Just been reading through the old DIY book and there are 2 "unmirrored" diagonals in the chassis - 1 goes from the front right corner back towards the...
Hi Jim, The front one is to put some strength in the engine bay - this is often suplimented by a shorter one on the other side - shorter to miss the exhaust ...
... The rear one is to suport the panhard mount ,so if you dont use a watt link there is no need for miroring. the front one is unmirrored to be able to get...
I apologise if this has been discussed before... What would be the issues encountered if one were to take a FWD powertrain (for example out of an Escort) and...
John, <snip> What would be the issues encountered if one were to take a FWD powertrain (for example out of an Escort) and drop it behind the seats of a...
Hi John ..no its no stupid idea ... thatīs what the list is all about ,isīnt it? ... (for >example out of an Escort) and drop it behind the seats of a...
Hi John, Others have beat me to this one..:-) Gearchange is easy...cables.....many exist and custom ones aren't too expensive. The other two issues are...
Ok - thanks for that. Now, as I suspected, I have to ask what'll probably prove to be a very dumb question - what's a Panhard rod for? Jim. ... right ... watt...
It locates the axle laterally. One end on your frame, one end on the axle...bingo it can't move side to side. Alan B Subject: [locost] Re: 2 solo diagonals??...
Its to stop the rear axle from moving from left to right, whilst still letting it go up and down Chris ... From: jimjpe61 [mailto:jimjpe61@...] Sent:...
Take a real close look at how the Fiero is engineered. All they did was swap the steering rack for fixed bars anchored to the body. Ok, maybee they changed...
Subject: [locost] Re: Stupid Idea? ... Agreed, but the Fiero does have something of a bumpsteer reputation I think. Not disputing the simplicity in this case,...
Yep, simplicity was my point. I think you would want to realign the mount points for the correct geometry (anti-dive to anti-squat, etc.). You would also want...
Hi Brent, I've seen that done....works well. They did one at my son's school...a Chevy V6 FWD unit right in the middle turned 90 degrees.... shafts going front...
I have what may sound like a stupid question ,but here goes . With regards to the proportioning valve, are you sure the valve is centered? If the valve is off...
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unfortunately the VAZ Lada isn't even breathing here in India, so that's out....
... Can you do a little block diagram to make the picture a bit clearer of what you have? Have you checked all your flared joints at the front to make sure...
... As someone who is going through exactly this design exercise at present (i.e. modify locost frame to mid-engine) I'll chime in here. The amount of foot...
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Like one or two other members of the list I am looking to modify the chassis and build a mid engined car and think that it would be useful to use some form of...
Whilst reading the paper this morning in the smallest room I was pondering my donor situation... Has anyone used the TR7 as a single donor or know of any...
... Does the TR use the same slant 4 lump as the dolly sprint? If so it's not a bad engine when built properly, although the factory never seemed to build them...
Like one or two other members of the list I am looking to modify the chassis and build a mid engined car and think that it would be useful to use some form of...
Pete Thanks for that Keith ... From: peetff [mailto:paffrench@...] Sent: 02 May 2003 11:10 To: locost@yahoogroups.com Subject: [locost] Re: Graphics...
You can use Turbocad, there is a 2d version for free. Davide ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier....
Hi all. I'm in a quest for instruments for a BEC. They need to be nice, good-looking, functional, expandable instruments - also price is *very* important! So...
... In the past, I used DesignCad. It's cheap (in the US$200 range I believe) compared to autocad and is very user-friendly. In the 3D version you can create...
You could try and see if you can lay your hands on a set of instruments from a Lotus Elise as they have a Stack IIRC instrument pod. Keith ... From:...
Keith wrote: <snip> You could try and see if you can lay your hands on a set of instruments from a Lotus Elise as they have a Stack IIRC instrument pod. <snip>...
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