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murphy 2006-10-12 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
Post 10 chris. ;)

yes post 10 however I too vote this for best race car.

sperry 2006-10-12 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by murphy
yes post 10 however I too vote this for best race car.

3rded... the 787B is one of those cars that appears and just changes racing. Totally phenominal.

Kinda like this car:

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/Chaparral-PL1.jpg

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/Chaparral-PL2.jpg

http://www.ashcom.homestead.com/RMH3257W.jpg

The Chaparral 2J. It used a secondary motor running fans to suck all the air out from under it, generating massive amounts of downforce, even when stopped. The car was so incredibly ahead of the competition it was banned after a single season.

The 2J has had far reaching implications aside from just the banning of "sucker cars". Stuff like true ground effects and other extreme aero devices have been all but elminated from motorsports. The problem is that minor contact that damages an extreme downforce element means whipping off the track at lethal speeds.

'Course the 2J is more infamous than famous... but it's certainly one of the "best" cars when stacked up against the competition, even if only due to shear inginuity.

Bob Danger 2006-10-12 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MattR
Oh

I can't get it to work it was a Mazda Cosmo 110S

MattR 2006-10-12 05:23 PM

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I can't get it to work it was a Mazda Cosmo 110S


Thar she blows

Oh, and I love the Aston Martin DBR-9

left footed whooten 2006-10-12 05:53 PM

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Thar she blows

Oh, and I love the Aston Martin DBR-9

Seconded. As well as the new RallyGT Aston.

sperry 2006-10-13 08:15 AM

Nice lipstick on that one. :lol:

ShawnS 2006-10-13 05:04 PM

http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/42140941/13372

ShawnS 2006-10-13 05:11 PM

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-06-07-032.jpg
http://www.gt-eins.de/Bilder/99_lm/toyota3a.JPG
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/Images/dechrist.jpg

Dean 2006-10-13 07:47 PM

Yet another revolutionary Formula one car that was subsequently banned.

http://www.proformula.ua/images/photo/4954.jpg

sperry 2006-10-14 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Dean
Yet another revolutionary Formula one car that was subsequently banned.

http://www.proformula.ua/images/photo/4954.jpg

Revolutionary, yes... but it wasn't really much faster than the competition except down long straights. Everyone that tried >4 wheels found they weren't much faster, but were plenty more complicated. FIA finally said "4 wheels only, power at the rear, steering at the front".

The Tyrrel P34 is still a pretty damn cool car though... like the 2J, it's a great example of thinking outside of convention. Here's a cool website about other 6 wheel'd F1 cars:

http://www.f1nutter.co.uk/tech/6wheels.php


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