Locost R1 Hillclimb / Sprint Car
The following shows the build of our Locost kit car for hill climbs and sprints, there is a brief description beside most of the pictures.
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Chassis Painting
Chassis arrived covered in surface rust (due to rain on the journey home). It was placed on its build stands and rubbed down to a clean metal finish.
Chassis is painted in red oxide primer. Then flatted again in preparation for its final coat of paint.
Chassis finally painted satin black.
Chassis Floor
Alu floor is made from 2mm think Alu, the chassis was placed on the sheet and a line was drawn round the base of the chassis, it was then cut out using a sheer, also marked were all chassis rails for pre-drilling for rivets.
Chassis all drilled and waiting on floor to be bonded and riveted to it
Chassis sitting upside down with drilled floor in place. I used this to mark the chassis out for rivet holes.
Rivets all ready for them to be pulled into place. Before the Alu plate was placed on the chassis stikoflex sealler was applied to all bars to add strenght and also make the chassis floor water tight.
Pedal Box
Pedal box came as a kit, it was unpainted, stripped unit and painted satin black, then built the unit up, it has a adjustable balance bar fitted.
Brake Pipes
Brake lines fitted to chassis, run cables to get correct location, cable ties them to the chassis before the clips were fitted and the pipes attached.
Roll Cage
FIA approved Roll cage, additional door bars also bought now shown
Extra points had to be made and welded to the chassis for mounting roll cage. Extra box section was added to the chassis then plated with 4mm plate. 2 on the front legs, and 2 at the sides for door bars
