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Just been updated with the last few days progress, but it details my looooong and slooooow build of an exo-car, a phrase that was not invented when I started!! Comments are welcome!
Just been updated with the last few days progress, but it details my looooong and slooooow build of an exo-car, a phrase that was not invented when I started!! Comments are welcome!
Edited by Mistrale on Thursday 6th December 18:57
Of course you can design and build something that will pass IVA - A really careful read through all the various rules is clearly essential before you start.
Taking an existing car and building a kit around it is difficult though. In your case, what would you use for front uprights and hubs? I guess MX5 would have the same PCD perhaps? At the other end, I found that the various subframes etc. from the donor car required so much compromise to incorporate, and were so heavy, that they were not worth it!!! So all you end up using from the donor in the end is engine, gearbox, driveshafts, front (rear!) uprights and possibly some of the wiring loom.....the advice is often given that you are better selling what you have for scrap and buying an established kit!!!
I have been working on mine for ages now, or perhaps more to the point, not working! I'm at the point where my job makes it difficult once again to make progress
If anyone wanted a challenge and made me an offer, I would certainly listen to it!
Taking an existing car and building a kit around it is difficult though. In your case, what would you use for front uprights and hubs? I guess MX5 would have the same PCD perhaps? At the other end, I found that the various subframes etc. from the donor car required so much compromise to incorporate, and were so heavy, that they were not worth it!!! So all you end up using from the donor in the end is engine, gearbox, driveshafts, front (rear!) uprights and possibly some of the wiring loom.....the advice is often given that you are better selling what you have for scrap and buying an established kit!!!
I have been working on mine for ages now, or perhaps more to the point, not working! I'm at the point where my job makes it difficult once again to make progress
If anyone wanted a challenge and made me an offer, I would certainly listen to it!
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