Quote:
Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Race cars are not low drag -- let me rephrase that: *most* race cars are not low drag.
|
True, but you can also take a kit car loosely based on The Ford GT 40 (Factory Five GTM), add in some West Philly high school students, plus a Volkswagen TDI engine running on 100% biodiesel, and get over 100 mpg (read 160 mpg somewhere) and win the Green Grand Prix.
Factory Five GTM Wins Green Grand Prix
Factory Five GTM Wins Green Grand Prix
How West Philly Students Built a Hybrid Supercar
How West Philly Students Built a Hybrid Supercar - Breakthrough Awards 2011 - Popular Mechanics 2011 - Popular Mechanics
Quote:
|
The students from West Philadelphia High School didn't win the X-Prize competition, but their 160 mpg Factory Five GTM biodiesel hybrid kit car is a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award winner.
|
Proving; just because it looks like a race car, doesn't mean it's a brick.
I have a long way to go with this concept before it is that refined. I'm just saying, don't live by stereotypes because there are exceptions to the rules.