New week , new project ,
I bought a Lexus 210 drive train to experiment with the new dual-motor Yaris board. I've had it turning with a 48v ebike controller to confirm no inner gremlins and then stumbled upon a cheap Robin Hood 2B rolling chassis .. spent a day hacking it about to fit the trans but the more I spent time looking at it the less I liked it (the chassis). it seems like someone was let loose with a cnc tube bender whilst smoking something. listed and sold RH Chassis.
Happily , EBay came up with the goods , a cheap (there's a theme here ) Locost (Haynes) Chassis with panels and a bunch of stuff which has been a track day car in it's ICE days. This is a much nicer thing and about 200kg lighter when built, the Lexus unit looks like it should be there.
Been collecting suspension and running gear and learning more about the L210 to add to the wiki.
Locost Lexus track day car (Loxus/Lexcost?)
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Locost Lexus track day car (Loxus/Lexcost?)
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Re: Locost Lexus track day car (Loxus/Lexcost?)
That should be a great build. Always fancied one of those Haynes roadsters.
I'm going to need a hacksaw
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Re: Locost Lexus track day car (Loxus/Lexcost?)
Been setting this up with a Auris V1d inverter with 180Jacob's version of Damien's dual motor board and assembling lots of parts for it .
We are all ignorant, just about different things. If y'aint learnin', y'aint livin'