Bit lost for words on this one...

[Kiwi Carguy]

anyone?

http://www.jd3.com/bigblock.htm

Edited by Kiwi Carguy on Saturday 11th August 02:06

[Esprit]

That's crazy.... I bet it's not as fast as it looks and I bet it corners like soap

[Kiwi XTR2]

"Rear suspension is Corvette"



Why would they have the engine ttat far forward What a mess !!!

[Esprit]

Kiwi XTR2 said:

"Rear suspension is Corvette"



Why would they have the engine ttat far forward What a mess !!!

From the looks of the pics, they've shunned the use of using a transaxle as you'd normally do and they've just used the engine in its FR format... IE the trans behind the engine, mated to a standard RWD Diff with a propshaft length of basically zero.

sets the tone of the whole project if you ask me :P

[HTSD]

Esprit said:

From the looks of the pics, they've shunned the use of using a transaxle as you'd normally do and they've just used the engine in its FR format... IE the trans behind the engine, mated to a standard RWD Diff with a propshaft length of basically zero.

sets the tone of the whole project if you ask me :P

I bet that makes the dynamics of the car rather 'interesting'... as in with so little moment of inertia it would spin like a top! You basically wouldn't be able to use the brakes or the throttle to balance the weight fore or aft either as it will rotate about the engine.

[Kiwi XTR2]

Reminds me of this



But not in a good way

[Roger A]

I like SAAB 96s. Sorry, did I say that out loud?

[Kiwi XTR2]

Roger A said:

I like SAAB 96s. Sorry, did I say that out loud?

He's beyond an intervention. Time for an Exorcism

[Esprit]

Roger A said:

I like SAAB 96s. Sorry, did I say that out loud?

SIR! You need to get out more in the Fraser.... some of that lusty, twin-carbed, open-air goodness will cleanse your mind of this Swede obsession!

[Roger A]

hmmmmm, Sweeeeeeeedes.....

[Marksteamnz]

Yea Gods! Chassis by the people who brought you the stock crate. I believe the front wind screen is also Corvette ( A rear window turned round).
First time a saw this layout was in an English "Super car" HAHAHA a V12 Jag engine and gearbox coupled via a single UJ to the Jag rear axle. The drivers bottom was on the front axle line and the body set back the art of origami 5 centuries, and I thought there will never be anything nastier than that and ...well there you go. Wrong again.
Cheers
Mark Stacey

[Esprit]

Why is it the yanks are just physically unable to build a car that doesn't have diabolically huge overhangs? I'd hate to try to get over a speedbump in that thing!

[RobDickinson]

It'd certainly be intresting to drive, sat oevr the front wheels like that.

Untill the fronts become the backs...

[GravelBen]

Thats classic. I'd drive something like that just to see the expression peoples faces as you go past


Looks like it should have a decent amount of grip (low, wide track, big rubber, monster wing) but as with any amateur home-designed car limit handling could be a matter of roll the dice and see what its going to do


may well be better than the Corvette it stole its bits from

Edited by GravelBen on Monday 13th August 09:56

[GravelBen]

Esprit said:

That's crazy.... I bet it's not as fast as it looks and I bet it corners like soap

With that much engine in that much car (or lack thereof) I suspect it probably is as fast as it looks in a straight line anyway. The soap/corners analogy may be quite valid though.

Edited by GravelBen on Monday 13th August 10:03

[jamieheasman]

It looks like someone has tried to make one of those airplane-pulling truck things into a track-day special!

[Roger A]

I wonder how the frontal impact testing would go....

[RobDickinson]

It'd start with the cumple zone, feet, shins, knees...

[Roger A]

and then that big ol' lump would squish water ever was left