Just another Lightweight (Page 1 of 2)

I had one of these as a daily driver for a few months. Much, much quicker than you'd think (i.e., still ungodly slow, but better than a 600cc motorcycle engine ought to be good for).

I have to chime in with my never ending mini project: the '72 Z600.
VFR800 power, S10 rear axle, 13 inch wheels.

In a tiny single-car garage:

With an F4i instrument cluster (yes the speedo works...)

Rear wheel drive! (a ghetto version of the Angry Hamster three-link)

It's a mishmash of parts from many eras and genres, but using the Z600 basic steering rack and suspension pickup points.

It was to be a LeMon, but after the Hamsters beat me to it I've demoted it to a street car...

Not to worry, we are leaving the patina intact.  We are also calling it self healing paint. As you can scratch it and then leave it out by the beach for a while and it heals itself.  You didn't need to threaten my man junk though.

I also owned one of these back in the 80's.  We picked it up and put it into a 1/2 ton pickup to get it home. Slipped timing chain rendered it dead.  It is so narrow I could drive it down the sidewalk without getting the tires in the grass.  Lost of good times in that car....

It's not in place in the picture, since I don't have the fabrication facilities at home.

I'll cross-brace the Panhard mount to the other side of the chassis.

Using the stock rear shock mounts, and Integra rear calipers with cut-down Prelude rotors to use the 4x4.5 Metro bolt pattern on Dutchman Racing custom axle shafts (3/4" shorter per side than the original S10 axles, I had to use shortened seals to get the axles into the c-clips)

Speedway shock mounts and ebay G-body lower control arms and Samurai front shocks (the right length and ends and travel for this application...)

As far as the body crumbling under RWD forces, I'm going to build a roll bar in the back half and tie the original front leaf spring mount to it, as well as the spring perches and shock mounts.
I also have left a lot more of the original structure than the Hamsters, hopefully that'll help as well.

Oooh, you have a fuel filler door. Sell it on eBay. Worth lots, if I recall.

And I think I see a cell in the rear with the engine. Does that mean there's another cell and engine going in the front? otherwise, you'd just put the cell in the front, no?

Would love to hear how you got the cell in those dimensions-- like turning a standard 15 gal on it's side-- I'm going to need something like that I fear.

I'm sorry, that's one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time.  Good luck on the project!

Patina intact. Your junk is safe.

For now.

We have been sort of busy here at Team Apathy Raving trying to get the Saanda 1500 done before the Chuckwalla race in December. 

If anyone is interested, there are lost of pics on our Facebook page..

http://www.facebook.com/TeamApathyRacing

They are XXR522's.  They were cheap and light.  Like $300 for the set of 4 delivered and 13#.

I love N600's.. would like a nicely restored one..... Don't like the Z version tho.

we have 4 days left (after work) to complete the Saanda 1500 before Chuckwalla.  Here is what it looks like now.

Anyone thinking of repeating any type of stupidity similar to this, please call me and I will be easily able to talk you out of it.

More pictures here,  http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set= … amp;type=3