Subject: Re: Going to Drive an Indy Car by BillH on 2013/2/16 15:31:56
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1Fast04Vert wrote: Quote:
BillH wrote: Thought that was all on the oval.
I'd like to do it, would also be interested in the specs on the cars they let you drive, especially the spring rates.
Have fun.
It is an oval. Atlanta Motor Speedway (NASCAR track), not Atlanta Motor Sports Park (road course). I wish it was at the road course. I would bet the cars are not true F1 cars either.
Still good.
I know the HP will be cut back for safety (you could light up the tires and spin in 4th on a full boat car).
I wonder if they do anything to the clutch setup, open wheel racecars are really hard to pull away from a dead stop (flywheel weight). The flywheel and triple disc pressure plate on the car in my avatar is 6 in. and weighs 7 lbs totsl.
And I wonder what springs are on the car. A coilover autocross spring for a C5 is 550 lbs./per corner, the silver FCSSA car has 1,000 lb. springs and an Indy car can have up to 3,000 springs.
Just stuff wondering thru my head.
Still a damn,damn fast car. They may not change much but the HP, who knows?
