cheap chassis to save drag racing
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I tried to post a few pictures of some simple altered frames but can't get them to post.
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I was thinking something like a whole motorsports platform that was easy to build.
Based on a fibreglass-aluminium honeycomb structure it could be sent out in flat-pack then folded and glued together. With panels either vacuum formed and shipped from a factory or hand formed from foam and covered in fibreglass. The point is it's not as labour or equipment intensive as welding. You'd likely have two chassis options, a 'grass roots' option based on some global small FWD platform that was, you guessed it, FWD and a 'super' option that might be a mid-mount configuration based off some FWD V6.
Build would be like this:
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_110989/article
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_110990/article
That entire two-seat trike/car body, chassis, and canopy comes in at 64kg. They estimate a four-wheeler with an open top would be 150kg or so.
So for roughly $2000 in materials plus a wreck you have yourself an open top race car suitable for most any kind of motorsports. Naturally you'd pick the mid-engine 'super' option for drag racing.
If you based the 'super' option on taking a Camry XV40 V6 (or similar) drivetrain you'd be looking at a car south of 1000kg with roughly 280hp. You'd struggle to run slower than a mid 12 with a car that would also be suitable for racing on a road circuit. Total cost for the chassis kit should be around $3000AU plus your wrecked vehicle.
Based on a fibreglass-aluminium honeycomb structure it could be sent out in flat-pack then folded and glued together. With panels either vacuum formed and shipped from a factory or hand formed from foam and covered in fibreglass. The point is it's not as labour or equipment intensive as welding. You'd likely have two chassis options, a 'grass roots' option based on some global small FWD platform that was, you guessed it, FWD and a 'super' option that might be a mid-mount configuration based off some FWD V6.
Build would be like this:
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_110989/article
https://www.autospeed.com/cms/a_110990/article
That entire two-seat trike/car body, chassis, and canopy comes in at 64kg. They estimate a four-wheeler with an open top would be 150kg or so.
So for roughly $2000 in materials plus a wreck you have yourself an open top race car suitable for most any kind of motorsports. Naturally you'd pick the mid-engine 'super' option for drag racing.
If you based the 'super' option on taking a Camry XV40 V6 (or similar) drivetrain you'd be looking at a car south of 1000kg with roughly 280hp. You'd struggle to run slower than a mid 12 with a car that would also be suitable for racing on a road circuit. Total cost for the chassis kit should be around $3000AU plus your wrecked vehicle.