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

[Taka Mizutani]

I hope that's directed to Ian- awfully defensive about this- I really don't
care. People drag race motorized barstools, more power to them.

Taka


On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Joe Pizzimenti
<joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>wrote:

> Not much steel left except for the intricate cage that he did.
>
> As for why he's doing it, why not?  It hasn't been done before & he
> has made the requisite aero mods as well to make it move across the
> salt.  It's an insane piece of engineering.  Dry sump, liquid to air
> intercooler, really trick high rpm shortblock, basically every old
> racing trick in the book.  It's a Mitsubishi oin name only at this
> point.
>
> Deride it all you want.  Fact of the matter is, it takes huge cojones
> to drive anything 200mph, much less building a car basically from
> scratch for it.  It takes significantly less cojones to make cute
> little analogies from behind a keyboard.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/15/09, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:
> > 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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