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@XenonArcher

7 ай бұрын

the main thing i dont get is why you start sema builds so close to sema..... i get the drama aspect, but imo it doesnt make any sense. then again, theres probabbly far more to it than what we as viewers get to see also yes. ford did own mercury lol. in the late 30's, ford went from 2 brands (ford and lincoln) to 5, adding de luxe ford and lincoln zephyr, and a new brand that was mercury. basically to compete with GM and their 7 brands of stupidity (as a brit, im kinda surprised you didnt know this)

@giggitygiggitygoofg6069

7 ай бұрын

Is there anyway you could put your own supports in whilst printing which you could make out of wood or steel or something else. There must be a way you could do it. Would save loads of filament & time

@musicbro8225

7 ай бұрын

Why is there no pricing on their website that I could find? (Cook Unity) I'm guessing they can't be for people on a low budget. But how the heck are you meant to know. Makes me dubious, why do they do that?

@terrypickette118

7 ай бұрын

- 👍 👍 🔧 qoᒋ ǝɔᴉN 👀❤🤍💙

@XenonArcher

7 ай бұрын

@@giggitygiggitygoofg6069 no cus the supports get made as the part gets printed. If you were to try what you are saying, the supports would get in the way of everything

SEMA Build behind schedule? This is my surprised face, I promise.

@sayvonwhidbee7731

7 ай бұрын

like they have all year!!

@cixys

7 ай бұрын

Its seriously a bit cringe now

@MrGuyBroDude

7 ай бұрын

@@sayvonwhidbee7731 While that is true, the problem comes to sponsors and money. Even the biggest names that do Sema builds have to wait until around 3 months out to even start because you spend the rest of the year designing, getting parts lists, planning the fab work, and reaching out to sponsors and the sponsors won't put forward products and funding until the last minute either because Sema is a trade show after all so they are going to the last minute finishing their own products to send out to these builders and shops to incorporate them. And can you simply start building something before reaching out to sponsors and stuff? Sure. But what happens if you say, start building a MK4 Supra car but no products are really in developments for it to showcase and there is no sponsor that even wants a MK4 in their booth because they have a certain vision or product they are coming out with? That means all of that fab time, money, and effort are literally thrown in the trash because you spent all of that time building something for it not to even be on the floor. It is similar to custom furniture. You can be the best furniture maker in the world but you typically don't build a custom set until after a customer has been found, a deposit has been made, and a design has been finalized. Same concept with a Sema car.

@Widdox

7 ай бұрын

Not sure why they always wait till the last minute.

@markplaton84

7 ай бұрын

Info mercial with ever part he installs :)

Imagine what Oscar could do with a decent timeline

@BlueDually4x4

7 ай бұрын

I can, and it would be glorious.

@gravity00x

7 ай бұрын

imagine where society could be, if oscar was given sufficient time on a build

@eriklarson9137

7 ай бұрын

Oscar needs to leave. He would take 3/4 or more of the subs with him. All Chris does is add fake drama. Oof.

@kylejohnson8627

7 ай бұрын

​He would have to change the channel name to "C is for Cancer"...

Imagine if they built this months ahead and brought a completely finished car to show off at SEMA without rushing and no time crunch drama??

@mattroome123

7 ай бұрын

Diamonds are made under pressure, we all know the boys will always deliver something awesome.

@danielsalas7799

7 ай бұрын

That’s how they get their content

@ChadNewitz

7 ай бұрын

I thinks it's illegal to start a SEMA build on time. I think the law says (time to build car)h x0,4+48h is the correct amount to reserve. (+48h for "BEFORE THE TRANSPORT ARRIVES!")

@Masna_

7 ай бұрын

If your boss says “Diamonds are made under pressure” it’s time to GTFO - too old for someone else’s needless drama

@Jessikitty2020

7 ай бұрын

I’m sure it was mostly done weeks ago.

