SOT: Custom Car Options

[NotLance]

With my 914 free of rust, I had to find some other way to get my daily dose of tetanus. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)



Joking aside, about half a year ago I was lucky enough to be recruited for an on-campus organization that is building a vehicle from the ground up and threw myself into the manual machining and manufacturing rabbit hole.

The car will be... Electric. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) I know, I know, all I will say is there is a reason I am in the 'mechanical' subsystem and not 'high voltage'.

Such an amazing experience so far and I have even more respect than I already did for the people here on the world doing fab work on 914s.



And oh man did I think I was getting good at TIG welding until I had to go upside down under the car.

P.S. Extra sunscreen was applied during the round of welding pictured - I use a real mask when space allows for it, and we will eventually powder coat the chassis to prevent 914 levels of iron oxide invasions.

[NotLance]

Next round of updates:

The chassis is back from the powder coater and it is looking sweet - pulled a few long night welding sessions with my buddy to finish it before it went off.



Or so I thought. Was then told by a member of our Aeroshell division that there is a giant plate that must get welded in. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif). Well I've heard POR15 is a pretty good match for satin black. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

While it was away we took the opportunity to powder coat a few small parts ourselves - control arms, support plates, and other odds and ends.



If I had known how easy powder coating is I would have said we do the whole car ourselves! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) If only we had a furnace that would fit the chassis....

In any case, we are hoping to have a rolling chassis with power by the end of the quarter.
We will see if that actually happens (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

The shop's waterjet was utilized to cut the carbon layup for our primary battery structure (I will be honest I don't quite know how that thing is going to work) - I am almost done with my certification to operate the monster.