[s-cars] speed vs. weight, 10 kilos and 0.4 seconds & Mahoney JNR ersatz M3 CSL

[Ian Duff]

If he used even moderately modern adhesive to glue the new cf panels  
to the remaining structure, I would think the new structure would be  
stronger than before.

Yep, he lobotomized the old steel unibody, leaving potentially a new  
Gumby structure. However, sounds like the steel got replaced with cf.  
So, instead of lobotomizing it, he pulled a $6 million dollar man on it.

Why is still up in the air, as the evo is about as aerodynamically  
slick as a locomotive, not terribly conducive to speed records. Lotsa  
downforce makes for great rally performance, but not so great  
Bonneville runs. Kinda like the dude who puts a $2500 stereo in a $500  
beater, or the convenience store who uses $20K worth of video  
surveillance gear to ensure $20 worth of junk food remains on the  
shelves.

-Ian Duff.

On 15 May, 2009, at 20:46, Taka Mizutani wrote:

> I hope that Evo is basically a tube frame silhouette car- your buddy  
> took
> out damn near everything in the uni body. Or are you just talking  
> about the
> outer skins? Even so...... that's scary.
>
> Better not crash that thing.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> wow, that's spec miata weight.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Joe Pizzimenti <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
>> To: Michael Lardizabal <mikellardizabal at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: wmahoney at disk.com; mlped at q.com; s-car-list at audifans.com;
>> pkrasusky at ups.com
>> Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:35:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [s-cars] speed vs. weight, 10 kilos and 0.4 seconds &  
>> Mahoney
>> JNR  ersatz M3 CSL
>>
>> I just took a ride the other day in a friend's Evo that has carbon  
>> doors,
>> roof, fenders & every light weight thing you can do down to a fuel  
>> cell &
>> the final dry weight with cage is 2217 pounds.  From about 3300 or  
>> so.
>>
>> He plans to hit Bonneville in August to set some sort of stupid  
>> record with
>> the damned thing.  I'll keep youse guys in the loop.  It should  
>> either be
>> fast or spectacular or both.
>>
>> Pizzo
>>
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