Thank you for your interest will try to reply to your question at once:
I'm 51 and leave in Bergamo (near Milan) .I gained significant experience in motorsport as driver and team owner in international sports car - prototype racing including four participation to Daytona 24 hrs.I campaigned in the last years Riley and Scott cars both in Europe and USA till 2002 including my own construction car named ReM in 2002 when this activity come to an end.
I'm a genuine enthusiast and my main activity is in a totally different field.
I have always been fascinated by LSR and since 2007 I regularly visited Bonneville with the people ,old friends with race car engineering experience, actually involved in the project and the construction of Gus Gus .
Also I had a diving experience at Maxton in a GT car just to became more familiar with this kind of motorsport.
Gus Gus project reflect the kind of race cars we are familiar with where applicable with some emphasis on safety that determined the adoption of a carbon tub in conjunction with the tubular chassis ,according the rules, and fabricated aluminium front suspension assy.
The attached pic are quite dated but gives an idea of the combined construction .
The engine is 3,5 litre V8 a Chevroled Indy Racing League 2004 spec built by Menard it run on methanol and deliver 750 Hp at 11.000 RPM. with a max torque of 450 Nm at 8000 RPM.
The gearbox is also a derivative of Indy Racing League manual H 6 speed with much different gearing built by EMCO USA
Aerodynamics has been extensively simulated by computer with particular attention to prevent stagnation of the air under the body.
Bodywork has been modelled full scale to make the moulds and construction is made with prepreg fiberglass-nomex ,the floor is made with stainless.
car dimension :
LENGTH 8004 MM (24.25’)
WIDTH 1145,5 (3,5’)
HEIGHT :
TOP OF CANOPY 960 MM (37,8”)
TOP OF FIN 1460 MM (57,5”)
BOTTOM TO GROUND 50 MM (2”)
FRONT TRACK 800 MM (31,5”)
REAR TRACK 900 MM (35,4”)
WHEELBASE 5036 MM (15,26’)
WEIGHT 1300 KG (2870 LBS)
FRONT SECTION AREA = 0.91 M2
We hope to achieve speed in the region of 310 miles but we know it will not be easy and we surely need to gain experience to achieve the target.
rear suspension pics to follows