Kickass Locost middie

IMHO this is one of the best executed home built/designed exos that I've seen. Thought you folks might like to soak it in:

http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=12106

That has some really nice lines that flow well. The roll bar leaves some to be desired since it doesn't look like it would pass the broomstick test.

mmmmhhh... i need a minute alone...

Looks good, probably the best-looking DIY Atom knockoff I've seen, but that cooling setup is very questionable. This 2.2L car is cooled with what looks like a 2-row half-width radiator hidden in the nose, with a fan on it in a pusher configuration of all things. Might work OK for autocross but I think with any extended hard use that would overheat pretty easily. If it's actually a 3-row 3-pass it may have a fighting chance.

I liked the little tail piece he tried at one point, looked much better than the trailer taillights he stuck on later.

I bet it'll be a lot faster with the wings on.

Well he's going to get some heat rejection by virtue of the long pipes connecting the motor and the radiator, and in normal use the engine won't work much to move the light weight around. But in an extended track session, yeah it'd be interesting to see what the temperature does.

Very well done build, but with that weight distribution I'm not surprised it pushes.

I get a malicious site warning for the LocostUSA forum, anyone else?

In reply to Jay:

Nope.

Dietcoke wrote: Very well done build, but with that weight distribution I'm not surprised it pushes.

Rear-bias cars just have to be driven differently than a front bias. My experience is that all things being equal, a neutral bias car may get you better skidpad numbers, but a rear-bias is capable of faster lap times due to getting in and out of corners more quickly.

That is a lovely execution!