Neo1 Sports Car

[Karlo]

South Africa ExoCar

www.neo1.co.za/

[#Rotor]

some fresh shots.... (:

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z302/landfalcon/neo7.jpg

The windshield.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z302/landfalcon/neo6.jpg
The roll-bars and seats.

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The Helm.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z302/landfalcon/neo4.jpg
The Side that will be most familiar. (:

[Karlo]

Rotor

Nice new pics!! I really like your design on your windshield!! Is it somewhat structural, meaning can you grab it when getting in and out of the car?

[#Rotor]

It should be structural enough for that yes, though not exactly advisable to do so... This is actually going to be the first car with the proper Glass window installed, so it's kind of the Ginny-pig. It is however in no way strong enough to be considered as a rollover-protector... It's sole purpose in life, is to please the Powers that beee.... as it would be impossible to get the car Homologated without the shield and the wiper.

Completely removable, though I will have to say that once you drove around with the shield on, you would not want to take it off again... makes for a much much more enjoyable ride, even at speeds approaching 200Kph.

I'm estimating a top-speed gain of about 25% with the improved aerodynamics of it as well... we will have to see.... :) Not only in the car's actual top speed(with appropriate gearing), but also in the Drivable top speed. Something I noticed while driving without the shield.... 230Kph is almost impossible to bare, completely impossible without a helmet on, that's for sure, even though the car can easily go all the way through 250Kph.

[Karlo]

Neo Videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/IIIRotor)

[#Rotor]

Some final Shots of a just completed car....

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[Karlo]

Rotor

I do not think we have your "official" spec listed for you car. Can you post them? BTW where are headed with the NEO on the trailer?

[#Rotor]

The Car is off to a very very lucky 50year old kid's birthday party... :)

just imagine that for a BD-present... :coolnana:

it's not completely finished yet, still need to sort the engine and suspension, I tried to get it a driver for his B-day, but was just not able to make it in time.....

The Spec for our cars is more or less....

Brakes....................: 4 pot Wilwood calipers all round
Rims front................: 15\8j\30 WAW Rims.
Rims rear.................: 17\9j\30 WAW Rims.
Disks front...............: 255mm vented (not drilled).
Disks rear................: 240mm solids, 255mm vented (not drilled).
chassis design..........: Auto Cad.
chassis fabrication.....: Laser-cut, Mild-steel tubing - Tig welded - Powdercoated. (1400 colors to choose from)
Heims.......................: Chromoly/Teflon.
Cooling......................: Aluminum radiator front.
Seats:.......................: Adjustable Sabelt.
Seat Belts..................: Sabelt 6point race harness
Actuation....................: Wilwood Pedal Box with biasing.
Fueltank.....................: 304SS, Lasercut - tig welded. (51.21l)(13.4Gal)
Suspension front............: ULAF
Suspension rear............: ULAF
Dampers front...............: Bilstein Custom.
Dampers rear...............: Bilstein Custom.
Overall Length......................: 3.3m.
Overall Width.......................: 1.85m.
Wheel Base........................: 2.28m.
Wheel Track.......................: 1.645m (Front)
Wheel Track.......................: 1.645m (Rear)
Overall Height....................: 1.27m. (with RH=145mm)
Ride Hight (road)..............: 145mm~165mm.
Ride Hight (track)..............: 115mm ~145mm.
Weight............................: 701Kg (wet, full gastank)
instrumentation...........: VDO analog, Digidash (all variants available, including datalogger)
Engine management....: Gotech Pro-X.
Engine........................: Mazda 13BT\Cosmo\FD\Renesis\20B(3Rotor) - Toyota 3S-GTE. custom request's will be evaluated. properly mounted in rubber.
Transmission...............: 5spd LSD syncro - 6spd LSD dog engagement sequential on request.
Lights..........................: Full LED rear lights, round DOT approved 5" fronts.
Misc............................: DOT approved windshield and wiper. Nice mirrors. Sabelt Stearing wheel. Proper column Switches for wiper and indicators, including auto return.
The build time...............: 245Days..

