911 EATS 3 FERRARIS IN ONE LAP
10-28-2008, 10:37 AM
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From our website: (www.almost.co.za)
The car is a Porsche 911 fitted with a Cartronic Supercharged engine. The 3.6 litre engine has an output of 370 kilowatts with a maximum torque of 600 Nm and weighs (wet, including driver) 1080kg. The building and race preparation of the car has taken two and a half years at a cost of over R850 000. The best racing equipment was fitted to the car and it is capable of beating R2 million rand cars around the track. Front brake callipers and disks are Porsche four piston 'Big Reds' which were designed by Porsche to stop the awesome Porsche 993 Turbo. Rear brake callipers were sourced from the Porsche Boxster front brakes.
With is weight of 1080kg it has a high power to weight ratio. The light weight improves the acceleration, braking and cornering abilities.
In preparing the car, it was stripped down to the bare bones with the body and chassis being sand-blasted to remove all rubberizing and paint. The car was then re-painted with a much thinner coating of underbody paint in an effort to save weight.
The roll cage was custom made to ensure that the chassis platform was strengthened to enable the suspension to function instead of flexing the chassis.
The torsion bar suspension has been substituted with a coil spring suspension hand built by Afrishox in South Africa using Bilstein and H&R components.
The fuel cell which has been designed to take only 30 litres of fuel is manufactured on the same base as 'box wine'. The outer container of aluminium and composite carbon fibre contains a 'rubber' bladder which can deform without tearing in case of an accident. Inside the rubber bladder is a foam substance that prevents fuel from splashing around in the cell.
The body panels are made of carbon fibre composite material and are imported from the USA. The characteristic weave pattern can be seen on the body panels.
The safety belt is a six point harness made of 75 mm wide material. The six points refers to the number of mounting points - a road vehicle generally has a three point system. The 'clip-on' steering wheel has a quick release catch to enable the driver to enter and exit the car comfortably. (The important safety roll cage side impact structure makes entry and exit arduous).
There is a Global Positioning System management system records all lap time data for downloading into a computer system for analyzing. Details such as engine revs, speed, whether the brakes are applied or not and even the 'line' the car follows are recorded.
Only Aeroquip brake line, fuel and oil pipes are used on the car.
The electrical system has no fuses. All fuses have been replaced by 'trip switches' used in the aircraft industry.
The car is a Porsche 911 fitted with a Cartronic Supercharged engine. The 3.6 litre engine has an output of 370 kilowatts with a maximum torque of 600 Nm and weighs (wet, including driver) 1080kg. The building and race preparation of the car has taken two and a half years at a cost of over R850 000. The best racing equipment was fitted to the car and it is capable of beating R2 million rand cars around the track. Front brake callipers and disks are Porsche four piston 'Big Reds' which were designed by Porsche to stop the awesome Porsche 993 Turbo. Rear brake callipers were sourced from the Porsche Boxster front brakes.
With is weight of 1080kg it has a high power to weight ratio. The light weight improves the acceleration, braking and cornering abilities.
In preparing the car, it was stripped down to the bare bones with the body and chassis being sand-blasted to remove all rubberizing and paint. The car was then re-painted with a much thinner coating of underbody paint in an effort to save weight.
The roll cage was custom made to ensure that the chassis platform was strengthened to enable the suspension to function instead of flexing the chassis.
The torsion bar suspension has been substituted with a coil spring suspension hand built by Afrishox in South Africa using Bilstein and H&R components.
The fuel cell which has been designed to take only 30 litres of fuel is manufactured on the same base as 'box wine'. The outer container of aluminium and composite carbon fibre contains a 'rubber' bladder which can deform without tearing in case of an accident. Inside the rubber bladder is a foam substance that prevents fuel from splashing around in the cell.
The body panels are made of carbon fibre composite material and are imported from the USA. The characteristic weave pattern can be seen on the body panels.
The safety belt is a six point harness made of 75 mm wide material. The six points refers to the number of mounting points - a road vehicle generally has a three point system. The 'clip-on' steering wheel has a quick release catch to enable the driver to enter and exit the car comfortably. (The important safety roll cage side impact structure makes entry and exit arduous).
There is a Global Positioning System management system records all lap time data for downloading into a computer system for analyzing. Details such as engine revs, speed, whether the brakes are applied or not and even the 'line' the car follows are recorded.
Only Aeroquip brake line, fuel and oil pipes are used on the car.
The electrical system has no fuses. All fuses have been replaced by 'trip switches' used in the aircraft industry.
10-28-2008, 06:40 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
Very nice... I came by the trip switches (I commonly call toggle breakers) and used them on my car I'm building. I think it's nice way to reduce wiring and parts.
10-29-2008, 11:24 PM
#18
Race Car
If you say so. We do not run a turbo. Go to www.almost.co.za for details.
