Dream Car

def215

def215

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people might find this dream car to be a strange one but here is my dream car:

a 1990 Mazda B2200 with a motor from a japanese mazda cosmos(20B-REW) in it, bagged and converted to 5-lug wheel pattern.

another one i would dream of owning is:

a 1988 nissan pathfinder 2dr with a nissan silvia(SR20-DET) motor swap in it, lowered on rota grid off-road wheels.

odd choices i know, but i always loved trucks, but i do also like the import car scene. maybe someday ill own one of them...lol
 
def215 said:
people might find this dream car to be a strange one but here is my dream car:

a 1990 Mazda B2200 with a motor from a japanese mazda cosmos(20B-REW) in it, bagged and converted to 5-lug wheel pattern.

another one i would dream of owning is:

a 1988 nissan pathfinder 2dr with a nissan silvia(SR20-DET) motor swap in it, lowered on rota grid off-road wheels.

odd choices i know, but i always loved trucks, but i do also like the import car scene. maybe someday ill own one of them...lol
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I've owned a 20B-rew (converted to single turbo), and an SR20DET, along with an RB25DET, but I would never have put them in such strange chassis choices. lol :)



I currently own my dream cars. The Honda Insight for fuel sipping commuting. The Honda Civic with a nitrous fed built K-series power for days I'm looking for spirited driving. :)

I will someday build a Lotus Seven style kit, and likely use Honda K-series power. :)

The #1 factor that makes me like a car is how tiny, light, and low it is. I like car's that I can lift up an end of by myself.
My idea of driving perfection:

LotusSeven1_web.jpg
 
Well just the one, I'm not really into cars....Citroen DS, with all the options (Pallas?). Drive it around looking like a dictator.

schwarzer_DS.jpg
 
For years my dream car was a subaru wagon. When I got one I loved it, but eventually switched to a 4x4 aerostar van for more space. Now I have a forester, and just dream of a newer one. The forester is pretty nimble on a nasty road, but easy to work on. Changing the oil yesterday took 3 minuites. Pulling the engine takes 60 minuites.

But I always had a fantasy of taking a classic 58 cadilac body and putting in on a 4x4 truck frame. Not a monster truck, but just a 16" wheel 4x4 that looks like Elvises car.
 
This might sound lame compared to some but I would love to have a new Camaro silver with black stripes. I love the frontend=mean..

And I would also like to have my 60 Chev lwb truck totally restored and updated . Sweet alum. F.I. roller cam 350, 5 speed auto, 4 wheel disc, air ride, air, cruise etc. Actually if I had that I wouldn't need the Camaro :D
 
Nobody likes Teslas on an EV forum? :p

I saw that Alan guy drive the 13 on the Jaguar special of his show. Nice lines on that one. IIRC they made only the one car.

Dreamy car.. twin busa turblod engines in a small light handbuilt toob chassis something or other should do it. 1000hp would be a hoot on a track. With a handbuild registration would be fun in the canyons too. Its more the skill and time that keep this one a dream than the money, but all three really.

More realistic dream car, Exige S. After they age a little I might be able to justify one.
 
Hi Luke,

liveforphysics said:
I will someday build a Lotus Seven style kit, and likely use Honda K-series power. :)

The #1 factor that makes me like a car is how tiny, light, and low it is. I like car's that I can lift up an end of by myself.
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What do you think of the Wrightspeed X1 (based on an Ariel Atom)?:
http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html
To build it as a prototype, we looked for the best of the best, in today’s technology. We chose the AC Propulsion (http://www.acpropulsion.com) 3-phase AC induction motor and inverter – the highest power/weight ratio system available; brilliantly engineered, and with about a decade of durability testing to date.

