can enyone help wheir do i get drawing or infomation or books thanks robbie
Dare I suggest - the "Build your own Tiger Avon sportscar" book
It has drawings for IRS rear based on the sierra and is what I will probably base the rear of mine on - and the front of Ron Champions book.
Or buy a Velocity chassis and save yourself the hassle!
Chris
or an MK Indy...
Ned.
Indy chassis is the way to go!
(Just picked mine up and started building)
Not very locost though is it? I like the idea of building my own chassis not only for the pleasure and pride of doing so, but also for keeping to the
building on a shoestring principal.
Ok fair doos a Sierra is hardly book build, but it is the nearest modern equivalent in my oppinion. 
We are using a sierra back end on ours but going de Dion. It is simpler than IRS but possibly not cheaper since we need to buy / have made the de Dion
bar itself.
Some CAD software could help you out no end with the design.
being a bit of a thicket as far as suspension options go, can anyone explain de dion suspension to me or suggest a link????
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being a bit of a thicket as far as suspension options go, can anyone explain de dion suspension to me or suggest a link????
cheers pbura, i'm somewhat less in the dark now
Haven't seen that "sliding tube" thing. afaik ones on caterhams etc and locosts don't use those, maybe because there's a bit
of travel available in the driveshafts / diff. Not sure.
Picture of one CADed up for our locost: http://www.leetfighter.com/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=solidworks&id=dedion
the sierra hub carriers bolt into the end bits, diff goes in the middle bolted to the chassis, apart from that it mounts like a locost-modfied live
axle, same trailing arms and so forth.
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Haven't seen that "sliding tube" thing. afaik ones on caterhams etc and locosts don't use those, maybe because there's a bit of travel available in the driveshafts / diff. Not sure.......