Frame question

[31 bucket]

can't post pics yet. I haven't had this bucket that long. Trying to figure it out. It has a manufactured frame. Does the frame builder put a stamp or a number on them to identify it?

 

[choppedtop]

My supplier did not, but did supply me with a manufactures serial tag that I could install upon registration.

 

[Spanky]

Does the frame builder put a stamp or a number on them to identify it?

I have never seen that kind of ID on a frame. Sometimes you can tell just by the dimensions and brackets. Also, Speedway uses 0.125" wall tubing for their frames, and Spirit & RPM use 0.1875". I don't know what CCR uses.

 

[Neshkoro]

That’s a bit difficult to determine wall thickness unless you have access to it somehow through a hole or open end of a tube.

 

[Dezolde]

CCR is .1875"

 

[Spanky]

That’s a bit difficult to determine wall thickness unless you have access to it somehow through a hole or open end of a tube.

Actually, not so much. The 0.125 tubing has sharper corners.

 

[Spanky]

To wit:

 

[choppinczech]

 

[Neshkoro]

OK. You got me!!

 

[31 bucket]

well that is different. You would think that the manufacturer would like to advertise there builds. I do know all the frame attachments bolt perfectly to the frame with no modifications.

 

[Indycars]

choppinczech,

Are those numbers across the bottom a radius dimension to the outside ???

 

[choppinczech]

Yeah. My frame is 3/16" wall with 5/16" fish plates inside. Grinding down the rosette and seam welds flattened the rounded corners a bit.





So I grind what I can by hand down to some scribed lines and use inexpensive carbide 3/8" roundover bits in a router to re-establish the corners.

 

[Randy Johnson]

Looking to build a T bucket chassis.
Have a speedway body.
Thoughts on tubing size?

 

[409T]

2 x 3 x 3/16 is pretty common.

 

[Island Girl]

Speedway uses 1 1/2" X 3" X 1/8" for their frames, since it's a Speedway body, be sure there's room to use 2" X 3" if you make your own frame.

 

[HenrysT]

I know CCR sells frame plans (that's what I used, 2x3x3/16") IDK if the other sponsors do,there's also Youngters plans. Measure your body on the lower part of your firewall,where your frame will be, subtract a 1/2" and that will/should be the outside width of your frame. I personally dislike seeing the body cut on the side for a channeled body.

 

[T-Test]

http://www.tbucketplans.com/2010/04/03/the-youngster-free-t-bucket-frame-plans/