Rebeca_Lynn
05-30-2012, 06:41 PM
As I mentioned before my husband and myself are working on three builds.
This thread will be for our Lotus 7 based design and build.
For the design and build we are wanting to bring this build in a Pro-Touring style as this is what my son and daughter like.
They both are want a car that they can enjoy driving everyday and a car that will perform on the track, at the same time they do not want something that everybody else has or that is highly common.
So as we go though the build there will be post from myself, my husband Michael, my son William and my daughter Lauretta.
With this build we are planning on building two cars at the same time.
Now with some information on the build itself.
We have been working on designing the chassis, we have come up with a basis for our chassis. The design we have is a hybrid in ways.
We are planning on using aluminum 2" x4" tubing for flat floor lay-out along with the sides of the main chassis, with this we will use aluminum sheet to enclose the lower portion of the chassis. With this we are going to use a track legal based design safety / roll cage system out of 1.5" Dom steel for the fron and rear roll bar systems along with the side intrusion system.
With this layout of the chassis the lower body will use the aluminum sheet metal from the chassis for the body.
We have settled on several thing for the suspension. We are going to use LG motorsports drop C6 spindles fron and rear, along with custom upper and lower control arms. Along with Brembo brakes with custom rotor hats and Forgline Centerlock wheels. We are planning on ordering a Woodward manual rack and pinion unit and steering column.
I am working on finding a way to take our 3d model I have drawn and be able to post it so that, as we are working though the design process.
The next part of the design will be the drivetrain layout along with the body and interior, as these all three have to work together to get the right overall design and look that we are looking for. I will post more information on this part of the design in the next few days.
Rebeca Lynn
This thread will be for our Lotus 7 based design and build.
For the design and build we are wanting to bring this build in a Pro-Touring style as this is what my son and daughter like.
They both are want a car that they can enjoy driving everyday and a car that will perform on the track, at the same time they do not want something that everybody else has or that is highly common.
So as we go though the build there will be post from myself, my husband Michael, my son William and my daughter Lauretta.
With this build we are planning on building two cars at the same time.
Now with some information on the build itself.
We have been working on designing the chassis, we have come up with a basis for our chassis. The design we have is a hybrid in ways.
We are planning on using aluminum 2" x4" tubing for flat floor lay-out along with the sides of the main chassis, with this we will use aluminum sheet to enclose the lower portion of the chassis. With this we are going to use a track legal based design safety / roll cage system out of 1.5" Dom steel for the fron and rear roll bar systems along with the side intrusion system.
With this layout of the chassis the lower body will use the aluminum sheet metal from the chassis for the body.
We have settled on several thing for the suspension. We are going to use LG motorsports drop C6 spindles fron and rear, along with custom upper and lower control arms. Along with Brembo brakes with custom rotor hats and Forgline Centerlock wheels. We are planning on ordering a Woodward manual rack and pinion unit and steering column.
I am working on finding a way to take our 3d model I have drawn and be able to post it so that, as we are working though the design process.
The next part of the design will be the drivetrain layout along with the body and interior, as these all three have to work together to get the right overall design and look that we are looking for. I will post more information on this part of the design in the next few days.
Rebeca Lynn