KENLUDE97

Pretty cool. Man he was unloading the engine atleast 2 different points! Look like fun.

Personally a Turbo screaming F20c (s2000 motor) would be perfect for me. However it is very cost probhitive So i settled on the L67. (i really want boost) Personally a Car engined is better for me. I'm sick of having "no torque" I currently Auto-x a 1997 Prelude. And i have drove a car with no Reverse. Not fun. So it must have reverse. Dennis over at http://dpcars.net/ is putting a V8 busa in a Ariel!! So if you are interested go over and check out his projects!

This is what i recieved in my locost "yahoo" list. " The typical modern automobile achieves a drag coefficient of between 0.30 and 0.35. SUVs, with their flatter shapes, typically achieve a Cd of 0.35–0.45. Notably, certain cars can achieve figures of 0.25-0.30, although sometimes designers deliberately increase drag in order to reduce lift." 2.1 - a smooth brick 0.9 - a typical bicycle plus cyclist 0.7 to 1.1 - typical... Formula 1 car (downforce settings change for each circuit) 0.7 - Caterham Seven 0.6 - a typical truck 0.57 - Hummer H2, 2003 over 0.5 - Dodge Viper 0.44 - Toyota Truck, 1990-1995 0.38 - Volkswagen Beetle 0.38 - Mazda Miata, 1989 0.36 - Honda Civic, 2001 0.34 - Chevrolet Corvette Z06, 2006 0.33 - Mazda RX-7 FC3C, 1987-91 0.29 - Honda CRX HF 1988 0.26 - Toyota Prius, 2004 0.25 - Honda Insight, 1999 0.195 - General Motors EV1, 1996 0.137 - Ford Probe V prototype, 1985 I went to: and none of their "7s" had the body mounted "wing" type front fenders but, had the suspension mounted "cap" [?] fenders. I know that the drag difference would be quite a bit between the two fender types. I went back to the image list in the Wikipedia article and it showed a correct Caterham 7 with the capped fenders, no top, with a roll bar so, the numbers ought to be useful enough for Locosts.

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/rofl.gif I'll use that as a future Avatar Yea i love that little avatar http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/images/emoticons/coolgleamA.gif

HAHA. It drives like me! Ok so maybe not. I swear that i have had this happen to me though (see below) http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y205/KENLUDE97/CONE-WALK.gif

Cool stories here. Hello my name is Ken Moyer I'm a 27 year old car nut. I live breath cars and anything related to them. I enjoy watching racing in just about any form from NASCAR(wile napping) to F1. Saturday mornings/afternoons are "powerblock" time and I watch "car TV." I'm freshly married (2+ years) to a VERY understanding wife. I'm a Mechanical Designer during the day, and as my wife calls it "He draws metal things" I use 3D software Pro-engineer, and have been for 5 years. In between working on our house I send as much time in my garage tweaking on my 1997 Honda Prelude. I've had this car for 6 years and I love it for what it is, but it is too slow and too heavy and drives the incorrect wheels, to drive any faster. I'm currently the Regional SCCA Solo chairman, and I have lots of fun with this organization. I have been interested in cars for as long as I can remember, and I owe it to a friend for pushing me over the edge into fully "Car Crazy". We worked on his Mitsubishi Eclipse Turbo, all the time, often until very late class night in college. After he got frustrated with the unreliability of the Mitsu, he wanted a reliable project so, we brain stormed and came up with the idea of a Honda swap. We landed on 1996 (ek) Civic hatchback, and swapped in a JDM H22a motor. That took a few months to complete, and again took many late nights. Ended up to be a pretty fast little car and was reliable for him. Project accomplished. I have followed the "Kimini" build for around 3 years now, and always amazed me, the work and theory of light and simple. Until recent I have not thought that I could afford to build a car, until the C&D article about Locosts. Well I'm hooked and I hope to complete the chassis and suspension this winter. After completed I hope to autocross the car and attend a few track days at Watkins Glen. Ken