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Ridiculously Awesome. What a project. 2-1/2 years. Wowzer... I couldn't image the CAD time, tooling, materials, and engineering time that went into that thing.
I don't want to call it a waste, but I'm not sure what makes this car that much better than a tube chassis car? Is it that much lighter? Is it that more solid? Does it perform that much better? Or was this simply a 'look what I can do when money is no object' type of project?
It is incredible!
I don't want to call it a waste, but I'm not sure what makes this car that much better than a tube chassis car? Is it that much lighter? Is it that more solid? Does it perform that much better? Or was this simply a 'look what I can do when money is no object' type of project?
It is incredible!
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Impressive showing what one of the worlds richest men can have done by brut force. But that is what this is a brut force improvement over 1960's technology. Machined out of solid billet alumiuium because welding HT alumiun cuts strength in half and bolted together. Well yes; but then why not weld pre-heattreat and heat treat the struture after. Ellison had the money to buy Alcoa let along find an aluminum heat treater.
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I don't want to call it a waste, but I'm not sure what makes this car that much better than a tube chassis car? Is it that much lighter? Is it that more solid? Does it perform that much better? Or was this simply a 'look what I can do when money is no object' type of project?
Download and read the book. It's mostly pictures, but with some informative text.
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"My favorite comment came from the head of the Miller Motorsports Driving School. After several hot laps, he said, “You know, with a Cobra you run out of chassis long before you run out of motor. With this car, I just kept pushing it harder and harder. I ran out of motor before I ran out of chassis. This has potential for a serious race car.” " That says something about the frame and suspension geometry...
I'm no engineer, but I would like to think it would be possible with enough gussets or bracing that you could get a similarly stiff tube chassis, but then again maybe not considering the aforementioned characteristics of welding of al. Maybe composites?
Anyway, I'm not going to debate whether or not this is an amazing piece of engineering and fabrication, because it is. I'd also like to add that it is a beautiful work of Art.
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