"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
05/07/2016 at 10:13 • Filed to: Garage 56
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
05/07/2016 at 10:13 • Filed to: Garage 56 | 1
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Welter Racing will be next year’s Garage 56 entrant, and they’ll be making a car like that with a 1.6L turbo 3cyl fueled by liquid biomethane.
http://www.dailysportscar.com/2016/05/05/201…
This sounds good and in the spirit of innovation Le Mans is built on, and it will be interesting to see this run next year. If it works like a charm, we may be looking at a new fuel source to improve on for the next generation.
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> Wheelerguy
05/07/2016 at 10:20 |
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How many laps before it gets knocked out by a Ferrari
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Wheelerguy
05/07/2016 at 10:20 |
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Not getting my hopes up yet. There have been garage 56 entries every year since 2012. Only 2 ever got past the concept stage, the Deltawing and the ZEOD RC.
chaozbandit
> Wheelerguy
05/07/2016 at 10:22 |
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Hope they find enough financial backing to keep themselves afloat. It was such a shame that the MyPerrin LMP1 didn’t make it to the grid because of this small issue of monies :/
BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
05/07/2016 at 10:24 |
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You’re completely right, so much garage 56 vaporware is going on. A team of students at my university is also trying to get a garage 56 entry, however the ASO won’t give them a chance because they don’t think it to be possible to build the car that is being designed. In which I must say I agree with the ASO, but that has more to do with my personal experience with those guys while building a car at my own team of students.
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> Wheelerguy
05/07/2016 at 10:32 |
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Red Bull Builds Car Powered By Bull Farts.
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TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
05/07/2016 at 10:36 |
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The thing is that teams only have an idea for their car when they get the garage 56 entry a year before the race. The Deltawing worked because it was an existing 2 year old design that was focused on a new concept over the technology. The ZEOD was just a shameless Deltawing ripoff with an electric drivetrain that lasted less than 5 laps. I think if we are ever going to see a vehicle like this it is going to be the new engine in an existing LMP1 or LMP2 chassis.
AfromanGTO
> Wheelerguy
05/07/2016 at 10:42 |
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So is Taco Bell funding this??
gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
> Wheelerguy
05/07/2016 at 10:56 |
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How is biomethane different from regular methane?