To feel at least a little succesful since a while, I mounted the shifter and handbrake today. It starts to look like a car now a bit;)

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Roland,
Unacceptable. That's too much continuous sheet metal. Did you run out of drill bits? ;-)

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...at least the pieces to close the draining holes are FG;)

that shifter looks great!

To save some more weight at the shifter, I worked on the rod. Cutting off the middle section, hollow drilled the left SS parts, machined for shrink fit the aluminum rod part (wich I anodized of course;))
The rod has an outer diameter of 19.05mm (3/4"), what's almost impossible to get in Europe. I used 18/13mm Anticorodal 6060, which is strong enough for this application:

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Nice going Roland! Any idea when your car will be done and running? This year or next year? Also, what's your weight goal (your car not yourself!)? I'd wager that it'll weigh around 2600lbs with all steel body, without A/C and half tank of gas.

I think all that are watching are wondering what the weight goal is ??????


Kozmo

Some of you may remember that I said once there is no goal in kg, just save weight.

2600lbs are about 1180kg which is way too heavy! How much weighted yours stock then? I suggest It will be around 1000kg (2204lbs), maybe a little below;)

I hope this year, but could be wrong... Lots of unknown factors (like my talent to find parts that can be worked on)

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/support/smileys/wat1.gif Oh Ya ! that's a good weight for a street car

Kozmo

Wow! We thought getting a full road car down to 1,100kg was tough.
A flat 1,000kg -- that would be phenomenal! Seriously quick acceleration. :-)

Made several little progresses, but too early to show (so you can't see the mess in the garage;) )

However, I finished the door hinges, cut and anodized and bushes fitted. Only the pins are not galvanized yet and not mounted therefore (I hate the gold zinc stuff)

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one more try
 

I am still looking for plastic outer door handles. Last time I asked, I get the answer they are made soon, but this never hapend. Maybe one of you can assist.

Here how they look:



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Please look here as well:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/677442-rsr-plastic-outer-door-handle-available-2.html

Is there any chance you could have some plastic door handles 3D printed?

Professional 3D Printing | Stratasys

Well I thought about that once and visit an exponation about a couple of months ago, but see mainly these problems:

-How strong is the plastic used? Will not be some kind of fiber reinforced like used at conventional made ones due the injection process which use some wires.

-The finish is not flawless of what I saw. Only real expensive printers used in industry can make superior quality, but not at those shops.

-The bolts are casted in, possible on a 3D printer?

And even if, making a CAD will be very time consuming I guess...

Biggest weight saving ever!
 

Tada:

Replaced steel pins (left) at door opener by aluminum ones (right):D

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Had to use all my engineering skills to made those most complex pieces and hours of planning follow by days of manufacturing until I get them

Roland, according to some of the errrrr, ummmmm "enthusiasts" here, you are steadily turning your car into a valueless sh@tbox! And awesome job of it, by the way! :D

Thank you!!!!

For that compliment you deserve my favourite smiley:

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Spent the last couple of days for drilling (what else) and now ready at least for now, all parts for plating

Oops, forgot pic;)

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