Mazda Rotary Club

Cars by Model Type => Cosmo's and Other Rotary Powered Vehicles => Topic started by: Fish on September 08, 2004, 07:49:15 PM

Title: Locost Rotary Kit Car
Post by: Fish on September 08, 2004, 07:49:15 PM
Found this whilst looking for something else. Its amazing the amount of stuff you find when youre not looking for it.

Locost (http://www.mindspring.com/~robmk2/)

Fish
Title: Locost Rotary Kit Car
Post by: antnicuk on September 08, 2004, 08:16:36 PM
If i every get round to it my robinhood will have a 12a turbo engine in it.   I dont know why but these things are never that quick on the 1/4 mile. Should be good round a track though.
There was an ultra light weight Dax Rush with a Huyabuse turbo engine with 350bhp, he only managed 12 seconds. And they have padle sequential gears.  

Does anybody know of any really quick lotus 7 stylee kit cars??
Title: Locost Rotary Kit Car
Post by: Initial-D on September 08, 2004, 08:21:32 PM
Excellent little car, still can\'t believe he put a rotary in there!
Title: Locost Rotary Kit Car
Post by: Fish on September 09, 2004, 12:43:27 AM
If he had put something like a semi-bridge 13b in there without the turbos it would have out lasted the car, and been almost as quick.

Fish
Title: Locost Rotary Kit Car
Post by: travellinbob on December 30, 2004, 05:10:58 PM
I bought the book on how to build an off road go cart by Ron Champion a few months ago and am in the middle of welding up the frame, and must admit it is giving me some evil thoughts on his other book, how to build a locost thingy for under £7.50. (or something like that) Anyone heard or read that book? Kinda tempting to maybe put the proposed 12a turbo into one of them instead of my moggy?
Title: Locost Rotary Kit Car
Post by: MikeLMR on December 30, 2004, 05:17:43 PM
Hi Michael,
                 I find this site is very usefull for anyone building cars out of bits (but it is specifically for those building cars from \'the book\' )

//www.locostbuilders.co.uk