A building from Portugal

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Hi all.
My name is Tiago, i'm 24yo and i'm an automotive engineer student. I knew about this locost/haynes roadster thing just about 3 or 4 months ago and i started my build on the Aug 10 2010.
I'm really excited about it. My Roadster will be roadlegal and i've 2 engines that i still need to decided between. Zx9r or carbed R1...
I've all the parts from the sierra donnor and i'm looking for the shocks now. if someone know where to get a good deal please let me know.
Another thing that i'm planing to do is the front wings, rear arches and nose cone in carbon fiber. At the university we have a nice composites lab. The bonnet, boot and side panels will be kawasaky green.
Well there is enough talking for now. Let's see some pics

http://a.imageshack.us/img832/8052/p1108102122.th.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/p1108102122.jpg/)

http://a.imageshack.us/img832/4714/p2308102130.th.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/p2308102130.jpg/)

http://a.imageshack.us/img832/5305/p2208101716.th.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/p2208101716.jpg/)


http://a.imageshack.us/img832/5631/p2108101333.th.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/p2108101333.jpg/)



Ok i guess some people will probably say that there is too much wood there. Lolol well it's because it's beeing TIG welded and i want my chassis as straight as possible.
Hope you like it and i'll keep updating it.

Thanks
Tiago

P.s sorry for my english

[Hoybi]

Hello Tiago,



welcome to the forum.
If you are going to make the bodywork yourself, you can have my CAD-files of the parts. If you're interested, send me an e-mail.

No doubt you'll find this forum a more than valuable place to visit.
Good luck with your build.

[twinturbo]

Welcome to the forum :)

TT

[HandyAndy]

Welcome to the forum Tiago :)

Looks like you have been busy on your chassis seeing as you only started 2 weeks ago :cool:
Keep us updated with your build, we all like to see photo,s of Roadsters being built.

Your english is perfect :)
Best wishes for your build.

cheers
andy

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Well here i am again bringing some update to my building.
I started fully welding the chassis and tomorrow i'm going to work on the rear part of the chassis.
Here're some pictures of my progress.

http://a.imageshack.us/img829/3604/dsc00040f.th.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/dsc00040f.jpg/)

http://a.imageshack.us/img820/9260/dsc00039dt.th.jpg (http://img820.imageshack.us/i/dsc00039dt.jpg/)

http://a.imageshack.us/img121/1139/dsc00038za.th.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/dsc00038za.jpg/)

http://a.imageshack.us/img704/2996/dsc00031pe.th.jpg (http://img704.imageshack.us/i/dsc00031pe.jpg/)

I need to create a Blog with my intire picture colection but i'm without time for now.

Just to have an idea what's the usual building accuracy in mm for home builds?

Thanks

Tiago

[Enoch]

Hi Tiago, looking good. Is it easy to get the materials in Portugal? Which part of the country are you in?
Enoch

[maxubar]

Hi Tiago, looking good. Is it easy to get the materials in Portugal? Which part of the country are you in?
Enoch

Well it's easy to get almost everything here. i just had a hard time finding the 33,7x2,6mm tube bc it's called mechanical tube and there is just one place here that sells it. I had to order a complete set of ball joints from England bc i couldn't find the Maxi ones here. My town is Aveiro close to the north.

[maxubar]

Hi all.
Sorry for being away for a while but my school it's a bit far from home and i've almost no time to come here and update the pictures.
I created a facebook Photo album and i've there some pictures of the actual progress.
Hope you like it and it's being a great experience doing that.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/album.php?aid=310000&id=771932872

Thanks