My Elio Alternate Project Is Underway.

[Mark BEX]

My strut top laser'ed parts weren't ready until late afternoon, but done none the less.

You can see how effective the tab and slots are for jig'less alignment, fit perfectly together for welding later.

Engine and gearbox back in today, designed the engine mounting brackets, and building them in CAD right now, hopefully they will be laser'ed tomorrow too.

 

[Mark BEX]

Impressive amount of work, Mark. Around here, we can see the 'Diamond in that Rough'.

Well people need to appreciate I am using old car bits to build the prototype simply because it's cheap, you get all the stock nuts and bolts and wiring etc to make the build fast.

Downside is the parts have years of grime and dust accumulated on them, and don't look so flash in the pictures sometimes, that's when people need to see the "diamond" :-) .

 

[JEBar]

after literally years of no build or other updates and understanding why it isn't pristine, we are delighted to follow work being done

 

[Mark BEX]

I was drawing up a fancy eng mount for the right hand side, the left seemed simple enough, arrived at the factory this morning, was staring at it, and thought "Why not just use some 2" angle iron?".

Seemed too simple, but gee, it was simple! triangulates and increases shear strength, I'm happy.

I like that left and right sides the same, with the right side requiring some simple box tube risers.

It will get me going for now ..

 

[84mpg]

Lookin' good Mark!

 

[Mark BEX]

Lookin' good Mark!

Yes, but I give my Wife some credit as she helps dress me.

..... but what about the car?

 

[Mark BEX]

The brown part is what i had drawn up, flat sheet requiring laser cutting, then folding, then the 4 gussets welded in ....

..... and now the green is the angle iron with 2 short lengths of box tube welded on.

Night and day which one is faster and cheapest.

 

[JEBar]

just curious, why use angle iron instead of box tube

 

[Mark BEX]

At this point in time, the engine mounts appear to be suitable ..

 

[Mark BEX]

just curious, why use angle iron instead of box tube

This is the primary reason ....

............. but also because it's what I had laying around, and was easiest.

It would be no issue to use box on the right hand side actually, but a pain to bolt the left side up.