marc n
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| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:26 PM |
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First Pictures of tytan chassis under construction
so far
 
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marc n
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| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:26 PM |
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and this
 
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Avoneer
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| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:35 PM |
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You have been busy with a hacksaw and a tube bender!
Looks good though!
Pat...
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Winston Todge
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| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:40 PM |
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Phenomenal mate...
Looks like that tube bender's being put to good use! 
Can't wait to get my VortX, build it, thrash it, sell it then buy one of them!
Would bike power be wasted in a chassis like that or is the car engined route more suitable?
Chris.
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marc n
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| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:48 PM |
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You have been busy with a hacksaw and a tube bender!
cheers pat
yep plenty of work involved and what you see there is only 60% complete
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marc n
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| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:51 PM |
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Would bike power be wasted in a chassis like that or is the car engined route more suitable?
hi chris
its too big for bike power its just over 4 metres long, besides the audi v8 thats going in that particular car will sound much better  and the
porsche v8 well
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 12:17 AM |
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Looks very nice, but very heavy...
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marc n
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 12:25 AM |
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Looks very nice, but very heavy...
at the moment i would guess 100 kilos as i can still lift it on my own target weight for complete car is 850 kilos with 480 hp audi engine and 560
hp porsche engine
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stevebubs
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 12:41 AM |
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should be nice...look forward to seeing the finished article.
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Guinness
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 07:57 AM |
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Marc
"target weight for complete car is 850 kilos with 480 hp audi engine and 560 hp porsche engine"
One in the front and one in the back? That'll beat a twin engined Tiger any day!! Might be a bit thirsty around town though.
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 24/7/05 at 09:27 AM |
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Looks great. Don't put too much triangulation in there though or there won't be anywhere for the driver to sit
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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marc n
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 04:30 PM |
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due to the interest thought i would post a couple more pics
chassis so far still requires front lower engine mounts, steering rack position , wishbone pickup points, floor triangulation and further bulkhead and
sidepod triangulation, and engine bay lower triangulation
the chassis at the point shown below comes in at 66 kilos
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marc n
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 04:31 PM |
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and here is the small motor to power it
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marc n
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 04:32 PM |
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oops forgot to add picture
 
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JoelP
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 08:24 PM |
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i was admiring the engine out of a cl65amg yesterday, now thats a big lump! v12 twin turbo...
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 09:16 PM |
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thats the 4 cyl audi engine ?
i keep forgetting to ring marc - hows me brackets ?- im gonna need some more now .
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Winston Todge
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| posted on 25/7/05 at 09:29 PM |
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That must be a V8!? What car do Audi produce with that lump in?
And how much do they cost!? Don't think it'll wedge into the VortX...
Chris
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Dillinger1977
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 07:46 AM |
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i dont think youd be able to see the road with that lump in front of you!
-Rog
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DarrenW
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 10:01 AM |
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Bloody hell Marc, i thought you were building a car not Thrust 3
Is this the chassis for the car that you are planning on showing at Harrogate???? If so you are certainly setting yourself a challenge. I cant wait to
see it for real, its starting to look great. Well done keep it up (dont forget - when its dark you are supposed to get some shut eye!!)
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marc n
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 12:01 PM |
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(dont forget - when its dark you are supposed to get some shut eye!!)
so thats what your supposed to do at night then
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NS Dev
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| posted on 26/7/05 at 07:59 PM |
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That chassis looks like a nice piece of work!!
Is this what your dad mentioned to me on the phone when I spoke to him some time ago, I mentioned that my mate runs Ultima (Richard Marlow) and he
mentioned something about keeping my eye out for something new from you!
on the engine front, don't forget the route that Ultima use.
An old chevy, in ally block form, makes phenominal power per pound spent!
The 640hp engine in their current demo car was £11,000 brand new from the USA in a crate, and they have a 720 hp one waiting to go in at the mo.
Having been to Le Mans in the car this year I can testify that it is insanely fast..........0-60 is a total irrelevance and 0-100 is over too quickly
to even really register (only 1 gearchange, 70mph in first) and while it is an ol' chevy, it's still totally reliable, tractable (even on
the carb that it runs!) and goes to 8000 rpm!!!
The std Porsche G50 is up to the job fine as well (with a taller diff in this one for the 230mph top end)
Worth considering!
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marc n
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| posted on 27/7/05 at 07:35 AM |
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we are also working on somthing really radical and new, but the bodywork wont be finished till the end of the year, as its so complex. some sketches
should appear on our website in the next couple of months
the engine fitted in the tytan at the moment is the audi a8 v8 £1300 with all bits inc gearbox from a breakers and 430 hp as standard, so is quite a
lot of bang for your buck, and as the car is going to be so light i would think its is probably fast enough for most although the ultima engine sounds
good to me
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NS Dev
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| posted on 27/7/05 at 07:52 AM |
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£1300 for 430hp certainly sounds like a bargain to me (for "proper" v8 hp!!!)
That's got me thinking about the powerplant for my new grasser!!!???!!!
I'll bet you've weighed it, how much does it weigh with gearbox? Engine management wise are you using the std setup or aftermarket jobbie?
I guess a DTA box or the like would be a lot easier.
Hmmmmmmm, a very excited Nat has ensued from this thread!!
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marc n
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| posted on 27/7/05 at 08:00 AM |
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havent weighed it yet will this afternoon though
i would think the rolling chassis is heading towards 130 kg so looking good so far
at the mo its running standard ecu etc as it came out of the car, but huge gains can be had by different ecu etc up to 650 hp for about a grand
more
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marc n
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| posted on 27/7/05 at 08:03 AM |
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infact i have two grass tracking guys working for me now one who races class 2 and the other class 10 plus other mates are in class 8 and 6 and one
guy used to be in class 9
all with some damn fine bits of kit
some of the cars out there are bloody well engineered cars and dont always get the credit they deserve
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