matthepcat

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1986 Chevrolet Corvette Custom Racer

"Active Downforce System - M1 Abrams Tank cooling blower powered by 45 HP Polaris engine evacuating 10,000 cfm of air underneath car generating 1000 lbs of downforce, substantially increasing tire grip and resulting in a 1.3 g skidpad capability."


Buy one here:

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DetailAddict

iTrader: (52)

hmmm.... one interesting ride...

chimchimm5

iTrader: (9)

Wow they're selling it. Good read when it appeared in Grassroots last year.

flatline

iTrader: (11)

Chapparrel was banned from many racing series due to their downforce mechanisms.


A+++++ to them!!

kYLEMtnCRUZr

iTrader: (6)

sooo say youre 90' into a 180' sweeper and your downforce generator cuts out?

1.3G to .9G into the wall at 5G lol

flatline

iTrader: (11)

hahaha never thought of that!!



Im imagining it happen right now LOL

matthepcat

iTrader: (5)

One hell of a drift

kYLEMtnCRUZr

iTrader: (6)

ha thats like walking a tightrope across the grand canyon and your human sized gyroscope runs out of power! yikes

brucelee

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For ALL that money, ALL those hours of fabrication, All the performance that was put into this car, yet they run some really crappy times... I'm guessing so they can drift more since the tires aren't as sticky as some?

Also, that thing under the car looks ghetto as hell... It looks like it has one of those mechanic roller deck (where you can roll under the car easier) wedged under the car... And what are those little tiny wheels going to do?

I dont know man, the concept sounds cool, but it seems like they were on a MAJOR budget


Also, whats with the low horse power? I mean, it has a twin turbo V8 in it... You'd think they could squeeze a little more HP out of it.


I dunno, looks really sketchy to me... If they got some more funding and re-did it on a newer car, and made the lower half of the blower as invisible as possible, it would be much nicer. They could just get a new Z06, keep it stock except for the blower, even then it would have more HP then the model they built.

Also, like some of you said, this def has its drawbacks! I'd love to see how the downforce worked in person, and would love to drive it just to try it out, but thats be about it... Just out of curiosity.


Props to them for having a vision and actually finishing a working model, gotta hand that to them, always respect folks to latch onto their dreams.

chimchimm5

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Yes they were. $2007 to be exact... max amount allowed to pay for the car and all mods. It was the nature of the GRM 2007 Challenge.

matthepcat

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It was built for AutoX style driving. Small fast spooling turbos were picked for a reason.....I am sure there is plenty more power possible.

For $2007....it is freaking amazing.