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My favorite example of forbidden ingenuity is the "sucker car" (Chapparal 2J) which used a plastic skirt to seal the car to the ground, and pump that sucked the
by mirkules 8y ago
My favorite example of forbidden ingenuity is the "sucker car" (Chapparal 2J) which used a plastic skirt to seal the car to the ground, and pump that sucked the air from underneath the car, producing an insane amount of downforce. It was outlawed of course after blowing away the competition.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars#2J https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars#2J
- nradov 8y agoThere is a legitimate safety concern with active aero systems. If they fail in the middle of turn the car is likely to slide off the track, endangering everyone on the track.
- Noumenon72 8y agoThe next equipment we should ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMJ8U-2ZMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tMJ8U-2ZMU
- Klathmon 8y agoI also liked the Mazda Rotary/Wankel engine that really threw the classification systems at LeMans. Because the Rotary engines are something in between a 2-stroke and 4-stroke calculating it's displacement in comparison to 4-stroke engines was difficult.