Top model for no less than R480,000.00 ZAR.
We do not build them as kits, only as a complete running car at this stage. Once homologation has been completed the car will be sold with a proper VIN. as well...

The Car is intended to be 100% road legal in all derivations of the LAW. This is not a track day car. It is a grocery getter that will kick some Lambo-ass. :D

[#Rotor]

well, It's done...
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Have to admit, the windshield was problamatic at best, But I got it right and it's looking real good...

[Karlo]

:clap: Great pictures.

Is the demand for your cars in South Africa enough to quit your day job?

[#Rotor]

What dayjob? I'm a hopelessly over-qualified white male software engineer in South Africa... you do the math....:D

[#Rotor]

Had some track time yesterday....
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for her first taste of things to come.... She loved it...
ps. it's the owner actually driving his car there on the track for his first time too...

[Karlo]

Roter

On your track day, who were you playing with on the track? Details?


BTW Can you give us your Wheel base on the specs?

[#Rotor]

25°48'37.24"S
28° 6'35.30"E

that is the track.

It was an open track day. we where not racing or anything, just going for a couple of shake-down laps. The car performed admirably, for her first serious outing...

[j0kerno1]

Not to sound lazy,,,alrighty I am a bit lazy but whats the translation from R450,000.00 ZAR to The US dollar?

JR

[#Rotor]

devide by 7.8 +- "1 U.S. dollar = 7.74227514 South African rands, 14feb08"

I don't know what the import duties would be though, for me, to buy anything from the States, it ends up being aprox 10 times the sticker price....

[j0kerno1]

thats appox. $58G not counting import fees...

[#Rotor]

indeed, and yet, I can not buy a turnkey Atom @ +- $50000.00 us, for less than 1 million ZAR here... :confused:

[#Rotor]

how's that...

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z302/landfalcon/Neo7-1.jpg

[#Rotor]

had an opportunity to get the weight of the Neo1, She clocks in, with all fluids and fuel, at 701Kg. :run:

Damn... I thought. How the hell am I suppose to lose another 200Kg's on something that already lost it all...
Started to do a bit of research.... seems like 1400Lbs+- is a much closer to true figure than the quoted 456kg spec. does anyone actually know what the Atom3 really weighs with all fluids and fuel....

[Karlo]

Atom 2 600kg = 1322lbs Unofficial with gas.

[#Rotor]

Had an opportunity to get the car properly tuned earlier this week. At this point running 95octane fuel she gives us 278Hp on the wheels at 11psi manifold pressure, We are a bit limited with the quality of our fuel here so going up with the boost is a bit risky, but she should give about 320hp on the wheels at 14psi....

Needless to say I was ecstatic...:coolnana:

[Karlo]

Where is the Top Gear like video??

[Karlo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q9c-OLfO9Y

[fuoriserie]

how's that...

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z302/landfalcon/Neo7-1.jpg


I like it......:)

Cheers
Italo

[#Rotor]

I have now, for a couple of weeks, been busy with the build on my own little monster. Based purely on the design of the Neo1, along with all the little tricks I've come to learn in the build of the first two. Also a couple of tricks added to facilitate easier suspension alterations and setup.

power is still up in the air, It will be ether of the following.

4A-GZE Turbocharged :old:
4G63T Magnus :awais:
13B Turbocharged :coolnana:
20B Lightly turbocharged :coolnana::coolnana:

It's color will be Diamond Black with the frame in Sparkle silver.

and here a couple of pictures so far....
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Frame construction will continue fresh in the New year, and the project will progress as funds and time becomes available... This will be a weekend\Night-time exercise, so some midnight-oil on the burner will be the thing. (and lots of coffee)

Enjoy, and please do crit\suggest where you feel it need be.

[#Rotor]

This is the tedious part of the project, getting all these sleeves and shafts made, and there's always at least 4 of each of them.... I hate repetition jobs....

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The bellcrank shafts, in the making.

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Most of the parts for the 4 bellcranks.

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The frame and rear engine sub-frame.

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Pre-installed suspension hardpoints.

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And the front Sub-frame.

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Here, the front and rear, in close proximity to 1another...

