JSArmstrong
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| posted on 20/9/16 at 09:58 AM |
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Wide body MX5 Locost
Has anyone made a wide-body locost using a standard unmodified MX5 steering rack?
cheers guys!
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indykid
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| posted on 20/9/16 at 12:32 PM |
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It would look like an MEV Exocet....and that's never a good thing, unless you own an Onyx Firefox and are into that sort of thing. 
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JSArmstrong
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| posted on 20/9/16 at 12:36 PM |
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why should that make it look like a mev???
I'm asking if anyone has made an sv sevenesque chassis using an mx5 rack.sorry if i have misunderstood you
[Edited on 20/9/16 by JSArmstrong]
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big_wasa
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| posted on 20/9/16 at 04:20 PM |
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Not exactly what our asking but have a look at the Midlana.
It's a mid engine 7esq and uses all the mx5 bits. There is some discussion on the differance in width somewhere.
Joints between centres are something like
Mx5 658.8mm
Escort 609.6mm
So if you add 2" down the middle you should be good
[Edited on 20/9/16 by big_wasa]
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JSArmstrong
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| posted on 21/9/16 at 07:37 AM |
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Thanks big_Wasa, had never heard or seen a midlana before, really tidy things. Thanks for the post I'm really after some front end/suspension
dimensions / drawings of a 7 sv/widebody setup using unmodified mx5 rack and uprights. If anyone can help where that's concerned it would be
much Appreciated
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big_wasa
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| posted on 21/9/16 at 11:02 AM |
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The nearest thing to a wide body 7 with mx5 hubs is the converted haynes roadster. It's already wider than the original locost. It uses the mk2
escort rack. There are plans some where.
I doubt you would need wider than that so the mx5 rack would be 2" to wide.
You could add 2" down the middle or you could adapt the Midlana geometry.
There is no of the shelf plans for what your wanting that I've seen.
Cheers
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kb58
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| posted on 23/9/16 at 04:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JSArmstrong
Thanks big_Wasa, had never heard or seen a midlana before, really tidy things. Thanks for the post I'm really after some front end/suspension
dimensions / drawings of a 7 sv/widebody setup using unmodified mx5 rack and uprights. If anyone can help where that's concerned it would be
much Appreciated
Midlana uses an unmodified Miata rack and uprights. It's all in the book 
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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