Random UnAerodynamic Cars and Trucks Thread

[samwichse]

Cool cars. I love that little miniature Beast of Turin.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by kach22i

With the very low area these cars could be in the aerodynamic thread perhaps.

Aerodynamic or not, sure I'd like to test-drive them, but I'm sure I'd rather get an enclosure for the CVT belts and pulleys. On a sidenote, with that rear-engine arrangement, that Bugatti replica reminded me some Brazilian replicas of an Alfa Romeo from the '30s which were made in Brazil with Beetle components in the '80s.

[kach22i]

I've got the hots for this one.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/XR311?src=hashtag_click



https://www.cruisinclassicsinc.com/1...r311-c-134.htm



https://silodrome.com/tamiya-fmc-xr311-rc/

The US military ordered a number of FMC XR311s for testing purposes and they could be configured to fulfill a multitude of roles including anti-tank, reconnaissance patrol, convoy escort, command and control, medivac, military police, mortar carrier, internal security and forward air defense communications vehicle..............

The XR311 had a rear-engine, four-wheel drive layout with power sent from the Chrysler V8 engine through a 3-speed TorqueFlite A727 automatic transmission and a single-speed full time transfer case.

These vehicles were tested extensively throughout the 1970s and they did look like a likely M151 Jeep replacement – likely enough that Tamiya created their model of it, the development of which likely started in the mid-1970s, before the FMC XR311 project was cancelled.

FMC XR311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMC_XR311

Powertrain
Engine rear-mounted 5.2L (318ci) LA V8, 190 hp@4,800rpm, 292lb-ft@2,200rpm (gross),

or 5.9L (360ci) LA V8, optional 4-barrel carburetor
or potential Deutz V8 turbodiesel

Transmission 3-speed Chrysler TorqueFlite A727 automatic
Single-speed, full time transfer case, lockable center differential

[freebeard]

It's like the EMPI Sportster all growed up.

[Piotrsko]

freebeard just likes it for the twin machine guns

[freebeard]

Just the thing for the streets of our Democrat cities.



I also like propellors.




http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2021...l-vehicle.html

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by kach22i

FMC XR311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMC_XR311

The only Deutz V8 engines I have seen would be clearly impossible to fit this beauty. Maybe a 4-cyl or 6-cyl 913-series as it used to be common for swaps in Argentina.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

The doggy is about an order of magnitude smaller, so the Reynolds number would have to be different, but maybe this will be helpful:

[Piotrsko]

Did someone forget the high pressure after injection of methane in the flow pattern?