A while back, i wanted to have a "pure" car, with no stupid luxuries or electronics, just me, a engine, and the road,and RWD.
mainly to develop my skills as a driver (rally, off road,on road,trail braking etc) and as a beater/fun car,and must be extremely light.
so after some research i found a common design, one i could easily use.
its called a caterham, made in the uk as lightweight sports cars. the max level one costs about 50,000 pounds and can outperform a veyron.
back on topic.
i am going to use the caterham design, with a roll cage, and try to achive the best performance possible while keeping the price down (under 1.5 lak)
the chassis frame etc i can handle, will have it locally fabricated, and all axles etc will be cast iron/aluminum alloy, made by myself.
its the engine that im confused about.
im thinking of going for a cultus engine, but dont know how much it would cost.
with a total..predicted weight of about 300kg a power to weight ratio of
45KW/300kg= .15, which is VERY good, given that the swift has a ratio of .11
and also i need a little advice on the suspension and brakes. i was thinking of just using a air filled hydro jack, in a steel coil/spring around it. on brakes...mechanical handbrake can be handled by me, but for the normal ones im considering using a pair of old discs or drums from a mehran/cultus.
differential will also be handled by me
also i am confused about what to do for the drive shaft to the rear wheels. i might just use a chain, or if anything else is better that you guys know of..... please tell me.
all basic electronics will also be handled by me, like speedometers and gauges,and the starting battery etc etc.. i have some microcontoller experience
looking forward to your input.
thanks in advance.
(on a side note, i will be doing this over a period of time (about a year) so if i dont reply for a while, its because either my exams are going on, or i havent made any progress)
