 6GC Style Body For Ariel Atom, Custom ??? (dont get too excited) |
 Mar 17, 2006 - 12:20 AM
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I recently figured why waste tons of time and money now, when I could really enjoy it in the future. Anyway, After college I hope to be able to afford a decent 50k-60k car, the Ariel Atom. Street legal but not really a daily driver. So if I get measurements and start now I could have a pretty cool body for a really fast car by the time i could afford it. So heres my first question... Would a fully custom fiberglass body be legal as long as I use all DOT approved parts for lights, the windshield and such? If so, then there really isn't anything keeping me from it. EXCEPT the Honda engine. Maybe if I inquire for detailed measurements all the time I can get one made with a 4A-GZE or 3S-GTE since they are custom built to begin with.
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Mar 17, 2006 - 4:41 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 10, '05 From Greensboro, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Also I figured I should throw this in there since I keep hearing suggestions for other cars, I love how the 6GC looks and the only problem I have with it is not enough power. So, I'm gonna keep the celica look, just subtle/functional changes to the body.
I was reading up on some information about how the Atom probably would be faster if it had some sort of body for aerodynamics. I'm going to look deeper in to this though. |
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Mar 17, 2006 - 6:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 13, '06 From Lebanon, Oregon Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
QUOTE(Flyinghumanoid @ Mar 17, 2006 - 4:41 PM) [snapback]409283[/snapback] I was reading up on some information about how the Atom probably would be faster if it had some sort of body for aerodynamics. Yes a fiberglass body would make it more aerodynamic but it wouldn't make it any faster, because you would be adding to much weight. The reason the Atom is so fast is it only weighs 1000 lbs. If you have enough to money buy an Atom just leave it stock and enjoy it. -------------------- |
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Flyinghumanoid 6GC Style Body For Ariel Atom Mar 17, 2006 - 12:20 AM
Flyinghumanoid Please don't post if you don't have answer... Mar 17, 2006 - 12:36 AM creamed_corn 60k? Just buy a Z06. Mar 17, 2006 - 2:02 AM Flyinghumanoid I'm pretty sure the Atom is faster than the Z0... Mar 17, 2006 - 2:05 AM azian_advanced that's cool... is that an s2000 engine? Mar 17, 2006 - 9:02 AM 94gts super charged type R I think, fast little car but ... Mar 17, 2006 - 9:49 AM Digndoug Id only get that if i had a lot of money to blow, ... Mar 17, 2006 - 10:36 AM Jaws4God I also remember seeing that on Top Gear... They re... Mar 17, 2006 - 11:06 AM Flyinghumanoid 94gts, I was planning on getting some basic measur... Mar 17, 2006 - 12:39 PM Silver94CelicaOwner I think that a much better looking, practical, sim... Mar 17, 2006 - 12:56 PM Flyinghumanoid There's a US distributor.
Back to the real qu... Mar 17, 2006 - 1:48 PM 94gts Your right anything can be done, but moching up a ... Mar 17, 2006 - 4:06 PM Flyinghumanoid I thought about carbon fiber, that would be really... Mar 17, 2006 - 4:35 PM
Flyinghumanoid I want to make it into a daily driver, that thing ... Mar 17, 2006 - 6:26 PM brianforster QUOTE(Silver94CelicaOwner @ Mar 17, 2006 ... Mar 17, 2006 - 10:54 PM Flyinghumanoid Top Gear Power Laps Mar 18, 2006 - 12:34 AM Hanyo i dont think it will actually work. you will have ... Mar 18, 2006 - 1:58 AM
Flyinghumanoid I will make custom gull wing type doors connecting... Mar 18, 2006 - 1:48 PM |
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