TThis popped up on my choob feed and reminded me that Tiger gave you independent gearshift controls for each engine. I am struggling to think of any scenario where I’d want one engine to be in a different gear to the other So wondering why they didn’t just fuse them into one changer?
Unless you want to run the engine powering the front wheels “one gear up” in order to create a rear-biased torque split? (Very crude way to achieve that if so).
Or is it just so you can run it on a single engine if the other freaks out?
And now you can just buy a 911 Turbo S and beat that time whilst listening to the radio, in air conditioned, leather upholstered luxury, knowing the warranty will cover any issues
I think back in the day you weren't allowed to drive on the road with two engines, seem to remember various old max power cars used to be able to be run singly for the same reason.
Not sure whether it was ever real fact or just rumour, but assume it's been changed now we have hybrids and multiple electric motor powered cars.
The time isn't that impressive these days really, but wonder what it would have done with a few more attempts and some modern properly grippy semi slicks.
running different ratios in the box could act as a torque fill. so one engine is still pulling when you change gear. A DCT box would overcome that nowadays.
A bit off topic, but I remember seeing that car running at (what I think was) the Motorsport Show in Birmingham many years ago.
It was ridiculously quick looking.
You know that thing where if a car looks fast, it's actually stupidly fast?
Well, that.
There was an outside area where they were demoing all sorts of cars doing emergency starts and this made everything else look really slow and pedestrian.
It leapt off the line as if hooked up to that mythical elastic band, attached to the horizon.
And it seemed to do it all day, without missing a beat.
DaveE wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:47 pm
A bit off topic, but I remember seeing that car running at (what I think was) the Motorsport Show in Birmingham many years ago.
It was ridiculously quick looking.
You know that thing where if a car looks fast, it's actually stupidly fast?
Well, that.
There was an outside area where they were demoing all sorts of cars doing emergency starts and this made everything else look really slow and pedestrian.
It leapt off the line as if hooked up to that mythical elastic band, attached to the horizon.
And it seemed to do it all day, without missing a beat.
I remember being very impressed.
I remember seeing Group B Rallycross at Knockhill a few years back. Those were QUICK!
So wondering why they didn’t just fuse them into one changer?
