Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:44 pm
Re: Ultimate FWD Competition *7 Entries In!
I welcome this new addition, 575hp in a FF van is pure awesome. My Civic has a power:weight ratio of 623hp/tonne, but this work of Van Silliness takes it up to 691hp/tonne! Though for some reason my car is significantly faster around the track with a less stiff chassis so I put the chassis and body quality down to -15 and as a result it gained quite a bit of weight. On that note hang on Tom, just let me make sure I haven't accidentally submitted with carbon fibre as is my habit...
...nope, it's glued aluminium with polymer panels! Basically since the costs exponentially increase as the quality slides up, the gains from 12-15 are a killer. If I knock everything that is marked 15 to 0 (i.e. most of the non-cabin components, and the whole engine), the cost virtually halves (and the man hours drop by about 90% or something ridiculous). My engine's a pretty crazy do as well because it only fits a 3L engine and I wanted to pump as much power out of it as possible while revving to 11k rpm.
Using some suspension and downforce witchcraft, this car has relatively neutral turning characteristics:
And for those who want a benchmark, this thing makes it around the test track in about 2:11.7. For the Bonneville Salt Flats, I changed the aero and the gearing, but I'm still rather sure Tom's van will outpace it due to that superior horsepower.
...nope, it's glued aluminium with polymer panels! Basically since the costs exponentially increase as the quality slides up, the gains from 12-15 are a killer. If I knock everything that is marked 15 to 0 (i.e. most of the non-cabin components, and the whole engine), the cost virtually halves (and the man hours drop by about 90% or something ridiculous). My engine's a pretty crazy do as well because it only fits a 3L engine and I wanted to pump as much power out of it as possible while revving to 11k rpm.
Using some suspension and downforce witchcraft, this car has relatively neutral turning characteristics:
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And for those who want a benchmark, this thing makes it around the test track in about 2:11.7. For the Bonneville Salt Flats, I changed the aero and the gearing, but I'm still rather sure Tom's van will outpace it due to that superior horsepower.
You know, after the race i can easily invite 4 people, including VosNox cause he's the host of this competition and the top 3 (in case neither VosNox nor myself finish in the top 3) to celebrate this awesome competition together and we would drive to the next club in no time! And when we're done with the club, i can still fit enough crates of beer (or champaign) in the trunk for everyone because it's a van 
