USMC850T Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 So after almost 5 months of assembling this thing out of a dozen or so boxes of parts my brother and I (plus a few friends) finally went out drove the car today. It's an absolutely incredible ride. We started getting things dialed in (like the engine) after we put the camera down. It's a decent bit faster now than it is in the acceleration video. I'd say it's decently balanced too considering we haven't scaled it yet or added any ballast. It was really fun to throw the car into a turn and feel the G forces it could hold - way beyond any sports car I've driven. O well I am ecstatic that I finally got to drive it somewhere as the build was very frustrating.Videos:Acceleration - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgxi9C4z1moLonger Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvf56vhzTEfriend driving & brother starting the carseat sliding around so he came backHere is a gallery of pictures from the past few months building the car:http://sjfc.facebook.com/album.php?aid=201...amp;id=64800455 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaitz Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Why has no one responded to this? Awesome work man, glad you finally got to enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuDeKai Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 looks like fun. good work building it man, thats a big undertaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINN Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 do you compete with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightinchunk Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 im assuming you built this for a formula series ei. formula ford, mazda etc. I've always thought it was a great idea if you wanted to step up your track racing to a higher level, but the advice i've always got from people is to buy someone else's racecar. maybe i'll take this off your hands sometime in the future who knows. btw... u go to RIT? RIT's formula sae is probably one of the best programs in the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMC850T Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 im assuming you built this for a formula series ei. formula ford, mazda etc. I've always thought it was a great idea if you wanted to step up your track racing to a higher level, but the advice i've always got from people is to buy someone else's racecar. maybe i'll take this off your hands sometime in the future who knows. btw... u go to RIT? RIT's formula sae is probably one of the best programs in the nation.No I have a degree in political science, engineering would have been a better choice given my interests. This car was formerly a solo car which was nationally very competitive. It was owned by a guy named bill who lives in NY. He sold it to a friend who took it apart so he could do a 4 link conversion on it and race club F500 class. Bill's friend sold it back to bill since he got nearly nothing done, cept taking everything apart. I bought it in early june and have been working on it since. My brother and I intend to do autocross and hill climbs with it this coming year. We will definately be doing some major work to de-ghetto the car, since we have some areas for opportunity. Those include all new brake master cylinders, calipers, control arms (made of aero tubing instead of oval), new damper setup, converting to 4 link, and possibly going to the 500cc class. While I can't say building is fun, driving the thing is a freakin blast and by next summer we should be having quite a bit of fun.As far as the RIT team goes, they aren't that good (I have been told this by a number of people). They are not a front runner in their design competition, although their car is pretty quick. I do fully intend to steal their FTD's next year at every autocross event I see them at, and with my car I have a pretty good chance of doing it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PharmD Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wow! That looks like a total blast and it's icing on the cake when you get to enjoy something you've created. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denovae Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 to me it doesn't seem like it's that fast. is the power limited by the class you plan on racing in? sweet job putting it together but i thought it would be something horribly fast like a 600cc go kart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmsee Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wow. Looks pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Wow! I always wanted to build something like this, but my work occupies so much of my time that I am going to leave such a big project for when I am more free.Kudos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
854TGA+ Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Thumbs up Dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudge_Brownie Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Sounds just a like a snowmobile!Wheres the test track you're at? nice place to screw around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishing3 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 good stuff.i couldn't of put it back together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdizzle Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 sweet. Sure seems like a turd! Looks like a lot of fun though. fabricating can be just as much fun when you have the proper tools. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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