605bhp Per Ton 200SX Powered Kitcar

[dave2007bc]

MB140 said:

You Sir are certifiable. I bloody love it.

I don't think the cops will though, although i doubt they will catch you unless they have a helicopter on standby.

Thanks I'll take that :-)

Ariel Atom's can come with a front wing so not sure how illegal it is. Anyway, track use only (unless I'm going to a show or something, ha)

[chrisch77]

Do you get much snow around your way?

[firemunki]

That is 110% absolutely mental!

Awesome!

Unless it drastically slows you down keep them just sheer presence.

[J4CKO]

Did you just attach the wings to it ?

Couldn't they make it do some really weird stuff at speed, like take off ?

[dave2007bc]

J4CKO said:

Did you just attach the wings to it ?

Couldn't they make it do some really weird stuff at speed, like take off ?

Watch the YouTube videos ;-) They won't come off. Been tested to 120mph and stayed on so they should be OK.

[IanH755]

dave2007bc said:

Oh, and this weekend.. this happened Be sure to keep an eye out on the 'Officially Gassed' YouTube channel later in the week for the video.

The video just went live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4hX4ooJbc

[WestyCarl]

IanH755 said:

The video just went live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4hX4ooJbc

Great video

[5harp3y]

Car looks like its from a Disney film and it's trying to be a formula one car (in a good way)

Absolutely bonkers stuff. Well played

[dave2007bc]

Thanks for the positive comments. It was a great day and bloody enjoyable to film.

Feedback in the YT comment section is also very positive which is nice to see.

[Scobblelotcher]

dave2007bc said:

Hello all.


Oh, and this weekend.. this happened Be sure to keep an eye out on the 'Officially Gassed' YouTube channel later in the week for the video.

I just watched your video on OG and you come across as a real petrolhead! I love the car and I'm especially a fan of heavily turbo charged engines and the noises they make! Poor old OG looked terrified driving it!

On another note, this is about as close as you can get to riding a motorbike it seems to me, do you ride at all? Reminds me of the first time I opened the throttle fully on a S1000RR, I don't think I stopped smiling for about a day after... well except for when I was slightly worried about the speed that thing generates and getting caught by a speed trap!


Brilliant build on the car anyway!

[dave2007bc]

Scobblelotcher said:

dave2007bc said:

Hello all.


Oh, and this weekend.. this happened Be sure to keep an eye out on the 'Officially Gassed' YouTube channel later in the week for the video.

I just watched your video on OG and you come across as a real petrolhead! I love the car and I'm especially a fan of heavily turbo charged engines and the noises they make! Poor old OG looked terrified driving it!

On another note, this is about as close as you can get to riding a motorbike it seems to me, do you ride at all? Reminds me of the first time I opened the throttle fully on a S1000RR, I don't think I stopped smiling for about a day after... well except for when I was slightly worried about the speed that thing generates and getting caught by a speed trap!


Brilliant build on the car anyway!

Never even been on a bike. Parents wouldn't let me have one so I played with cars instead

[GVK]

Enjoyed the OG vid, great stuff.

[TheJimi]

WestyCarl said:

IanH755 said:

The video just went live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U4hX4ooJbc

Great video

Agreed. I really like Jamie. No ego, no pretence, it's just all about the cars and the owners.

[dave2007bc]

After the feature with Officially Gassed, it was time to finally get the geo and corner weighting done. It's been over 5 years since I'd had this done so it was probably due.

The last time the car was weighed it was just under 700kg, as time has gone on and parts have been replaced for lighter versions, I have been weighing them and my rough calculations put me somewhere between 620-630kg.

The final weigh in was


620.5kg wet. VERY happy with that and it puts the bhp/ton at 605.9 (assuming 376bhp when I know it's more because it was spinning).









For those of you that watched the OG video, you'll know that we didn't get chance to test out my 0-60 time. I decided to buy my own Dragy and see what I could do.

Despite many attempts (over 65+ back to back) the best I could manage was 4.23 seconds, which I'm disappointed with. I've used online gear calculators and I should be able to comfortably hit 60 in 2nd gear but for some reason I can't get more than 56-57mph and the change to 3rd is costing me time.

It is what it is I guess, I didn't make it to be a 0-60 car. I did some 0-100mph and that came in at low 9.9s which puts it on-par with a 911 turboS so it's doing OK once it gets rolling

As is clear from this thread, I can't leave things alone, so I'm already looking at ways to get the weight down under the magic 600kg figure. First up is swopping the 3mm steel floor under the engine bay for 1.5mm aluminium sheet.

My instagram page -
https://www.instagram.com/locost_turbo

My YouTube Channel -
https://www.youtube.com/c/davebgsi

[GVK]

Could you try some larger rear tyres to make the gearing just that bit different enough to hit 60 in 2nd?

[dave2007bc]

GVK said:

Could you try some larger rear tyres to make the gearing just that bit different enough to hit 60 in 2nd?

A mate said he'd lend me some 17s to see if it made a difference. Worth a shot just to get that magic 3.xx figure I guess.

[dave2007bc]

The last day of August is MOT time for the car.



No issues, as you'd expect

Went out to the local landmark. Like Blackpool tower but without the lights, stag-dos and hen-dos.


Spent some more time on the local roads



Had an issue with some blown out exhaust manifold gaskets. Buy crap, buy twice. Cometic ftw.


Then I decided the car weighed too much.

First up, replacing my 3mm steel engine under-tray with aluminium.



Old one

New one


Nice 2.2kg saving for an afternoon.

On to more expensive things. My front brakes were heavy and I've always wanted 13s on the car but the brakes were too big to fit 13s.
As I'm running Cortina uprights it made sense to swop out the steel hubs for aluminium ones too.

The brakes were replaced with 265mm solid (from vented) wildwoods.
Wheels are now 13" compomotive cars with Avon ZZR tyres.




The car looks quite purposeful now I think?




The overall process saved just under 13kg of weight - but importantly it's all unsprung and rotational so should make a good improvement to the way the car handles, brakes and accelerates. The rear tyres are now also 215 instead of 195 so the extra rubber should help as well.

I did a YouTube video of the process -


Subscribers and followers welcome as always

[Turn7]

Love Black CXR's.....

Wanton pic of mine.....

[dave2007bc]

Turn7 said:

Love Black CXR's.....

Wanton pic of mine.....

Definitely one of the best wheels for any 7 👍

[firemunki]

Why get smaller wheels?

As someone who doesn't really know too much about kit car building other than lighter weight what's the advantage of smaller wheels and less low profile tyres?