Hey everyone,
Fist of all a little introduction, my name is Mark and I live in Scotland. I've been wanting to build a kit car since I was in High School and a few years ago while I was at university I managed to find a bargain of a chassis. Due to money flow I couldnt afford to put any money towards it so it been stored for the past few years, but now I am looking to build it.
I have found a person at home that has an old '89 Volvo 740 Turbo rotting away in his garden, I have approached him to do a deal and I'm waiting to hear back from him.
My plans are to use this as a learning project as I am a fully qualified Automotive Engineer and vehicles are a huge hobby of mine, so I plan to fit an aftermarket ECU, probably Megasquirt, 3 inch exhaust system and possibly a hybrid turbo in the late future. But first of all I will be looking into getting it built running standard, get it road worthy and then look at modifiying it from there on out.
I was going to fit an R1 engine and use Ford running gear which I have at the moment, however a large turbo'ed Volvo lump is much more appealling to me these days
Anyways, here are some photos of the chassis, let me know your thoughts on it. Will be looking at around 700-800kgs initially I estimate, but with +200hp will fairly motor on.
Cheers Gibbo
Fist of all a little introduction, my name is Mark and I live in Scotland. I've been wanting to build a kit car since I was in High School and a few years ago while I was at university I managed to find a bargain of a chassis. Due to money flow I couldnt afford to put any money towards it so it been stored for the past few years, but now I am looking to build it.
I have found a person at home that has an old '89 Volvo 740 Turbo rotting away in his garden, I have approached him to do a deal and I'm waiting to hear back from him.
My plans are to use this as a learning project as I am a fully qualified Automotive Engineer and vehicles are a huge hobby of mine, so I plan to fit an aftermarket ECU, probably Megasquirt, 3 inch exhaust system and possibly a hybrid turbo in the late future. But first of all I will be looking into getting it built running standard, get it road worthy and then look at modifiying it from there on out.
I was going to fit an R1 engine and use Ford running gear which I have at the moment, however a large turbo'ed Volvo lump is much more appealling to me these days
Anyways, here are some photos of the chassis, let me know your thoughts on it. Will be looking at around 700-800kgs initially I estimate, but with +200hp will fairly motor on.
Cheers Gibbo