Dean
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| posted on 22/1/04 at 09:15 PM |
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What do ya think of these?
I think there cool. Since it's so hard to find decent race tracks in northamerica..... make your own  .
click here only weighs 300kg. Iam thinking it would be preety good to terrorize the country side ......
LOOK OUT !!!  Would be fun to race on a home made dirt track on someones farm or acreage (no road to rules). How about registering it? Would it be
hard? It's scratch built like true locost, but is reverse needed to pass? also click here
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Alan B
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| posted on 22/1/04 at 09:19 PM |
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Yep, I like them...
I wonder what Rorty thinks?....
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Alan B
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| posted on 22/1/04 at 09:28 PM |
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Speaking of Rorty....check out his stuff..
Pretty damn cool...you'll like it..
Oh yeah....the link..
http://home.iprimus.com.au/rorty/content/home.htm
[Edited on 22/1/04 by Alan B]
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Dean
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| posted on 22/1/04 at 09:44 PM |
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I was planing on building a locost but after watching some of thoese videos Iam leaninig more towards thoese buggies. In reality there are little to
no race tracks in canada and even less open to the public. But what canada has alot of is space..... alot of space. I would have no problem finding
room to race the buggies and the thought of getting big air doesn't hurt either. Plus frozen lakes seem to be a big playground for that thing
(but i guess i should leave to the snowmobile?). Go as fast as you want and no speeding tickets. Oh yeah I could get use to that.
[Edited on 22/1/04 by Dean]
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fia289
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 04:29 PM |
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small track..
Dean, where in Canada are you located ?
Here in montreal we have one that has lapping session every monday and tuesday night...
I would suggest to look for a local solo club, since they organise events they could point you to whats available locally
In my case I'm planing on building a terrapin, got the book, plans on there way...
Fred
[Edited on 23/1/04 by fia289]
[Edited on 23/1/04 by fia289]
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fia289
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 04:32 PM |
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Back to the subject, yhea they are cool, but dirt ain't my thing yet 
They do have solutions to some of our build problems
Fred
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Dean
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 05:24 PM |
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I live in Red Deer Alberta, between calgary and edmonton.
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fia289
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 05:55 PM |
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Dean Check out these two clubs..
http://www.bishop.ab.ca/CSCC/
http://www.telusplanet.net/%7Ejamiefox/
The calgary club even organises some solo 2 races in Red Deer ( not as fast as Solo 1, but still a good challenge)
Fred
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Dean
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 06:33 PM |
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just wondering which class would a locost fall under in the CSCC race classifications?
click here Gt i hope
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violentblue
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 07:14 PM |
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Hey I'm located in Lethbridge, Alberta
a few pics of my other projects
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Dean
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| posted on 23/1/04 at 07:20 PM |
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small world, and a cold one too. At least here anyway, did it snow in lethbridge? It did in Red Deer, kinda a bummer.
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fia289
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| posted on 24/1/04 at 02:26 AM |
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Racing
I don't think they'll let you road race in GT, but then again , how confortable are you rubbing fenders with a 3000lbs mustang ? 
You'll be able to run in solo 1 and 2 with the locost, its almost the perfect car for both types of racing. I don't understand why
there's so few of them being built for this.
Fred
[Edited on 24/1/04 by fia289]
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MattWatson
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 08:50 PM |
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As for the Edge off-road products, they are actually fairly good, and look to be great fun. I researched their stuff when I did some work with
www.extremebuggies.com once upon a time, and their plans are excellent.
Like the locost, most of the problem is deciding how you are going to build everything else but the frame!
Matt Watson
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VW 1.6L SOHC Turbo Mid engined car
http://members.shaw.ca/wavindustries/
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MattWatson
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 08:58 PM |
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Also, if you are interested in this type of thing,
http://www.badlandbuggy.com/
does the same thing, but is centered in Calgary.
If you end up getting anything from him (he has poly bushes at VERY good prices) mention you heard it from Matt Watson.
Matt Watson
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VW 1.6L SOHC Turbo Mid engined car
http://members.shaw.ca/wavindustries/
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Rorty
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 05:10 AM |
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Alan B:
quote:
I wonder what Rorty thinks?....
Actually I know Tony Sanger, the owner of The Edge Products that design and make of those buggies. They're in Perth in Western Australia, about
3 days from here.
Tony freely admits his designs are really just for recreational bush-bashing, and aren't up to the rigours of serious off-roading or racing.
That's why he doesn't actually build most of the designs, as there would probably be too many disasters and complaints. The chassis are
pretty minimalistic: the front upright, for example, is just a bit of black pipe with a long bolt through it!
He sees it as easier to just sell the plans and supply some of the parts, and let people make their own mistakes.
They rely on too many industrial drive parts to be serious contenders.
They would probably be ideal on a frozen lake though, as you'd really just try to set it up with fairly stiff suspension and not worry about too
much travel.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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