Here's a potential solution to your problem with supports - Look into something called "Tree supports"; it's a part of a program called Cura and it could probably trim off a lot of time from your 3D prints. Along with using a much larger diameter nozzle as suggested by others. These tree supports use much less plastic as they are more "smart" than regular vertical support structure.

@theheadone

7 ай бұрын

Prusa slicer can also do organic supports and work really well. +1 on the larger nozzle size, although who knows what hotend is running on there. With something like a super volcano hotend or mosquito magnum + he could probably run 1.2mm nozzle and print it at least 3x faster.

@alexjshank

7 ай бұрын

3mm filament, 1.5mm nozzle @ 1mm layers, tree supports and ludicrous speed with nice acceleration would definitely get it done in like 3 days

@kidsteach938

7 ай бұрын

print the bumper without the lip. = zero supports needed. Print the lip separately. Put Styrofoam block in the bumper to support the lip, then glue together. Lighter too.

@bijiont942

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, those supports are overkill and are eating into the print time. Plus they will have to do a lot of finish work so why not print some parts separate then assemble later. The printer is a great idea but sounds like they need someone to knowledge drop for them.

@slagdemon

7 ай бұрын

@@theheadone I'm just not a fan of prusa slicer. It's never worked well for me at all, whereas cura has always worked.

What are you going to do to center the tire/wheel inside the fender well? Looks like the front & rear tires are offset to the rear of each opening.

@bbbobbyburkhalter

7 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same thing, looks off by just a hair on both ends

@rendaddy_

7 ай бұрын

a wide body will probably fix this 38:32

@wjpreslar

7 ай бұрын

I had the same question. Looks like the body needs to move back an inch or two.

@Sev_Auk

7 ай бұрын

What he said (Michael).

@chriscaine1776

7 ай бұрын

​@wjpreslar its the front end of the car the S550 was a bit different in length of the wheelbase as well as the width, the most common way guys tend to solve it on these builds is by moving the wheelwell on the fenders back, but that requires the time to split them and shift them back

I don't know about everyone else, but I would enjoy this more if it wasn't a reality car show style time crush situation before every SEMA

@jerrywilcox9890

7 ай бұрын

Get it how he does it.

@williamedward3198

7 ай бұрын

It happens so regularly that I honestly can’t tell if it’s intentional for the rushed-style content (and quality) or if it’s just a severe lack of planning skills.

@jerrywilcox9890

7 ай бұрын

@@williamedward3198 he does them when he gets to them.

@williamedward3198

7 ай бұрын

@@jerrywilcox9890 if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I’ve been watching Chris for years and appreciate his and now Oscar’s long nights. I liked the rushed videos, lots of progress in short amounts of time.

@musicbro8225

7 ай бұрын

@@jerrywilcox9890 He gets to them when he wants to get to them...

Everyone needs to start telling Chris the date for sema is like a week or month before it actually starts 😂

@jwalster9412

7 ай бұрын

How else are they going to make it one time if they aren't last minute?

@MicRuLerZ

7 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Orange County Choppers and Gas Monkey Garage, some catastrophe always happens to threaten the tight deadline on a build they want to finish in 3 weeks when it would take the average person 3 years or more

@kylewise3111

7 ай бұрын

​@MicRuLerZ those shows were actually enjoyable until that drama took over

@eriklarson9137

7 ай бұрын

Or stop watching all this fake drama crap, and maybe he will go back to just building cars? Or letting Oscar build them. He is so cringe with this constant fake drama nonsense. Oof.

@jwalster9412

7 ай бұрын

@@eriklarson9137 you sound like a fun person at parties. Good thing I didn't go to parties.

Switch to a much bigger nozzle, 1mm or more depending on what the hot end will allow. Slice the model near the upper lip and print the lower section with minimal support, and the upper few inches supported. Should easily cut that print time into 3/4 days.

@MPTurtleman

7 ай бұрын

And don't weld the nozzle to the hotend 😂

@Goose-it

7 ай бұрын

Could also print it as a wire frame to lay fiberglass or other material onto, would save time and filament

@lukebourne84

7 ай бұрын

Or print it face down.

