Corvee

ACO approved Highcroft Racing entry at Le Mans in 2012 as "unclassified entry". The car may be at Sebring as well. 1000 lbs and 300 hp! Article in Road & Track:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/racing/m...ult-on-le-mans

Rob31

Thats not a car, its a lawndart with wheels .What are these guys on ?

AU N EGL

WOW shades of the 40 year old Turbine indy cars

Zoxxo

It's a very cool car and a very cool concept. Read the article and see who's behind it.

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CHJ In Virginia

I would think that the extremely narrow front track would create major cornering problems. That design might be great for a drag strip or Bonneville, but I just can't see how it would work on a road course.

BFoster

looks terrible i really hope it fails miserably and all the hype goes away!

Rob31

QUOTE=AU N EGL;1578280523]WOW shades of the 40 year old Turbine indy cars[/QUOTE]

I just saw a Turbine car # 66 driven by Bruce Mclaren at a block party/car show in Barrington Il 20 minutes ago.

Those guys were brave . two inches separated the drive from the rt .side of the car turbine & all wheel drive cool
New Indy concept ....

Zoxxo

For sure. We wouldn't want anything new and different to be successful.

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Corvee

"New ideas are not only the enemies of old ones; they also appear often in an extremely unacceptable form."

— Carl Gustav Jung

"Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats."

— Howard Aiken

mgarfias

Its hideous. That said, I'll be interested to see what it does.

RX-Ben

I'm all for it. People always complain about the lack of innovation, and then something like this comes out and it get poo-poo'd.

BrianCunningham

Like to see the math on the cornering numbers

Scooter70

Me too. The article says that the front tires are only 4" wide. How the hell does this thing turn with 4" wide tires and such a narrow front track?

Zoxxo

No doubt that's everyone's first question.

The car is designed to weigh less than 1000 pounds (!) That's 600+ pounds less than an F1 car. That will certainly help a lot

I expect that the calculations have been done (many, many times) to show that it can work or they wouldn't be putting so much time and energy and money into the effort. It will be interesting to see how it turns out.

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BrianCunningham

Most of the weight is in the back

so you calculate the weight per contact patch area.

bags142

I wonder if it will slow one of the rear wheels to assist in turning?

Cause I can't understand how it will turn otherwise. But, I also only have a degree in total BS, so what do I know

Rob Willis

I'm with YOU! ...and I'm a huge ALMS and even Highcroft fan, but this thing is horrible.

joemoia

Computer simulation of the DW at Le Mans

http://www.racer.com/video-le-mans-d...rticle/204862/

shakedown067

I dig it, and if there is very little weight up front, which it looks like, you shouldn't need too wide of a track or wheel. I hope it makes it out to Sebring as I'd like to see it in action. If it survives there, it should do good at LeMans.

mAydAy121

The physics (and I'm sure I could do the math to support my claim) of it says its not likely to run very well. While it is possible to make a car corner on those small tires by playing with weight distribution, you can't overcome weight transfer to the front under braking....