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Howard |
Mar 22 2006, 04:47 PM
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Incontin(g)ent Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,785 Joined: 24-July 03 From: Westlake Village, CA Member No.: 943 Region Association: None |
All these treads containing 'I wish they would make...'
My ideal would be cheap, light, and quick. 180mph top speed and 0-60 under 5.0 not required. No reinventing the wheel, just distilling most wanted features into one car. Opposed or an inline laid flat so C/G close to axle centerline. A/C, stereo, etc. good, but have delete option for club sport version. No turbo/supercharger and possible 'green' version hybrid. Continuously variable tranny. ABS/traction/airbags and protective cockpit. Make it look like a 55 to 65 sport racer. Lotus 23, RS60, etc. No bulges (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif) Target is 2: 2000 lbs 200hp $20,000 There is enough artistic and engineering expertise here to do it. |
biggy72 |
Mar 22 2006, 11:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 209 Joined: 14-January 06 From: Olympia, WA Member No.: 5,418 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
for under 20 grand this would almost be impossible to do for anyone here. For a car company with machines to be able to produce stuff it wouldn't be so bad, but won't happen here. Even with off the shelf parts this would go way beyond 20. Custom typically equals expensive, and in order to package everything correctly and not compromise too much on the design (ie having good suspension geometry etc) it would have to have many custom parts. Especially parts like the motor, unless pulled from something else would be incredibly expensive to develop a new motor. And all of this is before passing emissions and safety standards and whatever other kinds of things that need to be met in order to legally drive a car on the street in the US.
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