@theheadone

7 ай бұрын

@@MPTurtleman lmao, yeah, that's a new one for me. I've been 3d printing for 8 years and have never heard of someone welding the nozzle on, lol. Not sure why you would either, but oh well.

@realVertiqo

7 ай бұрын

pretty much this, cant believe that monster printer has a .6 or maybe even a .4 nozzle

Just a silly question! Why do you guys wait till the last second to do a SEMA rebuild?… when you know that you have so much to do in such a short period of time. Why not start 2-3 months ahead and eliminate the headaches! Besides that great videos!👍👍👍

@patrikpolda

7 ай бұрын

I think he said in some other video along the lines that they kinda work better when they have a deadline this tight.

@knnthmau

7 ай бұрын

​@@patrikpoldathat's bs to be honest.

@MrCavinlewis

7 ай бұрын

These time crunch cars look like crap. Cut corners, rushed, not finished, and are just not sema builds. Start earlier and build a nice car. You do not work better under pressure you just work faster.

@patrikpolda

7 ай бұрын

@@knnthmau maybe it is, maybe it isn't. Let's not get into this too much. 🤷😉

@jeremyhusack6317

7 ай бұрын

The time crunch makes it more intense. They do this to make it interesting like Gas monkey garage or Orange County chopper always did.

It might be different in person but on camera it looks like the body needs to be at least an inch further back so the wheels sit more central in the arch’s 🤔 it’s all starting to come together 👍🏻

@LenB4830

7 ай бұрын

I noticed the same thing.

@RobsGarageDays

7 ай бұрын

I too noticed that! Or is it due to a camera angle?

@1BlackSheep

7 ай бұрын

It's not the camera angle@@RobsGarageDays

@arjackson555

7 ай бұрын

Thought the same… surprised he didn’t say something about that

@RobsGarageDays

7 ай бұрын

I guess we'll have to wait and see@@1BlackSheep

Yes, Mercury was a Ford subsidiary. It basically sat between Ford and Lincoln in luxury level. The Cougar of that era was built on the Mustang platform.

@RoadVirus9999

7 ай бұрын

Yes, my dad had a 1957 Mercury Meteor Ranchero which was a 1957 Ford Ranchero with a different grill and was sold in Canada.

You would think after working on the car so much last year AT SEMA, you’d give yourself more time this year 😂

@Prosecute-fauci

7 ай бұрын

I think it’s part of the “KZread SEMA car build” theme. It seems like most creators do this same song and dance.

@HarryCrackz

7 ай бұрын

Yea but at least we got all those episodes on the boat, right? Right?!

@XenonArcher

7 ай бұрын

@@Prosecute-fauci no, just a few and it results in rather shit builds everytime (and I mean in comparison to other builds at sena where the builders took their time)

@TheLastTater

7 ай бұрын

@@HarryCrackz agreed! They were great!

@thisisnotmyname91

7 ай бұрын

@@Prosecute-fauciit’s on purpose. Most of the KZreadrs aren’t capable of building a car worthy of SEMA properly, so the “shtick” is that they build it in a stupid short amount of time to excuse the poor build quality.

Does anyone else feel like the body is sitting too far rearwards? I’m looking at the wheel arches and thinking the gap is smaller in the rear as the front. Regardless, awesome update and can’t wait to see the next video!

@durstroyer3924

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, it looks like the body is one or two inches to far forward.

@SwissTuned

7 ай бұрын

@@durstroyer3924 backwards, no?

@durstroyer3924

7 ай бұрын

@@SwissTuned yeah the whole body should be moved back almost 2 inches. Right now its to far forward

@SwissTuned

7 ай бұрын

@@durstroyer3924 i think the body should be move forward 😂

@durstroyer3924

7 ай бұрын

@@SwissTuned the gap at the front of the wheels is much bigger. So if you move the body further forward than that gap will get bigger. Take a second look at the vid and you'll get what I'm saying, the 67 body should be shifted back further

just curious, how are you going to get the front wheels centered in the front wheelwells? custom suspension parts? rework the fenders? Just curious how would be the best way to center them.

