dhutch
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| posted on 6/1/11 at 02:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ReManTalon's is the Haynes chassis.
For £450-500 built, I'd let someone else weld it!
And me!
Good to see another student. Im 23 and graduated from doing mecheng at loughborough this summer.
Spend a fair bit of time looking at buildinga locost, and then at used and partfinished mk indys before ending up buying a second had 1991 westfeild
narrowbody at the end of my placement year after talking to a friend of someone local who was selling it. Two years late and ive not looked back.
Also worth speaking to andy lacaster who I got to know via this forum and wound up sharing a house with in my final year. Same age as me, scratch
build a locost with his dad and did a year of racing it in the 750mc
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/members/andylancaster3000/
Daniel
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RazMan
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| posted on 6/1/11 at 02:58 PM |
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I found one of the most challenging parts of my build was getting the right seats and driving position. I am not huge at 6'2" and 17 stone
but headroom was the biggest issue for me. My tip would be to make use of every inch of the floor - getting your seats as low as possible - you can
even fit a recessed floor pan to get some more room if necessary. Adopting a slightly more 'laid back' position also gains you more
headroom but then starts to intrude on legroom. Just take a LOT of time finding the best compromise, trial fitting seat, steering wheel, pedal box,
gearstick etc (brumm brumm noises are also advised  ) as it is often very difficult to make radical changes later.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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eddie99
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| posted on 6/1/11 at 03:15 PM |
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Hahaha £750, i remember when i thought that. 3k+ I would say is a hard push to get a locost on the road for. I started off with the locost plan,
2years later i have a car that works and runs but not IVA'd, for around £8k. I can send you the spreadsheet if you'd like, then you will
see what costs the money.
Obviously a fair chunk would have been saved using donor engine, as i went for a brand new zetec engine...
Good luck with it though, and good to see another younger person on the site
http://www.elitemotorsporteng.co.uk/
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big_john
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| posted on 7/1/11 at 01:21 AM |
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thanks again for the replies guys, been very helpful.
ok so maybe it can't be done for so cheap. I didn't realised the IVA was so much more than the SVA, is it not virtually the same test?
looked at the aries motorsport, and looks pretty good. and i've seen a guy on retro rides build a hillclimber with it. so it's always an
option. Plus, they do both Live axle, and IRS.
I've also looked at the Mcsorleys. Few questions about them, are the suspension mounts the same? Would you not need longer driveshafts? (IRS of
course) Also, what did you guys do about nose cone etc?
Luckily, with the engine in the shed, i can even have a donor with a duff engine
eddie99 if it's not too much trouble, having your spread sheet would be lovely. Probably best to send it to my email guyhighinthesky@hotmail.com
(i know, lol, made it when i was 11)
am i just being a noob, or is there not a section for just build threads?
[Edited on 7/1/11 by big_john]
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nick205
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| posted on 10/1/11 at 07:34 PM |
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Have look at peoples posts and follow the WWW links, or other links to peoples websites and blogs etc.
Some good ones to get you started are Flak Monkey and Hellfire.
Have you signed up to the Haynes Roadster forum? Quite a few common memebers from this site, but lots more besides and obviously focused on the
Haynes.
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