oldmatedan Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 This things cool man Always wanted to build a rotary one of these Will be keeping a Close eye on this 1 Quote
xygtho Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 Nice project - youre doing a fantastic job. Is this a Steel Brothers Lotus 7 made in NZ? Quote
Mof Posted February 7, 2015 Posted February 7, 2015 Steel bros did the series 4 with the fat ass, bit ugly imo Quote
xygtho Posted February 8, 2015 Posted February 8, 2015 Steel bros did the series 4 with the fat ass, bit ugly imo Yes, you're right, the Steel Brothers cars were series 4s. There was only ever 1 wide bodied car built Quote
HKM400 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 Yep you're right, Steel Bros only did Series 4's. Mine is a Series 3 in terms of shape and style, still no idea if it's real or not though! Cheers for the comments guys Quote
Rookie Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 Mcgregor Motorsport will make you a windscreen frame. Windscreens are expensive though so be prepared. You can do it yourself but the results I have seen have been lackluster. Quote
HKM400 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 Yes they're they guys that did the chassis work, however I think they may have downsized and moved from their shop and are focusing on racecar prep now... Quote
anglia4 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 I reckon that chassis looks light enough to be genuine. Â Colin's "Simplify then add lightness" mantra made for some terrifyingly lightweight looking chassis haha. Quote
Rookie Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 To me it doesn't look genuine, but there was so many chops and changes it is hard to be sure. There are a few give aways though, the front suspension being one, if it was genuine then it would look like this: Â Â Also the rear shock mounts aren't right. Â This however isn't a problem, the number of home built chassis' out there undoubtedly outnumber the real ones, and they get along quite smartly! Quote
HKM400 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Posted February 12, 2015 Yes I agree rookie, Another opinion has been that it was modeled on a real one and self fabricated with some changes from original. The dimensions are almost identical when compared to a genuine series 2 which was recently sold by one of the guys at mcgregor's. Way I see it is same fun for a fraction of the price! Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Nice progress mate. What brake lines did the guy have to run and what kinda money did he sting ya? Quote
HKM400 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Posted February 16, 2015 All hard lines from the masters to the wheels, including flexibles, also did the clutch and bent the fuel line away from the exhaust manifold which was a good move. All up it was $500 bucks but money well spent I would say. Cheers Quote
flyingbrick Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 That's not bad! Did he crimp up the soft lines too?! Quote
HKM400 Posted February 16, 2015 Author Posted February 16, 2015 He did indeed, really good service. He got it to the point where you can plug it all together and fill the resivour with fluid for bleeding. Quote
flyingbrick Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 Mate! Go to a place like JA RUSSELS and get decent crimp connectors (nice ones have the heat shrink and glue in them) plus a decent set of ratchet crimp pliers. The crimp tool you have in photos is as good as useless. I actually saw decent looking ratchet crimp tools at sca For 25 bucks over the weekend. 1 Quote
flyingbrick Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 The crack testing isn't just for the WOF man. Its also so YOU know its not shithouse. Quote
Rookie Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 Because you can do a puss weak weld that will pass ndt, but will still kill you. 2 Quote
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