XR Chassis mods

turbofan · Post by **turbofan** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:51 pm

haha to me, anything pre '90 is pretty old!

alright, i'll retract my statement and rephrase:

every porsche is something special.

and so is mr. young's merk!! let's hear it for the fabrication!! woot!

astralbody · Post by **astralbody** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 4:21 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:Son, this is an "old Porsche"...

http://vista.pca.org/stl/gmund.htm

love porsche

youngfg · Post by **youngfg** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:45 am

To get the thread back on topic. I got the floor pan out of the car. The floor pan as it's pictured weighed 159lbs.
The total amount of metal I have removed, minus the small pieces I threw away, is 267lbs.
The chassis as pictured weighs 358 lbs.
I am guess the completed car will be about 2000lbs.
More pics at my site.
http://www.sirscca.org/gene

Chuck W · Post by **Chuck W** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:56 am

Wow...I didn't think you were going THAT far with it.

We're talking full-tilt-boogie here, excellent!

I think the license plate is kind of moot now, huh?

MerkXRTurbo · Post by **MerkXRTurbo** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:02 pm

Here's one vote for a tube chassis!

youngfg · Post by **youngfg** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:07 pm

It will still be able to license it in Kentucky.

Post by **DPDISXR4Ti** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:30 pm

Good god man!!!

I bet you're hatin' that you bothered to spend all that time chiseling the tar mat off (what was) the floor pan now!

Keep 'em coming Gene!

turbofan · Post by **turbofan** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:02 pm

youngfg wrote:It will still be able to license it in Kentucky.

dude, you are awesome. bravo.

Turbopit · Post by **Turbopit** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:21 pm

DPDISXR4Ti wrote:
I bet you're hatin' that you bothered to spend all that time chiseling the tar mat off (what was) the floor pan now!

LOL

Nice job Gene. Are you goignt o be ready to hit the track this spring?

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:33 pm

Hot damn, Gene! That's a huge undertaking!

Greenturbo · Post by **Greenturbo** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:36 pm

the rebirth of "sawsall motor sports"

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:09 am

speaking of that, how many sawzall blades did you go thru?

youngfg · Post by **youngfg** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:03 am

I went through about 10 air body saw blades , and one plasma cutter tip. The garage still smells like burnt undercoating. It's amazing the amount of undercoating these cars have on them in the wrong places since they still rust.

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:17 pm

what's an air body saw blade? when i was building the exhaust for my truck, i went thru 5 blades with about 10 cuts with the 'di-metal' blades, which i thought were supposed to be made for cutting steel. it was frustrating to say the least. and i cut a total of perhaps 1% or less of what you cut.

MerkXRTurbo · Post by **MerkXRTurbo** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:19 pm

A pneumatic body saw: