[HN Gopher] Home-built Bugatti replica [video]
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Home-built Bugatti replica [video]
Author : jnord
Score : 137 points
Date : 2022-02-08 11:57 UTC (1 days ago)
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| orliesaurus wrote:
| Very creative, but quality control of a Tesla model 3. /s
| throwawayffffas wrote:
| Good for them, I was hoping for something more akin to the guy
| that build an iphone from parts he bought in Shenzhen.
| mcast wrote:
| Strange Parts?
| Gravityloss wrote:
| Great work. Why not wear gloves? Fiberglass gets in your skin and
| if epoxy is used, you might get sensitized to it. They might have
| used some other glue. At least they were wearing masks.
| jcims wrote:
| Really great series on making fiberglass molds from a live
| pattern/part to crank out laminate (carbon fiber or fiberglass)
| copies. Seems like they could do that with this pretty easily,
| not sure if there is a market but it's a great start:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKvDw1E60E&list=PL-DQ6gqgQv...
|
| (The channel is fantastic if you have any interest in making
| carbon fiber parts. The guy does great and very practical demos
| and they have some very good products for small batch/hobbyist
| projects. I just wish they would sign with a distributor in the
| US)
| [deleted]
| camillomiller wrote:
| Amazing ingenuity, but I'm scared by the amount of chemicals
| they've collectively inhaled.
| blamazon wrote:
| The skill displayed with the "eyes closed while the arc is hot"
| welding technique is both impressive and concerning.
| jcims wrote:
| aka safety squints
| alamortsubite wrote:
| Equal parts terrifying and impressive. If I worked in PR at
| Bugatti I'd ship these guys a case of eye protection and
| respirators.
| bityard wrote:
| I only watched part of it because it reminded me more of those
| cake-decorating videos than actually engineering and building a
| car.
|
| If you actually want to see someone (re)build a car from (nearly)
| scratch, check out Bad Obsession Motorsport. You'll laugh, you'll
| cry, you'll get the funk out.
| megraf wrote:
| Very impressed by the tolerances achieved, it's inspirational.
| The headlamps also look exceptional. Given that these guys are
| working with pretty primitive means of fabrication, this is a
| great attempt!
| netsharc wrote:
| The video shows them unboxing the pair of headlights out of a
| box with Chinese characters on it[1]. It made me look on
| AliExpress to see if they sell knock-off Bugatti headlights.
| Actually they sell look-alikes for other cars, e.g. a Honda
| Civic [2], so I guess these guys looked hard to find shapes
| that match the original.
|
| [1] https://youtu.be/bwUnIN5RLm0?t=1379 [2]
| https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003214053321.html
| nixass wrote:
| This still has better build quality and panel gaps than Tesla
| cars.
| jacquesm wrote:
| Nothing short of amazing, an extremely small budget made up for a
| very large dose of ingenuity and craftsmanship, what's not to
| like?
| olivermarks wrote:
| I'm a big fan of people building vehicles - I do - but there's a
| hot rodding expression 'beautiful deathtrap'.
|
| People build aesthetically attractive vehicles, often with very
| powerful engines, spend a fortune on paint and visuals but there
| are lots of potentially deadly mechanical single points of
| failure.
|
| Some of these vehicles are mostly trailer queen show cars, but
| the ones that are driven a lot often need some safety work. I
| know of a socal shop that fixes high end customs designed by TV
| show car personalities so they are actually driveable
|
| Uncle Tony's garage showing some scary hacks video:
| https://youtu.be/a-DfxrEnDsI
| throwaway0a5e wrote:
| For every genuine safety hazard there's dozens of people
| complaining about stuff that just isn't. Seems like safety is
| just the trojan horse that the "you shouldn't have modified
| anything it was perfect the way the factory built it" people
| use to get past the gate these days (not saying you're one of
| those people).
|
| I skimmed the video. I didn't see anything particularly out of
| line. Their metal fabrication wasn't great but it's fine for
| what they're building and frankly where they're building it
| (don't get me wrong, that suspension is a kludge but they
| probably don't have enough car to break it).
|
| I like to see stuff attached to fiberglass anchored better and
| over more area but I'm no expert on fiberglass so I don't have
| a good feel for what you can get away with and what they did
| was as good as what you see on boats.
| olivermarks wrote:
| I think you missed my broader point. I wasn't particularly
| criticizing this Bugatti emulation, I was making a broader
| point about people building aesthetically pleasing vehicle,
| because looks are everything to most people, and skimping on
| the mechanicals.
|
| This emulation looks like a film prop vehicle and they were
| very clever in how they created it. I did a metal bashing
| workshop with Gene Winfield (now 94 years old and going
| strong) last fall, a famous car customizer and builder of a
| lot of Hollywood vehicles including the Bladerunner vehicles.
| He was very clear on what was for visuals and what had to
| actually work and go down the road.
| throwaway0a5e wrote:
| This will go down the road just fine though. The tiny
| little diesel will make it go but won't break their ghetto
| CV extension. Those small car calipers and plate brake
| rotors will let it stop just fine (probably better than
| you'd think since they're so big). The structural stuff is
| ugly, overbuilt and heavy. The design isn't the greatest
| (lol what even is triangulation) but they make up for it in
| metal well enough that they probably won't be able to hurt
| it. What it won't do is perform as well as it looks. Don't
| expect to track it with that tiny little engine and
| questionable (in the most literal sense of the word, they
| probably don't even know their numbers) suspension
| geometry.
| deltaonefour wrote:
| For true safety you really need mass production as you need
| several "copies" of the car for crash testing.