For the chassis, we turned to Ariel, in Somerset. (http://www.arielmotor.co.uk). Simon Saunders, the designer of the Atom and the founder and CEO of Ariel, has created in our view one of the world’s most beautiful cars, as well as the quickest, lightest chassis on the road. To drive it is a revelation. Simon’s background is in automotive design, notably for Aston Martin and Porsche. The Atom chassis was substantially modified for the electric drivetrain, but retains the original styling.

The X1 prototype is just the beginning. It meets its design specs of 0-60 in 3 seconds, 170 mpg equivalent; and at 1536 lbs, is only 36 lbs over the design target of 1500. It really does raise the performance driving experience to a new level, even for racing drivers. No clutch, no shifting, precise and immediate control of torque in drive and braking, perfect traction control…first gear takes you to 112mph…

In recent track testing, on street tires, it achieved the following performance:
0-30 mph: 1.35 sec
0-60 mph: 3.07 sec in 117 ft
0-100 mph: 6.87 sec
0-100-0 mph 11.2 sec
Lateral g: 1.3
Braking g: 1.2
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The American Ariels were made in the town I live in, Ashland, OR. Before they stopped making them I got to tour the plant. Very impressive stuff for sure. We would often see them running around town in them too. Now they are making the Inertia electric motorcycle and those are around town too. Cool company with an owner that seems to be made of money!
 
Hi,

I like the idea of a Lotus 7 EV.

range 25 miles, 0-60 in 7.12 seconds… with 12 Lead-Acid batteries :shock: :D :
http://www.evalbum.com/2971
Batteries 12 Optima D34M, 12.00 Volt, Lead-Acid, AGM
System Voltage 144 Volts

Acceleration 0-60 in 7.12 seconds. Once I get a transmission, that should be shorter

Range 25 Miles (40 Kilometers)
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Realistically-->

Ford AC Cobra (replica) with 351 clevland fuel injected Jag rear end..

blucobra.jpg


From GForce Sport Cars here in Western Australia

If money was no object-->

pagani-zonda-f.jpg


Pagani Zonda F specs
Top Speed: 214 mph
0-60 mph: 3.6 seconds
Engine: AMG 4 valve V-12

:mrgreen:

KiM
 
MitchJi said:
Hi Luke,

liveforphysics said:
I will someday build a Lotus Seven style kit, and likely use Honda K-series power. :)

The #1 factor that makes me like a car is how tiny, light, and low it is. I like car's that I can lift up an end of by myself.
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What do you think of the Wrightspeed X1 (based on an Ariel Atom)?:
http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html
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I flogged the piss out of an ariel atom on the road course, and on the street, it's scary to drive!. It's an ultra light MR chassis design has super high limits, and does perform extremely well if you're a no-nonsense sort of driver. Just like a Porsche, lotus, MR2, etc, the Atom is not a playful car, it's a you only get to f-up once in the corner and you're spinning sort of car. No delay, no recovery, and extremely minimal warning. This is kinda a trademark attribute of the MR drive-train stuff. Once the back gets more than a whisker of g-force induced slip angle, you had better be full-lock counter steering to hold it from spinning, or it's going to come around on you before you can blink.

A chassis like the 7 is extremely playful. The FR design just begs to hang the tail out with 30-45deg slip angle on every turn, and you can litterally drive right through the slip angle comfortably with 1 hand on the wheel and your other hand drinking a soda. lol It's that relaxed chassis design that I get the most joy from driving, because I prefer a car to be on the very playful side when I drive, and I'm willing to sacrifice a tiny bit of ultimate handling limit (as the MR design provides) for the confidence of knowing I can safely push the limits in the FR design all day long with no worries about snap over-steer.

It's just a personal preference thing ultimately.

