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New mid engine chassis blueprints.

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:41 pm
by Sporty
Check out the blueprints of this chassis 8) http://www.rorty-design.com/content/beetle.htm

Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 9:18 pm
by volkdent
Bob has quite an amazing brain. He's working on my front end for me, and I'm very happy to be working with someone with so much knowledge.

Jason

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:37 am
by ecdez
Very interesting.

Mid-engined chassis

Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:01 am
by wlarryglick
Uh.... Where's the VW part of this?
ENGINE:
Rover 3.5 litre aluminium V8, bored and stroked to 5.1 litres, with all the trick bits.

TRANSAXLE:
R30 type 369 with ZF limited slip diff.

STEERING:
Holden rack and pinion, Nissan steering column.

BRAKES:
Alfa Romeo pedals and servo, Holden front ventilated discs
and alloy callipers, BMW rear discs and callipers with integral handbrake.

Not much chance of finding these parts in the U.S.! :?:

Re: Mid-engined chassis

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:20 pm
by MattKab
wlarryglick wrote:Uh.... Where's the VW part of this?
ENGINE:
Rover 3.5 litre aluminium V8, bored and stroked to 5.1 litres, with all the trick bits.

TRANSAXLE:
R30 type 369 with ZF limited slip diff.

STEERING:
Holden rack and pinion, Nissan steering column.

BRAKES:
Alfa Romeo pedals and servo, Holden front ventilated discs
and alloy callipers, BMW rear discs and callipers with integral handbrake.

Not much chance of finding these parts in the U.S.! :?:
A Beetle body goes on last :D

Matt

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:04 pm
by Guest
That's why it's called the 'World Wide Web'!!!!