| Almac |
New Zealand  |
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Almac have been designing and manufacturing glass fibre products for 38 years and have been producing kit cars for the last 25 years.
Almac Clubsprint XL
The Clubsprint XL is a lightweight performance oriented back to basics two seater car, the kit has been designed from the outset to be a one donor car using proven and easily obtainable 1989-2005 MX5 components that make it extremely economical both to build and maintain.
The Clubsprint XL has more interior space than almost all competitors and makes it suitable for a wide variety of drivers and with the larger engine bay makes it suitable for a wide variety of engines. Though for most builders the MX5 range of engines will give the performance they want, as these can be supercharged or turbocharged for more power but will still keep the build simple.
For most builders the most difficult part is the wiring. By using the MX5 donor car, the complete loom including the computer is taken out and reused in the Clubsprint, its that simple, only a few wires have to be extended or shortened.
The Clubsprint XL design ensures that it uses the majority of MX5 parts in unmodified form. This means that the mechanical build is simply removing the parts from the MX5, cleaning, inspecting and reconditioning if required then bolting them to the Clubsprint XL chassis.
Almac Sabre
The Almac Sabre is a two seat, two door convertible, with individual styling and bags of performance. It has been designed as a complete sports car, with all the classic ingredients, low, set back driving position, a powerful motor driving the rear wheels and independent suspension all round.
The body is manufactured in glass reinforced polyester resin with the addition of coremat, Kevlar and carbon fibre to give extra strength and stiffness where required.
The floors and bulkheads are bonded to the outer shell while it is still in the mould. This ensures accuracy when fitting the body to the chassis. A steel frame is fitted around the windscreen and then down to the chassis in front of the door, the door hinges are fitted to this. Another steel frame surrounds the rear of the cockpit, attached to this frame are the door latches and the boot hinges. Bonnet, boot lid and doors are all double skinned with side intrusion beams in the doors, headlight pods are bonded in and the body is completed with detachable front and rear bumpers.
Suspension: Suspension is independent all round.
The front is by top and bottom wishbones with adjustable coil over shocks, anti roll bar.
The rear suspension is by lower transverse wishbones with drive shafts acting as upper links, twin adjustable coil over shocks.
Steering: Steering is by power assisted rack and pinion
Brakes: Front: 284mm dia. with 4 piston callipers
Rear: 263mm dia. with 2 piston callipers
Engine and gearbox: First choice for the engine is the Lexus 4litre V8 shown here with the with manual box, though an auto can also be fitted, this engine gives 250 hp upwards and is front mounted behind the axle line and drives through the rear wheels.
In developing this sports car, Almac has worked hard on producing a quality kit in a series of self contained packages.
Chassis: A multi tubular steel space-frame backbone chassis with outriggers set to the width of the car. Fully bracketed for all suspension points, engine and gearbox mounts, seat belts, roll bar and body fixing mounts.
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