My father has been bitten by the HPDE bug, and wants a trailer to tow behind his S2000 to haul a second set of tires, tools, etc. Ideally, he's looking for room for 4 tires and a large-ish toolbox on a small single axle.
I'm up for designing one (probably would post plans on here if I do) but I'd love to get some background information. Searching for "Race Car Tire Trailer" and variations thereof just brings up things to to a track car on, not tow behind a track car.
if you cut the "race car" part out of your search, you should be okay. Search for "tire trailer".
good luck!
http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/autocross/583029-track-tire-trailer.html
It doesn't show HOW he built it, but I like this solution. nice and simple, but still pretty.
http://wizco.net/MX5/Mods/autocross_trailer.htm
Most are based on the Small harbor freight trailers or you can build your own. http://www.autocrossforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7915&st=0
The only thing I can add - if your local trailer regs are at all onerous or expensive, register the thing in Maine. You do not need to be a resident. It's cheap, the registration lasts a long time, and there's no inspection. They don't even issue or require titles for small trailers.
Thanks. That aluminum one is exactly what I'd love to design/build, but I don't have the fab skills to make one out of aluminum.
If you build one of these I think the weight savings will be bludgeoned by the cost of aluminum. Besides, steel you can paint to match the car.
Dan
I built one from an HF kit about a decade ago. A few thoughts:
Get the bigger wheels (I think it's 12" vs 10" or something like that), the small ones spin much faster and will kill the bearings. At that time, the bearings for the HF trailers were hard to find and expensive (I think I paid 50% of the trailer kit cost for a replacement set of bearings).
Get a spare tire!!!
Decide up front if your tires or your tools are heavier, and put the heavy stuff in front of the axle. For a Miata that means you put the tires on the back, for a Corvette it apparently often goes the other way. Dunno about an S2000.
