mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 09:24 PM |
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Nice german middy
http://www.qart.org [switch your speakers off you have been warned]
[Edited on 14-11-05 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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akumabito
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 10:17 PM |
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Nice car, horrible website.
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Triton
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 10:34 PM |
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Groovy i like that, shame about the dodgy website though i agree.
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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robinbastd
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 10:44 PM |
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I'm a fan of the exoskeleton look,but someone out there could do a lot better than that. 
Sorry gents but i think the website is better than the car,but that's not saying a lot.
Bah Humbug.
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Triton
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| posted on 14/11/05 at 10:50 PM |
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And there i was being the diplomat
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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Rorty
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| posted on 15/11/05 at 01:45 AM |
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The first frame or two of the site gave me the shits, so I bailed.
What's it based on? I can see three-stud wheels!
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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physician
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| posted on 15/11/05 at 02:53 AM |
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look like 3 cylinder engine to... maybe it is a leightweight smart? .. losing weight on a smart.. who thought it was possible! lol
seem good to me, too ba it will never be plated in canada....
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/11/05 at 11:00 AM |
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It wants more bars over the top from front to the top of the rollbar, it would look like the thing RH used to build from old Metros, KAIG project I
think it was.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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iank
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| posted on 15/11/05 at 11:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
It wants more bars over the top from front to the top of the rollbar, it would look like the thing RH used to build from old Metros, KAIG project I
think it was.
Yes it was the Kaig (though that was much uglier with that stupid front - http://www.kaigmotors.co.uk/ 'Don't be vague buy a Kaig'
site hasn't been updated since 2002 so I presume in reality it's dead). I even read somewhere that someone eventually got one
through SVA Probably the only one not registered as a Metro 
Quite like the Qart though it looks like it could do with some cross bracing on the roll hoop, I hope the yellow light is because it's used as a
pace car and not a requirement for German TUV
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Sven
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| posted on 16/11/05 at 05:01 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
The first frame or two of the site gave me the shits, so I bailed.
What's it based on? I can see three-stud wheels!
Older Renaults came with three studded wheels, for whatever that's worth.
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79 civic
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| posted on 16/11/05 at 09:23 PM |
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i think some citroens did too..
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Rorty
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| posted on 17/11/05 at 04:39 AM |
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I though it might be Froggy. I seem to remember older Renaults with three stud wheels and a funny looking nipple in the centre - bussy fixation you
know.
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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Jo C
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| posted on 17/11/05 at 07:24 PM |
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For sure it's based on Smart parts
Which is not such a bad thing after all.
The parts are fairly light.
which is a good thing....
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akumabito
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| posted on 17/11/05 at 11:12 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jo C
For sure it's based on Smart parts
Which is not such a bad thing after all.
The parts are fairly light.
which is a good thing....
I heard the engines break a lot though... apparently many poeple experience serious problems with the turbo....
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Jo C
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| posted on 18/11/05 at 10:35 AM |
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Yes, there are some problems with the turbo on the early cars (Think it was cracked turbo casing).
But some problems are probably due to tuned engines and service not according to plan. But the base fact is that is a small engine and the it is tuned
quite a bit.
Another minus factor is also the electronically controlled gearbox is a little slow in action.
But when the engine is less than 60 kg and is midmounted from the start, with a de dion rear suspension.
I think it should be straight forward to build a midengine Locost based on smart parts.
That has been my plan since 2.5 years.
I have been thinking and made a pre study of a concept.
The biggest problem so far is to find a donor car in Sweden, the part that I can buy at the breaker yard is just to expensive.
Another big problem is: just to do it.
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