If you wanted to design your own car from the ground up,

not gay

>>16805272
so FWD or AWD, got it.

it would probably be most like a fiero with a bodykit

>>16805273
rwd

>>16805282

But Miatas are gay, and Miatas are RWD

Miata = gay Miata = RWD RWD = gay

90° V4 twin turbo MR2 zzw30 with luggage space and a factory hardtop.

Considering modern standards built by teams of engineers, shit as would everyone elses.

>>16805290
close to mine
hardtop/ttop w30 with 2zz and styling that tries to be less a miata and more supra/soarer

Would fit a v8 in the back of a twingo and upgrade to coilovers and 16x10 tires

2l manual rf miato with a small supercharged v6 that doesn't fuck with the weight distribution and doesn't weight a tonne
tall person mods are good too

>>16805268
those SHINY SHINY TIRES

>>16805268

Electric mid-size pickup.

It'd be a compact sports car, FR layout, hard top muscle car body styling and a Honda K or F series with a small/medium turbo under the hood. 6 speed manual lsd, Independent suspension, power steering, A/C, interior similar to an S2000 in terms of simplicity, but with standard needle gauges, 2 seats and a half cage in the back.

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>>16806083
Yes

>crtl+f four supercharged V8s, one for each wheel
>nothing
Im disapoint

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This

i have an idea for an electric car that shifts the battery pack around the floor of the car..

to aid cornering and handling.

what ya think?

A 4x4 light weight full size truck that can use either gas for speed or diesel for torque for towing depending what you're doing that day.

>>16807101
It'd result in a lot of unused space compared to just filling the floor with batteries, limiting potential range.
Could be interesting handling-wise though.

>>16807101
That would be heavier than just the battery pack, it'd have a higher CoG, and it'd centralise the mass a lot worse.

>>16806129
Even better, electric Wrangler.

>>16805268

Series Hybrid with an electric motor at each wheel, bankrupt whatever company lets me on R&D for perfect traction control.

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>>16805268
I've saved some articles for this reason.

>I'd start with a backbone chassis
>throw in a ~3.0 liter V6 in the front because it suits my driving philosophy.
>light crankshaft, heavy throw
>keep all intake tubes and hoses obeying the principles of fluid dynamics. (no right angles. just swirls and bends.)
>naturally aspirated, fuel injected, manual transmission, tuned to use regular octane

>>16805268
99% of my ideas would be mods of existing cars:
>Ford GT40 with a flat-plane 427 SOHC and stack injection
>Type 35 with a Syngery-style straight eight & an e-CVT Rotrex
>A production Peugeot 907 based on the SL65
>Mid-engined hybrid Subaru: turbo flat four powering the rear wheels with torquevectoring electrics up front

>>16807101
If you shifted the batteries around using the steering rack it might work out without increasing weight, losing too much space, or raising center of gravity.

The pack would only need to move a few inches to have a considerable impact on handling

>>16807149
As far as the weight of the car, I'd keep it as close to 50/50 as possible. I want it on 3 wheels in the turns.

>massive wheelbase
>2 doors, each as long as a kei car
>2 rows of bench seats with retractable bolsters
>maxocomfy suspension
>turbine engine in front connected to generator
>electric drive to rear
>minimal batteries for only 10-20 minutes EV driving
>modernized hidden headlights that also serve as intakes when open
set course for comfy

>>16805268
>small AWD hatch
>1.8 litre 5 cylinder NA engine on ITBs with 100kw pancake motor instead of a flywheel
>7 speed dog leg gearbox
>mclaren style virtual lsds
>lotus tuned suspension, no rubber, spool valve dampers
>hydraulic pas, quick rack
>300mm carbon ceramic brake discs/6 piston calipers
>8x16 inch forged wheels
>industrial grade carbonfibre structure and forged composite suspension arms and subframes
>battery pack floorpan
>noise cancelling via speakers instead of soundproofing
>looks like a delta integrale evolution

>>16807194
>pancake motor
why? having trouble understanding this one

>>16807214
in fact, I think that would create some lag, since the flywheel is mechanical and would spin easier. Also once your motor gets going, it would unbalance you again unless it were timed to stop and hum at the ideal wavelength.

I suppose if you could time it this way with the computer. I understand now, but man I prefer a flywheel.

>>16807236
You don't know what you're talking about do you?

>>16807259
?

>>16807259
>noise cancelling via speakers
haha, you think broscience is real.

good luck with your pancake motor flywheel. I bet it will balance you great and your engine totally won't shake itself apart.

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would have to sell it as a kit car. so I don't have to deal with safety regs.

