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Offline javajoe79

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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #210 on: June 06, 2016, 03:51:56 PM »
It's been a long time coming but today I got the firebird on the "ground" with the belly plate bolted on so it's officially a rolling chassis and it's really low!!







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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #211 on: June 06, 2016, 06:50:48 PM »
JJ;

That's quite a belly plate! Any idea what it will weigh?

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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #212 on: June 06, 2016, 09:50:17 PM »
   I just bought a 4'X41/2' piece that was I believe 257#. Weight down low is good, Right?
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #213 on: June 06, 2016, 09:51:36 PM »
  Oops, 3/8th's.
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #214 on: June 06, 2016, 10:01:00 PM »
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #215 on: June 06, 2016, 11:42:17 PM »
This is roughly 5'x5'. It's 1/4". I don't have a weight but it ain't light. I guess around 250lbs according to internet.
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #216 on: June 07, 2016, 01:52:06 AM »
The weight for steel plate is 10.2 pounds per square foot. When I'm trying to figure the weight of anything made from steel you can derive it from that number.  :-D :-D :-D

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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #217 on: June 07, 2016, 07:01:38 AM »
PJ, 10.2 #/sq. ft. -- for all thicknesses? :evil:
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #218 on: June 07, 2016, 07:18:17 AM »
All those weights are confusing me. :-D
What isn't confusing is the quality of the build.
Way to go Joe. It looks right and will go just as good. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #219 on: June 07, 2016, 08:31:31 AM »
PJ, 10.2 #/sq. ft. -- for all thicknesses? :evil:

Missed one small detail Slim. I was thinking it!  :roll: :roll: :roll:

1/4" plate is what I was intending.  :-D :-D :-D

Old age strikes again! It seems to do that a little more often these days.  :? :? :?

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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #220 on: June 07, 2016, 09:48:13 AM »
I added some gussets to the cage yesterday and the body is going back on today. Building the nose structure this weekend. Still plenty of engine bay space for turbos and intercooler. It's the 5" exhaust all the way out the back that will be the challenge.


All those weights are confusing me. :-D
What isn't confusing is the quality of the build.
Way to go Joe. It looks right and will go just as good. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Weight down low is good, Right?
    Doug  :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

 That's my thoughts as well  :cheers:  

 I used the 10.2 lbs figure to calculate it. We can also pack the main frame rails with lead from the back side but I'm thinking this thing will be 5k lbs without ballast.
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #221 on: June 07, 2016, 02:38:24 PM »
I've got steel at .283 pounds per cubic inch, lead at .409 pounds per cubic inch.

(Or, I wonder it those numbers were 1962 Chevy displacements?)
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« Reply #222 on: June 07, 2016, 03:13:37 PM »
Well, yes, they were. :roll:
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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #223 on: June 07, 2016, 04:41:35 PM »
I've got steel at .283 pounds per cubic inch, lead at .409 pounds per cubic inch.

(Or, I wonder it those numbers were 1962 Chevy displacements?)

Those numbers do bring back some fond Chevy memories. When I run .283 through the calculator it comes out to 10.188 which is close enough to 10.2 for me.  :-D :-D :-D

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Re: Breaking Wind
« Reply #224 on: June 07, 2016, 04:51:05 PM »
Can't wait to get back up there this weekend and play some more!
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