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David Jenkins

posted on 5/2/11 at 12:50 PM Reply With Quote
Darth Vader's race car!



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hootsno1

posted on 5/2/11 at 01:15 PM Reply With Quote
thats just made me WET
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vinny1275

posted on 5/2/11 at 01:18 PM Reply With Quote
Wish I could afford to go to LM again this year...

They ought to keep that in black, rather than using the Audi team colours - it looks awesome.






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Ivan

posted on 5/2/11 at 01:54 PM Reply With Quote
That's awesome.

Aerodynamics is a funny thing - one would never think that a scallop like the ones in the side of the nose section opposite the front wheel covers would be in any way productive.

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iank

posted on 5/2/11 at 02:07 PM Reply With Quote
Needs to sound like this http://filmsound.org/starwars/tie.wav





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A1

posted on 5/2/11 at 02:31 PM Reply With Quote
wow...thats....nice...REALLY nice.

2nd on keeping it black!

only thing is...is it another diesel?

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designer

posted on 5/2/11 at 02:44 PM Reply With Quote
Saw this in the flesh last week. Awesome car.
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RichieW

posted on 5/2/11 at 03:11 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
That's awesome.

Aerodynamics is a funny thing - one would never think that a scallop like the ones in the side of the nose section opposite the front wheel covers would be in any way productive.



I'm not sure they are. Aren't they just there to accomodate front suspension gubbins?

[Edited on 5/2/11 by RichieW]

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zilspeed

posted on 5/2/11 at 04:15 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by RichieW
quote:
Originally posted by Ivan
That's awesome.
Aerodynamics is a funny thing - one would never think that a scallop like the ones in the side of the nose section opposite the front wheel covers would be in any way productive.

I'm not sure they are. Aren't they just there to accomodate front suspension gubbins?



Pushrod ends and top rockers going by the angle and position.

The car that I occasionally assist with has a pushrod front end and front bodywork which is similar in many repsects.
Covering these bits which stop it being a single seater with wings is a vexing question.

The Audi designers will not have wanted to have these parts exposed like that, but on balance, it must be worth it.
The alternative would be to raise the bodywork at either side, but I imagine that may have had a detrimental effect on another aspect of aerodynamic perfornmance and this was the worthwhile payoff.

Quite a thought though that in their case these little protrusions in the bodywork were considered worthwhile.

Here's "our" car.



Of course, it's very different. But at the same time...

P.S. Our car came first.

[Edited on 5/2/11 by zilspeed]






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Rod Ends

posted on 5/2/11 at 04:23 PM Reply With Quote
He drives an Atom on the road!


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MakeEverything

posted on 5/2/11 at 04:56 PM Reply With Quote
Absolutely love that.





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