Suction Downforce!

[cmcpokey]

Yeah though, a DOHC means cams per bank I thought - for example, our TL is SOHC yet has a camshaft per bank. You could the ZR-1's layout quadcam though too I suppose.

Hmm, there is one on ebay for a buy it know of 47k. Not so bad really - UCP says there were 7000 odd built so they aren't super rare like L88s or other Corvettes of that ilk.

Does anyone know the planned production for the ZR1?

youre probably right on that. i have seen it both ways.

[hightower99]

What a weird car!

Its nice to see a tribute to one of the most interesting cars ever made (and also a tribute to one of the neatest bits of automotive technology).

It's odd that they are using GT25s to only make about 350-370HP at the flywheel, two GT25s should easily allow 500HP+ to be pulled out.


BTW: The terms SOHC and DOHC are used in a per bank sense.

[Matra et Alpine]

Cheaper option Zero Gravity Micro Car - The Official Site Of AsSeenOnTV.com

[Pando]

[staring without blinking]

(vs. stock 187 HP...

...from a 5.7 liter...[/staring]

Only in ...

Come to think of it, wonder what would be the worst hp/l engine made in recent times...

[Ferrer]

[staring without blinking]...from a 5.7 liter...[/staring]

Only in ...

Come to think of it, wonder what would be the worst hp/l engine made in recent times...

Don't know if it's recent enough, but 5 litre V8 in the Mustang II used to make about 115bhp IIRC.

[f6fhellcat13]

[staring without blinking]...from a 5.7 liter...[/staring]

Only in ...

Come to think of it, wonder what would be the worst hp/l engine made in recent times...

Quiggs.

[Quiggs]

You guys realize the prehistoric EGR and other emissions systems on that car choked the ever living shit out of its potential, right?

[Pando]

You guys realize the prehistoric EGR and other emissions systems on that car choked the ever living shit out of its potential, right?

In the same way as European/Asian made engines lost around 5% of their power to meet regulations?

[Quiggs]

You guys have had stricter emissions for way longer... That, coupled with TPI (probably one of the worst fuel injection methods I can think of)... No isht they weren't particularly great performers.

[Juggs]

like people have said already the TPI is horrible. Any vette (besides the zr-1, but even that too if you ask me) built from 1973 all the way up till the introduction of the c5 are pretty pathetic. As were almost all cars from the time, as quiggs said with their new (prehistoric by todays standards)emissions equipment, choked intakes and exhaust, low compression motors ect. Real preformance was dead all through the mid 70's till the early 90s (with a few notable exceptions)

[BarneyBoy]

this thing pulls more g's then a GTR!
isn't it like a big street sweeper?

Brabham tried such an idea in Formula 1 in the 70s and was pretty quickly banned, as it sucked everything off the road and blew it into the following traffic in a shower of stones and rubber. And that's on a relatively clean racetrack - let alone some of the sandy, dusty streets around suburbia!

Also it was considered a safety hazard, as a fan failure mid-corner would see the car spear off the track, knocking a hole in the scenery

[fpv_gtho]

I dont believe it was banned, rather Brabham withdrew it before then. Most of the fuss was over it being against the "spirit" of the rules.

[csl177]

Brabham had other troubles with the car just as Chapman had with his "twin chassis" 86/88 F1 cars... which exceeded the spirit of the rules. That, of course, is the designers job.

Snowmobile engine driving a fan for downforce? Jim Hall did it before anybody with the Chaparral 2J. TWO snowmobile engines! Anyone following him got a face full of track grit and clag. Outlawed immediately. Wiki entry: Chaparral Cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Other UCP pages http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...parral-2j.html

[Bob]

I really wish someone would fix the spelling in this thread's title.

[Rockefella]

I really wish someone would fix the spelling in this thread's title.

Merry Christmas