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Obscene car porn!!! WS...
tegwin - 20/2/07 at 10:39 PM

I dont know why, but photos like this make me soil myself!!!


omega0684 - 20/2/07 at 10:41 PM

looks a bit like my engine!!!!..................... i wish!

tegwin - 20/2/07 at 10:44 PM

I can see that the wishbones are bolted directly onto the gearbox....

Is there a chassis under the g-box supporting it, or is the engine and g-box simply supported from the cockpit bulkhead?

Are there any production g-boxes that allow mounting wishbones straight onto the box?

greggors84 - 20/2/07 at 10:54 PM

Its a Konigsegg engine, supercharged too.

The car is a LeBlanc Mirabeau, will get some pics up I took in France when I saw it and met the creator at Dijon in France.

Chippy - 20/2/07 at 10:59 PM

Looks a bit similar to F1 cars, in as far as the engine/gearbox is used as part of the chassis. Regards, Ray

goodall - 20/2/07 at 11:11 PM

very interesting, must be very light weight

greggors84 - 20/2/07 at 11:44 PM

Just over 800kg and over 700bhp! Should have interesting performance!

Its basically a leMans car for the road, but with more power!

They do one called the Caroline which is based on a group C racer.

Data Sheet

The only production gearboxes that are fully stressed (suspension attached to it) are on low volume super cars such as the Enzo and Koenigsegg.

[Edited on 20/2/2007 by greggors84]

goodall - 20/2/07 at 11:51 PM

thats a pretty amazing power to weight ratio then

worX - 21/2/07 at 01:05 PM

most (modern) bikes use the engine and gearbox as a stressed part of the frame/chassis... I know it's not the same as above but for stress levels through these components should suggest that it's not out of the realm of other gearboxes???

greggors84 - 21/2/07 at 02:37 PM

Unfourntunately he did have a spare helmet with him in Dijion otherwise he said he would have taken me out. I tried to borrow one, but had no luck. I was contemplating borrowing one of our drivers helmets, but they wouldnt have been too pleased!

quote:
Originally posted by goodall
thats a pretty amazing power to weight ratio then

Catpuss - 23/2/07 at 09:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by worX
most (modern) bikes use the engine and gearbox as a stressed part of the frame/chassis... I know it's not the same as above but for stress levels through these components should suggest that it's not out of the realm of other gearboxes???


My firestorm (and VFRs) use the rear of the engine case as the swing arm pivot. There are a few other bikes that do this too these days.

David Jenkins - 23/2/07 at 10:22 PM

I have a HUGE amount of admiration for people who can fit all those bits together in such a tiny space, AND make it look tidy!

David