Chris Rado's AWD tC
11-28-2008, 03:46 PM
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Chris Rado's AWD tC
Originally Posted by Chris Rado,
In other exciting news, we have started to build our new time attack car for 2009 and 2010. This is going to be a complete unibody AWD Scion tC - the world's first AWD Scion tC! We will be doing as much as possible to save weight because our current time attack Scion tC is very heavy, and it's only FWD. Now with an AWD drive-train, there is going to be a significant amount more weight. So we are employing all the techniques that we can think of, while keeping the stock unibody as stock as possible.
The car is now about 90% stripped. In the next week it's going to the dip stripper where it will be dunked in a nice acid bath to remove as much additional weight as possible. Then when we get it back, it's going to go over to the chassis shop which will be mainly building our suspension geometry and our roll cage. We've already got an a plan for experimental drive-train we want to use from Weismann Engineering.
This is based off the AWD platform that this chassis comes with in Japan. It will be sequentially shifted, six-speed, and have the 2.7 liter stroked 2AZFE engine platform that comes out of the Scion tC. The engine is going to remain transversely mounted and retain the original configuration of the car. We plan on debuting this car in June of 2009. It's gonna take a lot of work and a lot of testing to have this car ready, but we are up for the challenge.
More info on the AWD straight from Chris Rado:
Here's what the AWD tC will look like when it's complete. It's going to be a very exciting car we are looking to debut it in late May, 2009.
Now on to the AWD tC! We have finally received the car back from the stripping company. It has been dipped in acid and completely striped down, so now we can start construction on it. We have speced-out our transmission, our drive-train, our wheel and tire package which are 18 by 13 inch carbon fiber magnesium Dymag wheels - which are being made in Europe for us and are really special, super lightweight wheels for racing.
Penske is making us a killer suspension combination for the front and rear of the car. It's going to have the same kind of shocks that you would see in a Formula One car. The front of the car is still going to retain a strut, however. Penske is building their Formula One shock technology into a strut package for the first time just for us, which is really exciting. The carbon fiber roof, doors, and the rest of the body components are being made for us as well. We are just getting everything ready so we can hand it off to our chassis builder and he can start hammering away - mounting the drive train, the engine package, and designing the suspension.
It's going to be a very exciting car we are looking to debut it in late May, 2009.
Now on to the AWD tC! We have finally received the car back from the stripping company. It has been dipped in acid and completely striped down, so now we can start construction on it. We have speced-out our transmission, our drive-train, our wheel and tire package which are 18 by 13 inch carbon fiber magnesium Dymag wheels - which are being made in Europe for us and are really special, super lightweight wheels for racing.
Penske is making us a killer suspension combination for the front and rear of the car. It's going to have the same kind of shocks that you would see in a Formula One car. The front of the car is still going to retain a strut, however. Penske is building their Formula One shock technology into a strut package for the first time just for us, which is really exciting. The carbon fiber roof, doors, and the rest of the body components are being made for us as well. We are just getting everything ready so we can hand it off to our chassis builder and he can start hammering away - mounting the drive train, the engine package, and designing the suspension.
It's going to be a very exciting car we are looking to debut it in late May, 2009.
Here are the links to Chris Rado's blog.
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008...g-entry-5.aspx
http://speedhunters.com/archive/2008...hris-rado.aspx
