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I'm an open book, so long as you don't laugh too hard at my efforts.
No laughing at helpers. If it takes some work to make this more desirable, practical or useful I'm willing to do it. I think the design for Car9 is pretty adaptable but it needs some more eyes on it now for real world exposure.
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Speaking as anyone else, I'd be game. The only change I see you'd need in the shell is with that V8, you'll have to add a Lotus15ish speed bump in the hood;
Thanks, that's great. I think aero bodywork will make this car quicker at the track more then anything else you can do for it.
I am still unsure that the V8 is any taller then modern I4 engines. It may be shorter. It could possibly be a lot shorter depending on intake and sump. In my drawings the transmission for the V8 ( a Tremac ) came out a little shorter then the Ranger box for the Duratech.
In the SketchUp model I have tried to provide options so there is a Ford Duratech drawn in too, it's in a different layer of the drawing and you can just click on the layers to show what and work on what you want. Sometimes it's neat to put multiple layers on and superimpose engines or suspension pieces etc. My recent work was some big changes to provide a big and strong engine compartment for the V8, so that's why it's in the recent photos.
It's great that you are following making the body Locost compatible. Lot's of people may decide to add that to their build during some winter months down time. It's not a decision that you have to make up front. I can see people thinking how much easier it would be to add a body then to build from scratch when they have a good chassis.
Duratech and Subaru rear end: