Originally Posted by
HAndy
wow !!!! i thought my build was extreme:eek:
i do however have a few concerns on this 4wd idea, which if you dont mind i would like to share with you:ashamed:
what bhp are you aiming for? as the initial weight of the transfer box, prop shafts, drive shafts, and steel bodywork is really going to add some weight to this, and thats before you fit the rollcage, which will need front/rear turret pickup points to brace /stop body flex, and additional fabrication works for transmision tunnel, you could end up high weight to bhp ratio, and thats also before you factor in transmission loss:( even if you pump out 600bhp+:D and at that level of boost no engine lasts long, deffo not if its going to be a track animal:cooter::smokin: you would be better of space framing it and plonking a grp shell over the top, if funds allow:D
as you may well know mine weighs in at 945kg with a f7p block, rollcage (pick up points on front /rear turrets, fairly light grp kit and polly windows in the rear half of car(nacar ducts to fit a later date , to duct cool air to inlet manifold) and 2x super light weight kitcar grp seats,and fook all else, apart from clocks and a steering wheel:laugh:
stu21's car is space framed and weighs in at 985 ish kg i think , of the top of my head, and his is space framed with the 2.0 cossie lump:)(lucky sod)
if it where me i would drop the 4wd and go front mounted engine /rwd with prop shaft etc, or mid engined rwd, for which ever lump you drop in;)
a bearded freind of mine, has a spaced framed reliant kitten with na 2.3 duratec front engined /rwd na 270bhp , weighs in 736kg, its fast !!! and cains a certain red pulsar not to far up the road which ive seen rr at 350bhp, weight really is the key here:) and you still have to contend with the fuel cell, coolant lines,brakes, which could complicate things further;)
just my thoughts on this, i will of course watch this awsome project thread unfold , and wish you the very best of luck for the project aka work/graft that lies ahead;):D:cool:
