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Vehicle: 2001 Kawasaki Ninja ZX9r/ Saturn Hybrid
Goal: Build a car from the ground up, have fun and learn alot
Start Date: December 4, 2007
End Date: Hoping for Dragon '08!
Background:
I have wanted a kit car for sometime now. And one night, a friend and I were cruising around in the SL2 on a curvy road talking about how we should bring the bikes out there. Light bulb went on, I thought "why not add a wheel to a motorcycle?" So here we are; with project "Hammerhead," if you look at the car, top down, it looks a bit like a hammerhead shark, hence the name.
Design:
2 wheels up front, one in rear
One person capacity
500 lbs or less dry weight
Chassis:
1" square tubing. Triangulated everywhere. Power coated red.
Dimensions:
60" track width (important, I will tell you why in a sec)
80-85" wheelbase
5 gal fuel capacity
Seats one only
500 lbs or less
35" high (top of roll bar)
Suspension:
Front: Equal length control arms, true A arms. Non-parallel. 7/16" spherical bearings used through out. Saturn hubs/ brakes/ spindles for simplicity and cost. Sawtooths used for weight and cost.
12 way adjustable coil-overs- http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... AL-DR3855B
Rear: Stock Kawa everything, except I may increase the spring rate to handle the additional load
Steering:
2:1 rack and pinion 14"- http://www.dansperformanceparts.com/bug ... pinion.htm
10" wheel- http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... =GRT-613-4
possible quick release hub
Brakes:
EBC Green Stuff pads up front
Stock Kawa rears pads. They are already EBC, and stick as shit.
Wilwood MC- http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
Only the fronts will be run off the MC. The rear will be lever actuated, exactly like a hand brake. This ought to work just fine, because each front rotor only has to stop 300lbs max.
If needed, I will route a line back there, with a proportioning valve and call it a day.
Tires:
Front: Azenis, or a harder R comp
Rear: Widest, stickiest tire I can fit on it
Engine:
Stock for now(127bhp), but apparently these can make 150hp+ N/A with a big bore kit, and breathing mods. Nitrous may be in the future if needed.
Concerns:
Oversteer. I hope to avoid this like the plague. To help me, I will run harder tires in the front, softer springs all around as well as a super soft tire out back. Eventually we will work up to harder springs and softer tires.
Build time: idea is simple, and straight forward. i have a lot of the parts laying around. Money may be an issue. I have 8 months. 3 of which I can work 2 jobs for....
Pictas!!
wide enough?
127hp. With the 6 speed sequential box AND the engine, it weighs LESS than our motor does alone. lol
Rough dimension mock up
Goal: Build a car from the ground up, have fun and learn alot
Start Date: December 4, 2007
End Date: Hoping for Dragon '08!
Background:
I have wanted a kit car for sometime now. And one night, a friend and I were cruising around in the SL2 on a curvy road talking about how we should bring the bikes out there. Light bulb went on, I thought "why not add a wheel to a motorcycle?" So here we are; with project "Hammerhead," if you look at the car, top down, it looks a bit like a hammerhead shark, hence the name.
Design:
2 wheels up front, one in rear
One person capacity
500 lbs or less dry weight
Chassis:
1" square tubing. Triangulated everywhere. Power coated red.
Dimensions:
60" track width (important, I will tell you why in a sec)
80-85" wheelbase
5 gal fuel capacity
Seats one only
500 lbs or less
35" high (top of roll bar)
Suspension:
Front: Equal length control arms, true A arms. Non-parallel. 7/16" spherical bearings used through out. Saturn hubs/ brakes/ spindles for simplicity and cost. Sawtooths used for weight and cost.
12 way adjustable coil-overs- http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... AL-DR3855B
Rear: Stock Kawa everything, except I may increase the spring rate to handle the additional load
Steering:
2:1 rack and pinion 14"- http://www.dansperformanceparts.com/bug ... pinion.htm
10" wheel- http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... =GRT-613-4
possible quick release hub
Brakes:
EBC Green Stuff pads up front
Stock Kawa rears pads. They are already EBC, and stick as shit.
Wilwood MC- http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku
Only the fronts will be run off the MC. The rear will be lever actuated, exactly like a hand brake. This ought to work just fine, because each front rotor only has to stop 300lbs max.
If needed, I will route a line back there, with a proportioning valve and call it a day.
Tires:
Front: Azenis, or a harder R comp
Rear: Widest, stickiest tire I can fit on it
Engine:
Stock for now(127bhp), but apparently these can make 150hp+ N/A with a big bore kit, and breathing mods. Nitrous may be in the future if needed.
Concerns:
Oversteer. I hope to avoid this like the plague. To help me, I will run harder tires in the front, softer springs all around as well as a super soft tire out back. Eventually we will work up to harder springs and softer tires.
Build time: idea is simple, and straight forward. i have a lot of the parts laying around. Money may be an issue. I have 8 months. 3 of which I can work 2 jobs for....
Pictas!!
wide enough?
127hp. With the 6 speed sequential box AND the engine, it weighs LESS than our motor does alone. lol
Rough dimension mock up
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