It' has been a long journey, with a few years left to go....but here were I am as of May 2020. Please feel free to contact me at ( jweber5@optonline.net ) if you want to talk about a project like this!
Update August 2020: I passed New York State DMV inspection on August 27 2020....one step closer to driving my project legally on the road!
Update September 2020: I dropped off all my paperwork at the local DMV and am waiting for my plates! Insured with Hagerty and ready to start driving.
I took my car to Empire Performance in West Babylon yesterday; / empireperformanceny : great guys! Morris did and awesome job! We did some easy dyno pulls because the engine is so new and I am nervous! I want to get 500-1,000 miles on it before we dial it in for maximum output. For now, we stopped at 5,000 rpm and 360 RWHP (about 414 HP at the crank using the 1:15 factor) and it sounds really happy! We spent about 4 hours on the dyno and I couldn't be happier! A full new video coming soon!
Build Your Own Car!
You can do it…..even with the NY State DMV hassle! I started this “Lotus Seven” (AKA Locost Seven) project 5 years ago and hope to finish in 2021.
This is my first attempt to build a car and I learned so much!
1.25” mild steel chassis of my own design with flush riveted and bonded aluminum skin, SFI roll bar
1,980#/895Kg fully fueled
Front and rear suspension of my own design with QA1 coilovers
8.8 Ford rear with 3.73 gears, 11.65” SVT Cobra brakes
SVT Cobra spindles and 13” SVT Cobra brakes with 4-piston calipers, Flaming River rack
Wilwood pedal set with individually adjustable master cylinders
Ford 302/5.0 block, bored and stroked to 347 CID / 5.69L - 415HP with mild tune
MS3Pro ECU, sequential injection, coil-near-plug LS coils, no distributor,
Braille lightweight battery, Hall effect ammeter, custom wiper system, heated seats, LED lighting, heating/defrosting system
Dual pass radiator, electric water pump, PWM controlled fan
Strengthened Tremec T5 SVT Cobra spec transmission
10-gallon fuel cell
Custom Speedhut gauge set
Kirkey seating with 5-point harnesses
Please feel free to contact me to discuss your ideas.
If I am at a car show, please vote for me to show support for my project!
Ugh! I had some copyright claims on the original music I had on this video, so now it has just generic RU-vid supplied music. Maybe I will get less music complaints and thumbs down now.
30 апр 2020
