DIY Performance Cars

Hate said:
you seriously telling me a quad turbo'd W16 engine is lighter than an inline 4?!
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I think i read somewhere the Alloy they are made off it makes it lighter then them, i cant remember where i saw it though.
I could be wrong but i know its a light engine for what it is :)
 
Zip said:
Atom Body.
AWD
Bugatti Veyron engine.(isnt that even lighter then the thats already on the atom?)

Anyone car to work out the BHP per ton on that :D

A removable areodynamic shell for high speed runs :)
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It'd be a bloody heavey car still, with all the radiators... oh how I'd hate to package that in a car, or an atom, it would handle awfully.
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meh, actually applying uni theory in my thinking of these cars... damn yaw moment of inertia :p
 
idd go for:

-4WD
-twin hayabusa
-front an back engine
-mini fibreglass shell with a spaceframe, decent coilover sus all adjustable tracking on a spaceframe chassis, probarbley with some nice quaife LSD's.
 
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RWD, dropped and drilled beam front end, Buick nailhead V8 up front, live axle, crossplies. Ladder chassis with body well channeled over it :D

And for the straight line duty:

Very narrow body (like a Pop), funny car style spaceframe, blown V8 up front obscuring my view, tubbed out with 15.5" wide Hoosiers on Halibrands and spindle-mount 12 spoke mags at the front.

None of this modern B.S. which ultimately makes for a boring, controlled ride. Give me something that's character building any day :D
 
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None of this 4WD stuff, that's no fun and too easy to die in.

Erm, I'd have RWD.
SBF, a small, well built free revving 302 with say, 400BHP
6 speed Getrag box (if they make one)
Quaife ATB diff
Decent brakes
Protech F&R shocks, nicely linked axle
All wrapped up in say, a seam welded, reinforced Triumph 2000 Mk1 or Dolomite shell :D
 
3 litre diesel straight six with two (or maybe three) sequential turbos
6 speed manual box
RWD
e46 chassis
front engined


:p
 
For the twisties:

AWD
998cc 3cyl inline 6 valve with resistor 'chip' off ebay
Mid engined
Reinforced Robin Reliant body on some 19" spinners

Straight line/Fun:

FWD
1998cc F7R, fully ported and polished, lightend and balanced bottom end, throttle bodies and after market engine management.
Engine upfront
Totaly stripped Clio Williams shell; plastic windows, magnesium wheels, one seat made from foil

:D
 
And just about any recent rally car :p

Mine would be a nice tubular space frame chassis, rear wheel drive. Lotus 7 style with carbon fibre body panels. Either a turbo busa engine or twin bike engines, fully adjustable suspension all round and the biggest brakes i could fit behind the wheels. Maybe a few driving aids for hairy moments :D powder coated frame but no paint or anything that adds weight.

Wouldnt want it if i couldnt build it myself though :cool:
 
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Dr Who said:
Unless they have a Peugot 205 T16

:D
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the Delta was a better car,the RS200 better again.
the 205 merely appeared earlier in the same way the Quattro dominated the field......until it had any real competition and was withdrawn due to it being uncompetitive.
 
RWD is a must
Rotary 1308cc turbo @400bhp+ @front (I like the noise)
Superlight Caterham type chassis. (Low center of Grav)
AE86 shell with ID colours and graphics. (its going to drift so why not)
 
The_Dark_Side said:
the Delta was a better car,the RS200 better again.
the 205 merely appeared earlier in the same way the Quattro dominated the field......until it had any real competition and was withdrawn due to it being uncompetitive.
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Well the Delta S4 was relased in 1985, and was spanked that year and the following year by the T16 in the hands of Juha Kankannen...

Groub B's were then outlawed (thanks to the death of 2 persons in a delta S4), and Juha went on to drive the Integrale...

Anyway this thread is about what DIY car you would have, not what ex works rally car

:p
 
front mounted twin turbo wankle driving the rears - proberbly the rx-8 engine reworked to take tubbys

shell would be a jag e-type with a suspension setup modernised and re-worked by lotus

Mmmm
 
Zip said:
I think i read somewhere the Alloy they are made off it makes it lighter then them, i cant remember where i saw it though.
I could be wrong but i know its a light engine for what it is :)
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The fact that a w 16 has 2 cranks does it not? and i guess its heavier because it hase 4 times as many rods, pistons, valves , injectors etc .... however if you were to say it has a lighter block because of a special alloy, i may beileve you, ill mean my shoe if it is lighter though.
 
Dr Who said:
Well the Delta S4 was relased in 1985, and was spanked that year and the following year by the T16 in the hands of Juha Kankannen...
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because the pug was the first of the new breed, hence they had a head start on everyone else.
towards the end of the '86 season both the Delta and the RS200 were showing their superiority over the older pug.Had the fatalities of both Henri and Sergio NOT happened it's generally accepted that the main battle would've been between Ford and Lancia.
as the same incident killed group S before it even got off the ground then,as i've seen the car Fiat were going to run in the catagory, i feel it may have been somewhat one-sided.
Dr Who said:
Anyway this thread is about what DIY car you would have, not what ex works rally car
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i quoted the delta because the thread asked what chief characteristics you'd put together in your own hypothetical car.the Delta embodies all of them.
4wd.
tube chassis
mid engined.
both flavours of forced induction.:D
 
Muncher said:
RWD, mid engined Ferrari flat plane crank V8 in an Elise chassis.
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:D Now that'd be worth seeing. There's a 360 engine & gearbox for sale at the moment... LWB Elise, anyone?
 
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