Bigpower

stuart wrote:Brand new Lotus I hear you say? Did you get that long overdue recognition/promotion then mate?

Kind of, but I have a couple of months to sort out the project fleet and pick the new toy.

Time for a thread revival and project car re-think. Hours at work are just getting longer so I havent been to the workshop in months and most of the grand plans with this little Lotus never happened. Instead it has become my daily drive. I also break into another decade next month so need to treat m...

Yeah well done didnt think anyone would get that , I have been a car geek from a young age. i think the guy on the rear left with the book in this pic is the only person who drives it , his name is terry hoyle (also the name of his company), he builds all the ferrari engines they do , and used to b...

Wow, Peugeot Oxia. I had forgotten about that one, but i was 8 when it came out.

I have some pictures of number 268 on track last summer. (not driven its owner then either) they must be somewhere on this PC.

Pick a race series that you like to look of first, then design the vehcile to those regulations. (And dont pick a new series that might be gone next year before you finish the car. Been there and done that one)There are too many variations between series and championships for you to design a car fir...

The rover k series is the lightest car engine you will find, but a really expensive one if you you wnt to tune it to 200hp or more. But, if you have the budget it will save you c50kg over a modern, already 200hp engine. After reading your PM and realising it is a single seater then the best layout i...

Sorry if i missed it, but what car is it going in and in what series do you want to race? There are so many engine options but those details are vital if you want sensible options. If your target is under 2L I guess sprinting, and if you have sensible budget restrictions then I would go for any of t...

The floor is now flat, and most of the cat tunnel has been cut out. I make the seat frames and runners and I should be able to get a good fit now, once the cutout floor section is replaced, but it is already smoothed, treadted and painted in zinc primer. Pictures are on the camera at home so I will ...

A couple of months later, but the project is still going. - A cage has been sourced from Safety Devices and now fitted. It was a bolt in cage, but the rear half is welded into the car to strengthen it up and the front half fitted right against the shell and firmly attached. - Wiring almost done (I h...

Life just gets busier, as my absence on the site may have indicated. I havent driven the silvia other than to move it around the workshop since the gearbox and brakes were done so I am seriously considering selling it. It is that or the Elise, but i do drive that every week. Any interest here before...