[#Rotor]

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The bracket for holding the caliper. As you can see, holy, as it should be... :) (another 64g worth of metal not coming along for the ride)


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The caliper, getting tried on. Notice how the inserts actually get welded in place right at the end, this is to virtually eliminate all possible warp tolerances during the weld process, I've had things pull out of whack to the tune of 20thu.... needless to say, a plan had to be made. :awais:

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Doing it this way guarentees a 100% perfect fit, no matter what. :thumb2:

[cheapracer]

I......., along with all the little tricks I've come to learn in the build of the first two. .......

Aint that the truth, bloody hindsight, the worlds most annoying thing ...........

[cheapracer]

13B Turbocharged

Enjoy, and please do crit\suggest where you feel it need be.

13B yeah!

ok, I don't like the nose and here is what i would personally do to it and you can mod your mould no problem...

[#Rotor]

a little update

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a fender, still oozy and sticky in the mold.

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It did not even squeal a bit... :D

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the air-foil for the top of the windshield

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Some peel-ply on the inside....

[#Rotor]

things are starting to look the part....

fist top-coat went on the fenders a couple of days ago...
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[#Rotor]

Some minor alterations to the scoop....... :D

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this cooler is a tad bit bigger than the one I used when I made the original plug for the scoops mold. so out with the grinder and some fibre glass....

[#Rotor]

this is where I'm at now.

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note that this is actually a new plug, from which a new mold will be pulled, once it's all done... It is way to heavy and about 5 times the weight of a production scoop, out of a mold.

[#Rotor]

Starting to take some shape here.... engine is in steering allmost sorted completely,

The major hurdle now is to get all the calipers, pedal-box, rod-ends and shocks from JEGS... import duties are killing me....

[#Rotor]

a long overdue update.

Acquisition of the final components (20Grands worth), for completion has been finalized, and are enroute to my location.
ETA of siad components, +- Mid Feb 2011...

Fab work is virtually 99.8% complete. Only the Pedal Box mounts and rear Caliper mounts still to be done. then off to the Coaters she goes.

SO here some pics.....

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or can be viewed here (http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=54293&l=9b266f56ad&id=678048646)
Estimated completion, End of Feb ~ mid March

[#Rotor]

Got all my Rodends From QSC today...

Should have a rolling lady by the end of this weekend... :coolnana:

[#Rotor]

kind of what the end result will look like..

[#Rotor]

some very good progress have been made. Pre-assembly is underway in preparation for the arrival of the last couple of parts, being the shocks, calipers and pedal box. when all has been fitted and clearances been checked, it all comes apart again for the frame to be sent in for a nice coat of sparkle-silver.

[#Rotor]

I am so close now... some final fabrication work to the wing, and the dash cover.. :coolnana:

[#Rotor]

The frame will be returned from the coaters, first thing Monday morning, mean while, prep work for final assembly is well under way...

[#Rotor]

Now who does not love playing with fresh clean new expensive parts and goodies... :spin:

[#Rotor]

things are starting to take shape here nicely.
Getting the Bolts and nuts from the Platers tomorrow.... :coolnana:

[Tyrod]

Kewl car. The video gave me an epileptic seizure. Not really, but my eyes did roll back in my head.

[#Rotor]

You talking about the one with the flashing stills to the beat of A Bit Patchy..... yes.... sorry about that... I was playing with this Sony Vega vid-editing software, and got a bit carried away by it's shear simplistic way of doing cool and complicated things...

[#Rotor]

pictures

[Karlo]

nice touch with the blue A arms.

[#Rotor]

Thanks... yes, I too was very pleasantly surprised by how nicely it fits with the rest being black and silver..

[raley]

wow man, you are still at these things (i just joined on here) but remember you from years ago on homemadeturbo (everyone has moved to realhomemadeturbo.com) but this one looks better then the last so far.

[#Rotor]

This build is now nearing it's end fast. It's just the Windshield that need to be glued into it's frame and then installed on the car... Thanks for all the positive comments.
Until the next Build, enjoy. :thumb2:

[#Rotor]

Some track action a couple of weekends ago.
This is the 2nd serious outing she has had, and she is already only 6seconds off from the perceived achievable lap-record of 1:09.