Guy scratch builds a Honda-powered "McBearen" car

[Duke]

...as an excercise to practice his metal shaping skills. Simply astonishing work.

Read here!

 

[ferrari_chris]

Awesome!

That thing looks very cool - I'd like to see some video of how it goes on the track.

I'll be reading that entire story over the coming days, for sure.

 

[Jim Prower]

Teeny racer=smile on my face!

I'd love to see it run!

 

[-Fred-]

Very cool project, I love the craftsmanship in it... that guy has insane metal work skills.

It's just too bad he chose the least interesting/powerful engine in the Honda K-Series lineup, but at least it won't be in a 2800lb hatchback anymore!

 

[Duke]

Well, as he explains, it was basically given to him with 6,000 miles on it by a friend who takes good care of his cars.

Given his moderate grasp of suspension geometry I'd say this is not going to be an all-out racer, but it's not intended to be. And he's expecting to have a loaded weight under 1500 pounds, so yeah, power shouldn't be a huge issue.

 

[Keichi Tsuchiya]

Amazing...

 

[stumpydino]

neat lil thing, *screams for bigger engine!*

 

[Jay]

Wow great project, I love how he fabricates a metal skin for it, beautiful.

 

[Eric.]

Wow. *bookmarks*

 

[toyomatt84]

I saw that back in August. That man has a rather amazing ability to visualize bent metal properly.

 

[thebtspecial]

That is absolutely amazing work. I'd love to see that thing in person and look it over.

 

[TheCracker]

Fantastic workmanship, his alloy fabrication work is top class 👍

- although it does seem strange to base the style of it on a glass-fibre bodied car in the first place. I've not got the time to read through the whole thing, but is it going to be road legal? - full alloy body work is a bit overkill on a track car.

 

[TB]

I haven't made it through the whole thing yet, but my favorite quote so far is:

Measureing, figuring, adjusting and planning the next steps take a much longer time than the actual fabrication does but without it, I guess everyone woud end up with an Aztec.

 

[Keef]

I hope he posts an update soon. His last time was at the end of October. I wonder if he's done and has it painted yet.

 

[AngelCreator]

all I can think of when I look at that is the Suzuki GSX-R/4 in GT4.

 

[Steeda]

P.O.S










































Piece Of Super-awseomeness

 

[Small_Fryz]

I just hope he doesnt crash it.