JoelP
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| posted on 20/8/04 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kb58
I hope that's not Rowan Atkinson's real McLaren!
well he did write his off, so it could be!
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Stuart Walker
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| posted on 20/8/04 at 10:43 PM |
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apparently so...
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kb58
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| posted on 21/8/04 at 02:40 PM |
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Sorry for the thread-jacking...
It's a shame regardless who's McLaren it is. That car is at my #1 position of most impressive cars.
What do you do with something like that, wrecked I mean. I can't imagine you'd just have it towed to the junk yard. I suppose McLaren
would buy it back and part it out, or rebuild it at amazing expense.
[Edited on 21/8/04 by kb58]
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James
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| posted on 29/10/04 at 01:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kb58
I hope that's not Rowan Atkinson's real McLaren!
Huh? Where did that thread suddenly come from?
Has someone been editing their posts so there's now no mention of it?
Cheers,
James
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James
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| posted on 29/10/04 at 01:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
quote:
Originally posted by kb58
I hope that's not Rowan Atkinson's real McLaren!
well he did write his off, so it could be!
Sorry mate but no he didn't.
Drove into back of some old dear in a mini IIRC. Mini was flipped, Mclaren was damaged but repairable I believe.
James
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phelpsa
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| posted on 29/10/04 at 01:47 PM |
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We were parked next to his purple mclaren in my old school, as I was playing against his son's team at Rugby.
It was very shiny, but obviously used often and hard (quite dirty and Tyres virtually bald on the rear). This was in july.
Adam
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phelpsa
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| posted on 29/10/04 at 01:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenRelle
You might want to get down to the Brighton speed trials later this year. Last year there was a twin 'busa engined car with a mid mounted config
driving rear wheels. He had both the engines driving a common shaft via their normal sprocket and chains, and then another sprocket and chain to the
diff and so to the wheels. It was an awesome machine. From the look of that car and the times it posted, you won't need those turbos.
I've sat in this car at Gurston Down hillclimb. It wasn't very reliable (kept stalling).
Adam
[Edited on 29/10/04 by phelpsa]
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Ratman
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| posted on 9/11/04 at 03:04 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by alister667
...they have the engine basically where the passenger sits, ...!
I am keen to try this with a two seater. I have built a two seater go-kart that has the engine alongside the driver. I thought to just grow this one a
bit and use a 1200cc V-twin bike engine (or bigger) for a road goer. I had planned to make the seating slightly tandem, with the passenger's
seat about 500mm rearward to the driver, so the cockpit can be made a bit narrower. Honda have a "side-by-side" track car done in a
similar fashion. It looks very cute. I'll post a link here if I can find it. Cheers, Brian
http://world.honda.com/news/1997/c970919b.html
[Edited on 9/11/04 by Ratman]
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kb58
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| posted on 9/11/04 at 04:37 AM |
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Sportbike engine in a kart? Here:
http://www.kimini.com/Video/gixxerkart_video.wmv
I don't like the music, but you get the idea how over the top it is...
[Edited on 11/9/04 by kb58]
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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