few pics of the race car

[Nitro_Junkie]

took her down to Shakespeare County Raceway this weekend but unfortunately rain put halt to any racing, so gave the new purple metal flake paint job a good coat of Meguiars and shot a few pics

 

[Duke]

That is insane!

 

[DreXeL]

I just felt a twinge in my pants.

 

[Confused]

Oh my....


brb!

 

[IainB]

Lovely, absolutley lovely
Must pop by your pits sometime!!

 

[Serj]

Is this gonna be faster in a straight line than, say, a modified Nissan Almera with approximately £3-4k worth of mods?

 

[Badgerpoo]

Why are the intake trumpets random lengths and a bit wonkey? Isn't there an optimum length for maximum power?

 

[PMKeates]

I'd have it in the twisties.



How much horsepower does it put out again? I remember it being massive!

 

[Spie]

Awesome

 

[Morba]

now that looks like fun

 

[JayMax]

That is simply beautiful
Don't you dare let anyone persuade you to cover it in nitromors

 

[NickK]

It's not running, it's standing still but the just thought of that is making me smile

 

[Cryfreeman]

Car looks awesome

Shakespeare a nice track to, will keep my eye out for you next time I am there

 

[Bunka]

Now that is a seriously tidy machine.

 

[danza]

Huh...huhhuhhuh. Awesome

 

[tigerstyle]

Why are the intake trumpets random lengths and a bit wonkey? Isn't there an optimum length for maximum power?

it's obviously rat look

definitely looks the business, and 1000hp IIRC?

it's not got a passenger seat has it? DIBS!

 

[colinuk]

I think i found the car i want for my run to and from work

Absoulty beautiful looking car.... [even if i cant spell]

 

[volospian]

Sooooooeeeeet

Nice motor, I'll have to keep an eye out for it next time I'm at a track.

 

[volospian]

Why are the intake trumpets random lengths and a bit wonkey? Isn't there an optimum length for maximum power?

I *think* they are different lengths to even out the torque peak over a wider rev range.

A dragster would require a flatter torque curve than a race car as the dragsters performance is based upon hard acceleration over a long period, while a racer will require shorter periods of acceleration around a track.

If a race car only needs to accelerate for a few seconds before braking for the next corner a short maximum torque output is fine as you can use the gears to maximise time in that zone. However a dragster doesn't do corners and so needs to continue with maximum acceleration for the entire run, requiring that maximum torque across the entire rev range (or at least, as much of the range as possible) therefore it is a compromise of reducing the absolute peak torque that could be produced, but spreading the torque production over a wider range.

As I said... I think

 

[tigerstyle]

I *think* ...

I *think* someone had their weetabix this morning

And yes, I've heard that about trumpet lenghts too, one long trumpet for a bit of tourque here, the next trumpet for a bit of torque there sort of thing, I also guess the lenght of the trumpets that look 'odd' must fit in with the firing sequence too, as in thats why they don't just get longer front to back for example, as the engine doesn't fire that way ?