@theinvestingcanuck

7 ай бұрын

Was thinking the same. Maybe a castor kit with a fender mod.

Deep dish and/or concave wheels is where it’s at. A flat face wheel can often let down a build, making it look cheap and dated. The right stance and wheel/tire combo can be the make or break of any build. Been watching you for years and followed many of your builds. Best of luck with the channel and your health.

@daveboling8411

7 ай бұрын

I agree, and then just flare the fender to cover the tire. Or,,, back in the day we all had tire sticking out of the fender because, "IT WAS WAY TOO MEATY COOL"...! Nostalgia the build if you want to be period correct...!!! I also agree that the tires are too far back in the wheel opening, and the rubber is a tad small diameter wise for the opening.

Front and back wheels look like the body needs to go back and inch or so.

For the 3D printer big parts, just 24:57 print the shell / skeleton, and stretch cloth over the item, staple it in, and epoxy clear or epoxy over the part, fast way to get a mockup part, but account to shrinking

@drsnapid

7 ай бұрын

This is the way

@turk71385

7 ай бұрын

That would be one way. Slicing and printing in sections like he started doing works too. I'm just wondering why he's wastingf the print volume of that printer only doing one section at a time. He could have printed half the bumper in one go on that things even sectioned like it was. Either way I think if he knew more about printing, slicing, and setup he could have done the thing in one piece like he wanted, in a much shorter time frame that initially estimated. I'm a novice though and my printer isn't even working.

@DocHelliday

4 ай бұрын

Do they have to worry about mold with the cloth as a layer, since the bumper may be exposed to moisture?

Theres a guy from Australia also on YT building a car similar to what you're doing, but he started with an s550 Mustang and building an XB Falcon coupe around it. Phat Rides Garage is the channel. Alot of unknowns in these types of projects. I love what you guys are doing.

The printer can be optimized to print quicker and use less material with some change in the slicer settings

@jerrywilcox9890

7 ай бұрын

If that was possible he would have done it lol

@11696Ron

7 ай бұрын

@@jerrywilcox9890it is definitely possible to optimize the print or use a different method to make the bumper faster and cheaper. I'm just imagining he doesn't have the time to figure everything out while also stressing over getting the car finished for SEMA.

@jerrywilcox9890

7 ай бұрын

@11696Ron lol if it was possible he would of did it.

@MuShinnen

7 ай бұрын

@@jerrywilcox9890 It's possible. Chris is a human being, not an all knowing robot. Dude doesn't 3D print things of that scale on a regular basis. This implies that yes, the files can in fact me sliced differently, with different support, and printer settings. You regurgitating the same stupid comment doesn't change that.

@HoranoPatoromo

7 ай бұрын

​@jerrywilcox9890 not the sharpest knife in the drawer are ya?

Looks like the wheels are not in center with the chassis cutouts. 🤔

@gengi6158

7 ай бұрын

Considering how they left the wide body mustang they did they might just leave them how they are 😂

@pradyumnarn

7 ай бұрын

do you know something called caster???

Keep the printer, you will find a way to use it later! If it wasn't for the time crunch, 9 days for a custom bumper would be great!

@stevejames9221

7 ай бұрын

3D printing is an entire separate skill set from cars. You need to either get people who know those skills to help you, or give yourself and your team enough time to acquire those skills before you throw yourself into the deep end of the pool and print a freaking bumper as the first thing.

Wow! That's a long video! This build is just the ultimate redemption arc and i'm so excited to see it finished! 😁

Hey Chris, long time 3D printer user here. For prints that large I would highly recommend a larger diameter nozzle. I'm assuming you're using a .4mm or .6mm nozzle given that 9 day print time. Something like a 1mm or 1.2mm nozzle would get you way closer to a practical machine for prints that large. Happy printing man!

I'm not knocking the Mustang but I really do hope Oscar's home is OK! I feel it's a little more important than this build.

