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Old 24th August 2010, 04:35 AM
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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












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
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Old 24th August 2010, 06:32 AM
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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.
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Welcome to the forum Tiago

Looks like you have been busy on your chassis seeing as you only started 2 weeks ago
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
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Old 2nd September 2010, 03:00 AM
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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.









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
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Old 2nd September 2010, 10:17 AM
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Hi Tiago, looking good. Is it easy to get the materials in Portugal? Which part of the country are you in?
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