flak monkey
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| posted on 26/1/04 at 11:27 PM |
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Nothing new, but i thought i would share!
Hi everyone....am pretty new to this site and dont know if this will work. If it does the pic is of what i have just spent all evening doing. Like the
title says, nothing new...just my version.
(Kidding my self its helping with the design work for my degree too  )
If it doesnt work then there is a tiny version over there <<<< but a bigger version on my site....see link below. (Be warned its pretty
crud at the mo!)
 
Am wishing i had a tv here so could have watched that speed cam program...did you see it when top gear tried to beat the cameras?
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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mackie
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 09:44 AM |
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Good job, are you using solidworks?
We have this currently:
 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 10:06 AM |
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Looking good!!  Like i say mine isnt finished yet....
I am using Pro Desktop 2000i2  , it was free for ages, but i have a feeling you cant get it any more.
It seems a lot of people use solid works, it any good? and if so where can you get it?
Cheers
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Simon
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 12:11 PM |
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Stop mucking around with the PC. In an evening, you could tack a REAL chassis together
ATB
Simon
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flak monkey
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 12:32 PM |
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Hi Simon,
I really wish i could.... 
Am at uni and have nowhere to do a real one yet, damn. Maybe over the summer if i can get the money...that then leaves me with the problem of what to
do with it when i get back to uni again....
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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James
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| posted on 27/1/04 at 05:53 PM |
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Mackie,
You appear to be powering your car with a large anvil- is this true? 
James
P.S. I thought it was only those of us with Pintos that were doing that!
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Kitlooney1000
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| posted on 28/1/04 at 08:26 PM |
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I thought it was only those of us with Pintos that were doing that
True,,,,LOL
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blueshift
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| posted on 28/1/04 at 09:04 PM |
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yeah, we heard most people were using a pinto "boat anchor" so thought we'd go one better.
if we ever run into a truck it's going to get a nasty surprise.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 28/1/04 at 10:14 PM |
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So then out of the pinto and x-flow which is the better engine for the locost? (Im keeping it simple, when i get round to it)
I know the pinto needs mods to fit into a normal chassis, but that doesnt bother me.
Just wondering what peoples preferences are and why...since you all refer to the pinto as an anchor...
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 09:43 AM |
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one pinto problem is the exhaust being on the drivers side, make it harder to get the steering and brakes to fit.
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Viper
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 10:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
one pinto problem is the exhaust being on the drivers side, make it harder to get the steering and brakes to fit.
Thats not a real problem with hthe pinto, if you want to you can get a manifolf that wraps around the back of the head, and the avon uses a pinto
without a problem, the real drawback with the pinto is the height of it...
Tim
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ChrisW
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 12:09 PM |
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..and the weight!
Use a nice v6 like mine. It may weigh a lot but at least it has reasonable power. If I was building a 'normal' sized car I'd be
going for the 1.8 (130PS version) or 2.0 Zetec on running either megasquirt or 40's.
Chris
My gaff my rules
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timf
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 12:11 PM |
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other thing about a pinto is the silencer is on the drivers side so when you get out you can burm your legs as opposed to the passengers with a x flow
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mackie
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 12:15 PM |
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Whereas we V8 chaps have the luxury of burnt legs all round! Woo!
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ned
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 01:18 PM |
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personal opinion i'd rather fit a crossflow than a pinto.
unless you pickup a cosworth head to fit onto a 205 pinto block...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Viper
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 02:02 PM |
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trouble with the crossflow, is powerfull ones are becoming difficult to find and are a pain to drive, unless you have a stock item then they are bit
limp.....
i would suggest Zetec (if you want ford) is the way to go, they are plentifull, reasonably powefull and not a lot of dosh...
I have gone with a pinto coz i had the bits to make one go well.
Tim.
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timf
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 02:50 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ned
unless you pickup a cosworth head to fit onto a 205 pinto block...
Ned.
cosworth heads need a lot of porting work done to them to use them n/a not to mention a set of cams.
if you can find one a warrior 16v head is miles better.
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thebutler
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| posted on 29/1/04 at 02:59 PM |
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One thing to bear in mind with the Zetec route is price. Theres lot's of extra bits to buy to do it properly - Shortend sump, aftermaket ecu,
etc, etc. Even things like inlet manifolds for twin weber's - which are plentiful and cheap for pinto's & xflow's - cost a lot
more for a zetec. Of course you don't have to buy this stuff if your talented enought to fabricate it! Sadly I'm not.
As always budget is the only limiting factor to your imagination
Steve
[Edited on 29/1/04 by thebutler]
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