geek49203 wrote:
C10CoryM wrote:
Driveshaft loops are a good idea if running brake lines through the tunnel. Not on a Locost, but I've seen a shaft bend/fail due to overspeed and wipe out brake/fuel lines. A car at high rate of speed with no rear brakes and on fire is..... not ideal
Which is my concern about running fuel lines too. Which is why I asked.
Then again, the drive shaft is 100% professionally made, no "Tim learns to weld" here.
Well the Locost simply cannot be driven at great speeds. Not with the aero characteristics. And the really short length of the driveshaft reduces the chance of bending at speed to the minimum.
I never lost much sleep over this subject. As a street driven car, the driveshaft speeds are very low, comparatively. Running a
continuous steel fuel supply and return line reduces some risk IMO, as in no leaking joints to deal with. That said, a couple of driveshaft hoops cures a lot of sins. Running fuel and electrical side by side on the underside of cars has been done in a lot of production cars. I'm not saying that was the safest designs. just not uncommon practice.
One builder here ran a piece of conduit the length of the tunnel to run the electrical wires thru. I think that was a safe idea.
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