What car does this look like?

[GRP_C Motorsports]

Gents,

Hello, first post,

I have been working on the CAD model of this for years and am just getting quotes to manufacture bits of it but just throwing it out to the forum, what car does this look like? I was going for generic group C...

[velocefica]

Porsche 962

[CB2152]

Rear arches look very similar to the Silk Cut Jaguar 1988 Le Mans car as well...

[GRP_C Motorsports]

Just read state make and model of car in thread stickie, should have put what group C car does this look like?

[davepoth]

CB2152 said:

Rear arches look very similar to the Silk Cut Jaguar 1988 Le Mans car as well...

That was my thought too.

[CB2152]

GRP_C Motorsports said:

Just read state make and model of car in thread stickie, should have put what group C car does this look like?

Well, it doesn't really have a make and model yet presumably so I wouldn't worry about that...

More importantly, what are the potential plans for this car?

Edit: welcome to the forum by the way, this is definitely a good way to start I think

Edited by CB2152 on Wednesday 15th July 21:42

[TooMany2cvs]

GRP_C Motorsports said:

I was going for generic group C...

You've got it.

[williamp]

davepoth said:

CB2152 said:

Rear arches look very similar to the Silk Cut Jaguar 1988 Le Mans car as well...

That was my thought too.

Late 962 had the rear bodywork like that




I think at le mans they kept the more familliar low drag bodywork

[Fastdruid]

Apart from the raised rear arches/lowered centre looks very Mazda 787B

[Alias218]

Mercedes Sauber C9 to me:



Although if we're being honest, all of these old LMP1 cars look much alike.

[dom9]

Are you going to build it?

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[IanUAE]

Early Toyota Group c?

[GRP_C Motorsports]

Thanks so much guys, with the big NACA scoop in the side I thought you would all say Sauber C9 and seeing as im using a twin turbo merc V8 there certainly is a bit of C9 about the project,

I had a go at doing the bodywork myself, I have a background in machining and CAD but solid CAD not surface so soft flowing bodywork kinda shapes im not good at, luckily group C cars are all fairly simple and I managed to cobble something together with a hand from somebody with more artistic flair than me who set out some lines I followed then I filled in the details while looking at other cars,

yes the front is a bit mazda, I would like a bit more form around the front rather than the slab it is but with the long over hang it makes a nice shape but at 4 degrees approach angle it wont be easy to get around in, the the back wheel arch has a bit of XJR9 without the wheel spats/787b about it, the bodywork inbetween the wheels came from my arty friend and is a little C11 shaped, I made a windscreen that doesnt look like the sauber as its something that draws you in to `oh it looks like that car` and ive ended up with something a little 956/962 with a shallower angle than the sauber and its narrower, again more XJR9ish,

but thanks once again, the independent feedback without prompting is its generic group C which is exactly what I was after!!!!

the plan with the car is to build it, get it road legal and race it on track days while I learn the car and the circuits and eventually race it, thats a not a cheap 5 minute job, I have some money put aside but nowhere near enough and im struggling to find somewhere to build it as I sold my house with garage and for somebody to do some of the work, its nothing I cant do myself but if I do everything it will take years to build and I want it sooner than that so im going to farm some stuff out,

thank for the link to the other build thread, that guy has his head screwed on and is doing a very nice job of the repo porker!

I get some more recent screenshots out of the laptop of the project, chassis, engine layout etc for interest/ridicule etc,

thanks for the warm welcome to PH, its my first post but not the first time ive been on here...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=2&a...

[Matt Harper]

The front overhang in the rendering looks out of proportion (too long) - maybe putting the drivers feet ahead of the front axle-line, which is not permitted and one of the many differences between the 956B and 962C cars.

At first glance, I'd have said Sauber C9 too.

[GRP_C Motorsports]

thanks Matt, my feet are way behind the axle line for the same reason,

I also agree the front overhang looks a little out of proportion in this view and makes the front wheels look a little small but looks ok in a side view but im interested to hear any feedback/ideas

[Fastdruid]

Reminds me of this project (tragically gone dark) but I keep hoping for updates.
http://groupcreplica.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

[GRP_C Motorsports]

Fastdruid,

I did find that online and did talk to the guy about sharing data etc but that seems to have ground to a halt,

theres also some other guy, I think hes on here shaping an Ultima into a Sauber C9 thing in the states, he found me on a CAD sharing website as I posted a model of the G50 gearbox I had done, then I found his build thread a while back with a load of my CAD data in it as I recognised the pictures on google images but as I shared it online im happy somebody is making use of it,

There are a few people around with a similar idea looking at Group C cars and thinking how hard can it be?

[GRP_C Motorsports]

A few random pics dumped out of the CAD model












Any comments happily received

[GRP_C Motorsports]

Found this speedo



I have to fit it to see if I can go off the clock!

[Alias218]

I thought for a moment that this was going to be a fan car! It's just the transmission bell housing. Sad face. Looking very good though! If it turns out even half way like those images it's going to be an amazing car!

On a side note, do I win a prize for correctly guessing Sauber C9?