I for one am happy that someone has finally decided to compete with CMC. CMC is the worst business I've ever dealt with. I placed a single order for parts...
I'm using round tubes. I'm getting pretty frustrated with it. A year and a half after I started I'm still screwing around with the chassis. It's a lot more ...
That's interesting that JC Whitney carries them, but I get them cheaper at the local chicken processing supplier. Look for "Sanitary Tubing." Food plants use...
... From: eskoa [mailto:eskoa@...] I would bet that most , if not all nosecones are derivatives of the Lotus 7. Of course CMC did not look at any of...
Personally I think solid mounts are going to introduce a lot of engine vibration to the chassis and all of those welded joints are going to be stressed a lot...
By going to a muffler shop they can stretch or shrink the ends of pipe. They use exhaust pipe of course but should be able to squeeze or stretch copper without...
No,the walls won't collapse,but ice doesn't bend smoothly and tubes have a tendency to split, as anyone living in a poorly insulated house in the north can...
I have a muffler shop expand out the ends of my 16ga. 304 for slip fits. I bought a muffler expander set from HF that has the bananna peel pieces and is bolt...
Even assuming that a stiffer chassis could be obtained by stressed member engines, and that such wouldn't tear apart the chassis or the motor... ..isn't there...
That's certainly true. I've driven a racecar and this particular one was uncomfortable. Obviously, racecars are built with very little compromise to comfort....
As you read this, bear in mind my penchant for looking at as many options as possible before actually doing something. I installed my motor 5" rearward than is...
Building a car is a trade-off. You can build for a comfortable road car or a competition car. Yes, you can compromise by doing various things to make it suit...
My first thought is have you checked for weight distribution front to rear moving the engine that far back? I know with my 13b we had to move it forward two...
I read about a guy out there somewhere on the Net offering conversion kits for putting FWD GM motors into MGB's who uses electric water pumps. Offers a lot of...
Tim, There is no reason to use 3/8" dia. bolts for crossmebers on a Locost, especially if it is just used to bridge an engine bay without additional loading. ...
Yes, I've checked weight distribution (not perfectly of course) and it's close to 50/50 front to rear. The work isn't too bad, just making up blanking plates...
Not sure how that would help really, I'm not space constrained where the waterpump is, just where the water/thermostat housing is located. Can you explain? ...
Yup... and I'm using lots of his ideas as I build my FWD motor for my locost! Block from '92 motor, eliminating crank position sensor, letting me run ...
... I've never had my nosecone(s) beside a pukka Lotus but there's certainly no circle for the badging now. It's a quality piece. The hard part is getting one....
The circle on the nose cone is just resin, easy to remove with belt sander in less than 30 seconds. I don't think that anyone is complaining about the quality...
Right, but its lighter because there is less material (obviously) - so it will have 25% less cross sectional area, and the stresses will be correspondingly...
I just looked at the members lists on this list and Locost list. It lists me on the Locost list with four others as having been members since 1/18/99. We have...
Steve, He is using a 60 degree GM V6. Tim, If you go with the aluminum heads/intake, do they use the distributor? Or are all those engines DIS systems? I...
they don't use a distributor in the 87 up FWD motor (excluding the APV) but with a RWD intake you can run one. ... Please sure to visit Our websites ...
But I don't believe that there was a RWD aluminum head engine. All the RWD engines were cast iron head engines (with distributors.) If you can name one that...
Correct, however the FWD block and intake still had a place for a distributor. they just had a cover over the hole with an o'ring to seal it. at least the...
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