Potentially the most awesome build thread you will ever see.

[RCA]

Quick run down:

• Couple buys a 2007 Honda RA107-05 driven by Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello.
  Car was purchased at an auction in Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands for £37,000
  The car was sold with out engine or steering wheel
  And they want to get the car back on the track
  They plan on using a Hartley H1V8. Another photo
  They haven't been able to find a solution for a transmission

Tons more details inside:
http://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewto ... f=1&t=9325

Pictures:






Under body of a modern F1 car. Not many are allowed to see something like this.


Suspension


Original transmission


(F1 clutch, 5 tiny plates) (GT cars triple plate carbon clutch) (normal road car clutch)


I CAME

[Ace2cool]

WHAT WHAT!

That is so carbon fiber it isn't even funny!

I'm really excited about this. It makes my pants happy.

[LEMHEAD16]

I hope the never break a suspension arm or nose cone assembly. Talk about a car that is impossible to get parts for!

I would mount it on my wall and call it a day.

[sbird1]

Yeah really, don't ever crash that thing! Would be awesome to own, especially for the price they paid. What a great deal. I'd try and drive it on the street. Haha.

[RCA]

I'd try and drive it on the street. Haha.

Umm, these things are 25mm or less from the ground. You wouldn't last one city block.

[sbird1]

Depends on your area of course, but these cars do drive on road courses, too (Monaco, Singapore, etc.)

[flohtingPoint]

Depends on your area of course, but these cars do drive on road courses, too (Monaco, Singapore, etc.)

An non-flush drain cover ruined Ruben's race last year too at Monaco where he classically threw his five figure steering wheel onto the track where it was collected by another car. You're pretty much only given one shot at ruining these cars, because about 98% of the vehicle is unrepairable w/out a massive amount of money and access to the build schematics and access to a fabricator.

@RCA: That was a 2008 Earth Honda of BAR F1. The 2007 was much more hideous and worthy of the teams nickname, BARF-1.

While this is quite a nifty venture, there are several problems that present itself. The car is meant to be driven at breakneck speeds. They'll need to find some tires that fit the car and can heat up very quickly, as nobody aside from a very well trained racer will be able to get and keep proper heat in those Bridgestones (they're also several years old and are more fit for decoration than driving right now). Brakes are also another massive problem, as they need breakneck speeds to keep the heat in them too. The motor and such is one piece, keeping it on the track w/out an incident because of lack of operating temps is a much bigger problem.

[alms24sebring]

turbo'd B16 y0!

Id highway drive it at 3am, f*** it, it will be worth it

[Razi]

You won't be thinking that after you break that expensive nose.

Damn, that is one epic build.