Karlo
08-02-2011, 10:49 AM
08/01/11 The chassis design completion is waiting on the arrival of a built-up Porsche transmission to verify the fit prior to ordering chassis tubes (should be in a week or so). In the meantime I've spent some time thinking about the brakes and decided to upgrade the standard brake package from 11" (same size as was on the Atom) to 12.2". I have a lot of experience with the larger size having run it on the MINI, a 2,600 lb car, where it worked extremely well. Even though target weight for this car is 1,600 lbs (yes, 1,000 lbs lighter than the MINI - puts it in perspective, doesn't it?) the power is more than double so I think it will be a good fit. You can see the rotor size difference in the pictures below.
http://www.dpcars.net/dp2/dp2061.jpghttp://www.dpcars.net/dp2/dp2060.jpghttp://www.dpcars.net/dp2/dp2059.jpg
There will be two parking brake options for those wanting to drive on the street, both utilizing same rotor sizes.
In a recent conversation the subject of names came up. Alex, the lead customer for the dp2, suggested that perhaps a more elegant naming scheme is in order. The current designations are a bit awkward to pronounce and don't work too well in other languages, 4 being a very bad number in Asia on top of that. I have been thinking about it casually for some time having found myself mostly referring to the cars as 'the one', 'the two', 'the proto' and so on. So one possibility is to go with current 'code names' - dp1 - > 'halo' or 'draco' (since 'uno' is a Fiat); dp2-> 'duo'; dp3 - > 'solo'; dp4 - > 'moto' (since 'quattro' is an Audi). Another is to go with a function-based designation with a letter and a number, where 'T' would stand for track, 'S' for street, 'R' for race, 'E' for electric, 'X' for offroad and so on although there are lots of those in the industry and coming up with a unique scheme might take some doing. Yet another, since one of our customer projects is named 'Stiletto' and we'll be building the chassis, is to stay with that theme and go with sword/knife blade names which might be cool. I'm also open to suggestions. It would be good to have a name space from which we could draw for a variety of models. Suggestions we like get a free T-shirt.
http://www.dpcars.net/dp2/dp2061.jpghttp://www.dpcars.net/dp2/dp2060.jpghttp://www.dpcars.net/dp2/dp2059.jpg
There will be two parking brake options for those wanting to drive on the street, both utilizing same rotor sizes.
In a recent conversation the subject of names came up. Alex, the lead customer for the dp2, suggested that perhaps a more elegant naming scheme is in order. The current designations are a bit awkward to pronounce and don't work too well in other languages, 4 being a very bad number in Asia on top of that. I have been thinking about it casually for some time having found myself mostly referring to the cars as 'the one', 'the two', 'the proto' and so on. So one possibility is to go with current 'code names' - dp1 - > 'halo' or 'draco' (since 'uno' is a Fiat); dp2-> 'duo'; dp3 - > 'solo'; dp4 - > 'moto' (since 'quattro' is an Audi). Another is to go with a function-based designation with a letter and a number, where 'T' would stand for track, 'S' for street, 'R' for race, 'E' for electric, 'X' for offroad and so on although there are lots of those in the industry and coming up with a unique scheme might take some doing. Yet another, since one of our customer projects is named 'Stiletto' and we'll be building the chassis, is to stay with that theme and go with sword/knife blade names which might be cool. I'm also open to suggestions. It would be good to have a name space from which we could draw for a variety of models. Suggestions we like get a free T-shirt.