So I decided to engineer and design my own Formula 1000 car.

[Jersey Tom]

http://fsae1000.blogspot.com/

Follow the development there. I plan on being pretty open about most of the engineering decisions, etc.

[wesley123]

The car looks good, tho it looks pretty fragile.

A 2 plane front wing will make it more efficient.

Sio waht you exactly wanna do? Mixing modern techniques with old school stuff sound cool. Then a good floor will be good too.
A car wich is completely covered so you dont see a 'naked' engine, it will be more aerodynamic and add strength

[Jersey Tom]

It may look fragile due to the fact there is no structure rear of the main roll hoop. You are correct, objects floating in space are not very rigid.

[Carlos]

I'm really looking forward to the development of this project and am very sure I will gain a good bit of insight into racing chassis. Thanks for the invitation. I'll be following along as 'Flaneur'.

[wesley123]

I would like a modern car more, like an concept build f3 lookalike, that wil be cool.

[Jersey Tom]

Modern cars are nice, but that's also what every other F1000 chassis looks like. I wanted something different.

And I do think the late 60s to about 1971 F1 cars look great.

[GTRdesign]

Sweeeeet! I love the idea of going retro! What are you desining in? is that solidworks?