The irony of this coming out 7 days after street bandito saying they have like 8 Ender 10s is not lost on me. Although, I'm sure your printer would make a nicer print.

You're great at both. It's excellent to see the good and the bad. Real world and not just produced for TV 😄

The time and weight of a print is mostly depending on the settings and the nozzle size. If you want to print a bumper a nozzle of 1.5 or 2 mm would be fine. Since you are probably going to fibreglass it there is no point in printing the bumper with supports like that. You just need to make the mould to make the fibreglass part from.

for the 3d printer debacle. Yes, fdm printers are limited by the speed of the print head. Here's a few solutions. Use a bigger nozzle and thicker layer height. Tree supports can save a lot of time and material vs traditional supports, but make sure they're sturdy. Use at least 2 walls on the tree supports. Do some test prints to dial in support settings for different materials and layer heights to make the supported area look way better. And finally, learn how to use variable layer height to avoid the stair steps on the top of round surfaces. Look into a bambu labs x1 carbon for high speed high quality prints in a 10" cube build volume.

Hey Chris, Looks like the body could've been shifted a bit back to fix the wheel well look.

Looks like you need a bigger nozzle. You might even be able to grab 2.85 filament for a bigger nozzle.

Can only imagine Oscar has a sofa made of stainless steel and a dining table somewhat resembling his new welding table. Such a chilled out guy

Killing it. Really need y'all to do one of these with a truck. Like a modernish regular cab F-150 with an 80-86 F-150 Flareside.

@DocHelliday

4 ай бұрын

There are soooo many truck body swap channels/videos. Most are using a crown vic chassis for the swap

This journey of yours is fantastic!!!! keep on truckin guys!!!!!

Use a bigger nozzle on the printer, and use tree supports rather than block supports as they are more filament efficient and get someone to sort out your bridging settings on your slicer so you can have larger support spacing. If you run a much larger nozzle like 1mm you will drop the print time epically plus getting industrial filament rolls. possibly converting to 3mm filament and running 1.5mm nozzle you would have been able to print a bumper in probably less than a couple of days.

Love you guys, thank you for encouraging young people like me to pusb forward on our projects!

We know when SEMA is, yet, every year we have all these rush, last minute builds. Why not start the day after the last SEMA? Or maybe six months before? Because waiting till the last second results in the best drama.

@patrikpolda

7 ай бұрын

I think he said in some other video along the lines that they kinda work better when they have a deadline this tight.

Anyone else worried about the front wheel placement?!? It’s a little far back I would think but hopefully it doesn’t cause issues…

Printers that size are usually designed to use MUCH larger nozzles than the typical 0.4mm home hobby size. Think 2mm nozzles with 3mm filament. I also agree with some comments that you can print a bumper buck frame for fiberglass much faster than a whole bumper.

Omg I’m so happy to see this getting done it’s like a itch that’s finally being scratched

You got this Chris!!! Fortunately you guys are pros at backdating Mustangs by now. LFG 💪

Use a different slicer. Work on the profile. Bigger nozzle. Time gets cut in half. Better cooling. Print speed increased you'll see a huge difference. I could help you with that. Seriously don't sell it.

@gravity00x

7 ай бұрын

yeeeeeah let me start a whole 3d printer modifying project that takes so much time, it becomes a whole project on its own, when i dont have the time. your advice is comedic

@SloppiGoose

7 ай бұрын

@@gravity00x you don't even own a 3d printer. And that printer would benefit him way more in the long run than anything he would ever imagine secondly printing a bunch of cubed objects for a bigger object on a smaller printer sucks ass. Ask me how I know.

Chris...print the full size bumper without the top. Create the top separate and combine later.

I have 2 Bambu P1P printers and 2 more Creality printers, happy to print sectioned parts for you!

Why are the wheels so off center compare to the wheel wells? It looks like the body is sitting several inches too far forward.

