Alez
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 07:53 AM |
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Locost chassis vs Caterfield's
In a Spanish automotive forum, we are currently wondering how these compare in terms of proper triangulation and safety in a crash. What do you guys
think?
Cheers,
Alex
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donut
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 09:01 AM |
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I was looking at the caterham chassis in the Caterham showroom this morning funnily enough and there does seem to be a little more metalwork but not
much so i think theres not allot in it.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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Friberg
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 09:31 AM |
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From what I have seen on a Caterham Superlight and the pictures of the chassis for the new CSR I think that Caterham are a lot better with
triangulations than Westfield. But if this only adds strength to the chassis or if it also adds safety for the driver I'm not the right person
to judge...
My personal belief is that all Se7en cars are really bad when it comes to safety on the road with trucks, lorries, SUV's etc. On the track with
other cars of the same type/weight it's probably not as bad but still it's a car designed for racing and not for safety... 
An engine without turbo sucks!
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Alez
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 09:48 AM |
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Cheers guys,
How about the more traditional Caterham and Westfield chassis, i.e. not the newer Superlight but the classic models? Do they look very similar to the
book chassis or any stronger?
Thanks!
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 10:00 AM |
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Westfield chassis....
If you put a Locost book chassis and an older Westy chassis side by side you would be hard pressed to see the difference with the naked eye, this was
the reason for some litigation I believe . A friend of mine built a Westfield and a lot of the measurements are identical but details like the roll
bar mount section on a Westy are solid 2x1 steel not rhs must be to add strength.
[Edited on 23/5/06 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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t.j.
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 06:36 PM |
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I would compare a seven not with a car but with a motorcylce or quadracylce.
If you hit something.....
The locost, tiger, locust, dax, rush, vm77, donkervoort, caterham, HKT, or wt*. it will all about the same. In an full-head collisian the prop and
gear-box will come visit your legs..
By a side impact you will be a sand-wich
So the only thing you could do is watch what the other drivers are doing, pray and place some extra triangles in the drivers compartment.
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tks
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| posted on 23/5/06 at 07:13 PM |
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mhhh
you just need to give it its tits and just when you are getting sandwiched you could escape..
that the way i see them...
- good brakes
- good accelrator
- good steering
- good handling
Sow i see it has a safety factor wich is also important..
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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Julian B
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 posted on 23/5/06 at 09:03 PM |
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I would have thought that all seven chassis ( except robin hood ) are designed for angular torsional rigidity, not frontal/side deformation
protection. If the car does strike a wall head on, the chassis may well survive, but without the use of shock absorbing crumple zones your internal
organs probably wont
JB
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