Ford Shogun Build - Episode 3. Fabrication Begins!
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- čas přidán 7. 03. 2024
- In this episode, we begin fabrication work on the roll cage and frame assembly inside of the Festiva! Cutting, bending, welding and so on... The Shogun starts to take shape with the help of the Rogue Fabrication tube bender.
Music:
Cut It - Silent Partner
High Noon - TrackTribe
Early Flight - Silent Partner
To the Sun and Back - TrackTribe
Gully Dreams - Hanu Dixit
Lunar Landing - Silent Partner
Finland - TrackTribe
KnockOut - TrackTribe
Here it Comes - TrackTribe - Auta a dopravní prostředky
On the original Shogun, the subframe offset is 3.125” from the vertical face of the floorpan to the center of the front subframe mount bushing holes. While the original car does infact have a welded subframe(which was done for rigidity of the chassis) they cut and welded the frame in just past the leading edge of the bushing holes.
Oh... uh... I guess I had better go measure that! Mine must be a bit too far forward then 🤔 Things I wish I knew beforehand, but I'm glad everything is only tacked in place still! That would present some geometry changes and challenges. Effectively, since my bushing holes are centered on the rectangular tube, that's 1.5" off right there, depending on how far back I put that rectangular tube. Dang... I can move that rectangular tube back until the bushing holes are that far back. That would move the whole frame/cage back. I don't want my wheelbase to be that far off from the original if possible. I really appreciate the knowledge! Thank you very much! 😄
I’m loving this build. I very much appreciate the in-depth description of the how that bender works.
Thanks a bunch! Tis a good bender. Not perfect, but hey I got the result I needed after my second attempt ever! Now I know how to approach the bends, the nuances of the machine, and everything is working well 👍
Amazing description of the bender.
Hope it helps! =D
Hell yeah
😁
estamos atentos con tus videos, realmente es un hermoso trabajo
¡Muchas gracias! Hay tantas cosas que mencionar y hago todo lo posible para explicarlas todas.
Just subscribed because I don't want to miss another video, amazing work. I definitely need to dig into my own projects, your work is an inspiration
Much obliged for the the sub and the nice comment 🙏😄 get er done! 😋
Videos are looking great man!
Thanks buddy! I know they aren't anywhere close that what you can produce 😅 the whole video and editing thing isn't my forte... and I don't really enjoy that part nearly as much as actually working on stuff.
Good stuff!
😁 Thanks! So far so good! 😋
With your fab skills seems like a Honda J series v6 or K build would have a lot more speed/support/transmission options than an old Yamaha/Duratec 3.0...
I'm just thinking out loud, helping the algorithm with a comment - not knocking the build. Wish I could get as much done as you with my 1976 Ford Elite 400 (watched your truck header build and hoping I can do that too)
You are definitely right about the powertrain setup! The options with that motor are very limited indeed. I suppose I was leaning towards trying to replicate an original more than anything and while other options were likely better candidates in terms of support and parts, it just wouldn't feel right to deviate that direction. Maybe there can be a Shogun version 2.0 or something... take a newer Fiesta and put in a modern powerplant 🤪I appreciate the comments! Keep em coming! Definitely don't stop working on your projects. A little bit at a time will get em done. I wish you all the luck in the world with building headers! I did not enjoy it nearly as much as I thought i would, lol. Maybe you will figure out a better way than what I did 😁
Love this build! You do a good job explaining everything. Pretty good only having to do the rollbar twice assuming your first time. Do you think you over bent or maybe spring back messed you up or just simply learning curve?
Thanks! It's a combination of a few things. Having the bender on a not-quite-level floor, the fact that those level gauges turn off after not registering a change for some amount of time and then lose their original reference, the spring back, a small learning curve, and not thinking of every potential source of error. After the first one, I concluded that it's much better to not have bent enough than to have bent too much. The bender is great, but not perfect. It's difficult to tell exactly when the force of the bender actually starts flexing the tube, so your original references are paramount. I definitely over bent on their first one, hoping to avoid having to put it back in the bender. But, in the end, I had to bend another tube, so that was flawed logic anyways.
Sweeeet! Any ideas on the wheels you’re gonna use?
No clue! Mockup wheel for now until I get the body kit made and installed 😆