Hi All,
First off, I'm very impressed with this forum!
A quick intro,
My name is Paul Chernikeeff. I'm the founder and owner of Rotec Aerosport Australia. 20 years manufacturing small radial aircraft engines for recreational sport aviation. 110 and 150 HP.
My first love is aviation but a close second is open wheel race cars, with my favorite era being the 80's-90's F1. Having just finished an airplane project, I decided to take a few weeks off. But I'm sure like many of you I got itchy fingers really quickly and I'm now ready to get started on a something new.
My Project concept.
My plan is to build an open wheel racer that resembles an 80's inspired F1 car (for club track days) . So I started to search for automotive engines and trans-axle gearboxes etc, On the engine front I really wanted something that revved and sounded, well, F1 like.
Then during my searches I stumbled across F1000 race cars and it took me about 3 minutes to fall in love with these cars! wow they look, sound and performance great....no I mean awesome, with a sequential six speed gearbox oh man, perfect!
It didn't take me long to find Jim Ludemann's project and I read his blog and his threads on this forum from top to bottom, inspirational. This forum has quickly become the go to for my research as there is clearly some very experienced, clever folks here.
Im designing the car from the wheels in. So my starting point right now is to get a hold of wheels, tires, brakes, hubs, flanges and drive shafts, and the Hayabusa 1300 engine, with wiring and ECU.
Using Jim L's lead Im going to run modified Honda Civic hubs, drive shafts etc, I have several auto salvage yards in my area (Melbourne Australia), so Im going to start by grabbing the Honda Civic parts over the next few days.
At least that's a start.
Any input / advice is VERY welcome.
Specifically the location and sources for the following hardware.
Center lock rims 10 x 13 front 8 x 13 rear (sources)
Tires for the above (sources)
Brake calipers and rotors (size and sources)
Springs and shocks. (classic inboard push rod operated)
Thanks in advance, Paul C