Hello from Australia,
On the website it mentions that the new frame is 300lbs lighter. That is a huge weight saving. Did you use all aluminium?
What ever its a great job you have done.
regards
Whitworthsocket
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Hey Whitworthsocket,
No, I didn't use any aluminium on the structural part of the frame. It's all 4130 chrome molley tubing. Inch and a half diameter. The main weight saving was in three areas, the cockpit area originally was a rolled 1/4" thick piece of boiler plate--solid. The weight of that section was around 160 pounds. About 2/3 of the weight was removed. The pictures on
www.vincentstreamliner.com (my website) show the multitude of lightening holes. The reason I made it that heavy to start with is that the late Don Vesco, told me that he had to add 80 pounds of lead weight between his legs for handling purposes on his 318 mph record holder.
My engines are offset to the right, requiring weight to be added to the left side of the original frame. The bottom tube on the left side was filled with 70 pounds of lead. This tube now contains no lead. There was a 18X18" steel 5/8" thick plate underneath the transmission area, which no longer exists. The tubing was decreased from 90 wall to 75 wall thickness.