In reply to benbeames :
I watched it.Great Stuff.
In reply to benbeames :
I watched it.Great Stuff.
Hey guys, I am about to start building an open-wheel style car based on an old FSAE chassis I found off marketplace. What features should I really be focusing on? I am trying to ensure that each of the systems can be easily serviceable/upgradable so I can easily swap parts, I'm currently working on the drivetrain setup where I'm planning on using a 120kW electric motor along with a 7.2kW battery setup, maybe more if I manage to scrounge up some additional funds. And the next thing on my list is going to be a steering setup. I am planning on using it for time attacks and endurance-style races.
In reply to hollynicholas :
Love the plan :D Be VERY careful with the electric setup.
Also - more knowledgeable people than me will either correct me or chime in - you might want to look at the math behind battery size and motor efficiency, as a bigger battery would also give more performance, and minimize the need to recharge if you take too many runs.
In reply to VinceWheels :
Wow !!! this is very cool !! doing a similar build on a very similar chassis (Bought) not made. It will be like a 2 seater LMP car. Your build is very impressive. Cheers
Not much progress but fired up and moved around two of the projects.
Touareg truck and crashed Touareg that may become ???
I hate throwing things away. When the NiCd batteries in this DustBuster gave up the ghost, $60 for a new battery pack or...overclock it for $5
LMK if this "project" doesn't belong here and I'll remove it. Thanks.
Brian
The Touareg I just can't get rid of. And the wheels nobody has wanted to buy, that came with my Boxster shell from NM. 255 fronts, 285 rears. There a slope downward so it looks extra weird, gotta spend some more time short term to level the car on blocks. Eventually I might get a slab poured for a nice work area.
My thought is to hack the back away, and cage it. And then eventually find some front fenders, non working headlights, and a straight hood to make the front "normal" again. Kinda like this taco... (Minus the giant wang)
Headlights, grill back in but no lower bumper. Paint a big smiley face on an exposed radiator.
In reply to earlybroncoguy1 :
A few updates to my EV Bronco post on previous page:
Finally got the entire electrical system modified, installed, and working. Most of it is the 12 volt system from the Powerwheels Jeep donor, but I also patched in the original Bronco "sound system" - small board and speaker that makes engine noises on startup, and a horn sound when the center of the steering wheel is pressed. The major change, though, was using two 12 volt, 15 ah Lipo batteries undert the seat, and the high current wiring from them up the control board under the hood. Inline fuses between both batteries and the wiring harness to the board.
With the batteries under the seat, there is lots of room behind them and under the bed floor for extra storage.
The 12 volt, soft start, remote control, power steering, 4 motor controller from the Jeep now lives under the Bronco hood. I added a tiny 12v CPU fan to help keep the control board cool when it's passing lots of amps to all 4 motors.
Black plastic panels cut to fit finish off the frunk, keep curious kids' fingers from the electronics, and provide storage space for more toys.
Got "my" wagon back today. I was the third owner and now the sixth. Sold on here to Golfduke. Then missed out on buying it when he was selling.
It's a high mileage B7 Audi and it was being sold because it developed a coolant and oil leak. Completely misdiagnosed by the guy.
It seems like it's coming from the oil cooler area / oil filter housing. Oddly something I replaced when I had it. Did I do a shoddy job that somehow lasted two plus years and in the end caused the guy to sell and let me get it back?
Or did the lube place cause it when they did an oil change. He took it to have an oil change done because he's been on 12 hour shifts. Possible they cracked the housing getting the filter out? Previous owner thought it was just a drain plug because they didn't change it. I was hoping it was that easy. Even stripped I could have put a bigger plug in.
I only spent about 15 minutes looking so far in the dark rainy night. After spending all day driving so I'll get a better look tomorrow.
The only car I still have from when I used to post is the mk6 sportwagen tdi. It was the wife's car, and I had an 02 wrx for a weekend toy and an 06 scion tc for a daily. Totalled the tc, bought the wife a minivan ('17 grand caravan gt, it's peak family transportation), sold the wrx, and started modifying the tdi a bit more. It's on vwr springs/koni oranges, deleted/tuned, gti steering wheel, gti front bumper, some carbon fiber bits, and after this weekend it'll have new pads/rotors & a whiteline rear sway bar. 
This:
Needs to become this:
And I need it to drive away before the snow flies next.
I haven't posted much about my projects in the last few years. I tend to do non motorsports types of things.
I did buy this Ranger. The city was apparently leaning on the guy to get it out of his yard so the dude pushed it to his side yard and spray painted it black and piled limbs on it. That didn't fool anyone so I got lucky and found it when he was in a bind to make it go away. You can see the black overspray all around the windshield if you look closely. He literally just shot rattle cans at it. You can see he beat the front bumper in by pushing it around the yard with other vehicles.
I did what can only be considered a foolish amount of work to it, both mechanically and cosmetically. I hit PickNPull for a few parts, then did a little body work and painted it using Summit Racing brand paint with their matte clearcoat. Mechanically I went through it from front to back. All brakes, suspension, engine maintenance and reseal all leaks, even new differential bearings.
I have used it as my daily driver for a year now and it has hauled my various bicycles many thousands of miles. Under my ownership it has returned 26 miles per gallon so that's very pleasant.
