LEE Race Technology, Inc.

11/21/2024

When i started this Late Model program almost a year ago, i had this shot in mind as I built and positioned the chassis fixture. And a few months ago as I was deciding how far apart these roll cage fixture towers would be, I had this shot framed in my mind and positioned them accordingly...haha, not really, I just stumbled into it as I was walking around the chassis fixture taking some pictures of the day's work.
Everything with the cage fixture towers is coming out really well. I am very happy with the measurments and accuracy to the CAD model. the main hoop is about .025" high. CAD says 46.125" from the top of the fixture table to top of the main hoop and real life is 46.150 with my calitape measurment tool!!

11/16/2024

beautiful day outside. Both of the side x braces in place. next up, two cross braces and the towers will be set. then some roof bar brackets and (for the most part) the center roll cage fixture will be complete.

11/16/2024

i put a piece of paper behind the letters to see/show some details. The only thing i have done is take a small amount of slag off with a 3" sanding disc on a pneumatic angle grinder.

the bar across the R is 0.100 wide and the bars across the a's and r's are 0.050. So not to bad on the bars on the small letters. it stayed away from most of it. The r in cars lost some of the bar, but overall pretty good.

Never going to replace a lazer cut, but darned good for the money. and i didnt have to wait 7 to ten days.

anyone need a metal sign or placard? this is 11 gauge mild steel (0.113" to 0.114" thick)

11/16/2024

LS x-brace cut. i am really impressed with the JASIC Razor weld, Razor Cut 45. i had my doubts, but it has proved me wrong For the money. and the Crossfire as well. it seems like the contro have improved over the last couple of years? or maybe its just in my head because i spent the money and i am wishing it to be! no really, it does take some tweaking of the feef speed and torch hieght voltage, and getting the kerf width dialed in, but that goes for all the systems. also i will not run a plasma table without a silicone boot (funnel) it saves so much mess and splash especially up onto the gantry and the torch hieght controls.

11/16/2024

Xbrace for roll cage towers, i will follw with an installed photo later

10/30/2024

first of the 4" x 4 x 42" towers clamped up and ready for a whole bunch of tack welds. I am really happy with the way these are turning out. i was a little worried about using 11 ga material that it wouldnt be strong enough. i am not worried at all about that anymore I will tie the tops of the four towers together with an x-brace of some design and also put right angle braces at the base of each tower. Really happy with this setup. Another good thing about the slot and tab system is the welds are all short, basically long tacks, so heat and distortion are minimized, and as work mate of mine some years ago would say, "you couldn't tear that apart with a hammer" meaning..those welds are strong!

10/29/2024

first tower base turned out good. confidence is high this will work!

10/26/2024

10/23/2024

finally starting to put together the Langmuir crossfire. a decent plasma table especially if you consider the price point

10/18/2024

a cool x-ray picture, helped to get things oriented. CAD roll cage highlighted under the 3d Scanned Body

10/17/2024

"way" back in early spring (feels like a lifetime ago) I rented a truck to pick up this Five Star Bodies, Late Model Stock Car bodywork. Took up way more room than I anticipated! I got the roof/greenhouse (2 pieces), doors, rear quarters, rear bumper, windshield, rear glass (plexiglass) deck lid, and I got the roof fixture to assemble it in (second photo)

10/16/2024

Trying this again, I am experimenting with Metricool which is a social media management software where you can post to all your platforms from one location (app) so we will see.

Anyway the story behind the tires is that I was at the for the race this past Saturday. I was just there for a few hours to talk to a couple of specific people, then I went back home and watched the race on which, as it turned out, was a pretty good race.

In my wonderings and observations, I learned a little bit more about the tire diameters and staggers they are running with the F45 Hoosiers. The circumference written in yellow crayon on this tire is probably a nominal measurement from Hoosier for sorting or other reasons, but it gives me a starting point. From observation I believe that the right rear tire is 86-1/4" to 86-1/2" in circumference and the left side tires and probably the right front tire are 85-1/2" in circumference, which is a "stagger" across the rear tires of 3/4" to 1" based on the circumference. Any late model guys out there? please comment for us what the real staggers are for the F45 on a Late Model Stock Car

10/14/2024

fixture work. this was done several months ago just catching Facebook with some photos

10/13/2024

Some of the latest CAD and pictures of actual fixturing

10/13/2024

Catching up on more pictures Fixture build and chassis fixtures, including my initial thoughts of 3D printed fixture, which was quickly abandoned for more robust steel fixtures. (Not to say that there isn't a place for 3D printed fixtures)

10/13/2024

Catching Up on some Photos of the LMSC Build, these are from back in the beginning, I bought everything but the hood, nose/bumper and the front fenders. I wanted to 3D scan the back half, which is setup with the Five Star Body roof fixture. along with the scanned bodywork on the chassis CAD