Alan B
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| posted on 26/9/02 at 11:23 PM |
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Conrod, 5 more posted.
I have more of the front etc. if they're any use?
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Findlay234
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 07:45 AM |
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hey conrod, ive got an old magazine with a an escort with two engines, one in front and one mid mounted. it looks like he used the full front running
gear from another escort and just shoved it all in the rear.
it happens to be a max power mag but i thought it might suit what you're doing
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interestedparty
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 07:49 AM |
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Good pics, Alan, quite a bit of useful info there.
It seems to me that the main problems in designing and constructing mid-engined cars (all IMHO)-
a.where's the best place to put the fuel tank? I'm not too sure about having one up front
b.the gearchange system. Can't see any details on the SRF pictures. Seems to me what's needed is two cables, one to transmit the fore and aft motion
of the lever, and the otther to transmit the sideways (rotary) motion. Quite a bit of careful fabrication at each end is going to be needed to achieve
a good gearchange system
c. the handbrake mechanism, finding the best rear calipers c/w cable system to fit the front discs/hubs of the power unit donor.
Solve these problems and the rest doesn't look too difficult. I think.
John
As some day it may happen that a victim must be found,
I've got a little list-- I've got a little list
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed-- who never would be missed!
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MrFluffy
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 09:11 AM |
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Dont put the tanks in the sills like lamborghini did on the racing muira, and the racer ended up in a fire when the car went out of control and
sideswiped a bridge...
Best consensus seems to be above the engine somewhere (bad idea if you have a engine fire), to the rear of the engine but inside a SUBSTANTIAL crash
cage (route Im planning on) and stuffed with explosisafe packing. All i need now is a locost onboard fire extinguisher design...
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Findlay234
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 09:40 AM |
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hey alan, just looking on your website, like the 3d images, what software did you use??
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Alan B
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 12:24 PM |
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Hi Guys,
A few replies:
Fuel tank - I'm using two of about 5 or 6 gallons each, one behind each seat (and firewall!) one with the sender, both with low pressure pumps,
feeding into a surge pot where the high pressure pump will be.
Gearchange - Look at an MR2, it's so simple that any concerns vanish. Also, the push-pull type cables are readily available and easy to adapt.
Handbrake - Agreed, just a matter of finding the right bits.
Software - I use Mechanical Desktop 4 for my solid modelling. Maybe not perfect, but outputs native DWG files which is handy. The rendering feature is
indentical to regular AutoCAD IIRC.
Good to see this thread back near the top again, where it belongs 
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 05:00 PM |
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thanks Alan,you got a good source of rose joints?ive got all i need to get the rolling chassis built,ill get back to you about springs and the finer
points when i,m there  ,Findlay bring the mag to the meet but make sure its in a brown paper bag
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Alan B
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| posted on 27/9/02 at 05:27 PM |
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thanks Alan,you got a good source of rose joints?
Yeah, there's quite a lot of suppliers of rose joints (heims for US readers ).
It's the bloody seals that are a total rip-off nearly as much as the joints!!!!
I guess they need some competiton making them
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