Hmm...

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 10/08/2015 at 11:41 • Filed to: Curious, Shell Eco-Marathon

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You know, I kinda-sorta would like to make these. And make another version that’s petrol-powered (inline-4) and can take on the tight, twisty !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Some of the narrow-and-long-bodied racers look good enough for me (the first one can into 911 engine config), but I’d like to see wallpaper versions of the more stylish yet compact Eco-Marathon racers like the ones above. Only things I need to worry are steering lock and suspension.

uofime-2 > Wheelerguy 10/08/2015 at 11:44

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These cars are incredibly sketchy in real life, they tend to make them a little too light...

spanfucker retire bitch > Wheelerguy 10/08/2015 at 11:46

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That’s a very nice portable coffin you’ve got there.

TheHondaBro > uofime-2 10/08/2015 at 11:48

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Solution: eat more burgers.

Scott > Wheelerguy 10/08/2015 at 11:50

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“Use the horn for overtaking” So that’s why there is no passing in F1!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > spanfucker retire bitch 10/08/2015 at 11:51

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If it’s floppy, collapsible, and can be stacked in a haphazard pile, it’s not a coffin, it’s an unusually rigid body bag.

Wheelerguy > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 10/08/2015 at 11:53

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Eh, Not too keen about it. They go pitifully slow.

kanadanmajava1 > Wheelerguy 10/08/2015 at 12:01

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The first one looks really nice. But its probably three-wheeled so a rear engine is probably out of the question.

I’m pretty sure that the driving positions in these are utterly horrible and I cannot even tell how the driver is placed in the second car. I could be seeing the driver’s head and arm but where are his/her legs? Maybe they left the legs at the pits.

tromoly > Wheelerguy 10/08/2015 at 13:32

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So basically what you’re saying is take the shape, and build a completely different vehicle. These typically run the smallest single-cylinder engine possible (<50cc is common), have zero suspension, pack the driver in for maximum aero efficiency with little regard to long-term ergonomics, and the turning radius is about on-par with the average sedan. They are designed to use as little fuel as possible and reduce losses while in motion as much as possible, in zero regards are they meant for day-to-day use.

Wheelerguy > tromoly 10/09/2015 at 03:06

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Wow, you went overboard. I’m not going to DD this, silly. That’s a death sentence I’d give to the GOP candidates.

It’s just a one-off, just so I can be able to run on the narrow streets of Japan. Besides, I know just the blokes that can make the racer I have in mind.

Now that I think about it, though, maybe I should just stick to something like this (or a cyclo-x bike).

An overkill option would be this.

tromoly > Wheelerguy 10/09/2015 at 03:19

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My point was what you want to do and what those vehicles are built for are completely different things.

Full suspension is not needed for city riding. The geometry of cyclocross bikes typically are more upright and twitchy than typical pavement bikes, however I will say the Surly Cross Check is an amazing machine, I commutted the last couple years of college on mine and my brother did a ~1000 mile tour of Louisiana-to-Florida-and-back on his, it is in my opinion one of the greatest bicycles ever made.