The super slappy locost 7

[TIGninja]

Im just over a month into this project. Tomorrow it should be a roller.

[TIGninja]

[Pat @ Pitt Soundworks]

Subbed. Looks awesome

[TIGninja]

[huichox4]

looks awesome!! did you come up with the design or is it an actual Locost 7 kit? I know nothing about them other than seeing one once haha

looking great and I cant wait what you come up with once you put a power plant in it

[TIGninja]

looks awesome!! did you come up with the design or is it an actual Locost 7 kit? I know nothing about them other than seeing one once haha

looking great and I cant wait what you come up with once you put a power plant in it

S2000 engine and trans. The shop I work at is one of the big S2000 tuning shops. We build everything else for these cars so why not build the whole damn car?

here is one of our shop cars.

[pentaxshooter]

Occupy locust 7 thread

[A.Wilder]

awesome!

[killa]

sick work Tigninja aka slappynuts aka psi aka kooter aka meatpipe, what else am i missing

[TIGninja]

sick work Tigninja aka slappynuts aka psi aka kooter aka meatpipe, what else am i missing

So a couple of times they didnt want to hear the truth

[IMAN973]

Looks Great

[AndrewT]

Very cool- I saw your build log on locostusa.com. I'm on there too with the same username, although I haven't updated my build log in a very long time. I'm still working on it, just haven't had time to take pictures!

[zcxerxes]

[Zorba2.0]

watching

[lojasmo]

Neat!

[TIGninja]

Here are some pics of the finished engine bay on that S2000.

[GTijoejoe]

sweet build thread!

Too bad the economy went in the ****ter and Honda canceled the s2k... the next gen motor was pretty sweet and the world may never see it.

[TIGninja]

Worked on the trans tunnel today.

[mad8vskillz]

ghetto subscribe. looks like a cool project

quick question, why all the overlapping/coiling on the headers? i've never seen factory ones look like that?

[nubVR]

Im gonna say equal length.........


Awesome project!!

[racingvw92]

Where the engine going? Is it going to be a two seater?

[TIGninja]

[Pat @ Pitt Soundworks]

Question:
what is up with this?

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/a...Picture082.jpg

That's not the final location for that link, is it?

[TIGninja]

Question:
what is up with this?

http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/a...Picture082.jpg

That's not the final location for that link, is it?

Nothing is really final unless its fully welded. which link are you refering to?

[mad8vskillz]

Nothing is really final unless its fully welded. which link are you refering to?

i'm guessing the lower one that's across 2 beams

[TIGninja]

i'm guessing the lower one that's across 2 beams

The wheel travel is only about 3.5" so it will never be able to make contact.

[vr-vagman]

Tig, my respect to your weld skills but I see a major problem in your susp. A-arms construction. Just imagine a bit. If you extend one or even both of the A-arm rod end bolts ( for camber/castor change) you're actually changing the angle at the ball joint. Since both arms are welded to ball joint, this angle is fixed and there is no compensation. Think of it like a triangle. When you change one of the arms you have to change the angles of the triangle as well to compensate. In your case one of the angles is fixed so there will be a lot of tension in that point.
Damn! My English is awful.

[MikkiJayne]

Thats a very good point ^ With that design you can't adjust the rod ends at all really, as the angle of the tubes is fixed, so doesn't allow the shape of the A to change.

You need something like this:



where the arms can change angle relative to each other

[TIGninja]

yup. I have been looking at that as well. I am going to see where I come out at when im closer to done and if I have to change the upper I will do so. Because the bottom is adjustable in the same manner as the top it is fully adjustable (not very easily though).

[ratdub]

wow, this is artwork to me...

looking very good good sir

[ijcameron]

Nice! I've had 200 feet of square tubing sitting in the basement for over a year now - this could be the inspiration I need

Are the control arms Cromoly? Did you purchase the brackets that they sit in, or fab them?

[TIGninja]

Nice! I've had 200 feet of square tubing sitting in the basement for over a year now - this could be the inspiration I need

Are the control arms Cromoly? Did you purchase the brackets that they sit in, or fab them?

I just made them. There are a few that are going to be angled that I want to remake before this weekend. The control arms are just 1" .125 round tube.

[ijcameron]

I just made them. There are a few that are going to be angled that I want to remake before this weekend. The control arms are just 1" .125 round tube.

Thanks for the info. I'm looking at these guys for some of the brackets: http://www.aa-mfg.com/pdshop/shop/

If you do a search for " clevis heim " a bunch of suspension brackets come up, most of them $4 or $5.

[TIGninja]

Thanks for the info. I'm looking at these guys for some of the brackets: http://www.aa-mfg.com/pdshop/shop/

If you do a search for " clevis heim " a bunch of suspension brackets come up, most of them $4 or $5.

I got all kinds of things from those guys. The threaded tube ends and the brackets for the rear spindles are from them. Good people and good company.

[TIGninja]

Trying to get the frame done so I can start sheeting in the floor pan this weekend.