/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1550978

how hard depends on your skill. Lots of boomers put mustang suspensions in old trucks just by following instructions, so if you can weld and measure stuff it would be hard work but doable.

How long, I don't know, but it looks pretty simple once you have the parts.

So what is it for? Trailer it to a track? Drive off road? That pic would take a hell of a lot of work to be road-approved in the usa.

>>1550978
no cooling system wtf

>>1550978
Far easier to make a DeathKart out of an '84 corvette.

>>1551125
It's obviously in the middle of being built you tard. Notice all the loose wires and lack of timing cover too.

>>1550978
1 month if you got full kit and tools
3 months if you got most of it
12 if you have some parts and have to learn how to do some stuff
most people will manage in 6 month time
I used to laser cut 7 logos and fascias out of stainless, still got a pile of them somewhere

>>1550978
I dream of building this.

https://youtu.be/tUzwOZMR6iQ?t=61

>>1550978
>how long would it take
change minutes to months and it should be about right

I think you're gonna need a bigger shop!

Do you TIG /MIG?
Do you have a chassis table?
Milling machine?
Tubing notcher?
Horizontal metal cutting bandsaw?
Measuring tools? (dial indicators, laser level, precision tape measure)

These are basic tools needed to build a vehicle that won't crab, fall apart or look Bubba'd together.
You can easily make a POS without these tools. (using pallets and a lawn chair)

>>1550978
While I like the simplicity of that kind of suspension I hate what it does for ground clearance.

>>1553620
>>1553620
Not OP, but which would be better, TIG or MIG?

Thinking of doing something similar with an old Nissan leaf motor and controller I have laying around, but I've never fabricated or even welded anything before

>>1553892

better is subjective

both could be used

mig would be perfectly fine, not much reason to use tig really

>>1554032
Thanks for the reply

From what I understand, MIG isn't as "strong" however it seems a bit easier and cheaper to work with. My impression is that it seems a bit more common among hobbyists, so I'd be more likely to find someone who has one so I can practice before purchasing my own

>>1550978
If you follow the Ron Champion book and build your own chassis, wishbones etc etc you'll probably wish you'd never started. If you buy a kit of parts then you could probably get it all done in a week.
I started building the chassis etc from scratch and I ended up getting fed up and scrapping it. It's not hard but it's massively time consuming and you can get one partially built for not much more than the cost of the materials.

>>1554367

You can use stick too.

>>1554813

Suspension geometry is going to be a real bitch.

If he goes beam and solid axle on leaves it would then be a sinch

>>1554829
>You can use stick too.
A very good quality stick welder (inverter technology) ready to plug in and weld can be delivered to your door for ~$160.

>>1554829
>>1554843
Idk if using stick for structural is a good idea

>>1555004
why the fuck not?

>>1555004
>using stick
It's used to put ships together
skyscrapers
trains
pipelines
etc, etc

there is a saying among welders, "If you want it stuck, use stick."

>>1554367
>MIG isn't as "strong" however it seems a bit easier and cheaper to work with. My impression is that it seems a bit more common among hobbyists, so I'd be more likely to find someone who has one so I can practice before purchasing my own
MIG is generally more expensive for a decent unit ime.

>>1555022
while I agree stick is fine. I think you made that phrase up.

mig stick and tig and flux all have the same strength. just look at a package and compare the tensile strengths.

>>1555030
so in a use case like this, there's no real difference aside from price?

Isn't stick welding commonly used for thick gauge steel and MIG and TIG for thinner pieces? I can't see much use for stick welding for putting together a car unless you want to build a tank

>>1555022
Stick is OK for most things actually. It has a higher rate of slag inclusions relative to TIG, but that doesn't stop it being used in our workshop in Qatar for high spec/pressure pipe welds. They do get radiographed afterwards to check though.

We often start with a TIG root pass on both CS and SS pipes, then switch over to stick to fill the rest of the weld gap because it has a high deposition rate of metal per second.

Just make sure you have a decent chinese DC unit at least. You can get DC tig/stick units for reasonable prices and that allows you to do stainless and higher spec TIG work as well.

MIG and flux core are used for structural because they struggle at strange angles. flux core has the highest deposition rate though.

>>1555044
If you're doing thin sheet you are better off with a TIG unit, especially one that allows for wave modification. All of my experience is with stainless pipe and tube though using TIG.

stick and mig are both good choices for thin shit, for both processes you will want a thin filler wire (for mig) or stick (for you know) the thinner the filler the amperage/heat imput (and yes I am aware the voltage is what you adjust on a mig unit but its still got amps and that is what does the work but that is a conversation for another time) you need low amps for thin shit so you dont blow through. Tig is not very good for thin shit, it puts out an excessive amount of heat and warps thin shit, also if you are on 4 chan asking how to weld it is out of your ability range.

all the above information is relevant to mild steel only, some of it crosses over to stainless and aluminum, especially the tig warp.

>>1555210

Please link to a video showing how stick is a "good choice for thin shit".

7014 sheet metal
put that into the google machine.

i was welding some 16 gauge tubing just after new years with a 3/32 7018 down to something stipid like 60 amps. just takes some life XP points.

>>1551125
It's obviously not finished.

>>1551125
>>1552761
>>1555975
the radiator is in here