ridiculous car????

http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7995 This is something that I have been working on for a couple of months. Long read but I think you will be entertained.

Looks great man, glad to see you're having fun out east :D

The ridiculous part is that I just spent the last two and a half hours reading it all the way through, its only 230 in the morning now.

Looks like your have a ball building that thing, and your rate of progress is nothing short of staggering.

When I look at the progress it seems like I went really slow but when I look at the dates then I realize the progress was quite speedy.

Cool. It's always nice to see a locost-style build that isn't a seven clone. I like your a-arms:

I can't believe I am saying this about a 3.5 but, WANT

Dangit! I see I'm not going to be able to stop reading this till I get to the end.
I think the 3.5L and autostick trans are pretty sweet.

ScottRA21 wrote: Looks great man, glad to see you're having fun out east :D

If you are going to call me an easterner you better live in the pacific ocean

Checked your profile.........you do live in the ocean.

Thank God you didn't butcher the Europa

Dude I never even sat in the europa, I am 6'4"and weigh 325lbs. It was never even an option. Of course I acquired it for cheap and it paid for the trailer so it was an acceptable deal.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MyEgoman New video for you guys to look at.

That looks like ALOT of fun. Thanks for sharing it with us :)

I like it!

Cool.

Egoman is officially the hero of the week. Complete, comprehensive build log and lots of humor. Dig. The random shots of the thermometer ruled.

Any thoughts as to the body panels?

The Brain sez: "YES!"

Two thumbs up. How many "..hey could you build me one of those?" have you recieved?

As an autocrosser it will be naked. For track use later it will get the sports racer look.

I always thought that the 3.5HO motor from the Intrepid R/T or SRT would be a good swap candidate.

We thought about putting the drivetrain in the lotus........but apparently they arent built for someone my size.

egoman wrote: We thought about putting the drivetrain in the lotus........but apparently they arent built for someone my size.

I thought that's why you were building something for yourself in the first place!

Seriously, though...for bodywork, maybe you could find a start by searching ads for SCCA D and C Sports racers. Many of the older cars have become obsolete in the face of all these Euro "track day" cars (Radicals, etc.). The folks with older "homebuilt" cars seem to be trying to unload their stuff..

http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/other/1109711811/1109711811pp.htm

The website says that one's sold, but I'll bet there's a few more that haven't been...

Great, another website full of enablement. And i'm getting a bad case of "want, must have, surely would die without" over this:

http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/lotus/1248738625/1248738625ss.htm

Updated the build log with several more posts, have a look.

http://www.locostusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=7995&start=450 More updates.

Looks good, I just read through the entire thread.