Been a while since I've visited, been working on a kit car

AleX1/9

AleX1/9

Has the sickness
It's been a couple years I think since I've posted. It looksl like the xweb community is alive and well! I still have an X1/9, but have been working on something else for a while



It's a DF Kitcar "goblin" which is based on a chevy cobalt donor. The guys that sell the kit are out of the Dallas Ft Worth area (hence the name) and run a machining business making custom aircraft parts. Check out my build thread here

http://dfkitcar.com/forum/index.php?threads/alex1-9s-city-goblin-07-ss-sc-donor.144/

or, check out the smoking tire's feature on youtube

 
That looks like it will be fun. Plenty of work there. Plenty of re engineering on lots of those connections, seems like a few inches of additional wheelbase would have made some things much easier.

Nice work and looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.
 
dragonsgate said:
Wonder how it would do in the dunes with some paddle sand tires?
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They do have an off-road prototype they're calling the GoblinAT! It's sporting jacked up suspension and the radiator moved to the back. ATV style tires, but paddles would be cool too!

Before I set out on this project I considered buying a race car chassis or sand rail and building that, but the goblin was a wayyy better choice
 
As soon as i posted the comment I thought about the suspension needing tweaking. I used to go to Glamis and Pismo dunes way back when I was younger. The bunch I feel in with ran Renaults so I followed suit. Now anything with open rails I automatically think dune buggy. I have often wondered how a fiat would do as a buggy. Did the frame come assembled or did you weld it together?
 
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