No modifications, Officer(heavily modded Trabi anyone?)
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@mike amos said:
Speaking personally, I would suggest a turbo four cylinder engine of about 1.4 - 1.6 litre capacity. Anything larger would just be out of proportion to the vehicle itself. Nice job on the car.
Thanks! I was thinking of a VR6 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR6_engine By saying out of proportion, do you mean the size itself or power:weight ratio?
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I mean the size of the engine, the VR 6 is reasonably small but when you take the width of the trabi in consideration it does not leave much for improved suspension/chassis items. Besides, a decent small 3/4 cylinder engine can chuck out as much power as you would need with that bantamweight car. The 1.0 litre ford ecoboost engine can make 155bhp to 170bhp and in that lightweight body the steering will not be corrupted by a heavy engine which the VR 6 is in this application.
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Hm, good point! Gotta learn more about this stuff but unfortunately I don't have the time recently. That's why I posted the topic as a contribution request
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Topology is so nicely following the forces that I would make a real car with the lines.
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Wow, thanks!
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Love the model. Why not go crazy and put in the new 2.3l Ford EcoBoost?
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The 2.3 would be too heavy and make the car understeer everywhere, less weight with the 1.0 to 1.4 litre engines would enable a better chassis balance.
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@mike amos said:
The 2.3 would be too heavy and make the car understeer everywhere, less weight with the 1.0 to 1.4 litre engines would enable a better chassis balance.
I said "go crazy"
The 1.0l 3 cyl is a cool little engine for sure. Impressive what it did in the Ford F1 test car.
Inside Ford's 1.0-liter EcoBoost That Whipped Nurburgring - EngineLabs
Ford is bringing the 1.0-liter EcoBoost engine to the US for the 2014 Fiesta. We noticed this spirited 3-cylinder a few months ago when it powered a Formula Ford around Nurburgring in a very fast 7:22, which is quic
EngineLabs (www.enginelabs.com)
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I did not mean to be facetious, I have not got used to the "smillies" yet, sorry mate.
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No worries Mike, it's all good.
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Anybody?
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Well it looks great. Why not go ahead and finish the exterior?
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@bryan k said:
Well it looks great. Why not go ahead and finish the exterior?
Haven't modeled anything for a while... I hope to be able to continue soon. I'm planning to rework the rear wheel arches so they match the front. Also I remember the last thing I did was I punched a hole on the sideskirt for a muffler. For the rest I'm looking for contributors
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