| olivermarks wrote:
| The best practice IMO is to modify cars (or components of
| cars) that have already gone through that testing. I use
| first gen Jaguar suspension modules that work in most project
| cars and provide superb ride, steering geometry and brakes
| for example. I am very opposed to restricting vehicles to
| those the authorities have rubber stamped because there are
| some truly awful and dangerous mass produced cars out there.
| Justin_K wrote:
| These guys are welding and using angle grinders without any
| face / eye protection. There is a different set of safety
| standards in their country.
| Ralo wrote:
| I had red hot metal flake land on my eye once. Even while
| wearing safety glasses (the type without the side shields).
| When I went to the hospital, the nurse was extremely
| concerned if I could see anything because of how red/puffy my
| eyes were.
|
| After a 12 hour wait, the doctor had to use metal tweezers
| and dig it out of my eye. Absolutely terrifying. He said
| there was rust residue that needs to be removed and would
| need to go the specialized eye center where they would need
| to use a specialized drill.
|
| After that, I double up on everything. Not worth it.
| burnt_toast wrote:
| Wow, sorry to hear you went through that. I do a lot of
| metal fab (hobbyist) and that is basically my worst
| nightmare.
| olivermarks wrote:
| Agree, you can't be too careful, especially when you are
| frustrated and about to cut corners to save time
| PretzelPirate wrote:
| You left out the most important part - is your eye ok now?
| tehwebguy wrote:
| Yeah that is pretty upsetting to see, they are potentially
| doing permanent damage to their eyesight. Presumably someone
| is paying for all of this but isn't paying for eye
| protection?
| DocTomoe wrote:
| This is very similar to how car body design prototypes were built
| until the mid-1980s, when CAD become the master of prototyping. A
| quick photo search for "car body design clay" yields fascinating
| pictures.
|
| https://www.carbodydesign.com/media/2014/07/Opel-Russelsheim...
| hindsightbias wrote:
| Disappointed they did not forge their own engine like those
| foundry shops in India. /s
|
| Made a disk wheel for a Bugatti, but the brakes look like they're
| from a Corolla.
| [deleted]
| lariati wrote:
| [deleted]
| ynorzinum wrote:
| flal_ wrote:
| This french dude has been building a GT40, documenting everything
| along the way on its youtube channel :
| https://www.youtube.com/c/BenjaminWorkshop ( in french )
| marban wrote:
| Slightly cooler, this guy lived next to me and I saw him riding
| around his Duct Tape 911 all the time.
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5vlqWln7do
| mysterydip wrote:
| Saw videos of that car at the time and would love to know more
| details and some experiences!
| samwillis wrote:
| About 15 min into the video and its giving be strong memories of
| a book I was given as a kid:
|
| "Build Your Own Sports Car for as Little as PS250" by Ron
| Champion
|
| https://www.amazon.co.uk/Build-Your-Sports-Little-PS250/dp/08...
|
| It includes all plans and instructions on how to build a Lotus 7
| style car from scratch using a Ford Escort Mk 3 as the donor car.
|
| Always dreamt of one day doing it.
|
| I believe it created a whole mini industry of workshops
| manufacturing components for amateurs to buy if they wanted to
| skip a step. There was/is a racing series for them too.
| jermaustin1 wrote:
| The Lotus 7 is one of my favorite sports car designs. Caterham
| has done a great job of making these modern and bringing them
| to America.
| samwillis wrote:
| Love the Caterham 7, one day when the kids have left home the
| plan is to convince the wife building one is a good way to
| keep me out of the house. Amazingly our house has an
| inspection pit in the garage crying out to be used.
| baltimore wrote:
| Obviously, legislation to prohibit these untraceable and
| dangerous ghost automatic super-cars is called for!
| petermcneeley wrote:
| plasticsoprano wrote:
| What is sad and pathetic exactly?
| elliottkember wrote:
| They think the car's body is made of clay, not fibreglass,
| because they only watched the first minute.
| petermcneeley wrote:
| I was aware they used fiberglass. I was not aware that they
| removed the clay from under the fiberglass. This makes the
| car far lighter than it would be as I imagined. However
| unless a Bugatti is made out of fiberglass this is still
| just a Facade. Even if they made the body out of the proper
| material, does this have a Bugatti engine? What about it
| makes it a Bugatti?
| renewiltord wrote:
| Damn, I think you've cracked the case. Now I'm pretty
| sure this would lose in any race against a Bugatti.
|
| Also, now that you've mentioned it, I think they don't
| have original Bugatti windscreen wipers.
|
| Every car aficionado knows that these distinctive
| elements reveal a real replica from a fake.
| nwsm wrote:
| What is it you want? Should they have gone to a Bugatti
| factory and asked Bugatti engineers to make them one?
| What would be the point?
| jggonz wrote:
| I'm going to engage because there's nothing pathetic about
| these guys.
|
| I bet many people said people like "Thomas Edison", "The Wright
| brothers", and "Steve Wozniak" were "sad and pathetic" like you
| say as they tinkered on their projects.
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| kingkawn wrote:
| Brilliant work
| dncornholio wrote:
| Something tells me this wouldn't survive much rain. Lack of
| close-ups makes me suspicious how good this build really is.
| netsharc wrote:
| The last 2 minutes has a "walkaround". You can see some cracks
| near the door handle, guy opens the fuel filler cap and it's
| hilarously unpainted on the inside, and it's held closed using
| a cabinet door magnet.
| kingkawn wrote:
| Are you kidding they did this from nearly nothing
| Hamuko wrote:
| There's some close-ups, but it doesn't really look that great
| in the far shots either. Uncanny valley territory.
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