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    Racecar project and chassis jig

    Hi All, I would like to post some pics of my racecar and chassis jig.
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    I will do a more detailed write up of these at a later date but for now I just want to see if I can post the photos.

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    Looks good. Can't wait to see the rest of the project. I've got some seat time in Formula cars and have always loved open-wheel racing. That said, my current project is an Ultima GTR and I'm looking forward to some track days in that, too!

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    Looks fun

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    Cool, Astro! The closest experience I have to open wheel motorsports are karts. Plenty of experience with rally cars though. did you build that chassis jig yourself?

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    Quote Originally Posted by kbalch View Post
    Looks good. Can't wait to see the rest of the project. I've got some seat time in Formula cars and have always loved open-wheel racing. That said, my current project is an Ultima GTR and I'm looking forward to some track days in that, too!

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    An Ultima would be awesome. Aren't they basically an open wheel car with body panels, ie a little more refined? What engine are you using? Oh, and thanks Ken for the advice on posting, I owe you one: idea:
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    Hi DIYer, my closest experience so far has also been in karts, but I've always wanted to build an openwheeler. I used to hillclimb my road car years ago before I got into karts and one thing that's stuck in my mind, was something an old guy told me at a hillclimb one day. "road cars, built for racing are always a compromise, racing cars are built with one purpose in mind, to go fast around a circuit" That comment has always stuck with me and from then on I have wanted to build one. That was about 20yrs ago and I am only now getting around to the build process. Sometimes life gets in the way! Oh and yes I did build the jig, I will do a detailed write up soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Astro View Post
    An Ultima would be awesome. Aren't they basically an open wheel car with body panels, ie a little more refined? What engine are you using? Oh, and thanks Ken for the advice on posting, I owe you one: idea:
    ".. open wheel car with body panels…" = as good a description of the car as I've heard. It's essentially an homage to the late '80s & early '90s Le Mans Group C cars. The wishbone/upright arrangement is very reminiscent of an open-wheel setup.

    I've got a 700+ HP LS7 sitting on a pallet, waiting its chance to start making noise…

    Ken

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    Cool, Astro. The closest I've come to open wheelers are a McLaren MP4/4 on static display and a Formula Renault racer a friend won a seat in. Interesting cars all.

    Getting excited about seeing that Ultima rolling, Ken!

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    Wow, that thing is gonna be a rocketship, do you need NASA's approval for takeoff?
    It takes balls (and a sprinkling of self-confidence) to take on such a big project

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    It ought to be fairly quick… The factory numbers:

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    A big project like this is really just a series of smaller tasks that eventually get assembled into something larger. The airplane I built was far more complex.

    Living, as I do, <90 miles from the Kennedy Space Center, I'm already scheming for a way to get the Ultima out on the old SLF (Shuttle Landing Facility) runway…

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