Neil
Supporter
I have been building this car over a period of many years. With the exception of its fiberglass body, all the fabrication was done by me- including the chassis, suspension, and engine. I chose the McLaren replica body that was made by Manta Cars in Santa Ana, California for their Mirage kit car because I knew that it had good aerodynamics but it was necessary to modify it significantly for its intended purpose- to run on the salt flats of Bonneville, Utah.
The engine is an aluminum block Donovan, 383 cubic inches, mated to an inverted Porsche G50-01 with a KEP adapter. The chassis is a steel tube space frame with stressed aluminum panels riveted on. It has an SCTA roll cage of round heavy gauge tubing with a titanium shear plate. The front suspension is based on Ford steel uprights while the rear is a 5-link with Porsche 996 aluminum uprights. I designed the suspension geometry using Suspension Analyzer v2.4. Dry weight is about 1985 lbs (900kg).
Here is a clip of it running in my shop.
The exhaust sound pressure modulates the cell phone camera lens focal length!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
The engine is an aluminum block Donovan, 383 cubic inches, mated to an inverted Porsche G50-01 with a KEP adapter. The chassis is a steel tube space frame with stressed aluminum panels riveted on. It has an SCTA roll cage of round heavy gauge tubing with a titanium shear plate. The front suspension is based on Ford steel uprights while the rear is a 5-link with Porsche 996 aluminum uprights. I designed the suspension geometry using Suspension Analyzer v2.4. Dry weight is about 1985 lbs (900kg).
Here is a clip of it running in my shop.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