Thread: Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

Tweet

I bought a bench mount tubing bender and metal shear to use on 2.0,"code name" for our next car.Should make things more interesting. Didn't ElectrathonAmerica outlaw single stick steering for next year? I think I read that somewhere.
Hopefully these pix will attach. You can see the we built this car in the middle of my lab. Complete with NASCAR approved chassis jig(metal stools)! We would like to compete with other Electrathon cars but there are none even close at this time. Pensacola is at least 4-5 hours away as is Titusville.I'm trying hard to get other teachers in GA. to build a car and compete. Many are buying a "kit" electric go-kart. I can't find the student "engineering" in a bolt- together kit, esp. paying $5000+ where our car was less that $2000 including buying some tools and incidentals.
Last picture was our first attempt to do sheetmetal work. I bought a roll of roof flashing at Home Depot and tried to make templates for side panels.