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Still sounding misguided and unrealistic. How's it going with that girlfriend?
What tires and how much power can they get to the ground?
Maybe aim for a job building racecars, get a girlfriend. Get outside more with your feet on the ground.
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Traction will undoubtedly end up being an issue. I am not sure how I intend to address this, however. It just depends on how much width would effect fuel economy.
I am also unsure as to how entertaining ideas of improving on the intentionally flawed designs of modern cars is misguided and unrealistic.
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Originally Posted by MTI
It may be just me, but I would not likely be a customer of a company whose owner doesn't have some credibility as qualified to design, manufacture or provide some after sales service of a car.
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The way I see it, is that the performance would speak for itself. That being said, I am a part of a team of mechanical engineers (at my college) who build race cars every year.
I do understand the sentiment, though. Despite how well a product may be made, people nowadays want to see that little certificate that claims you've been through some sort of higher education.
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Past tense? Tucker is still funny.
Street legal race cars suck. Why don't these idiots just get a race car and take it to the track? Because they are wimps who can't handle competition and just want to beat up on commuters and soccer moms.
Other evening I stopped for a red light and it turned green the other way. A pickup passed me going 60 or so with it floored and ran the red light. Lucky day, the other drivers looked before they pulled out and got t-boned and killed.
I still say aggressive drivers should be put in a crash simulator and have a few airbags popped in their faces, or hung in the public square.
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Naturally, a dedicated race car would be superior to a car that isn't a dedicated race car. I'm not making a dedicated race car.
I'm sure that are other reasons that these people have a street race vehicle as opposed to a dedicated race car.
It could be that they converted their car into a street racer because they don't have enough money to maintain a race car on top of their other expenses. They could prefer driving to the track over loading up a trailer every time they wanted to race.
I've found that people who try and pay attention to what's happening around them on the road aren't typically poor drivers.
The motorcyclists who weave through traffic are the most frightening to me. I guarantee you that if they hit my old Dodge, I won't be the one leaving the scene on a stretcher.
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You're right, let's withhold judgment until we see how the Kickstarter campaign goes.  |
There will be no Kickstarter campaign. I don't like the idea of people paying for a product that hasn't been made or tested.
That, and begging money off of people isn't really my cup of tea.
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I've done several designs for the frame of the car, however I am wary to continue until I'm in a structural design class.
While I'm sure that the frame designs I have will work, I know that they are overly robust, and I'm sure that I will be able to improve on them. Because of safety I also need to work on the "crumple zone", which will require an understanding of structural design in order to produce the best design.
The initial build for the car will just have whatever inexpensive parts I can find nearby. Probably a sb350 coupled with a TH350, because they are quite common.
The first build will likely also shy away from a composite body in favor of a lightweight steel, because I don't have enough experience with composites yet to do a good job.
The initial build will also have a solid rear axle, as I've one on hand.
It looks like I will start building the car after I finish getting my '49 Dodge truck modernized. This will be the plan unless I become unlucky, and lose my current car somehow.
Most of my time has been consumed by a project my father and I are working on. It is just entering it's final stages now, and is finally road legal. It has been quite educational. If you want to see photos, look at this gallery:
Elvira by hetiticth | Photobucket