27/03/2025
S15 update, a lot of work/ learning/ designing and developing thoughts and ideas. There’s always that thought in the back of my mind that this is too much for one man in a garage but I can’t help but persist with it, I’m wired that way.
Nothing I’ve ever done has involved CAD up until a few years ago, it’s a love hate relationship, I love the fact I can conceptually design something out, figure it won’t work and then press delete rather than wasting expenses materials. I hate it because you have endless options to second guess your approach to something which leads to a design merry go round that uses up valuable time.
All in all I’m trying to utilise the VK45’s Indycar strengths to minimise frontal chassis requirements, my already completed roll cage, a slightly longer wheelbase, a much wider track, and enough room to develop an aerodynamic package.
The biggest thing right now is the transaxle gearbox I want to run, I’ve looked at every available option here and might be close to settling on one which will finalise the motor angle, the suspension kinematic and the overall design of the rear chassis section.
This is high level motorsports stuff that I have no right to be involved in but I’m driven by the idea of sunny afternoon laps around Phillip Island in a car that’s going to be extremely capable of respectable lap times.
It’s been a journey and I’m still at the start line but the better the design the less work will be required to pull it all together.
Stay tuned 🏁
