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  • seeker589

    July 4, 2009 10:34 a.m. seeker589 New Reader

    This has GOT to be fun to drive! LS motor with injection and a light body (is that a body?)

    I'm not very experienced with posting pics to message boards - copy and paste if it doesn't work.

    http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/conversions-hybrids/569385-pictures-completed-autocr...

  • wherethefmi

    July 4, 2009 10:52 a.m. wherethefmi Dork

    guy who built it said:

    weighs

    1980

    53.8 rear weight

    335 rear tire 315 front tire

    now all i need is a twin turbo setup....mabybe not

  • aussiesmg

    July 4, 2009 11:26 a.m. aussiesmg Dork

    pretty heavy really, IMHO. But it would be a fun ride

  • Spinout007

    July 4, 2009 11:35 a.m. Spinout007 Reader

    aussiesmg wrote:

    pretty heavy really, IMHO.

    Heavy yeah, 335 rear tire 315 front, plenty of grip, insta torque, and ls engines are about a head and cam change from approximatly 500hp, and he's talking twin turbo's.......less than 4:1 power to weight, that would easily run down bikes with turbo's attached to it. and depending on the suspension set up it might even out corner them.

  • wherethefmi

    July 4, 2009 11:43 a.m. wherethefmi Dork

    Cars actually can out corner bikes, it's the braking into and accelerating out of the turns where the bike has the advantage, not all bikes of course but you know what I mean.

  • problemaddict

    July 4, 2009 12:22 p.m. problemaddict Reader

    I approve.

  • MitchellC

    July 4, 2009 2:01 p.m. MitchellC HalfDork

    aussiesmg wrote:

    pretty heavy really, IMHO. But it would be a fun ride

    Just think of it as an American Elise with twice the power.

  • poopshovel

    July 4, 2009 2:10 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

    problemaddict wrote:

    I approve.

    +eleventygazillion.

  • Jensenman

    July 4, 2009 9:31 p.m. Jensenman MegaDork

    Ho lee crap. Another project.

  • 4cylndrfury

    July 5, 2009 7:17 a.m. 4cylndrfury HalfDork

    Ummmm...can I have 1/2 of this please

    lol...seriously, what would it take to get that car on the streets? Front fenders? some form of emissions control? I see headlights, blinkers and mirrors, cant see the back, but Im assuming all the goodies are there too.

  • Toyman01

    July 5, 2009 9:11 a.m. Toyman01 Reader

    4cylndrfury wrote:

    Ummmm...can I have 1/2 of this please

    lol...seriously, what would it take to get that car on the streets? Front fenders? some form of emissions control? I see headlights, blinkers and mirrors, cant see the back, but Im assuming all the goodies are there too.

    "I have put 560 miles on the car just messing around on the street, but have to had it to the track yet"

    Must be street legal. Would be a hoot to drive. Lots of grunt makes me a happy boy. Jensenman, when you want to start on that one?

  • July 5, 2009 2:53 p.m. petegossett Dork

    I read through the whole thread, the builder of the car is the owner of the company that built the intake. That's one hell of a test-bed!

  • mad_machine

    July 5, 2009 3:24 p.m. mad_machine UltraDork

    I would want to hear it run.. that intake must sound great

  • ReverendDexter

    July 5, 2009 6:16 p.m. ReverendDexter HalfDork

    I would so love to get ITBs on the Cobra... but no way will that ever happen in California, hahaha.

  • PHeller

    July 5, 2009 9:40 p.m. PHeller HalfDork

    guys seriously wow.

    no really wow.

    do I need to tell you, wow?

    come on...now...wow.

  • Ian F

    July 6, 2009 9:50 a.m. Ian F HalfDork

    That is insane... I love how he built the car... THEN asks for help about autocross classifications...

  • RossD

    July 6, 2009 10:02 a.m. RossD Reader

    Theres builders, and then there are drivers. I am guess hes a builder...

  • DILYSI Dave

    July 6, 2009 11:13 p.m. DILYSI Dave UltimaDork

    So that's what a C5 based Locost looks like.

  • CGLockRacer

    July 7, 2009 7:29 a.m. CGLockRacer New Reader

    Seen it in person at a show, but not run. It is a beast just sitting there. Very cool.

  • July 7, 2009 8:04 a.m. z31maniac Dork

    wherethefmi wrote:

    Cars actually can out corner bikes, it's the braking into and accelerating out of the turns where the bike has the advantage, not all bikes of course but you know what I mean.

    Nope, cars will outbrake bikes as well.

    That thing is awesome! I'm going to have to pull the thread up when I get home.

  • 2002maniac

    July 7, 2009 11:09 a.m. 2002maniac Reader

    z31maniac wrote:

    wherethefmi wrote:

    Cars actually can out corner bikes, it's the braking into and accelerating out of the turns where the bike has the advantage, not all bikes of course but you know what I mean.

    Nope, cars will outbrake bikes as well.

    That thing is awesome! I'm going to have to pull the thread up when I get home.

    Yeah, go watch the top gear Atom vid. The Atom flies by the bike under braking

 

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