Dattokai Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Please make an album of all the photos you took at night or in the dark. I like the look of them! Link to comment
INDY510 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 thanks ... next page will have some oar Link to comment
INDY510 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 . This is it till someone buys it for cheap, or I get back around to her someday,,, :frantics: if I ever try to make it more than an electric golf cart, I will need WAY more fabrication/welding skills/tools, and start all over with Miata front suspension and a real frame / removable shell.... and some motor that doesn't restrict the ride height Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 mini cooper 510 Link to comment
INDY510 Posted December 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 just needs a Wagon Hatch .... :lol: Raised up 2.5"-3" to roll: .... no brake drums ... so add another 8-10mm imaginary spacer: Link to comment
Draker Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 This thing is still progressing... pretty rad. Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 This is it till someone buys it for cheap, or I get back around to her someday,,, Link to comment
Draker Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 It should be obvious now.. I am a pic whore. I don't see words if there are pictures involved. 1 Link to comment
its_karl Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Reading this thread was like watching a trainwreck with 100's of naked chicks hanging everywhere on the train.... Indy you're sick, and I like that. You should seriously get this driving. 1 Link to comment
spudly13 Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 to bad i have so many projects and every weld would have to be re done haha this would be a fun project! it looked like you were making so much progres to.... Link to comment
its_karl Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Ive been on this site for years, never registered because i'm not into bs. I comend you for what you have done and are doing. You seem to be recieving the shit for this build. I'm sure everyone would love to atleast try what your doing. Who doesn't want to build a badass 510. I see this as art, you can always get another shell, if it doesn't work. I'm not sure what your next step is in the process... But i'm thinking tube frame the back half, kind like what blueridgespeed has done. Don't give up and keep up great work! Awesome Job! BTW, 12a or 13b it, its cheap low center of gravity and lite.. i know its been done, but it fits this application. You can easily raise the engine to line up with the rear end and still put the stock hood back on.. Great advice - you drive it once again and you won't regret the journey Link to comment
its_karl Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 . At this point the quarter panels were flopping around in the wind: Seems to me you have lots of room under those axles for the rear tubed section to connect to the front tubed floor... Just saying. And have you given any thought to how BMW leans their engines over at like 50 degrees or something? A leaning L16 engine needs a leaning sump in a triangled oil pan, would still lubicate? just need to unbolt the front half of the transmission and "clock it" to work... What other roadblocks have got you wanting to shove this aside? You could even midmount the engine facing backwards, run the driveline to a datsun 4x4 front axle... How low could it go then? Link to comment
VintageRice Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 mini cooper 510 That Would be SICK with a goon hatch!! Leave it raked like that witha VW bug front suspention and skinny white walls sticking way out front. Like the volksrods style! Open fenders and a L-series with bolonga cut zoomies out the(or lack there of) hood! ! Epic DATrod ! 1 Link to comment
its_karl Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Of course you'd have to get crafty with the differential to make it turn the wheels in the correct direction or accept 1 forward gear and 4-5 reverse =) Link to comment
DaBlist Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Seems to me you have lots of room under those axles for the rear tubed section to connect to the front tubed floor... Just saying. And have you given any thought to how BMW leans their engines over at like 50 degrees or something? A leaning L16 engine needs a leaning sump in a triangled oil pan, would still lubicate? just need to unbolt the front half of the transmission and "clock it" to work... What other roadblocks have got you wanting to shove this aside? You could even midmount the engine facing backwards, run the driveline to a datsun 4x4 front axle... How low could it go then? First generation Toyota Previa van ran a longitudinal 4 cylinder on it's side and there was a factory supercharged model too. Link to comment
Ratty260z Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 Of course you'd have to get crafty with the differential to make it turn the wheels in the correct direction or accept 1 forward gear and 4-5 reverse =) VW transaxle with flipped diff and adapter plate, but I still say go with the front engine plan, Figuring out a rear engine setup in a FR vehicle would be a pain in the ass, especially throttle cable, shifting, all that fun stuff. Link to comment
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