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raynekat |
Jun 22 2022, 08:58 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,158 Joined: 30-December 14 From: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Member No.: 18,263 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Whether you like 'em or not....they are definitely a wave of the future.
Not sure what I think about the whole idea myself. Still have the rear luggage boot which is nice. It's pretty slick the bolt in rear cradle that holds some of the batteries, Tesla motor, cooling, etc. The "custom" look is pretty bad as to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJTNsH-SIqk |
wonkipop |
Jun 26 2022, 03:24 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,301 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
@bbrock & @Superhawk996
achtung. don't even bother argueing. the future is here. i posted it above. check the youtube link. a 4 wheel motorcycle that is the closest thing to a 21st century 914 just blew doors at goodwood hill climb this year. just get access to an apricot orchard and grow biofuel to have a strategy to preserve 914s or power your house off your ford (and those numbers are correct bbrock (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) ). but you would not bother with an ev conversion when you see what just went down - days ago. ev. fan powered downdraft. its here. and its not a replacement, or a conversion, its a whole new idea (the new is made of the old remixed with some spices). which is what the future is meant to be. and its compelling. 914s are fabulous. the best museum piece you could have. a high point. and now there is a hint of whats next. try a tiny car. with a 0- 186 mph in under 9 seconds. like fu%k 0-60 mph. lets have a whole new measure. hit the link in my post above. are you guys all asleep or something. |
Chris914n6 |
Jun 26 2022, 10:32 AM
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Jackstands are my life. Group: Members Posts: 3,320 Joined: 14-March 03 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 431 Region Association: Southwest Region |
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wonkipop |
Jun 26 2022, 04:51 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,301 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
are you guys all asleep or something. wonkipop your dreaming. That car is the equivalent of a Top Fuel Dragster. Completely useless on the street for human needs. not a top fuel dragster at all - a t. f. d. does not go around corners. or they didn't the last time i saw one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) the mcmurty is a circuit track car. the design engineer is a young guy ex Williams F1/Mercedes F1 in a way - closest comparison would be the idea of the old lotus clubman? except it is way faster in a straight line or in a corner. i believe its designed to run flat out on a race track for around 40 minutes. at the speeds being demonstrated at goodwood for that 40 minutes. the fan powered downforce is the fantastic bit. downforce without drag. the old brabham F1 car or the chaparrel fan car? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) they stuck an additional rear downforce wing on it for goodwood to go for the record. they had the fans going as well. watching the vid i thought it was on the verge of dangerous. not much to protect the crowds if it had some kind of downforce failure? there are vids around of it starting up. makes a sound out of the fans that is a reasonable surrogate for an ICE engine. ie a threatening sound. yes its expensive. very. and its very small with one seat. etc. but as is the way its usually a car like this that is first pointing the way? what its telling you is what a stripped out pure sports car in the electric era will really be like. -- not a fricken mobile loungeroom with no dashboard stinking of toxic glue that drives itself and occasionally decides to end it all with you on board .....tesla. trouble is i doubt i will live long enough to be able to park my backside in a mass market version of one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) gets me excited. more excited than screwing around with electrifying an old beetle or a 914 and upsetting the character of an older car. i look at that beetle for instance and all i can think is its now a front engined car. no more swapping ends on a dirt road and having it go arse first into a ditch. which is something i managed to do when i was about 18 years old. scared the crap out of myself and forced me to learn to drive. electric conversions of old cars are just cruisers? or am i wrong? |
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