even fly out to see it done.

                The tubing was bent by an NHRA chassis builder remotely based on sketches and models I made. Distance of the driver to tubing is unimportant when the drivers head is over 6" away from it. All tubing located in the vacinity of the drivers body must be covered in SFI spec foam padding anyway. And if yer worried about yer head hitting yer roll bar, then you better put yer belts on bud.
                I like to build things with metal n stuff

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                • matt
                  No R3VLimiter
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 3731

                  #83
                  Originally posted by StreuB1
                  Have you ever bent a roll bar yourself before??
                  Nope. Got a guy for that.

                  He uses a hydraulic mandrel bender worth more than the house I grew up in... I'm pretty sure he's not running anything over with a truck either.

                  But that's not a big deal. I didn't even notice a problem with the fit of the cage.

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                  • matt
                    No R3VLimiter
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 3731

                    #84
                    Originally posted by FredK
                    shh. TRM bends the best cages EVAR. With like nodes and shit.

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                    • FredK
                      R3V OG
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 14744

                      #85
                      Haha, I was gonna say, someone with a Dynasty 200 is probably not going to try bending a tube with a truck.

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                      • StreuB1
                        Advanced Member
                        • Sep 2007
                        • 113

                        #86
                        This board is better than BFC!

                        Though I feel bad for erics thread going to crap.

                        I can say personally I had nothing to do with that.
                        I like to build things with metal n stuff

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                        • matt
                          No R3VLimiter
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 3731

                          #87
                          OK... lets get this back on track.

                          I definitely like how the cage ties in to the diff and subframe. Do you have any in-progress shots of that process?

                          The cage also seems to have much better nodes than most of the ones I see being DIYed. Hopefully a few issues with the back section (shock tower plates) will be fixed and we'll get some updated pics soon. :)

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                          • StreuB1
                            Advanced Member
                            • Sep 2007
                            • 113

                            #88
                            i love the term "node"

                            it makes me giggle when i hear it
                            I like to build things with metal n stuff

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                            • matt
                              No R3VLimiter
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 3731

                              #89
                              Originally posted by StreuB1
                              i love the term "node"

                              it makes me giggle when i hear it
                              Me too... this one got me all excited. (not ours... RRT)

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                              • StreuB1
                                Advanced Member
                                • Sep 2007
                                • 113

                                #90
                                no i mean the word node bothers me

                                i call it a joint or a convergance point

                                a node is a point in 3D space with a polar coordinate as its definition
                                I like to build things with metal n stuff

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