@paulpichler

7 ай бұрын

My thought exactly. Doesn’t look right

We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents. - Bob Ross 😂

Majorly saving my life motivational to me..... Salute , Blessings to everyone's grind and motivations....

Whatever build you have planned for the next SEMA, please start now

for the printer, get a hopper that feeds to a filament extruder, that becomes a lot cheaper eventually, also get a 1mm or larger nozzle, that way you can print much faster

I'm curious as to how the front fenders will be transformed to allow the tires to be normally oriented to the middle of the wheel well. I don't recall that that was an issue in previous builds?

@joachimsandgaard

7 ай бұрын

They could potentially add positive caster, but that's a lot of caster to add.

Greatly appreciate a new camera that is not fuzzy/trying to focus so often.

so many thoughts, a bigger print nozzle with a different slicer and a different support type (tree supports) could take days off the print. mercury(and lincoin) have been ford sheet metal with different trim and features for close to a hundred years. as I understand it the mercury cougar was basically a granny spec mustang with a whole bunch of cool luxury features and extra legroom. every reproduction steel rear bumper I've ever seen has been like 2 inches too wide, doesn't matter if its a sportscar, truck or van. I think its got something to due with low speed impact protection. I feel like you should start ordering parts for next years sema build now so you have everything on hand when you get started on it next October. still turning into a cool build, and i'll be watching to see how you manage to pull it off last minute.

So, have you just abandoned the Overlanding Camper Truck project? Have to say it gets a bit hard to follow your channel when you bounce from one build to the next with no conclusions.

Love that they sent Oscar a welding table, definitely well needed

I don't know if you'll see this but Mirka makes a vacuum attached sanding system that eliminates 80 percent of the dust from sanding. I've used it in myself and it's great for keeping your work area cleaner.

I love this build. It’s everything you’ve learned from the past so now the car is just getting better and better

Lighting upgrades are so good! I did the same in my shop a month or so ago and it makes such a difference.

Great Job love how it's coming along can't wait to see the finished product.

I immediately noticed the lights and camera. Thank you for that

Love this build series! Just wish you gave it the attention it deserves!!! ❤

I am exhausted, and that is just watching this portion of the build. Chris and crew must be spent at this point. 😮

It looks way better than I thought it would. Hopefully you can get the wheels centered in the wheel wells. Great job guys.

@ultimate_200chris5

7 ай бұрын

I noticed the wheels aren’t centred either. To late now

For not wanting to be a youtuber - you do an excellent job!!

Awesome content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

Thank you so much for sorting out the lighting and the focus issues. The last video made me feel a little sick ;) Love your channel 👍

Superb work guys!

3D printing enthusiast here... usually... bigger printers are often fitted with bigger nozzles... say 0.6/0.8 or even 1.0... with an equally bigger layer height... you will need to do post processing either way so printing coarser is not going to make a huge difference to this process but it will dramatically cut down your print times even if you have to print in a slower speed since your hotend may not melt plastic quickly enough... but overall you are still printing faster as you are pushing more plastic out and run less layers

Audio and video quality is great. And the build is awesome!

video and audio very clean and crisp! Good job!

Thank you, love the long episode - sending love from Gresham!

@chickenbob7567

7 ай бұрын

And from Boring!

i was just scrolling one day and noticed your eleanor build and have been addicted to your channel ever since.i know however you build this car it will be awesome!! i cant wait to see!

Chris you and your team are always so inspiring = I love this channel and I’m Al’s positive that YALL are the best part of Portland Oregon = I’ve been there and the crime is terrible

Great job, you can see body swap wheel off from center of wheel well

i was not into having a another mustang swap. and I felt like when it started it was plenty of time. But when you guys get crunching time and project. it is super fun to watch. keep crunching boys!

I hope that one year we will have a 10 month project... A fully finished, no shortcuts, every detail can be seen by the public...

You keep me motivated huge thanks to you for showing your art brother love you

67 Mercury Cougar and 67 Mustang are the same underneath cougar was the luxury model 2" longer frame rails, Tallights originally were a Thunderbird design touch 68 Shellbys used actual Tbird lenses

Looking GREAT - wish the front wheels settled in the wheel-well a bit better ;) GREAT work.

