McLaren F1 successor

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Not saying it is sci fi magic. Is the i series as a halo brand particularly concerned with profit? Corvette factory is set up for producing composite bodywork--maybe there is some potential there for structural parts. But the chassis has been metal for its history and there would be a financial cost to revamping the chassis side of operations.

Regardless various materials can achieve the same rigitiy requirements. CF no panacea.

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Not at the same weight, which is why (you guessed it) all bespoke racecars use a carbon instead of a metal chassis when possible

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Why are we comparing this car to a Corvette here? I would expect them to have entirely different propositions.

Might as well compare the T50 to a Reliant Robin while we're at it.

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other areas to look into on the T.50. think there should be a low ground clearance mode...that fan would be extremely effective on low ground clearance or lowered side....i.e side skirts


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Pierce89 wrote:
22 Jun 2019, 23:32
Just_a_fan wrote:
06 Jun 2019, 01:33
Zynerji wrote:
05 Jun 2019, 19:22
I think I'll still elect to pick up the Corvette C8 instead... It's an unbelievable amount of car for under $60k.
Entirely different proposition. The Corvette is aimed at USians that think live rear axles are kinda modern. Metal chassis? Really?
What will beat in performance to price ratio? Go on, I'll wait.
Lotus exige, Ariel atom, caterham.

Hell you can take a BRZ/FRS/GT86 and tune it to be a whole lot faster for less money.

The argument you make is silly.

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trinidefender wrote:
09 Jul 2019, 23:06
Pierce89 wrote:
22 Jun 2019, 23:32
Just_a_fan wrote:
06 Jun 2019, 01:33

Entirely different proposition. The Corvette is aimed at USians that think live rear axles are kinda modern. Metal chassis? Really?
What will beat in performance to price ratio? Go on, I'll wait.
Lotus exige, Ariel atom, caterham.

Hell you can take a BRZ/FRS/GT86 and tune it to be a whole lot faster for less money.

The argument you make is silly.
In the US, of the cars you mentioned, only the Toybaru 86 is actually cheaper than a base Corvette. Also, once it is tuned to 500 up and 1.2g on a skidpad, no I'm not thinking it will be cheaper than the Vette.
As for the Lotus, Ariel, and Caterham, you'll need very high spec models to beat the Vette, which will cost more than the Vette.
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I feel like this is purely for marketing. I can't see much benefit from teaming up with an F1 team like racing point for this.

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Maybe he just used their wind tunnel to do the aero design. After all, the teams have tunnels they can't use because they're limited in the number of hours they can use them.
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Just_a_fan wrote:
10 Dec 2019, 18:03
Maybe he just used their wind tunnel to do the aero design. After all, the teams have tunnels they can't use because they're limited in the number of hours they can use them.
Interesting that racing point have a wind tunnel but don't use it for their F1 operations. Probably an issue with how big the cars have gotten perhaps.

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Believe most teams had tunnels designed for inwash front wings, so once outwash became so powerful nobody had a wide enough area to properly study it. Hence half the grid using the Toyota tunnel nowadays.

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So with the fan ON the pressure is increased under the car. Am I missing something? #-o

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MadMatt wrote:
11 Dec 2019, 15:58
So with the fan ON the pressure is increased under the car. Am I missing something? #-o
You're looking at total pressure not static pressure. For Df you want to look at static pressure.

Maritimer wrote:
10 Dec 2019, 18:19
Believe most teams had tunnels designed for inwash front wings, so once outwash became so powerful nobody had a wide enough area to properly study it. Hence half the grid using the Toyota tunnel nowadays.
Most F1 wind tunnels were designed in the 90s for 25-40% models with no outwash as you say, but scale (really they blockage ratio) is the biggest factor. Toyota and Sauber (BMW) built their tunnels for full size models with moderate blockage ratios - which is even better for 60% scale models as they are limited to. The sidewalls of the Racing Point tunnel bow outwards to try and prevent the streamlines around the model squeezing against the wall - but it really is too small for modern F1. Ferrari basically had to rebuild their wind tunnel 5/6 years back for 60% models at great expense and even use AeroLab/Fondmetal for some of their road car stuff.
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Pierce89 wrote:
22 Jun 2019, 23:34
Just_a_fan wrote:
07 Jun 2019, 10:21
I think F1 would stick with turbos if they had free choice between turbo and N/A engines. The turbo engine is more compact, lighter etc. than the N/A engine required to get the same power output.
That's a bit of a toss up. In the V10 era BMW got 1000 hp out of 85 kilos.
Your statement is also incomplete, do you remember the fuel flow rates and fuel consumption?

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