Here is a classic example of what I'm talking about when I say you can just hold the car in a constant slip angle and maintain great control and precision in a way that is comfortable and relaxed for the driver. A MR chassis can just never play like this:
BTW- In case you've never seen it before, this is gymkhana, which is a driving course where the object is to place the required set of tires through the various lines between cones in the minimum time possible without knocking down a cone. It's kinda like auto-cross, but for people who can drive. :)
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Pure ballet! Wonderful! How about electrifying a Lotus 7? Definitely NOT Pb though!
 
paultrafalgar said:
Pure ballet! Wonderful! How about electrifying a Lotus 7? Definitely NOT Pb though!
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The low RPM torque of an electric motor, combined with a <2min runtime needs would give an electric lotus 7 a pretty decent shot at being fast in a lot of forms of low-speed racing. :) The I admit the thought does bounce around in my head quite often. Something like a Honda K-series will be able to deliver 350bhp with a weight of about 350lbs for engine and tranny, then a 2gal fuel cell, pump and fuel is another 20lbs. With a stack of the cell_man cells or LiPo, and a custom motor, I think something able to do similar power for 2 minutes could be thrown together for similar or even less weight. :) Anything that could deliver similar power for less weight and a lower center of gravity would be the makings of a champion in it's class. :)
 
One of these: http://www.britishv8.org/MG/GaryWalker.htm

Late 60's MGB with an aluminum block/heads Chevy 3.4 pushrod "narrow angle" V6, 5-speed manual trans, Ford 8" rear diff LSD including panhard rod and sway-bar. I like like Civic hatches and turbo's (also '88-'92 Mustangs and turbos), but for this I'd add a belt-driven centrifugal.

I've seen the Ford/302-V8 MGB's and the acceleration after you've attained cruise speed is brutal :D . But from a standing start, the V8's are not as fast as you'd think. Lots of tire-spinning and smoke from the torque/tail-weight ratio, but you'd be looking at the lighter cars tail-lights just ahead of your front bumper...at some point the V8 could pass me, but on a pleasant cruise the V6 gets better fuel mileage and handles curves better.

"Forget about the house...how big is the GARAGE ?!" -Big Daddy Ed Roth

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Mine would be stable and as aerodynamic as possible. It would also be a tandem two seater, and I haven't found quite found a design out there that comes close. Almost all I've seen are "social two seaters", and the one below is only one seat. But, the picture below has relatively good resemblance to my liking.

eliomotors.jpg

By the way, the original image from the website was greater than 800 pixels in width meaning it wouldn't show directly and instead was a link, so I searched for a firefox add-on that would resize the image for me without having to hassle with a photo editing program, and found resizr at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3470. This made is so much easier and quicker to resize to forum-friendly limits.

I've downloaded multiple versions of firefox to deal with plug-in compatibility, and it seems 3.0.x is the most compatible version I've found yet.
 
Spinningmagnets,

You are a man after my own heart, I actually want to put a turbo 'Busa motor in an early model MG Midget. I think that would solve my need for speed on four wheels. But for everyday use, give me a BMW M5 500 HP 500 ft/lb torque, do I really need more? Probably. :wink:

Kim,
I never had you pegged for a Zonda man, those must be made down under or something. :lol:

Physics,
I have seen one of those Lotus 7's up close and it doesn't get anymore raw and single-minded than that!

You know now that I think of it, money no object, I'll take a 24 hr lemans car please, " here's 2 million, just clear coat the carbon fiber body, thanks."
 
paultrafalgar said:
Pure ballet! Wonderful! How about electrifying a Lotus 7? Definitely NOT Pb though!
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I'm thinking about doing just that... Though it won't be a lotus 7 because I'm not fond of the looks and I'd prefer a mid engine, but it will be a lightweight kit based car. I hate having to lug around over a ton of metal just to get anywhere, car's should be much much lighter. A lotus 7 with a bog standard 1.8l ford focus engine will do 0-60 in under 5 seconds.

First step for me is to buy a house with a garage, then I'll be building the kit with a petrol engine, and when I'm bored with that, and the next gen batteries and affordable AC motors are available I'll be converting to electric.

So basically, my dream car is the one I can put together exactly as I want it, though I would turn down a little ice white lotus exige if you offered me one :roll:
 
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