scootz
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 04:33 PM |
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Bonkers Vintage Indycar
I've been trawling through stuff looking for more front suspension ideas for the trike and found the 'Hurst Floor Shifter Special'
designed by a guy called Smokey Yunick.
That sidecar is nuts!!!
I'm liking the simplicity of the transverse leaf spring at the front though.
It's Evolution Baby!
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CNHSS1
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 04:39 PM |
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Smokey yunick was a great innovator, google and you will find lots of tales of his sideways thinking, not all of it legal as far as the rules go 
I hope all the stories are true, such as the Nascar he made 7/8ths size to cut frontal area and drag, only noticed when it was inadvertantly parked
next to a showroom model of the same car! 
"Racing is life, everything else, before or after, is just waiting"---Steve McQueen
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TheGiantTribble
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 04:43 PM |
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words fail me in a I love it but I hate it sort of way
Although that squarish stearing wheel somehow makes me think of an austin allegro
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mookaloid
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 04:45 PM |
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Considering that it only ever has to turn left that's not all that bad
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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designer
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 04:54 PM |
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Smokey went further than Chapman with 'bending' the rules, some things were just illegal, but somebody has to do it, that's
what's missing now!
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spiderman
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 04:58 PM |
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Where do his legs go? That sidecar looks awfully short in the front.
Spider
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mcerd1
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 06:19 PM |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_Yunick
quote:
Originally posted by CNHSS1
Smokey yunick was a great innovator, google and you will find lots of tales of his sideways thinking, not all of it legal as far as the rules go
I hope all the stories are true, such as the Nascar he made 7/8ths size to cut frontal area and drag, only noticed when it was inadvertantly parked
next to a showroom model of the same car!
the verson of that that I heard he got away with the 7/8th car for a while because he made a 7/8th scale road going version too and made sure it was
close by in the carpark so they could compare it - he just never told them the one in the carpark was his
[Edited on 22/12/2011 by mcerd1]
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myke pocock
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 07:04 PM |
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With a guy like that, he probably employed a driver with no legs!!! Cuts down on weight as well. Ho Ho.
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blakep82
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 07:14 PM |
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 mmm
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 22/12/11 at 07:46 PM |
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nobody noticed the intake trumpet sucking his right ear off ?
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 23/12/11 at 06:17 PM |
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Scootz, thought you might like some info to go with the picture:
In 1930, a four-cylinder 151 cu in (2.47 l) Offy/ engine installed in a race car set a new international land speed record of 144.895 mph (233.186
km/h). Miller developed this engine into a twin overhead cam, four cylinder, four valve per cylinder 220 cu in (3.6 l) (3.6 L) racing engine. This
would be used in midgets and sprints into the 1960s, with a choice of carburetor or Hilborn fuel injection.
One of the keys to the Offenhauser engine's success was power. A 251.92 cubic inch (4,128.29 cm³) twin-cam four-cylinder racing Offy with a
15:1 compression ratio and a 4.28125-by-4.375-inch (108.744 × 111.1 mm) bore and stroke, could produce 420 hp (310 kW) at 6,600 rpm (1.77 hp per cubic
inch (81 kW/L). Other variants of the engine produced up to 3 hp per cubic inch (137 kW/L). Another reason for the engine's success was
reliability; unit construction (no separate cylinder head) meant the engine was not vulnerable to head gasket or cylinder stud problems and allowed
for higher cylinder pressures.
Before turbo boost limits, over 1,000 bhp (750 kW) could be attained using around 120 in Hg (44.3 psi (305 kPa)) boost. The final 2.65 litre 4 cyl
Offy, restricted to 80 in Hg (24.6 psi (170 kPa)) boost pressure, gave 770 bhp (570 kW) at 9,000 rpm.
The b-series of the 30's!
Offenhauser made this engine from the 1930s up to the 1980s. Even more amazing: It was based on a 1913 Peugeot race car engine!
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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fullpint
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| posted on 23/12/11 at 06:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Volvorsport
nobody noticed the intake trumpet sucking his right ear off ?
Or the set of Hand air breaks mounted on the front
I'm guessing the driver has to weigh the same as the engine
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www.tpcs-magnesium-refurbs.co.uk
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 23/12/11 at 07:03 PM |
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Can't believe the transverse leaf spring locates the uprights very well under hard braking, and I see no dampers (inboard on lower arms maybe?).
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scootz
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| posted on 23/12/11 at 07:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
Can't believe the transverse leaf spring locates the uprights very well under hard braking, and I see no dampers (inboard on lower arms maybe?).
Couldn't the leaf be spec'd to do both!?
It's Evolution Baby!
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spiderman
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| posted on 23/12/11 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
Can't believe the transverse leaf spring locates the uprights very well under hard braking, and I see no dampers (inboard on lower arms maybe?).
Don't think they use brakes that much in Indycar racing.
Spider
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pjay
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| posted on 23/12/11 at 09:52 PM |
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Saw it at this year's GWFoS - incredible, and fantastic in the flesh.
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