Unusual racing cars

[The DJ 27]

There was an article in Motor Sport a couple of months ago about a BRM running a supercharged V16 (!) knocking out about 680bhp in about 1958. Utterly mental

[FourWheelDrift]

The DJ 27 said:

There was an article in Motor Sport a couple of months ago about a BRM running a supercharged V16 (!) knocking out about 680bhp in about 1958. Utterly mental

1.5 litre Supercharged V16 BRM of 1949-55

http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/brm-V16.htm

[dinkel]

www.gjt.bme.hu/autosport/motorhangok/

BRM_V16_Mk_2.mp3
About 2M of mental fun. One of the greatest sounds . . .

[andrewm]

I'd say the greatest engine noise ever. I remember at the 1986 British GP, they had 3 running - you could hear every gearchange of each car at any point on the circuit - awesome. There is a recording on the CD included with Mark Hales' book Into the Red - fantastic indulgence on the surround sound at home but annoys the hell out of the neighbours!

Another great engine was a supercharged Cosworth BDJ of 785cc in a Brabham BT28 that was at Brighton Speed Trials in the 80's - revved to about 12k and was unbelivebly noisy - no noise limits then

[dinkel]

[FourWheelDrift]

James Hunt's McLaren at Spa in 1978 with experimental double-decker front wing.




The worlds first 3 seater Grand Prix car, Richie Ginthers Honda, with Innes Ireland and Jo Bonnier as the backseat drivers.




and lastly in the Ferrari is the lovely Francoise Hardy who played Nino Barlini's girlfriend Lisa in the 1966 movie "Grand Prix" for visual excellence only.

[dinkel]

"In the late sixties DAF wanted to get rid of their plain image and prove the capabilities of their Variomatic CVT transmissions. DAF decided to set up a competitions department (run by Rob Koch) and started a Formula 3 program in 1965. In 1967 DAF entered two cars in F3, based on Brabham chassis and adapted by a firm called "The Chequered Flag". These cars carried the DAF name and were raced by Van Lennep and Beckwith, who each won a race that year. The CVT system was modified for these racing cars by Wim Hendriks. Cosworth engines were used, tuned for top-end power because the CVT system took care of the necessary flexibility.
Development costs were high and competition was strong in F3. After 1967 the DAF involvement in F3 diminished. They made a few cars based on Tecno chassis (as seen on this picture) and experimented with the placing and lay-out of the transmission, but never were competitive anymore. By 1970 DAF had turned away from single-seater racing."

[FourWheelDrift]

Aerodynamic fully enclosed cockpit testing for Brabham at Monza in 1967.

[dinkel]