Ruadhd2 Posted December 31, 2010 Posted December 31, 2010 No affiliation http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/2129702565.html
Sevnn Posted December 31, 2010 Posted December 31, 2010 The oil pan on that setup has got to be almost touching the ground.
WestTexasS2K Posted December 31, 2010 Posted December 31, 2010 Good looking car IMHO. I agree the pan has to be very low. Not a bad price for looks very well put together.
kennyrayandersen Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 Didn't they have a LOT of problems with the monocoque chassis? I thought I remember some 'bad' things and AFAIK they discontinued it.
WestTexasS2K Posted January 1, 2011 Posted January 1, 2011 Are Formula 1 cars monocoque? I dont really know how those are constructed.
kennyrayandersen Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 It's not a problem if it's done right, but, like anything else, it can be done wrong... At best it was designed to be a track car (they decided this, apparently, after the first ones failed the UK structural inspections), and at worst there were some significant structural shortcomings that render it a bad choice for anything but the track, and frankly after doing some reading, I would think it wouldn't be so hot for that either. I'm an engineer, and work on aluminum and composite structures, so I know what it takes. Most folks that undertake this kind of thing don't. I suspect that the RH folk did the best to 'copy' something or other, but not understanding the underlying principals, they didn't connect all of the appropriate 'dots'. It's unfortunate for people who bought the kits. There are some people out there that have attempted to re-engineer the shortcomings -- I didn't evaluate all of those. ONe daeler in Australia sold 4 kits to people who signed wavers saying they wouldn't use them to build cars with! Seems like kind of a mess, and one I personally wouldn't want to get involved with unless 1) I were only going to race it 2) I was going to use a lighter bike engine, and 3) I read up on all of the fixes out there, and did an evaluation of what needed to be fixed. Sad times.
WestTexasS2K Posted January 2, 2011 Posted January 2, 2011 Thanks for the feedback seems like good idea but not executed properly.
supersportsp Posted January 5, 2011 Posted January 5, 2011 I have driven a Robin Hood engineering kit. It drove fine and I actually autoX'd it once as well. Not a Caterham, but it didn't feel like a joke either. Handled pretty good even though the one I drove was on horrible tires. The biggest issue was the mish-mash of parts. Finding wheels and the like is not easy.
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