My Citroen C3 HDI does 72mpg. Is there a market for this thing? Making the assumption that you can store the compressed air energy source safely? Saul......
... Hello. Pete's invited me to this show-n-tell, so I'm lurking. I never did get around to that Locost, and I came <---this---> close to buying a 1967 Chevy...
Hi, Mark-- VERY nice choice with the Libra. It's bound to handle a lot nicer than that raggedy old Camaro :) Thanks in advance for the article; I'm really...
Hi, Mark-- VERY nice choice with the Libra. It's bound to handle a lot nicer than that raggedy old Camaro :) Thanks in advance for the article; I'm really...
Pete, Most of your thinking is right in line with the process I used to design the linkage. I will give a list of what seems to be important in the design. ...
Great post, Jeff. My comments are below. ... design the ... design. ... everyone. ... but makes ... explanation. ... chassis. ... must be ... that would ... ...
Mark If your looking for a 1967 Camaro I have one for sale. Its a 67 SS with the RS package convertible red in colour with 40,000 original miles on it. Ken...
... Sorry about the delayed response. A close lightening hit fried my modem. As I indicated these as Les Newell's numbers. I haven't ever got my hands on a...
Lightning/ Yikes! And here I thought it was only Tornados you guys had to watch out for :-) Scepticall about the Europa being "worth Emulating"..Got mine to ...
I have used my spread sheet to look at the geometry posted earlier. swing axle length is 53.5 roll centre height is 3.67 camber gain at 1 degree of roll is...
Interesting issue (for who cares about it...) ... The term has a "precise" meaning (it misses "virtual") but, in fact, two different approaches appear in susp...
My swing axle length is actually "y". It is the distance from the tyre centre to the virtual pivot of the suspension links as measured parallel to the ground. ...
advice on this would be appreciated have decided not to use rh supplied "dash" have made one fron 12mm exterior ply before i fit is there a requirment as to...
Results with the Suspen program were markedly different, but then again I was using a mishmash of book information and the dimensions George provided. Values...
... wrote: [SNIP] ... I keep wondering what front and rear COGs are in a Locost. This information, along with knowing the roll center for the rear, would help...
Hi Pete, Looking at your calc output, my program and CAD agrees only with RC height (3.934"). All other numbers are different and your scrub radius seems...
Hello Pete, Could you explain to me the use of two COG's on a car (one at the front, one at th rear)? My education and my years of design practice taught me...
Hi, Cor-- You're right that there's only one COG for the car as a whole. At least a couple of the chassis gurus refer to a "centroid axis" made up of the...
Hi, Ivor-- I think there's some noise in the numbers, too. This was an attempt to crunch the apparent dimensions of a "standard" locost chassis with Sierra...
Thank you Pete for your quick and clear response. That 'centroid axis', would that be identical to an axis of one of the main moments of inertia? For driving...
Hello to all of you, I enjoy this ongoing thread on suspension calculations. Perhaps the following is a contribution to any one of you struggling with...
to my knowledge it was first introduced in to the market in vast numbers as the heart of the honda s2000 but there was a prelude 2Liter i dont think it had the...
George I sent to your e-mail address a file with the Cortina upright dimnsions. As I explain there I coudn't upload it here. If you find it is of interest I'll...
I suppose I'd better be the one to put in the obligatory warning about V-tech engines.. All v-techs up to the 2003 model year(sept 2002 on)rotate in the ...
In theory Yer absolutely right.. NOW go out and find one ;-) and when you do.. PLease! let us know. I, for one, would be V interested. Bare ... long as you ......
well thats simple take your rear end and flit it 180 so left is right (learn that when we was lowering a friends s10) or git a marine trasfer case that they...
