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wearymicrobe
04-23-2015, 12:57 PM
Kind of a odd question has anyone ever gotten hold of or even made a reasonable scan or CAD of the FFR chassis. Preferable in solidworks now that I am dreaming. I am going to have to move a bunch of stuff around in the front of the car to get my turbos in if I go that route and if I am cutting into some of the tubes I would like to run a quick cosmos sim to show where I need to reinforce things and be sure that the parts that I am ordering are actually going to fit in some form. Car looks like it has plenty of room if I can move some things around without making it a floppy noodle.

chopthebass
04-23-2015, 01:08 PM
Interesting question. I would have thought it quite difficult for someone to create a 3D wireframe model without specialist scanning gear. Have you asked FFR? I suspect they wouldn't release info that has taken years to perfect! I could be wrong though.
Twin turbo's - really!

frankeeski
04-23-2015, 01:42 PM
If you are trying to make an existing turbo set up fit the engine bay of the car thinking cutting and reworking the frame is going to be easier, you are wrong. You are not the first person to add twin turbos under the hood of a roadster. I suggest you get in touch with Wayne at Very Cool Parts and have a conversation with him, he is the go-to guru on all things Factory Five and turbos. It's much easier to fabricate the turbo plumbing to fit the chassis then the other way around.

wearymicrobe
04-23-2015, 01:46 PM
If you are trying to make an existing turbo set up fit the engine bay of the car thinking cutting and reworking the frame is going to be easier, you are wrong. You are not the first person to add twin turbos under the hood of a roadster. I suggest you get in touch with Wayne at Very Cool Parts and have a conversation with him, he is the go-to guru on all things Factory Five and turbos. It's much easier to fabricate the turbo plumbing to fit the chassis then the other way around.

I can fab that out as well headers are my old real issue currently. It's a old spec car and because I am just running de and track days I can have a bit more latitude with stiffening things up while I am in there. Plus I need to build a wing support and knowingness where to tie it in earlier would be best

grluisi150
04-23-2015, 03:48 PM
I thought 2bking used CAD for his build.