Exocet vs. Westfield

"slipperysallylikespenguins" (slipperysally) 03/30/2020 at 16:37 • Filed to: None

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With the recent posts by sony1492 on his locost, I’ve been getting back into the planning stages of my own locost. As I was browsing the forums for frame dimensions I came across these pictures of an unassembled Exocet next to an unassembled Westfield. I believe the Westfield is a few inches larger in every direction than a comparable Caterham. Note that the floor p ans are at the same height on the pallets.

sony1492 > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/30/2020 at 16:56

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This is a good resource for specs

http://wclocost.blogspot.com/2008/02/dimensions.html?m=1

Here what I believe is the original lotus specs

ttyymmnn > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/30/2020 at 16:57

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Better than Exocet vs Sheffield.....

Aremmes > ttyymmnn 03/30/2020 at 17:03

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Ooooh, explosive!

My bird IS the word > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/30/2020 at 17:09

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My comparison would be the caterham sv. At 6'1" I couldn’t comfortably fit in the standard car, but it was because my hips were too wide for the seat. The sv was perfectly comfortable though.

slipperysallylikespenguins > sony1492 03/30/2020 at 17:10

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That is a good resource. It’s amazing how many different forums and websites exist for Locost building. I’ve been down loading pages like crazy.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > slipperysallylikespenguins 03/30/2020 at 17:26

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If I ever do something like this, the lesson I have learnt  from this picture is that a chassis should not be flat black.

slipperysallylikespenguins > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 03/30/2020 at 17:42

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Yeah , not a great choice.

slipperysallylikespenguins > My bird IS the word 03/30/2020 at 17:47

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I’ve sat in a Caterham comfortably before, not sure what model though. I got to sit in this 1966 Lotus last year and it was way too tight.