http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/garage/v8-turbo-32-roadster-63470
A great read
Yep, one of ours I believe
Yes our very own Froggy (Dave) 
All been well its first road test will be a trip to the Monace Historique via the Pyrenees this May. I'm playing it safe and taking my Z4, and a
tow rope
I am playing it even safer, and taking a plane!
Saw this a while back, nice work and the exhaust is very interesting and sounds equally so.
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Originally posted by Fandango
I am playing it even safer, and taking a plane!
Great looking project.
I'm no MechEng and is just me or do the chassis side rails/structure look a bit flimsy?
Presumably the body adds no structural strength or have I missed something?
I know lose weight, gain speed is a good mantra but given the power potential of a Turbo V8 surely the back end will try to catch up with the front
end in not a nice way?
I can understand making it minimally if it's only being used in a straight line but for general road use?
Cheers, Pewe10 
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Originally posted by pewe
Great looking project.
I'm no MechEng and is just me or do the chassis side rails/structure look a bit flimsy?
Presumably the body adds no structural strength or have I missed something?
I know lose weight, gain speed is a good mantra but given the power potential of a Turbo V8 surely the back end will try to catch up with the front end in not a nice way?
I can understand making it minimally if it's only being used in a straight line but for general road use?
Cheers, Pewe10
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Originally posted by froggy
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Originally posted by pewe
Great looking project.
I'm no MechEng and is just me or do the chassis side rails/structure look a bit flimsy?
Presumably the body adds no structural strength or have I missed something?
I know lose weight, gain speed is a good mantra but given the power potential of a Turbo V8 surely the back end will try to catch up with the front end in not a nice way?
I can understand making it minimally if it's only being used in a straight line but for general road use?
Cheers, Pewe10
Chassis is 100% Mk Indy with a much taller central tunnel which is closed so the box has to be pulled out through the front rather than dropped down from underneath .
I don't think it's any different structurally than a viento or Dax Rush and they seem to stay in one piece .
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Originally posted by pewe
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Originally posted by froggy
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Originally posted by pewe
Great looking project.
I'm no MechEng and is just me or do the chassis side rails/structure look a bit flimsy?
Presumably the body adds no structural strength or have I missed something?
I know lose weight, gain speed is a good mantra but given the power potential of a Turbo V8 surely the back end will try to catch up with the front end in not a nice way?
I can understand making it minimally if it's only being used in a straight line but for general road use?
Cheers, Pewe10
Chassis is 100% Mk Indy with a much taller central tunnel which is closed so the box has to be pulled out through the front rather than dropped down from underneath .
What I said.....
Cheers, Pewe10
On the plus side I can blame any dodgy handling on chassis flex rather than my driving
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So you're saying there's a problem with pretty much every car that's been built/driven on this site then?
its not actually finished yet and the tub will be skinned on the inside . The only part I'm not bothering with is the lower section beyond the bulkhead which I doubt does a huge amount of stiffening and some kits offer the sections in grp . As I said the main difference is the central spine being closed and a lot taller than a normal seven contributes quite a lot of torsional stiffness much like the lotus esprit and Tvr chassis do
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Originally posted by pewe
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So you're saying there's a problem with pretty much every car that's been built/driven on this site then?
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't most cars on this forum have aluminium cladding which is either bonded or rivetted on helping strength.
As I said above presumably the body he's fitting adds nothing to structural strength.
Cheers, Pewe10
If you don't mind me asking, how much in materials did the manifolds set you back? I want to design one similar for a turbo BEC.
£40 a side and they're sch40 mild as I can't run massive boost so they'll last a good while , 3 or 4 MM wall from memory . Stainless would have been another £30 per side in sch10 but my mate is a laser cutter programmer so knocked out the 10 MM flanges from a gasket pattern and squeezed them on the edge of a 10mm sheet so a freebie. Had some fun and games getting them clamped down for milling as they pulled quite a bit being a log style .
Froggy
I think you are doing a great job and i don't think you will have any problems with that chassis keep up the good work and good luck
jacko