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Originally Posted by deathtrain
oh ok... i thought this was going to be a "form equals function" design. if its for looks then ok.
I have a question though. "if" I was to follow you and build my own. I would not care about a passenger. So building a single seater with a small area for storage. what do you think of the weight savings and the rough length it would end up being? also just your .02 on that.
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The widest, tallest part of the car is for the driver and his shoulders.
From there you need to taper it back. What angle can you taper it back? What is the rise over run for an allowable shape which maintains laminar flow? 10 degrees is GOOD, 20 is not enough probably according to what I have read.
FWIW, there is 40 inches length for the passenger and his legs. I'm pretty sure you don't want to lose all that as the car is going to get pretty short, and short means it doesn't want to go straight very well.
As it is, the car isn't really very long. It should end up right about the same overall length as a 2010 corvette we were comparing it to.
for weight, 150 pounds difference????? Not sure, but not much.