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03-21-2017, 11:20 AM
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In '83 I thought parabolic leading forms were the bomb.
This is a chunk of wood. B pillar air intakes, radiator and air exhaust across the back, the idea being zero wake but yeah the under tray rises too steeply.
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Your own work?
It looks cool, I like it a lot.
Ratio and proportion wise, 24" high wheels, eight foot wheelbase, this design is roughly 38 inches tall like the Ford GT 40 which is 40-inches tall.
Problem is the GT-40 ( the original race car not the later Ford GT) is a larger car with the driver almost lying down with legs and feet up into the front suspension.
Even with the driver pushed as far back a possible ( too far from the windshield for good optics and depth perception) with a small 4-cylinder FWD engine in the back, this design will need a sizable Gurney Bubble for anyone over five foot one. My wife should be able to fit in it though.
I like it, but I once had an experience in a design competition where the coolest looking cars broke the template and more or less cheated.
That would be like designing a building only midgets could inhabit, and not to code. Cool for filming a Hobbit movie but real life is a little more cruel.
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03-21-2017, 11:52 AM
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I just added my pic via iPhone, just email the picture to yourself.
I have been working on a somewhat similar concept, a long fastback using the meredith effect to reduce the cooling system's influence on drag. And of course, a mid mounted inline sex engine...
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03-21-2017, 12:51 PM
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Thanks Kach. Were I to redesign it today I'd keep a lot of it like the parabolas but fix the rear rise at the under tray, use slimmer tires w/o deep dish wheels, reproportion somewhat for practicality, etc. Overall I'm still basically pleased with it even after 34 years.
It was built around some 1/24 scale model car kit wheels.
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03-21-2017, 01:24 PM
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Then download from email and post it here.
EDIT: That is assuming you took pictures from iPhone and are using your computer to upload the pics
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In '95 I did too.
AA-Fuel dragster wheels and tires on a Beetle, with brass airfoil front axle beam.
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Braaaaap! Give it a 6 into 3 into 1 header.
OP's design would work well with a mid-rear longitudinal boxer.
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OH THAT'S what I should with that spare 'Vair engine!
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Braaaaap! Give it a 6 into 3 into 1 header.
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The only inline six header I had seen in person was a dual 3 into 1 like my picture above. I was considering a 6-1, but it would be harder to get equal length tubes without taking up too much space.
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