rustrocket Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Have you guys seen this? Repost? http://www.flickr.com/photos/25435483@N00/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Looks like a Toyota motor. Any idea which? I can't imagine welding something like that up!!! Keeping everything straight - one wrong move and the headache!! I read a Lotus-7-esque DIY book, and it recommended that if you do weld up a frame, that you do several and sell them. Wonder if that guy is going to make a few extra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehelix112 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Wow. Thats cool. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayz Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 In the description under the pics, he says he is using an RSX Engine. Very nice project, Dayz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombarace14 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 The new atoms use the K20 from the RSX type-S. If he got the plans to build it thats why he used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 that's pretty cool, but I thought the Atoms were made mostly from Titanium and aircraft aluminum. I wonder how fast his goes, n he really needs to wear a helmet. Phar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Looking at the roll hoop, I think I would have used double hoops. If tracking, a set of roll cage tubes extending down to the front of the Atom as well. Not a whole lot there when overturning, and I would NOT want to be trapped ala Richard Hammond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I want to make one now . I wonder what front suspension he is using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 http://www.locostusa.com He's a regular over there, as was I for a bit! Lots of interesting projects on that board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Looks expensive... but just as neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 yeah, his hoop scares me a little looks like it would collapse on a roll over what IS crazy though, is he built the entire thing without any measurements from a REAL atom, so not only is this a home built atom, it's a home built, one off custom replica of an atom. 0-60 in 4.5 seconds and 35mpg. he used a bunch of scrap parts too, which is pretty cool. but still....that hoop bothers me lmao. I bet he built it for pretty cheap too. a lot of the parts are all recycled (like the engine and I'll bet all the electronics, came from teh same crashed RSX) he designed the entire car in cad, and he has an image of what looks like his frame if he went into a side impact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete84 Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Take that to a track day, and I would be MUCH more worried about rolling it that being T-boned. Designed on CAD? Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4xwellmurd3r Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Take that to a track day, and I would be MUCH more worried about rolling it that being T-boned. Designed on CAD? Nice! I took a look at his cad pictures description, and it's a cad model of an ariel atom that he used as the basis of HIS frame. but he never took any REAL measurements from a real car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm impressed that a fairly young guy without a ton of automotive knowledge could sit down and build himself an atom on the cheap, using many scrap parts, (including an old kayak for the front bodywork) and have it come out so good. He did it in a very short timeframe as I remember. (6 months?) I wouldn't that concerned about side impact, those main tubes are pretty darn beefy. A Z puts the driver in similar amounts danger in a side impact IMHO, you just fleet more protected because there is sheetmetal and glass "protecting" you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharaohabq Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 14 mo, but yeah. pretty impressive. I wonder what his can can do on the track, 1/4 mi? I agree he needs to triangulate the upper hoop. Almost makes me want to try to build one. I wonder if a VQ w/ a FWD tranny (maxima?) would work, of course rear mounted?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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