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Tail shaft is in , tunnel has been started, gear change is in ( needs a little adjusting , but works well).
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what do you use to get a reverse gear ? ive seen starter motors used on buggys with bike engines before .
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The gold coloured box in the drive line is a Quaife reverse box mate, have to put a lever on it yet. Regards Mick |
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I've always had a vision of a "large" go-kart with a powerful motor in it...of course, I was always envisioning automotive engines...that "toy" featured on that episode of "ToyMakerz" would be the epitome of my dream toy. It would be incredibly expensive, though...but WHAT A TOY :eek: !!!!! Cheers!! Dugly :cool: |
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You are spot on with the dream mate, 200 ponies in a 450kg car reving up to 14 000 rpm , just simply is Nappy type of stuff. To be honest, im mainly doing this for myself, simply to prove it can be done, secondly so any other like minded people who have a loose grip on reality can enjoy one too. On another note, Seats are nearly mounted, radiator is in, Body is nearly mounted up. Have to change the steering rack over to a box now as the rack didn't have enough turning circle...aggh! more modifying..... Take care all |
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Bit of an update,
Chassis is now welded, I have done the MPI inspections on all the welds. just putting it all back together so I can start mocking up the brake, fuel, water, oil lines. Still to fit the oil tank, water pump , and build the air plenum. So plenty to do yet. Windscreen was lost in transit just before Christmas , so $1000 down the drain....and now a few months before I get a replacement. Engineer is visiting Tuesday so fingers crossed we can get some clearer pictures forward. Regards Mick |
Looking good. Just curious as to what you are using for a reverse gear?
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Cool, I'd heard about them.
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Good to see your progress. Have you seen some of the engines from Hartley Enterprises, they are getting over 400hp from these engines and there v8 that is basically two of these busa's joined together as used in the Ariel Atom V8.
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Well had a visit from the engineer today, everything looks good so far , things like non GPS speeds ( I had bought a GPS speedo) , brake fail warnings, fuel tank fillers, tension tests on the seat belt mounts are things that I've got to go back and review , but all in all not a bad result.
From what he was telling me , it may be a few years till it will be driving on the road, due to the RMS dragging their feet on passing cars. May change soon hopefully , as there is a whisper that they may pass on the regulations back onto the engineers. Where past tense the RMS used to audit 1 in 10 cars trying to get their ICV , now they are doing every one and picking on ridiculous things like spelling. Fingers crossed it all frees up soon hey. Regards Michael |
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