seeker589
seeker589 New Reader
7/4/09 10:34 a.m.

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-autocross-race-street-car.html

wherethefmi
wherethefmi Dork
7/4/09 10:52 a.m.
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
aussiesmg Dork
7/4/09 11:26 a.m.

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

Spinout007
Spinout007 GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/4/09 11:35 a.m.
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
wherethefmi Dork
7/4/09 11:43 a.m.

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
problemaddict Reader
7/4/09 12:22 p.m.

I approve.

MitchellC
MitchellC HalfDork
7/4/09 2:01 p.m.
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
poopshovel SuperDork
7/4/09 2:10 p.m.
problemaddict wrote: I approve.

+eleventygazillion.

Jensenman
Jensenman SuperDork
7/4/09 9:31 p.m.

Ho lee crap. Another project.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury HalfDork
7/5/09 7:17 a.m.

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
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand Reader
7/5/09 9:11 a.m.
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?

petegossett
petegossett GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/5/09 2:53 p.m.

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
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/5/09 3:24 p.m.

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

ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter HalfDork
7/5/09 6:16 p.m.

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

PHeller
PHeller HalfDork
7/5/09 9:40 p.m.

guys seriously wow.

no really wow.

do I need to tell you, wow?

come on...now...wow.

Ian F
Ian F HalfDork
7/6/09 9:50 a.m.

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

RossD
RossD Reader
7/6/09 10:02 a.m.

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

DILYSI Dave
DILYSI Dave SuperDork
7/6/09 11:13 p.m.

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

CGLockRacer
CGLockRacer GRM+ Memberand New Reader
7/7/09 7:29 a.m.

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

z31maniac
z31maniac Dork
7/7/09 8:04 a.m.
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
2002maniac Reader
7/7/09 11:09 a.m.
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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