Hi I'm making the Locost bonnet and am likely to use the traditional louvers as a way of getting the heat out, but would like to find out if anyone has used...
Patric, I used some stainless steel boat louvers on my car. http://usera.imagecave.com/system/showpicture.asp?u=Esko&p=DSC_00240001.JPG&a=LOTUS-CLONE Esko ... ...
Patrick, NACA ducts are used to intake air rather than exhaust it. Having said that, a NACA duct is a good way of getting unheated air to the intake system. ...
NACA ducts were originally designed to scoop air into engines, generators, and turbo-superchargers on aircraft. Louvres are cool but a lot of locosters are...
I was reading an interesting article last nite in the latest issue of Popular Science about a new $25M X-Prize for the first auto to achieve 100mpg. I also ...
Has anyone ever seen, heard of or consider possible having the A Arms made from a flat sheet (say 0.1" spring steel) and rigidly attaching them to the chassis....
My personal opinion (and I'm no engineer!) is that the spring steel could bow, changing the arc and messing up the geometry. It may even hit a resonant...
Hi Peter, By "bow" I suspect you mean permanently deform, I think that if engineered correctly it would be no more likely to do this than conventional A Arms....
I didn't really mean permanently deform... rather, that it would flex in more ways than intended (i.e. flexing in the middle of the "arm"). This would move the...
Versions of this are used on light aircraft. The design is called a Whitmann leaf gear or plank gear. There are some version that also incorporate shocks to ...
Effectively a side to side leaf spring - used on many very old cars (1900-1920's ish I think). Newer cars presumably use springs and shocks for a good...
Wow! Now you are starting to get it. Imagine 2 transverse leaf springs upper and lower attached to the chassis rails at each side and ball joints and spindles...
Ken, Look at <http://www.500race.org/Marques/Effyh.htm>. This design seems similar to what you are describing. Also '60's Fiats and Cooper race cars used steel...
And racers continue to convert them (Corvette transvese leaf-springs) to coilover shocks for good reasons as well. Can it be done - yes Are their any...
Stan, you found the page I was trying to remember. I had seen this same page at 500race.org but couldn't remember where I had seen the pictures. Ferrari's,...
Most of the 1900's cars that have a transversly mounted spring have a solid bar underneath that to make sure the spring does not form an S shape, which is...
Hi, did anyone build so far a Locost with Rorty IRS assembly? in case of yes what was the result? in comparison with Tiger Avon IRS design (or other designs)...
I want a pair! ... -- -Thomas Jordan J&L Automotive 703-327-5239 Jordan Motorsports Photography 703-652-9357 [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... here! Please form a single queu in front of the cash register... But seriously folks, there isn't a pair yet--just one left arm that's going to ride the...
And another thing...compared to the usual (CMC and its clones) Miata-based Locost control arms, these are pretty light, and the suspension loads are out at the...
I bay complet rear axle form mercedes with diff , disk brakes , hand brakes , hand brace cable.Withoutu srpings and shoks. Yes , I think is heavy but havent...
Hi Jack, A nice looking arm. I especially like the b/j fit. Even if using a shock mounted part way down the arm it looks to be much stronger than a little...
Having a deforming suspension member isn't a very good idea. You might recall the original seven had a sway bar that formed the forward leg of the upper...
Hi Jack, Regarding a long upper coil over mount, I've seen a few cars that use this approach succesfully. Del Long's very succesful multi year winning D-Mod...
Jack, have you seen the Caterham CSR front fender? I seem to recall a discussion somewhere...damn, can't remember where...where a group hashed out something...
Built a tension test machine last week; it has a 3" diameter (approx. 7" area with a small fudge factor for friction loss) pneumatic ram between two arms; an...
