Hi all, just put my engine back together ready for final (I hope) fitting. A question: In the Haynes manual it gives initial timing degrees for LC (low ...
Or two more words: power oversteer. In a (good) RWD drive car, you can adjust the attitude of the car in corners on the throttle. Admittedly this is possible...
A Saab 900 may be stable at high speeds in a straight line, but throw it around a few corners and the deficiencies of its (Vauxhall/Opel Cavalier/Ascona...
The LC version was I think only put in vans, so I guess if the engine came from a car then you have an HC one. It explained in the a book I thought I had here,...
re: mini-internet computers - I imagine they are on their way!! How about 3G mobile phones? WAP? James ... From: Wayne Evans [mailto:Wevans1138@...] Sent:...
Great essay Gareth. I'd like to add a couple of points. Some people believe that FWD cars are prevalent now because they have better interior packaging and...
Cheers James - would appreciate that: I have no idea of the origin of the engine although I'm pretty sure it is a legal one. Its now an amalgamation of two...
Hi Rich, You will be best served by fitting a Bosch electronic dizzy from an Escort 89 era, with a side entry cap from Halfords. part no.HDC515 or common part...
... Huh? The 900 chassis is based on the 99 chassis, only 21 cm longer. There was a new 900 that went into production in 1994 that may be GM based, but I think...
... This wasn't going to be a long answer, but it is. Same advice as previously - I don't care if you read it or trash it, but same as wot Gareth said (and...
... The fun argument shouldn't be dismissed so easily when it comes to a car that many people build and drive because it's fun. ... As I suspected then....
... So do I. I'm just considering the posibilities. I'm not experienced enough to design a FWD Locost so I'll probably stick to the book chassis. ... I have...
Just one more reply on the internet thing. I recently saw a documentry on the history of the internet. all three weeks of it. And all the guys who had set it...
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Good point. How many people on the list would NOT have started building their cars if it hadn't been for help arrived at over the internet? Time for a poll...
Needs a "Would have started anyway, but it helped a lot!" option. ... From: locost@yahoogroups.com [mailto:locost@yahoogroups.com] Sent: 01 April 2003 15:27 ...
I can't get any seamless tubes 1.6mm thick and I was thinking of carbon steel or maybe stainless steel. I heard somewhere that stainless is to rigid and tend...
No.... just tap the brakes.. brings the rear out beatifully.. but takes a fair amount of courage 'the first time' :-) Drifting thru corners was often the...
No.... just tap the brakes.. brings the rear out beatifully.. but takes a fair amount of courage 'the first time' :-) Drifting thru corners was often the...
I know some guys who are making suspention parts of aircraft tubing but I don't really know what that is or where to get it. But you might try looking under...
Where are you based? Try looking for DOM tubing....as good as seamless in many ways...better in others All the US race sanctioning bodies I know of allow it...
The rear trailing arms can be square section normal frame tubing (at least, I think that's what MK use). Fronts on the other hand a bit more difficult. I would...
I think the internet had the most importance in th US as we don't have kit car shows every weekend to go look at this stuff. I personally have never seen a...
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... The idea of BMW being a sporting "driver's car" is something of a BMW generated myth. It might have been true once, but like a lot of manufacturers in the...
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