maccos wrote:
Thanks for the generous comments!
Mjalay- yes upper tubes are double radii 2.25" OD (yea had to find the most rare size), about $1300 to have 80 tubes laser cut that is about $600 of material included if I recall, should be cheaper if I ever make a 2nd order, but definitely worth the price (I should say this is not a locost build in the least). Took awhile to find a good price, some people were quoting $4500, so it pays to shop around. Yes using SolidWorks, radiator will be made from Saldana Racing Products I believe they also make the At-om radiator. Yes front is pushrod, somewhat similar to the D2 that Dennis P uses in the D2 car and others. Rears just lent themselves to non-pushrod in my application. Yes rollbar is not designed yet, will be a bolt-on part.
Rx7locost- I didnt mention, this is going to be mostly a road-going car. I am not necessarily planning on meeting any track regulations. I believe the fenders, as is, do meet WI state requirements (15 deg front and 60 deg rearward), that being said I dont think I will aim for minimum. Nose cone and styling parts are still up in the air.
CCrunner-I am kind of in the same boat as you. I have the engine harness, ECU and all the engine sensors of course. From what I have learned so far, Vince from Trifectaperformance.com is a good source for tapping into the GM ECU's and allowing it to run the engine and bypassing all of the theft deterrent devices which also means that a body control module or harness would not need to be integrated. If you search for a guy by the name of Chuckitt (in any cobalt ss forums), he has some LNF motors on airboats using Vince's services(Chuck is also open to making a custom harness the last I spoke with him). Little bit different application, but looks promising. Also there is a company called CBM motorsports which can also make an LNF standalone harness, which some guy had done to a off-road buggy he built (although I dont know much about that build), also can be found on the cobalt ss forums. Vince can tune the engine via email to account for the differences in airflows the engine will see, so that is my primary path for now, unless I learn something new.
Devin- thanks for pushing me to start a log, was long overdue.
that's who i am getting my radiator from as well. Keith there is a good man
I am using Soldiworks too so let me know if you need any parts or body work to play around with