What do you guys think of the Mosquito and the Triad ? I wonder if a restyling ,could make it an interesting proposition in the 3wheeler kit
market.....
check this new website:
http://www.mosquito-triad.com/home.html
below a certain weight and sva doesnt apply , tho i will have to check that statement is still true .
Fugly, IMHO... they would need a major restyling to be acceptable
Arent they just a mini in a three piece suit,
bloody ugle though, designed in a bad dream. Ray
Bravo for wanting to try something different! Go for it.
There are those who think that a Lotus 7 type of car is ugly, particularly a "book" Locost, so I wouldn't bother too much about
comments on this forum. The Triad would be a very capable little sportscar and a lot of fun, and different from the 20,000 other "7"s out
there.
I'd rather be a Lion than a Sheep....
And to the other contributors to this thread; thankyou for your full and constructive, non-blinkered, non-biased replies....
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Originally posted by Memphis Twin
Bravo for wanting to try something different! Go for it.
There are those who think that a Lotus 7 type of car is ugly, particularly a "book" Locost, so I wouldn't bother too much about comments on this forum. The Triad would be a very capable little sportscar and a lot of fun, and different from the 20,000 other "7"s out there.
I'd rather be a Lion than a Sheep....
And to the other contributors to this thread; thankyou for your full and constructive, non-blinkered, non-biased replies....
a very rough sketch idea of what i was thinking.
Bigger 14-15 in. minilites and a few other goodies..., polycarbonate windscreen for now..
This is an overlay sketch of the image you see, so the proportions are the same.
What do you guys think of it?
two more 5min. rough doodles...
[Edited on 28/4/07 by FUORISERIE]
last doodle.....
That looks excellent! ... and of course the mini engine is very tuneable, so with only 350kg to pull along, it should be a very fast little car.
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Originally posted by Memphis Twin
That looks excellent! ... and of course the mini engine is very tuneable, so with only 350kg to pull along, it should be a very fast little car.
, will do a few more rough sketches, and see what happens with this idea......
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Originally posted by FUORISERIE
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Originally posted by Memphis Twin
That looks excellent! ... and of course the mini engine is very tuneable, so with only 350kg to pull along, it should be a very fast little car.
Thanks..
A friend has pointed out, the more modern Metro k-series engine for such a project, being a very light and revvy engine. What do you guys think?
I like the idea of a simple bolt on engine to a chassis set-up, and if you don't like 3wheelers you can turn it into a 4wheeler........
But will the Metro K series fit the Mini front subframe, which (I believe) is an integral part of the Triad?
A good 1400 A Series with ported, big-valve head, scatter cam, running on twin flat-slide carburettors will be the perfect engine. Mechanically simple
with loads of power.
Once again a very nice set of drawings.
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Originally posted by Memphis Twin
But will the Metro K series fit the Mini front subframe, which (I believe) is an integral part of the Triad?
A good 1400 A Series with ported, big-valve head, scatter cam, running on twin flat-slide carburettors will be the perfect engine. Mechanically simple with loads of power.
Metro and mini have very similar, but not identical subframes. Metro one is a little bigger, but can be made to fit a mini with some work.
Might have fun getting the hydrogas to work with 3 wheels from a metro 
.
Don't forget that honda vtecs have been grafted into minis many times
would prefer a wider track than a mini for a 3 wheeler personally.
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Originally posted by CGILL
Might have fun getting the hydrogas to work with 3 wheels from a metro
Don't forget that honda vtecs have been grafted into minis many times
would prefer a wider track than a mini for a 3 wheeler personally.
Why try to complicate things? The Triad chassis is designed for a Mini front subframe, so the ideal engine/transmission would have to be a ....Mini!
have you seen the price of mini's these days? for what you (well I) got it's a complete rip off. Rusting piles of junk with knackered
parts are £200-300+
Metro's are much cheaper and are all in better condition, but also getting less common.
As for why (an honest) 100bhp costs several thousand pounds from an A series and the gearbox isn't really up to it. 100bhp is out of the box for
a twincam 1.4 K series and you get a strong(ish) 5 speed box, with the 1800VVC K series a drop in upgrade! It's also a lot lighter.
I'd go for coil overs rather than rubber springs/hydro if the shock mounts are up to it.
I guess that, the Triad could accept the Metro subframe ?.....what other modern engine could fit the design brief as the old mini did?, any ideas?
looking at some of the pictures in more detail, I did notice a pronounced front overhang!, I wonder if it's the design of the front bonnet...
,
or the k-series engine slant ?
Does this make the 4wheeler option, with k-series engine a better design? what do you all think?
It does look like a fun inexpensive runabout.., but the design could use some help...
[Edited on 30/4/07 by FUORISERIE]
Any thoughts an the chassis or engine setup?
Thanks for your feedback...
After putting in the effort of building a spaceframe up, I can't see the point on bolting the ugly subframe to it, when it would be tidier mounting up the arms and rack to a piece of spaceframe, and wouldn't be a huge amount of extra work in the big picture.