DIY PVC Sim Racing Rig For Under $200 by Inside Sim Racing

For this show Shaun purchased $130 worth of materials and is using the same seat we used for the Deathmobile (DIY Wood Rig). Presenting our second DIY sim racing rig build. This time Jessica Lopez hosts the show and assists Shaun "The Builder" Cole as he uses PVC to build a full size sim racing rig for under $200.

For this show Shaun purchased $130 worth of materials and is using the same seat we used for the Deathmobile (DIY Wood Rig). Some say that PVC isn't rigid or strong enough to build a sim rig out of. We're going to put that myth to rest.

Part 2 will be out very soon with the fully painted PVC Sim Racing rig by SIMUL8R and review with Jessica and Shaun Cole. We'll also have some great bloopers to include with that show.

[williamdiego]

10 years later and this rig is still kicking butt, hope y’all are doing great. Thanks for the video

[geordiegallant]

One trick you can do is dry fit your fittings and then take a perment marker and make two lines on the fittings. When you go to glue the fitting just line them up and you know they will be straight.

[loganearnhardt]

advice: before you pulled it apart from mock up, you should have made marks on the joints so you wouldn't be concerned with alignment when glueing

[Ethrealwarrior]

These have been popping up in my feed lately. Nostalgia 100%!

[robertlindsay]

Sweet little build, thanks.
I turned mine into a 2dof sim with DC motors for less than 600 more dollars.
So for under 1000 dollars I have a pvc rig with dc motion to match a simx unit for speed and feel. Thanks guys for sharing

[DJHeroMasta]

I clicked on this for the wrong reason but stayed for the right one. Thanks for the video!

[justinmills]

instead of glue, once put together throw a 3/4" self tapper in all the fittings as set screws for the pipe. this way you can take it apart and reassemble if needed.

[NWBXracincajun]

When I build this unit in a few weeks. I will drill a 7/32 hole at the Tee connections for the foot pedals and TV holder. Then use 1/4" bolts through these fittings so I will be able to take it apart if I need to in the future. The rest of the fittings will be glued for stability.

[commanderkit]

I recently made this rig, and I think its amazing! Thanks guys for showing these plans on the show, or else I would have never seen them!

[guitarjunky]

Use a sharpie on the joints during mock-up to ensure alignment...

[Moltosanti]

Just finished it and love it and it was a Fun build.. just got to paint it . But got to say thank you because you helped out a lot . Keep up the good work!

[fragdad]

Just a quick tip from and old pipe fitter. When you do your dry set up. Use a sharpe pen and mark the pipe and fitting. This will give you a guide when you a guide when you come to your glueing stage.

[Detroit_Q]

I'm going to build this rig but add a step. Once everything is together for the dry fit, I am going to mark a line at every connection. That way when I put it together with the glue I can quickly match them to get the correct angle. It will surely help make sure everything is straight.

[alec]

The great thing about a pcv piping rig is that you can build it with nothing more than a handsaw, a screwdriver and your own two hands.

[matchmakerchris]

Shaun and Jessica making an awesome racing rig from PVC pipes made this worth watching.

[rico]

An old plumbers tip on gluing pvc pipe. use sandpaper on the ends to break the glaze and make slipping a bit easier(no hammering). Also, use primer, apply glue to ONE joint at a time, and already be aligned when you press it in, With real drains you want to see glue to ensure a leak proof seal, but in this thing I'd probably skimp just to make neater looking joints. .
Apologies if this was said 2000+ times in the past years.

@Inside Sim Racing: Love the show, After driving sims with my thumbs or a joystick since the papyrus days(1991), I just picked up my first decent wheel, a T300 for 63$ from Ebay and I'm shopping for design ideas to go in the "man cave" basement overhaul. My current incomplete design has a 3 screen wall console that houses the electronics and doubles as a three seat lan game station by flipping the screens around.
. Cheers!

[DEVILSFPV]

I build lots of PVC stuff. Glue the inside tips of like the T, elbow and the out side of the pipe. It will give you a little more play and twisting time on the joints

[RogueSnowManOG]

I know this was posted some time ago and I haven't read all the comments, but when you dry fit everything together put a pencil mark on the joints so when you glue it all together all you have to is match up the marks and are less likely to have alignment issues

[vartkez]

PVC fittings usually have stoppers so the pipes don't push in too far. You're not supposed to bang them in like that you're just supposed to put it in by hand, when you bang them like that you can push past the stopper. I used to work at a plumbing supply warehouse.

[danekinsey]

 Ok first if you want to build this project, lets talk a little about the material PVC or (poly vinyl chloride) this material uses solvent cement to WELD not glue the pipe together it actually BONDS the two pieces together.

  When you glue these fittings together and wish it to hold your weight, then there's some things to know. PVC needs both fitting and pipe ends covered with glue to the dept of the fitting itself, Red hot glue is a good choice it will allow you to adjust the fittings just fine. I'm a plumber and use this stuff everyday
witch is why i'm building this project myself.

 Also the pipe and fittings you buy are also important, first there's two kinds of the pipe that look like the pipe there showing you, the first is  PVC DWV witch is a cell-core pipe meaning the center of the pipe is made up of little cells or bubbles surrounded by two solid sheets of pvc, this kind of pipe has very little structural stability.

 The other is PVC pressure pipe this is a solid core PVC pipe and is allot tougher i would use this kind of pipe

  The thickness is gauged in SCH 40 80 the higher the number the thicker the pipe
the pipe there showing is SCH40 the 80 is gray in color, 40 is white.

So if your going to do this DIY  use presser pipe and fittings(solid core) SCH 40 i think there using 2" pipe, and glue the pipe a good solid 1 1/2 onto the pipe and into the fitting before assembly  this will provide a good surface to surface bond and allow for adjustment it also a good idea to mark the pipe with a pencil after dry-fitting
so you can pre assemble some larger pieces first

 Hope this helps some people attempting this build.   Come fly with me at Warthunder.com my call sign TheLZ i use my DIY PVC Flight sim and with the advent of Oculus Rift to the game oh my GOD its so cool, and while driving need for speed Shift well just stick me im done and Gone to heaven.      Dane AZ,