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[Dirt_Fan]

can someone please explain to me the difference between the chassis.all this talk of tri rails gordge flat and concord getting me confused

[jordy77w]

Its hard to explane the differences without seeing photos but if you can see some photos theses cars are the type of chassis;

7p Shane Penn: Tri rail
8p Scotty Mires: tank
591p Wayne Hemi: Space frame
321w Hilton Parker: flat chassie (i think)

But there are different chassie builders out there like Rees, Gordge, Kuriger, Vasey, Gill, Podjerski etc

So a rees Space frame will be a different style and shape to most other chassis builders space frames if you know what I mean?

[extra]

penn tri rail


gordge


not sure who built this

[TheFanVan.co.nz]

Jan 19, 2009 7:44:04 GMT 12 extra said:

not sure who built this

A slightly older gordge design

Anyway a tri rail has three main chassis rails



The gordge kruiger type designs have two chassis rails although thats where the similarities end between the two.
(example of a two chassis rail car - 829s under construction **note chassis is upside down**)


Within the two chassis rail concept there are a so many different design theories . The Gill chassis for example (as I understand it) is a modified version of the gordge design however it is a effectively a different design and not just a copy under another name.

A flat chassis has a main single chassis rail
(photo of a HB flagracers car)



Effectively there are hundreds of different designs each design has merits/drawbacks but on a really basic level these three general design concepts are shown above.

I was going to add a tank chassis concept also, but alas I dont have a chassis pic of one

Hope this helps - probably raises more questions than provides answers

[1 pie]

492c is the xGeoff James car (last one he drove) that had the big crash in auckland at the nz superstock title and its a Gordge

[Dirt_Fan]

so basically a flat chassis is a single structural rail.
a kruiger gordge type have 2 structural rails
and the tri rail as it suggest has 3 main structural rails.

that my interpretation from what youve said, hopefully ive got it right.

so would i be correct in saying that from the flat through to the tri rail strength and rigidity increase?

[Dirt_Fan]

to throw another into the mix whats the difference with a space frame.
sorry for all the questions just never hurts to know a bit

[jordy77w]

Jan 19, 2009 16:45:04 GMT 12 Dirt_Fan said:

to throw another into the mix whats the difference with a space frame.
sorry for all the questions just never hurts to know a bit

well a space frame has 2 main chassis rails and the outriggers (the bits that come from the chassis rails to hold the siderail on) have some attach to the top chassis rail and some to the bottom, so in the case of the flat chassis the outriggers lye flat from the side rail to the main chassis rail (hence why its called a flat chassis) and i assume the space frame is called a space frame because theres a space between the out riggers?

BUT then a tri-rail has the same outriggers as a spacefram and also has some that are flat like the flat chassis so im not sure how you would want to class that?

[Dirt_Fan]

can really go in depth cant it.
well if anyone else wants to add to this feel free as im sure there a different interpretations

[mal]

you could say a tri rail is a combination of a flatty and a spaceframe

[wangatoa]

I can only go from what Ive seen, but Id say a Tri-Rails pretty rigid and strong as Ive never seen a bent one. Probably the same goes for a flat chassis id say? I also read on here a while back that Tanks absorb a lot of impact when they get hit and therefore the drivers dont feel it as much?

[tank11]

But they hear it................ ;D