hello im new, im doing a motorsport engineering degree and for my dissertaion im going to be modelling a locost with a st170 lump in on solidworks so i thought id join up and see what projects other people had going on to help out a bit and give me some ideas etc.

i dont own a locost but i have got my own project on the go, trying to build up my chevette for road rallying.

ross.

Welcome and good luck. You can see my project by clicking the banner below.

You've obviously chosen the right place as there's loads of experience on here. I'm sure you will get what your looking for here.

Cheers,
Steve

Welcome to the mad house

Hi,

I did my motorsport eng degree at swansea, and I did my dissertation on chassis analysis- small world!!

Say hi to Malc and for me (I'm Rob House) and tell him to take a break!

Give me a shout if you want any help- I worked on the original SIHE locost for 3 years aswell

Cheers.

small world .

is that ideas package still dead slow !

malc has shaved off his tash, was weird having the first lecture with him and it not being there.

Welcome. A CHEVETTE !!!!!! Fantastic !!!
I passed my driving test in a brand new one Hope you get all the info you need here. Don't expect too much help from me as i hardly have time to f**t just now never mind build a car

That's not just a Chevette, it's the low flying sort!

Welcome to the madhouse - how would you like to model my chassis & do stress analysis on it?

A chevette..... I own an Opel Kadett it's allmost the same.

What's in the chevette.

here is mine
clickie

"ideas" dont talk to me about that program, UNDO botton is all it needed and after 12 versions youd have thought someone would have added it.

my project is to basically get a st 170 lump to fit in one, and design/model all the parts i need to make the engine fit, and then depending on how quickly i get that done i can start adding more parts; gearbox, axle ... etc.

the chevette is pretty much standard at the mo although shes only done 39k from new. heres some pics of it:




heres some of the goodies ive already got to put on it:

(fibre glass hsr bonnet)




this is kind of what i want it to look like, although the wheels have changed as ive got revo 4 spokes.

got some more up to date photyos on my fone but i cant find the cable to connect it to the pc. in them its got the spots on and mudflaps trial fitted.

that kadett coupe is nice, my mate used to have a kadett c saloon lovely it was:

Love the Chevettes! Used to road rally a Kadett Coupe a few years ago (about 15!)
Totally trashed a mint SR limited edition and put a 1.9 manta engine in it - If I could find another good one, I'd have it tomorrow!!