Maddest race cars
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astonman said:
BPA 889.The Worlds Fastest Pre-War Aston-Martin .1850cc , Supercharged,running methanol laced with nitro- methane.one and a half MPG,max fuel consumption greater than 2 gallons per minute at full load and 19 lbs boost.Fully Road legal,I even drove to and from the MOT some years ago.
Lovely!Then we had John Dodd's "The Beast". Initially adorned with a Rolls Royce grille but this became, ahem, a subject for discussion.
The eccentric Mr Dodd made all sorts of wild claims for the performance of the car, ultimately it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most powerful road car in the world. Widely known as he "Spitfire engined car" but the RR lump was in fact a Meteor (tank) engine rather than a Merlin.
The eccentric Mr Dodd made all sorts of wild claims for the performance of the car, ultimately it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most powerful road car in the world. Widely known as he "Spitfire engined car" but the RR lump was in fact a Meteor (tank) engine rather than a Merlin.
moffspeed said:
Talking of Chevrons this heavily modified B36 appeared at Le Mans in 1988.
I was lucky enough to have been there to watch Jaguar win but , on my opticians advice, I have been bathing my eyes on a daily basis since setting eyes on the Chevron ROC Talbot that year.
The front arches look riveted on? Chevron made some of the most beautiful race cars ever (hence my username) but this looks awful!I was lucky enough to have been there to watch Jaguar win but , on my opticians advice, I have been bathing my eyes on a daily basis since setting eyes on the Chevron ROC Talbot that year.
lufbramatt said:
The Nissan GTR-lm was pretty mad too. Front wheel drive to in theory take advantage of some loopholes in the rules about front aero and try to make a car that would work better on high speed low drag circuits like Le Mans. Was a bit rubbish though.
The transmition on the front of the engine was having a lot of problems if i remember correctly. It never really got a chance to iron out the issues before it was pulled.Pete Lyons has a great collection of images from the CanAm series at https://petelyons.photoshelter.com/gallery-collect...
One of the maddest is the Chaparral Sucker car that used a snowmobile engine on the back to drive the fans.
Photos copywrite Pete Lyons.
One of the maddest is the Chaparral Sucker car that used a snowmobile engine on the back to drive the fans.
Photos copywrite Pete Lyons.
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