I also got an old Jeep YJ and fixed it up. There's always plenty of work to do fixing up a beat down old Jeep. I went all through it mechanically with good parts underneath. Since I was a little kid in the 70's I wanted a 4 wheel drive with OG Centerline wheels and KC lights, so that's what I did. It's very crude and I'd never want to daily drive something like this if I had any sort of commute whatsoever. I love it though. It's my special occasion vehicle. Every week my wife and I take it on our date night and trips to the donut shop on Sunday mornings type of thing. It gets more compliments than you'd expect it to, being an old crude Jeep. There will be no angry grilles or ducks on the dash under my ownership.
I retired three years ago and have determined that my way forward in life is bicycles. I love to ride, several hundred miles per week if the weather allows. I also like restoring them and modifying them. Altogether it's quite a bit cheaper than having a driveway full of cars. And, as one can imagine, riding bikes for dozens of hours per week has quite a positive impact on a man's health.
It didn't blow up!!!*
Still has a small oil drip from the drain plug (new installed) and a slight suspension noise on the left front, but I was able to drive it after getting everything back together
(*yet)
Parts replaced. Oil filter housing, oil cooler, drain plug, coolant flange, temperature sensor, heater core hose, coolant hose off the flange, and vacuum pump o-ring.
In reply to Cousin_Eddie (Forum Supporter) : I would be happy to hit a hundred miles a week! I try to ride 10 hours a week, including errands. Retired San Francisco FD. I don't even have an excuse of bad weather!
It took two times, but finally got the miata ceramic coated correctly. Tip is to don't be so paranoid and wipe it too soon, I thought with the higher heat and humidity of late June would cut my cure-to-wipe time down but I hesitantly waited an extra 5 seconds. Now it is beautiful and really makes the new emerald mica shine.
Storage price went up AGAIN... $230/m for a 10x15 at Public Storage. It holds my 79 RX7 Limited and bunch of spare parts. Really trying to keep it but between the skyrocketing storage prices and ever increasing housing around here I doubt I will have any place to store it. I hear too many stories about people that sell their loved car and miss it terribly that I tell myself the storage fees are worth it... I promise....
So I started this around June 15th. Then I went to the hospital, gallbladder out, weeks of recovery, finally able to get back to it.
Very hot today, fought with a stripped bolt. But got the wheel bearing out, new one in, just have reassembly left. But stopped for a break. Might get back to it today or might rest and do it tomorrow.
This could work right? Anything is possible? *
Current crazy idea. My wrecked 2011 Touareg drivetrain, custom frame, Beetle body dropped on top. Safari/Rally style. So lifted over stock Beetle height, a little more room for components. Not a full off road, this generation Touareg doesn't lend to high off road prowess. 280 hp stock, 308 just ECU tune. I think that enough to be fun.
*Sources - see Westen Champlin V8 Beetle (and others)
Taylor Ray -NASCAR engine into a Miata
Im starting a k24 swap into a porsche 914 1974 so if anyone has any experience with that please give me tips
Ever since experiencing an Alfetta GT as a new driver, I've had this chassis in the back of my mind. I started thinking more seriously about a GTV6 about a year ago, and just procured this one earlier this week! It has a lot of good and also some 'opportunities.' I'm hoping to find time to start a build thread this weekend. I'm currently selling stuff to make this all work in terms of space and $. Anyone want a FR-S/BRZ supercharger kit? A Honda VFR800? 😁
New project, looks like I'm picking this up on Wednesday if all goes well.
To haul the aforementioned shell, I picked this up today for $200. So I don't have to deal with U-Haul and I'll be able to leave it on the trailer until I'm ready to work with it.
Long day.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
I ordered my 2005 Sonic Blue Mustang GT, Bluebonnet (Texas state flower)
in NOV04, took delivery FEB05.
I am retired, with one win vs. brain cancer. QTL. Quality time left.
Her 20th birthday this year, she is getting everything I was unable to do during her early years.
Inspired by 1969-70 Trans-Am touring 'Stangs,
but nodding to my 1980s high school yute experiences, Centerlines, SS/SSTs & American slots were what we had, most could not afford.
Slots were ubiquitous, the single most common variant "hot rod" wheel on earth, and there are zero Mustangs of 3V S197 vintage, today, and there is where my absurd mission began.
To acknowledge Bluebonnet's design heritage, the reason I threw money willy-nilly at a Ford dealer to buy her in 2004,
I committed to my unformed but clear vision, to create a subtle nod to what I would have done back then, "upgrade" to slot mags & wide stanced square tire setup, tribute to the Shelbys & Moores & Parnelli influences (my only daughter is named for Carroll Shelby)
without being ridiculous, which brings me to this,
mid-project, appropriate to start here, with today's update:
In Boomhauer's voice:
"
Itellyouwhutman, that dangolthingdonedidand goneputBlue in that
dangolholdingpatterngoinroundand dangol
forcedlanding, man."
One hour rule is messing up my chrono, but, nevertheless, the cause of the project stall right now is well known, but my first encounter. Ford two-piece lug nuts.
One, out of twenty, twenty years and (currently on five, the new
17x9 slot mags & 285/40ZR17) tire sets later, one lug nut halts progress, because...
"…Swell."
—Inspector "Dirty Harry" Harry Callahan
THUS,
Awaiting a delivery from the usual suspect, the twisty-offy sockets for rounded-off lugs, CONTINGENCY for what is the proper field-expedient mitigation,
1-1/8" holesaw, to cut off the cladding at the base. Upon successful removal,
ditching and replacing every dangol' one of 'em.
Lesson learned, Itellyouwhut, man...
The GRM 1-hour post Rule is a Proper rule,
the problem is mine alone, I will get it policed-up and straightened out.
Taking many deep breaths meanwhile & beforehand, and will hit it again once I have the backup tools.
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