Fred W B
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:09 AM |
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Interesting car sold
Interesting car sold
but can it be made to look good........
Cheers
Fred W B
[Edited on 26/4/08 by Fred W B]
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chrisg
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:18 AM |
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That's a new benchmark for "very ugly indeed"
Cheers
Chris 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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jlparsons
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:20 AM |
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This isn't a BEC hijack but... the only way to make that look good is a smaller engine that's going to let you redesign that god-awful
nose! Hayabusa?
The rest of it looks nice mind.
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blakep82
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:34 AM |
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i like it! i think it looks really good! well apart from the engine sticking out the bonnet...
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zilspeed
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:38 AM |
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Classic case of packaging gone wrong.
If only the wheelbase had been a tad longer and the track a tad wider, the engine could have been over to the left and behind the front axle.
It also needs a dry sump like all proper sports racing cars do to get the engine low in the chassis like it should be.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 10:45 AM |
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It gets worse. It sold for £11,500. Just look at this pic, so many missed design opportunities all in the one place at the one time.
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Liam
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 12:18 PM |
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I have to love it cos it's 4 wheel drive
What he's done is retained the cossie 4x4 front diff location (bolted to the engine sump) and standard front prop. This forces him to locate
the engine horribly far forwards and high for the shape of car it's packaged in.
He could have done what I've done and made the front diff independant giving him the freedom to put the engine a couple of feet further back.
But ah well i still think it's cool.
Liam
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meany
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| posted on 26/4/08 at 01:06 PM |
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im with liam on this one.
For a track/racecar the balance must be waaaaaay out
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