>>16807280
Yeah it's not like it's an idea that's been implemented successfully already, obviously some non entity on /o/ knows better than pro engineers.

>>16807350
sounds like bullshit you read on vice

you've ran away from every attempt at discussion

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>>16805268

A pain in the ass. Doable with a tube bender, welder and a fuckload of spare time. Don't expect it to handle well without engineering knowledge.

Just cut down a corvette into a go-kart.

>>16807355
of course. you're some pleb living in 1985 acting like you have a clue.
why on earth would i want a discussion with you?

V6 RWD sedan

2jz inspired inline-6
rwd biased awd
DCT tranny
twin turbo setup
now imagine someone made a good looking mix between a 911 991 and an A60 supra, that's what it looks like

>>16807437
sounds shit

>>16807437
oh yeah double wishbone suspension too

>>16807367
ran away again

>>16807443
>he's this butthurt

>Small 2 seat MR Roadster
>Stripped back, minimalist, track ready
>Gas turbine feeding a capacitor (maybe 2 small turbines for economy/response balance?)
>Capacitor feeding 4 independent electric motors
>800hp, 1000 lb/ft
>1000kg Max
> EV but thirsty and dirty as shit to confuse the envirotards

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rwd 104 nigga please

>>16805268
It would essentially just be an RSX type s but rear wheel drive and 250 hp instead of 210

>>16807453
Mocking the mentally retarded is fun for me.
Yeah, I'm a shithead.

>>16807437
wtf this is literally the godmachine

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>>16807514
>"it's 2017" has leverage to mock someone

>>16805268
a modern lightweight straight 6 FR

or a MR v8 tt with a ton of horsepower

>>16807092
So a riced crossover?

long hood, v8 engine in the front, power down in the rear.

a fast cruiser, like a viper/sls/amgee-geetee

>>16807437
So its a 34 GTR?...

>>16805268
It would have doors

>>16807564
but better
and better looking too (I really hate how the r3X fronts look)

>>16807316

>military issue
>unsafe as fuck

what_were_they_thinking.jpeg

>>16807598
Cheap and simple.

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>>16807521
>discussion about relatively new tech
>idiot doesn't know it exists
>gets called backwards
>thinks hot memes and pretending to be retarded will win an argument

>>16807598
They were thinking of effectiveness in war, light weight, versatility, agility, ability to fit into existing aircraft, landing craft and rail cars in quantity. They were thinking of easy production. They were thinking of easy maintenance. They were thinking of adding accessories from MGs to stretchers and more. At the operating speeds of the time Jeeps were fine. They could fit narrow trails trucks would have problems with. They have relatively low ground pressure and decent ground clearance.

Any more dumbfuck questions???

A car i would design
>RWD
>mid engine
>dually
>diesel
>hot v turbo
>12 speed transmission
>2 door
>coupe
>manual only

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>>16805268
Pretty much this. I love the shit out of sandrails and would daily one that I made myself. One day I'll get around to it...

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>>16808216
Wrong pic, but I would also drive that.

>>16805272

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>>16805268
I'm autistic and unoriginal so I'd probably recreate the druid plow from Brutal Legend
>Complete with turret guns and flamethrower and ace of spades constantly playing in the backround

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>>16805268
>full fibre glass/styrofoam composite
>1+1 seater
>26b-REW turbo powered (~700hp)
>3 wheeler
>desinged for minimum Cd
>basicly looking like a glider plane body with wheels
>including tail fin for aerodynamic stability
>individual fairing for each fron wheels
>dobble whishbone with internal springgs and dampeners
>WWII fighter plane style cooling system producing additional thrust at high speed

pic semi related 50ccm driving 220km/h

Hardtop (non removable) miata with wagon-like trunk space

And a turbo i6

>>16810407
Sounds like a BMW 3-series...

>>16805268
Supercharged Pickup.

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>>16805268
it would be a cheap RWD turbo engine car that's easy to work with and practical

>>16810434
2004 Nissan Frontier Supercharger edition

>>16810459
No better,
Imagine an Old Dodge Power wagon... now add a supercharger to it.

>>16810463
nope for me to be it. it must be srt10 or rumble bee

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>>16805268
>3 wheels
>2 front 1 rear
>FR
>two individually turbocharged Suzuki Hayabusa engines
>If someone would make a modern 6 cylinder motorcycle engine, would use two of those instead and twin turbo them, or super-turbo them
>if I can't use a reverse gear, electric reverse should do fine
If I could design it from the ground up and had unlimited resources to do so

>>16808220
I would build something like this, but more road oriented so it would be a lot lower, and I would also get rid of the gay roll cage. I want to be as exposed as possible in a car that's so light and responsive as possible