Scratch built car
Discussion
The project is to build a car from scratch, a one off.
The cars criteria:
• Fast (for a road car)
• Good handing, brakes and steering.
• Safe
• Comfortable (water proof/heating as it will be in Scotland)
• Environmental unfriendly
• Cheap as possible to build (minimum out sourcing)
• Try to make it look nice (very hard)
Main manufactures components required:
• Engine: SBC
• Gearbox: GM 400
• Prop shaft
• Front axle S3 Jaguar
• Rear axle XJS (in-board discs with LSD)
• Wheels and Tyres
The next decision is to select the type of chassis for a car. I looked at three chassis, ladder, space frame and backbone. Decided upon a backbone chassis but would include a steel floor and doors with side impact protection.
So now I can start the project with a trip to the Jaguar scrap yard for the front and rear axles. After money exchanged and a nice delivery from TNT I am the proud owner of two old Jaguar axles plus a steering column. The first job was to sort out the front axle.
The cars criteria:
• Fast (for a road car)
• Good handing, brakes and steering.
• Safe
• Comfortable (water proof/heating as it will be in Scotland)
• Environmental unfriendly
• Cheap as possible to build (minimum out sourcing)
• Try to make it look nice (very hard)
Main manufactures components required:
• Engine: SBC
• Gearbox: GM 400
• Prop shaft
• Front axle S3 Jaguar
• Rear axle XJS (in-board discs with LSD)
• Wheels and Tyres
The next decision is to select the type of chassis for a car. I looked at three chassis, ladder, space frame and backbone. Decided upon a backbone chassis but would include a steel floor and doors with side impact protection.
So now I can start the project with a trip to the Jaguar scrap yard for the front and rear axles. After money exchanged and a nice delivery from TNT I am the proud owner of two old Jaguar axles plus a steering column. The first job was to sort out the front axle.
Thanks for all the interest. I have been working on the project for the last few years and intend to update the build thread regularly. The car will be in a GT/race car type of style. To give you an idea of the car dimensions:
Approx. length. = 4m
Front width (body) = 1840mm
Rear width (body) = 1920mm
Height = 1285mm
Wheel base = 2510mm
Ground clearance = 120mm
Approx. weight 1250-1300kg.
Approx. length. = 4m
Front width (body) = 1840mm
Rear width (body) = 1920mm
Height = 1285mm
Wheel base = 2510mm
Ground clearance = 120mm
Approx. weight 1250-1300kg.
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