Well, the Maybach Exelero doesn't need to look good, as a showcar it has to look special. 
Fulda wanted PR for their new highspeed tyre Carat Exelero and remembered in the late 30s there was a testcar build for Fulda to do highspeed tests, means 200 kph back then, on the basis of a Maybach.
So they asked Maybach if they could do a showcar on basis of the luxury cars they build that can reach 350 kph, it had to proof it. For the design Fulda wanted it done as project for design students.
Well, the result is this bizarre looking 2,7 ton two-seater that goes in 4,4s 0-100 kph and reached 351 kph in Nardo, at second go in the morning though. First try the turbos overheated and 'only' 348 kph was the result.
Though I think it's nice to see that people still build those cars because they can. If only supposedly good looking cars were built that make sense or are usefull the car world would be a lot more boring and less interesting.
Fulda wanted PR for their new highspeed tyre Carat Exelero and remembered in the late 30s there was a testcar build for Fulda to do highspeed tests, means 200 kph back then, on the basis of a Maybach.
So they asked Maybach if they could do a showcar on basis of the luxury cars they build that can reach 350 kph, it had to proof it. For the design Fulda wanted it done as project for design students.
Well, the result is this bizarre looking 2,7 ton two-seater that goes in 4,4s 0-100 kph and reached 351 kph in Nardo, at second go in the morning though. First try the turbos overheated and 'only' 348 kph was the result.
Though I think it's nice to see that people still build those cars because they can. If only supposedly good looking cars were built that make sense or are usefull the car world would be a lot more boring and less interesting.
In no particular order:
Porsche Carrera GT
Porsche 550 Spyder
Ducati Desmosedici
Ducati 998 S Final Edition
Ducati 900 SS
MV Agusta F4 1000 Tamburini
BMW M1
Lancia Stratos
Lamborghini Countach
Mercedes 300 SL (Gullwing)
Porsche Carrera GT
Porsche 550 Spyder
Ducati Desmosedici
Ducati 998 S Final Edition
Ducati 900 SS
MV Agusta F4 1000 Tamburini
BMW M1
Lancia Stratos
Lamborghini Countach
Mercedes 300 SL (Gullwing)
First, I don't have proof for what I'm saying. But it may help to guide your search a bit.
Airboxes in cars are meant to calm down the air a bit and let the air flow through as much area of the filter as possible to reduce the resistance of it. The drilling holes in it thing is meant to reduce the resistance of airflow of the intake of the airbox but I wouldn't recommend doing that because airboxes are mostly placed in the engine department and sucking warm air through these holes wouldn't be a good thing. Enlarging the diameter of the snorcel or tube leading to the airbox may help if the resistance of that part is a restricting factor.
With motorcycles using ramair effect a larger airbox reduces the pressure drop when the engine takes the air out of the box. Without ramair a larger airbox would reduce the negative pressure in it while the engine sucks the air out of it but with cars and it's larger engines the airboxes would have to be huge to really have an effect.
I only know helmholtz resonators used for sound tuning, like in the Porsche 997, yet. Though it's basically a airspring causing the air in the airbox to swing at a desired frequency (or negate a nondesired one), so it may be useable to get a standing wave in the airbox with high pressure point in front of the exit to the carburator. Technically the resonatorsize could even be altered by a piston driven by an actuator according to the enginerevs. But I guess the calculations needed for that could drive people insane.
Airboxes in cars are meant to calm down the air a bit and let the air flow through as much area of the filter as possible to reduce the resistance of it. The drilling holes in it thing is meant to reduce the resistance of airflow of the intake of the airbox but I wouldn't recommend doing that because airboxes are mostly placed in the engine department and sucking warm air through these holes wouldn't be a good thing. Enlarging the diameter of the snorcel or tube leading to the airbox may help if the resistance of that part is a restricting factor.
With motorcycles using ramair effect a larger airbox reduces the pressure drop when the engine takes the air out of the box. Without ramair a larger airbox would reduce the negative pressure in it while the engine sucks the air out of it but with cars and it's larger engines the airboxes would have to be huge to really have an effect.
I only know helmholtz resonators used for sound tuning, like in the Porsche 997, yet. Though it's basically a airspring causing the air in the airbox to swing at a desired frequency (or negate a nondesired one), so it may be useable to get a standing wave in the airbox with high pressure point in front of the exit to the carburator. Technically the resonatorsize could even be altered by a piston driven by an actuator according to the enginerevs. But I guess the calculations needed for that could drive people insane.
No cigarettes but cigarillos and cigars, mostly from cuba and on rare occasions pipe. As favourite brand I would say H. Upmann though there are a lot of good cigars with and without big names. About one cigar a week together with friends while watching a good movie, sometimes a cigarillo every other week again together with a friend(s). Why? Either you can understand how great spending an evening sitting together with the taste and smell a good cigar is or you can't and think what kind of moron I am smoking these foul things.
Both my car and my bike want that expensive 98 octane stuff, at hot summers the car wants even the really costy rather new 100 octane fuel but I guess a check of the ignition could solve at least this. So it's at moment 1.31 Euro/litre, and about 90 cent of it are taxes.
The worst of it, even with these prices driving the 650 km to my parents alone with car is still cheaper than taking the train. Flying would be cheaper than car but there's the problem to get to and away from the airport because with train the costs for that would even it out again. Something is going wrong here. :pillepall
The worst of it, even with these prices driving the 650 km to my parents alone with car is still cheaper than taking the train. Flying would be cheaper than car but there's the problem to get to and away from the airport because with train the costs for that would even it out again. Something is going wrong here. :pillepall
I checked some german onlinestores and they have it stocked.
The missing clutch pedal is a shame and I found a reason why: to make more money. TM sells the pedals as extra pedal set too and these can be locked to the original set taking over the function of the analogue paddels/levers, probably mostly used for clutch and hand brake (then more a rear wheel only foot brake) then. The really bad thing is TM says the extra pedals deactivate the paddels/levers, so no 7 axis with paddels for looking around or whatever other use.:thumbsdow
The missing clutch pedal is a shame and I found a reason why: to make more money. TM sells the pedals as extra pedal set too and these can be locked to the original set taking over the function of the analogue paddels/levers, probably mostly used for clutch and hand brake (then more a rear wheel only foot brake) then. The really bad thing is TM says the extra pedals deactivate the paddels/levers, so no 7 axis with paddels for looking around or whatever other use.:thumbsdow
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