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I'm a fabricator looking to build a car. There's so many good choices.
I want something that looks decent. Fairly light weight. And that's about it. Will get a full tube chassis. Custom interior etc etc. Will be rwd with compound charged k24 or turbo 1jz.
I'm more interested in road course/ time attack style racing than drag racing.
Honda Insight. The chassis weighs like 250lbs without glass and it's incredibly stiff - all aluminum. Complete car including engine, minus Hy rid stuff is like 1600lbs with plenty you could shave off. Handling is surprisingly good. It's one of Hasport's favorite cars. Looks goofy, sure, but nobody else will have one like it.
I'm putting a built K24 in the front of mine right now.
Honda Insight. The chassis weighs like 250lbs without glass and it's incredibly stiff - all aluminum. Handling is surprisingly good. It's one of Hasport's favorite cars. Looks goofy, sure, but nobody else will have one like it.
I'm putting a built K24 in the front of mine right now.
Nice. A friend of mine has one he's doing a k20 turbo in the back.
I know a guy who did a rear engine del sol that's pretty sick. Ran 10s last time I saw it. But I'm not big on Honda cars.
I wouldn't pick any of those that's why I didn't vote. Foxbody has been done too much to be interesting. The rest of the cars I wouldn't even consider lol None of those sounds like fun tube chassis cars.
Maybe wait until you can find a better selection to pick from?
As much as I genuinely admire this kind of craftsmanship and fabrication, I can't help but thinking this is a poster child for "reinventing the wheel." Taking a performance vehicle with perfectly competent engineering and endless opportunity for improvement, only to rebuild a lookalike using different (albeit race-grade) tech underneath, seems... obsessive?
Why not build a modernized replica of a classic - something completely unique. Okay, not a Cobra or 356 or 550; "been done." But I've long searched for a really well-done Tipo 61 that combines the look and the general engineering with modern safety and performance. You could really show off your tube-fab expertise with something like that.
hard to vote for a car without knowing what class you intend to race in. what rules are you bound by? is this going to be a pure race car, or will it see time on the street as well? if time on the street, how much time?
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