Since it has been a little quiet in here I will throw this out as a possible topic for discussion. I don't know how many have been following this site but I just checked in and found this interesting. The site again is http://tilleyfoundation.com/ . This first quote from the page is: "We discovered that in addition to our bearing problem on the left side that on the right side the transmission axle was hitting the top of the car frame on the curves at 96 mph and was cutting the shaft." Is this even possible at these speeds given the banking angle of the track? Under normal circumstances how far would the car have to list so the axle shaft was in contact with the frame? It seems to me if it were in contact with the frame and being cut then it would have failed rather quickly and other obvious damage would have occurred. The car looks pretty damned flat coming out of the turn. http://tilleyfoundation.com/photos/sat9.jpg This second quote from the page is: "At this point a date for a repeat of the validation test has not been established as we have to access the time it will take to be fully prepared. In addition, strong consideration is being given to convert a more modern vehicle, perhaps an SUV, that may be more capable of handling the stress inherent in this type of testing." The De Lorean has a lower center-of-gravity that any SUV on the road no matter how much you lower the SUV and add really cool ground effects. This also is in complete contrast to what my business associate was told by one of the people involved. That being the reason the De Lorean was chosen is because the company is no longer in business and if they were to use any current model vehicle then the manufacturer could lay some sort of claim to being a contributor of the project's success and would be able to profit as well. Greg ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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