F1 car for the road

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darksag3x
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Joined: 01 Nov 2005, 03:28

F1 car for the road

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This is as close as any driver will probably get to a true F1 experience: http://www.gizmag.com/go/5159/

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That is an incredible car. The only thing I would change is to ditch the rear wing in favor of some good ground effects. I'm sure you don't need thousands of pounds of downforce for the road.

BTW, You need some damn good tires to handle 3G of lateral accleration.

RH1300S
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Windscreen wipers??? :twisted:

monkeyboy1976
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A great example of British design and engineering talent. :D I want one.
Go here for more info: http://www.freestreamcars.com

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ackzsel
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Joined: 15 Nov 2005, 15:40
Location: Alkmaar, NED

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RH1300S wrote:Windscreen wipers??? :twisted:
Well, I guess you don't need any wipers @ 200mph.
I also guess that it's very difficult to design wipers that can cover all of that organic shaped windscreen and don't get torn off at 200mph.

But hey, who would dare to whine about windscreen wipers when you show up with such a car. 8)

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joseff
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What about the Yamaha OX99-11? It was old (early 90s I think) but featured Yamaha's then-current F1 engine, a real 3.5l V10. Plus it also had central seating.

Venom
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It's cool, but nowhere near the F1 car.

monkeyboy1976
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The Yamaha thing looked like a toy car IMHO.

dp35
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Without open wheels or an open cockpit, that can't be as close as you can get to F1 on the street. That title should go to the Ariel Atom: http://youtube.com/watch?v=CtDsAGd7uj8

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m3_lover
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Joined: 26 Jan 2006, 07:29
Location: St.Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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The other car.. (not the atom) it was tested lately by autocar I think
Simon: Nils? You can close in now. Nils?
John McClane: [on the guard's phone] Attention! Attention! Nils is dead! I repeat, Nils is dead, ----head. So's his pal, and those four guys from the East German All-Stars, your boys at the bank? They're gonna be a little late.
Simon: [on the phone] John... in the back of the truck you're driving, there's $13 billon dollars worth in gold bullion. I wonder would a deal be out of the question?
John McClane: [on the phone] Yeah, I got a deal for you. Come out from that rock you're hiding under, and I'll drive this truck up your ass.

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tomislavp4
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They renamed it to "caparo t1" and they´ll start selling in a few months I think :roll:
And the 3g cornering is with slics not road legal tires.

http://www.caparo-t1.com/ cheers