:jester Just kidding with you friend. Yes, Callaways are very impressive cars. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
Callaway
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Re: Callaway (backtrail69)
...The speed limit sign in the background is kinda funny :lol: I think that car is being broken while the car is sitting still :thumbs:
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Re: Callaway (Black96Corvette)
That wing and front end are Callaway LM. Vette mag features a one off of a street LM. The wing is highly functional at 200+.
If it's a kit it still looks pretty damn good, better any Greenwood stuff. If it's the real thing you should have taken a closer look. Considering the trailer in the background, it might well be the real deal, and the fotog was in the presence of greatness.
[Modified by 94lt1torchred, 7:45 PM 1/4/2003]
If it's a kit it still looks pretty damn good, better any Greenwood stuff. If it's the real thing you should have taken a closer look. Considering the trailer in the background, it might well be the real deal, and the fotog was in the presence of greatness.
[Modified by 94lt1torchred, 7:45 PM 1/4/2003]
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Re: Callaway (backtrail69)
For more information on the Callaway Corvettes, check out http://www.callawaycars.com and their milestone section or, check out the site http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com and the callaway forum and information sections <this week the Callaway cars are featured there.
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Re: Callaway (94lt1torchred)
Yes it is fast....and that wing is functional LONG before 200mph. You'll notice that Nascars which run 190 don't have wings. Big wings like that are for adding traction during road racing e.g LeMans ...they help keep the tires planted while going thru the turns.
[Modified by SurfnSun, 5:32 PM 1/4/2003]
[Modified by SurfnSun, 5:32 PM 1/4/2003]
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Re: Callaway (backtrail69)
I know that car very well. It belongs to a friend of mine, all I can say is pictures do NOT do that car justice. I have spent many many hours staring at the car and still have not fully experienced the beauty of it. The presance of that car is beyond words, when you see one in person you know its something special. On the Callaway web site there is a quick time movie of that car. If I remember correctly the car is 70% carbon fiber. I think the only 100% stock body panel on that car is the roof. The car is outstanding.
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Re: Callaway (GDP)
Here's a Callaway LM Speedster, a one-off custom Callaway LM (The car your posted in the original post), that I took into Photoshop and modified. :cool:
I love the speedster! Doesn't look like there is much headroom though.
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Re: Callaway (backtrail69)
very nice car. Anything to keep the car on the ground at those speeds is worth it to me. Surf is right about the Nascars, they use downforce to keep their tires on the ground, they are built like upside down airplanes, instead of lift, they have downforce. The design pushes the tires into the ground at 4x the gravity of a car without it, without that the car would fly off the track around a corner at those speeds. :yesnod: :cheers:
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Re: Callaway (backtrail69)
Actually, Winston Cup cars may not have a wing, per se, but they do have spoilers which add downforce to the rear end by slowing down the airflow, using the bernoulli principle instead of the force of the air hitting an angled surface to create the downforce.
And the wing would be effective long before 200. For example, Champ cars (which I have worked with) are creating over 1500 lbs of downforce on their wings by 120 mph. The setup that they use on some road courses can generate as much as 5000 lbs of downforce....there is a good reason they can pull over 4 lateral g's.
And the wing would be effective long before 200. For example, Champ cars (which I have worked with) are creating over 1500 lbs of downforce on their wings by 120 mph. The setup that they use on some road courses can generate as much as 5000 lbs of downforce....there is a good reason they can pull over 4 lateral g's.
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Re: Callaway (CorvetteZ51Racer)
Actually, Winston Cup cars may not have a wing, per se, but they do have spoilers which add downforce to the rear end by slowing down the airflow, using the bernoulli principle instead of the force of the air hitting an angled surface to create the downforce.
And the wing would be effective long before 200. For example, Champ cars (which I have worked with) are creating over 1500 lbs of downforce on their wings by 120 mph. The setup that they use on some road courses can generate as much as 5000 lbs of downforce....there is a good reason they can pull over 4 lateral g's.
And the wing would be effective long before 200. For example, Champ cars (which I have worked with) are creating over 1500 lbs of downforce on their wings by 120 mph. The setup that they use on some road courses can generate as much as 5000 lbs of downforce....there is a good reason they can pull over 4 lateral g's.