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Old 03-13-08, 01:32 PM
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I was trying to figure out your budget when I was viewing the pics till I saw the last one.
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whats a budget? cant think about that..


I use about a day to make one of theese fenders, if you calculate in the hours of work on the molds as well
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I got the fueltank this weekend, also finished the oil pan, will come with pictures of ot tonight.
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the final assembly of the motor is going for full here now..

Here are a picture of how tho motor looks now, and also a picture of the oil pan as i promised.

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Old 03-17-08, 02:01 PM
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wow..looks beautiful
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"assembled" the car a little just to get a view of how it will look like when it's finished


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Old 03-17-08, 04:17 PM
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Damn you and that carbon fiber madness of yours ... I envy you ... I hope those seats are carbon fiber also. Once you're done you should weight the car to see where you're at and how much you've actually shaved off. What do you think 1900lb?
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I don't think it would be that light........ reason is because he put a full roll cage in the thing and isn't he putting a 3 rotor engine in it???? I know, but that is more weight. And think of this, everything he made out of CF isn't really all that heavy, except for the hood. Fenders can't weigh that much, so he didn't save all that much in the long run. Its just flippin' awesome!!!! Great work man!!!!
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my target is to go under 1000kg

the fenders are like paper, its only one layer of CF, so if you hold it up to the light you're able to see trough it.. Its weight is less than one kg..
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i need new under wear.
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i need new under wear.
haha..
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Id so drive this on the street man that cool as hell
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can i move and live in your shop. iam welder and bender fab guy. ill work for car parts and food.
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That looks freakin awesome, good job man. I can't wait to see the finished product. It'll definately be one of the nicest fb's out there.
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please manufacture those parts...
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Looks like you are coming along quite nicely with your car! :-)
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And they say all FB owners are cheap bastards.

Wow. That's some insane work there man.
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i just hope that thing never gets in a wreck...its beautiful..
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I have fitted the CF panels up to eachother now. Making the lines between the parts even etc, all the parts you see on theese pictures I'm comming up with now is assembled so its ready for use, this is the final assembly you see now..

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The motor is comming in, only thing that is loose here is the top of the intake and the intake pipe, everything else is locked with sealing and locktite.

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Also now i can start making some molds for the headlights I'm going to use, as you can se earlier in this thread will I use headlights from FD that for some reason doesn't bolt on to this car ( strange? ) but now that the hood, fenders and frontplate is fitted and bolted together I can make theese as well.

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Took some more pictures of some single parts also..

First i have the handbrake, wich is hydraulic
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The intercooler and the radiator
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This is the Feeding pumps i will use for transport the fuel from the fuel tank up to the catch tank
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sweet lord jesus! i cant wait to see the finished project. keepem coming
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Intercooler ?? Are you saying that it will be turboed and not a peripheral port, that sucks - I'm out of here.














Just kidding, it's friggin awesome.
When are you going racing ?
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Great work, very nice job.
You gave me so much inspiration.

If you have a price for the body kit please let me know.
I'm mainly interested in the front part (fenders and front panel).

Just a question about the fuel tank (I hope It’s not a stupid one).
Is it in its final position on the picture above?
Wouldn’t it be helpful to cut out a whole at the rear and build some kind of protection case to lower the position of the tank 20-30 centimetres, if it’s allowed in the category you plan to race?
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Originally Posted by Kim
Intercooler ?? Are you saying that it will be turboed and not a peripheral port, that sucks - I'm out of here.














Just kidding, it's friggin awesome.
When are you going racing ?

Next winter will be a big motor-project, the plans are ready if the car works fine this summer..

Will start this year with some practice and some playing at "gatebil" (www.gatebil.no ) which is a big carshow and trackdriving weekend 3 times during the summer. A lot of time will be used to get the feeling with the car etc.

My plan is to drive it at gatebil in Juli
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Originally Posted by TomaSoft
Great work, very nice job.
You gave me so much inspiration.

If you have a price for the body kit please let me know.
I'm mainly interested in the front part (fenders and front panel).

Just a question about the fuel tank (I hope It’s not a stupid one).
Is it in its final position on the picture above?
Wouldn’t it be helpful to cut out a whole at the rear and build some kind of protection case to lower the position of the tank 20-30 centimetres, if it’s allowed in the category you plan to race?

The body kit will not be for sale before my own car is finished.

The fuel tank: You can just se the top of the tank on that picture there, the tank is going just as much under the car as it does up in the "trunk" there, so I have done what you are saying there man, but dont think I have comed up with any picture of that, so can understand why you asks.


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