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Originally Posted by brian015
Here's my thought: You could make the lower plate a single piece Al plate from front to back, but more narrow than your present center section (just as wide as the widest parts of the top plate. Then you could add CF "wings" in the middle as battery trays. If that makes sense.
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Originally Posted by JThiessen
Since you and I are doing the same thing right now, some details that I see as tough to overcome:
1) Replacing the rails. The rails taper up and in the back on the bottom (I believe the front is just a taper inboard). This taper interfaces with the bulkhead support/mounting plate. Nailing this part down will be tough via reverse engineering. Not impossible though. This is the only reason I have chosen to keep the stock rails.
2) I also think the three part chassis might prove to have too many joints over time. I really think that having a continuous member from front to back is very critical to the flex and structural rigidity of the chassis.
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If you are going to make a one piece bottom chassis, you could keep it flat to avoid the the taper issue. Or, get a muggy chassis and mod that to your needs.