So after getting turned on to fast cars by the the new 2011 Camaro, by seeing one posted in the graphic section asking to shop in rims.

Then I got to thinking about getting one, and thinking, and thinking. then after knowing I could afford one, I made the final call. Called GEICO and asked what my insurance would be, I thought this would be the glass ceiling. It turns out that it would raise only $20.


So I made the call and started test driving, I test drove the V8 SS1 Camaro and bought my dad so that I could drive with out the sales guy in the car. it was like having sex with out a partner, I loved it! I thought to my self, if I drove this every day I could go with out sex.

But a few things bothered me.

*The view was very limited, the windows are all chopped.

*The interior is not comfortable, its just not what you would expect form the outside. very rigid.

So, before getting locked into anything I thought I would test drive the competition.

So I got into a challenger and a it was also nice but it was large and heavy. turned like a brick too.

Then I hopped into the Mustang GT and this being the lowest hp out of the group, the camaro at 426, the challenger at 425. the mustang only had 315.

I have to say, I started out this endever wanting the mustang the least.. but it turned out to be every thing I wanted in a car.




NOW I will at some point get the 2011 mustang GT, it is a beautiful automotive experience. and I will have it. But in the mitst of all this car knowledge being force fed down my throat as fast as I could shovel it.
I happend to come across this amazing little car (if you could call it a car.)

The Ariel Atom is the closest thing to being on a motorcycle next to the real thing. (im scared to get a bike, I'm more then sure I would kill my self.)
So this summer/fall/winter/spring I am going to be building my own Atom. since the base price is $50,000.00 and mine will end up costing around $12,000.00.

I'm going at it in this order because while I want the mustang, Its the first year of a brand new engine and I would like them to have time to work out the problems and get some aftermarket parts out., and secondly after this is build I will be ready for a loan, but If I did it the other way round, I would have to wait 5 years to build the atom clone.


So it begins.

My first real dispute is what engine type to use.

My first idea was to use a friends 350 chevy short block and rebuild it. but that was just silly.

Then I thought I would go with the series first engine which was a Honda K20 iVtec 2,0 DOHC 230 hp with a possible 300 with supercharger.
I saw that the amercan modle uses a Ecotec 2.0 LSJ about the same stats.

And there is the rotary engine called a Renesis, I would snag one out of a 2007 salvage titled RX8 Mazda.


So, here is where I am. once I work this out I can start the chassie plans.


Here is a look at a real one.

ariel atom not legal in america, its expensive, and useless

It can be street legal, and duh thats why I'm building it. and no far from useless.

starting my search for my engine at the brass castle imports and salvage. which has a lot of honda, so well see how its goes.

Alright, time for an update.

Been reading the book I got, and I have to recommend it to anyone that has merely an interest in cars! its a joy to read. though its a bible to anyone looking to build one.

And I have changed plans a bit, I have been following an amateur car builder and he designed this.

And I am quite smitten with this, it looks like much more of a riding car then the atom race look. though still capable.

And I Started a balsa wood mock up to get a feel for the structure of it, also to feel its week points and structure.

So I found a guy to bend out the frame that builds race cars as a hobby! and slowly have been getting all the tools I need to pull off this project like a compressor and an engine hoist.

Its all coming together.

This post was edited by FloraFreak on Jul 26 2010 09:16pm