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07-23-2008, 01:16 PM
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No, just with the cost of gas, heavy cars are becoming less appealing to me. And the more I ride around in RX7s and Miatas that can make me almost puke around a corner, my 3Klb car feels heavy as sh*t to me. When the weight starts to approach 4K I'm just no longer interested.
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07-23-2008, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by enkeivette
No, just with the cost of gas, heavy cars are becoming less appealing to me. And the more I ride around in RX7s and Miatas that can make me almost puke around a corner, my 3Klb car feels heavy as sh*t to me. When the weight starts to approach 4K I'm just no longer interested.
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It's true. I can point my wife's MX-5 at a corner and it just sticks and goes around it like you wouldn't believe. The vette will do it too, but it's a whole different (scarier) sensation; you can really feel the inertia wanting to go straight. I REALLY want to build a Factory Five GTM. 2,400 lbs mid engined, LSx power.
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07-23-2008, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
It's true. I can point my wife's MX-5 at a corner and it just sticks and goes around it like you wouldn't believe. The vette will do it too, but it's a whole different (scarier) sensation; you can really feel the inertia wanting to go straight. I REALLY want to build a Factory Five GTM. 2,400 lbs mid engined, LSx power.
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So, the Electric Drag Race Car isn't going to happen??? ![Suicide](images/smilies/suicide.gif)
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07-23-2008, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by glenn64vette
So, the Electric Drag Race Car isn't going to happen??? ![Suicide](images/smilies/suicide.gif)
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The GTM would be a personal project.
As for the electric drag car, not at the moment. Mostly a matter of time and expertise, even more than money. Though I thought, instead of doing a FoxBody drag car, doing like an old 240sx that could go to both the drags and AutoX, and be made street legal, might be more beneficial.
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07-24-2008, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
The GTM would be a personal project.
As for the electric drag car, not at the moment. Mostly a matter of time and expertise, even more than money. Though I thought, instead of doing a FoxBody drag car, doing like an old 240sx that could go to both the drags and AutoX, and be made street legal, might be more beneficial.
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Non-American vehicle----------------- ![EEK!](images/smilies/eek.gif)
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07-24-2008, 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by glenn64vette
Non-American vehicle----------------- ![EEK!](images/smilies/eek.gif)
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If you know of an affordable pre 1975 American platform that would be good for both AutoX and Drag, like a 240SX, I'm all ears. If it's a touch quirky all the better. Here at Motorgen we're ideologically promiscuous. Obviously for an electric car the starting platform needs to have the best potential for being light as possible. Hence something like a Fox Body as a great drag starting point, but the old SX could be even lighter and has the right balance and dynamics to do both Drag and AutoX.
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07-25-2008, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
If you know of an affordable pre 1975 American platform that would be good for both AutoX and Drag, like a 240SX, I'm all ears. If it's a touch quirky all the better. Here at Motorgen we're ideologically promiscuous. Obviously for an electric car the starting platform needs to have the best potential for being light as possible. Hence something like a Fox Body as a great drag starting point, but the old SX could be even lighter and has the right balance and dynamics to do both Drag and AutoX.
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Vega, Monza, Pinto, Comet, Dart do come to mind--such as it is.
Promiscuous??? Hell, I'd "DO" whatever and however and whenever and......................"female"................. .........
Balance??? Hell, once you put the batteries and electric motor in -- what balance?
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07-25-2008, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by glenn64vette
Vega, Monza, Pinto, Comet, Dart do come to mind--such as it is.
Promiscuous??? Hell, I'd "DO" whatever and however and whenever and......................"female"................. .........
Balance??? Hell, once you put the batteries and electric motor in -- what balance?
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Which one of those do think is the best starting platform for Drag/AutoX? That means, potential lightness, availability of after market suspension parts, and initial cost. The motor and battery will add weight, but with placement of batteries "balance" can be preserved or at least bad balance minimized. Total weight is a different and sad story. ![Frown](images/smilies/frown.gif)
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07-25-2008, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
we're ideologically promiscuous.
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You shore dew talk purdy. ![Laughing](images/smilies/sm_laughing.gif)
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07-25-2008, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Vettezuki
Which one of those do think is the best starting platform for Drag/AutoX? That means, potential lightness, availability of after market suspension parts, and initial cost. The motor and battery will add weight, but with placement of batteries "balance" can be preserved or at least bad balance minimized. Total weight is a different and sad story. ![Frown](images/smilies/frown.gif)
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Probably the Vega. The Pinto comes in second, but it does have light weight and Mustang II type front steering. ![Wink](images/smilies/wink.gif)
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