Radical new IndyCar prototype has LSR look

[HotRodV8]

     An interesting engineering exercise, I'm always looking for aero tech to apply for LSR efforts.

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               In my opinion, A lot of corporate money away from LSR has helped to keep the individual   innovation as a primary attraction of LSR for me...

                     Ed

Thank You Ed - -   

I totally agree with your comment about individual innovation as being the primary attraction to LSR for me too.

My 50 year dream of running on the salt with my own money and doing it MY way is based upon the individual innovation you spoke of. The salt flats will be my canvas to paint my "mechanical artwork" and pass along that picture of "me" to my family. That is why I selected a liner as my first future build. No limits now.

Plus, thank you to Johnny Hotnuts (a Father to be) for reminding me to think and color outside of the lines. 

175 days until I first taste the salt as a spectator.

[dw230]

"Something just seems wrong about budgeting fuel flow on a race car but I can't say that I haven't thought of this for a class at Bonneville. It would probably an additional liner class that would bring a lot of corp. money to the LSR game."

Much in the same way the "corp. money" flocked to Bonneville with the addition of allowances for Hybrid record setting. Restricted fuel flow seems counter to the idea of all out competition at the salt to me.

DW

[Luckyontheducky]

Where's the propeller?

 

[Mugs914]

I always wondered what happened to Breedlove's American Spirit...

[VeeTwin]

Neglecting traction and stability issues, 235 mph on 300 HP would equate to 470 mph on 1200 HP.  Fun stuff.

No, 2400hp. Hp required goes up as the cube of the speed increase, not the square.
235 to 470mph is a factor of 2.
2 cubed is 8.
8 times 300 is 2400.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I get 2.2 cubed = 10.648.

[VeeTwin]

There, I separated it so it doesn't look like 2. 2