You should look at Barrina LED bar lights, I bought some for my 5 car garage and currently have 8 connected and makes life so much better.

I just bought that same workbench about two weeks ago. It’s great for building cabinets also.

Possibly stupid question, Can you create the supports for a large format bumper build from foam / wood / cut plastic & 3d print onto it to reduce print time since you'd just be printing the shell?

Chris, I have a 3DP1000 printer. It's a large format 3D printer. 1meter x 1meter x .5 meter print volume. To cut print times I would recommend checking your infill and perimeter settings.Bring down the infill percentage to below 10% and perimeters to 1. You can reinforce it later if less perimeters will affect the strength. Also using a slicer such as simplify 3d might be better for the large format if you aren't using it already.

@engineernels1057

7 ай бұрын

@@OfficialBIsForBuild please make your money in ethical ways. Don't prey on other people to make your money. You are scamming people, it's obvious you are not his channel.

A tip for cutting time on 3d printing would be to focus on the complex geometry and curves and model in features that can use steel bar or foam panels for long sweeping spans. then fiberglass over the whole thing. (make sure the model is smaller by the thickness of the fiberglass) and it would save time since the 3dprinted part doesnt need to be strong

The only reason I could see for printing complete bumpers like that is for creating molds.

Dude! This is Awesome! Good on you for taking care of your team and building beast! Don't forget to sleep as much as you can! You're doing great!

Looks really cool.. guess some wheel well reconfiguration is needed with whatever else is next.😊

Some thoughts on the 3D printing topic: Firstly, use a 1.5ish mm nozzle (maybe even bigger) and increase the layer height accordingly. It'll cut down print time significantly. You do not need the detail a 0.4 mm nozzle gives you on such large prints. Also, the bigger nozzle will give you stronger parts. Secondly, if using supports, try to go for tree suppports instead of block support. The former only supports where actually needed, hence, saves time and filament. Overhangs of about 55 ° can usually be printed without the need of support. Thirdly, make sure you are using the Arachne perimiter generator when slicing your models. It'll likely decrease print time a little further and gives better detailed parts. There are a couple more slicer settings that can be tweaked to save time. One that can likely be turned off would be the "ensure vertical wall thickness".

For the printer parts as other mentioned you can play with the slicer settings to drastically reduce printing time and material use and also please consider that you could apply some offsets to your model so fiber glass can be applied later to reinforce the parts. There are YT videos that print whole custom made bumpers that later are translated to fiber glass and they look amazing

Great to see Kyle back on the team 👍

Yooo I’m glad I ran across this channel again I used to watch way back with the Lotus and the BRZ

There may be a way to build some support volumes and tell the slicer where they are. Not ideal but could be some clever/hacky way to get it printed quick

Loving this build

Looks amazing. I’m very interested in how are you going to bring the axles to the proper on center in the wheel wells. The front look way too close to the aft of the fender well and so does the rear axle.

Nice job! Looking forward to some 3D Printing content.

I have a very similar wooden table like that & I drilled the holes out put a short piece of tube in each hole that fit my clamps and I covered the table top in sheet metal drilled the holes through to accept my clamps and hay presto I got myself a great welding table which I've never had any problems with burning the top

Dude, those wheels are sick! Love the way this build is turning out. Can't wait to see the finished product in the reveal video 🤟

Whats nice about the printer is you can print peices for anything the cover them in fibreglass and make that peice out of fibreglass instead of using the 3d printed part

Looks great guys, really got alot done. Can I say you really need to change that roll cage, it looks like a gutted drag car and not very finished, kinda tacky. Just run the bars on the side back in line with the roof then down where the trunk is and do the X on the glass, would look amazing. Thanks!

Mercury is a fancy Ford!

a lot of formula drift mentions this video, a B is for build car would be pretty dope. especially if its a "budget" style build that might be able to compete with the crazy builds