2J starting fan engine

[Poisonwater101]

Bar of soap with wheels



[BlooDish14]

ima gettin' dose fan for mah civic to add som' downforce dwag

[gmax876]

: /

[2011mdprod]

i can say this car .. sucks! ;D

[bugattiincroyable]

The sound Look 50cc bike :( but in GT4,5 is Really nice sound !

[elmerexpress]

Heheh - a hybrid between a race car and a shop-vac...

and ingenious, by the way!

[Ferrariman601]

Just think if the this WASN'T banned.

It would have ushered in a whole new era of automotive innovation, potentailly changing the direction of car design FOREVER.

Why does racing always turn its nose up at the most visionary designs?

[Ravenflight104]

@Ferrariman601 Simple... complaints and worse from the competition and manufacturers who are either behind on the learning curve or stand to lose money. The same thing happened to the turbine-engined Lotus' at Indy. USAC kept reducing the size of the intake until the engine h.p. was no longer competitive.

[holmd90]

@Ravenflight104 And after the Mazda 787B won Le Mans, the rotary engine was outlawed.

[fargeeks]

@holmd90 duh cuz 1. only mazda makes them and 2. it gave unfair lightweight advantages because they use 1/2 of moving parts than a lets say a 4 cylinder engine uses

[holmd90]

Ahem. "Duhh" 1. It is true that only Mazda makes them in production cars currently, but that also means they only have their R&D to work with, not the results of many years spread amongst many companies. 2. Why is the supposedly superior engine being removed from the series then, when it is a better choice for racing, and this should be no more than a push for the other companies to either improve or convert. At the very least, restrictions could have been imposed to even the playing field.

[holmd90]

@fargeeks I know "why" they were banned, and I know they were "unfair" due to their light weight, reliability, and efficiency. Why couldn't other teams use the engines in their vehicles instead?

In conclusion, don't be an e-douche please.

[pikabuster123]

who thought this when u seen this in gt5 or something else that it looks like a jet powered washing mechine lol i thought it was shit about a year a go but now it one of my fav cars on gt5

[ClownViolenceBoogie]

Must be hellish to race. The noise the fan engine generates is litteraly crazy. What about when the main engine kicks in - which what a V8 something...

Talk about getting your ears hammered.

[001dman]

@ClownViolenceBoogie ear plugs =D

[evilgrendal]

what were the fans used for?

[symustafa1996]

@evilgrendal Suck air from underneath the car, thus providing grip.

[squirtjosie7]

What a simple piece of genius.

[Tomasch]

What a simple piece of crap.

[InfernotheFox]

@Tomasch In the 70's, this was a highly advanced and unique race car!! It is not a piece of crap

[Tomasch]

@InfernotheFox Highly advanced? So why does nobody use its technique today anymore? Maybe because it was crap...?

[InfernotheFox]

@Tomasch The reason why it isn't used nowadays is because it would be too expensive to produce for road cars, and it would be deemed unsafe if fitted to race cars.

[Tomasch]

@InfernotheFox ....so you see. It is too expensive, AND it is unsafe. So you could call it: Shit.

[InfernotheFox]

@Tomasch There is such a word as experimentation. Thats what chaparral did. And if you don't like it, then you obviously have no imagination!!

[ShadowtheRotarygod]

@Tomasch it got outlawed because it was too good. Remember the old racing phrase, "if you can't beat'em ban'em.

[otacon451]

@InfernotheFox unsafe?

[InfernotheFox]

@otacon451 Fan engines do have alot of sucking power and should someone be too close to it, they could be sucked in.

[otacon451]

@InfernotheFox afaik its pulling air from under the car body

[flyingcumshot]

sounds like a petrol lawn mower

[ShadowtheRotarygod]

@flyingcumshot Close, its a snowmobile motor.

[badmanners411]

@flyingcumshot It was a snowblower engine, I think.

[il2sturmovikfb]

@badmanners411 it was.

[BIGBLOCK5022006]

@badmanners411

It is a 45 h.p. Rockwell JLO engine.

[fargeeks]

@badmanners411 no its the engines from a motoski

[Renceau]

@flyingcumshot It's not the engine, it's the FAN engine...

I read it's from a snowblower. (SUPERCARS magazine)

[51235465789]

@flyingcumshot there chainsaw engines running the fans

[uscgjake22]

@51235465789 Thought they used a snowmobile engine...

[KMBRDrZSWAG]

@flyingcumshot its really just a giant vacuum -_-

[JimPeachley]

I saw this car race CanAm at WatkinsGlen with JackieStewart at the wheel. Not always the fastest on the straights,no one could stay with her in the corners,so they outlawed her. One major issue: after a few laps the ground effects vacuum system would just coat the entire engine bay with anything it could pick up off the track. Got to watch them fit Jackie with a new seat by pouring liquid foam between two sheets of plastic while he held himself up by his elbows. Thank you Mr.Hall for everything.

[diioriog]

Well, I know what I am talking about, this car has never won a single race.

[Halevirtit]

@diioriog ur way wrong man

[Kampfy90]

@diioriog it qualified first in most of them, the car had such bed reliability

[diioriog]

From the racing/performance point of view this car doesn't mean anything. Its just a test vehicle.

[dabrovi402]

Chaparral 2J

[dukeboyII]

amazing car but give me the sount of a good german v8

[badcolt944]

@dukeboyII -_- are you retarded its a snowmobile engine that they started up idiot

[L34dF4rm3r]

@badcolt944 its actually 2 snowmobile engines

[badcolt944]

@L34dF4rm3r thank you yes its amazing though huh 

[fcguy7]

@L34dF4rm3r actually one ... a 45hp engine ... hence the single exhaust pipe

[Plur307]

@dukeboyII

That's not the sound of the car's engine. That is just the sound of the small engines that spin the fans.

[joshuago8]

Whooohoo listen to that snowmobile engin run lol

[kamaro7777]

むかしはチャパレルって言ってたけど

シャパラルが正解だったとは　今さら知りました。

[SingularlyDatarific]

I like how they just took hovercraft technology and put it in backwards!

[deafimplant]

this thing is so cool

[carloshalo3]

fart car xP!

[CJWULF777]

Very innovative for its day, fast yet not reliable nor as pretty as the previous Chaparrals

[mcbrite]

@CJWULF777 What did you mean by "not reliable"? What was the problem with it?

[Klusignolofan1]

@mcbrite had many prblems with the fans on the car

[lolahavasuaz]

Soooo this car had two engines ?

[deanbassist01]

@lolahavasuaz it had one engine which drove the car and a snowmobile motor powered the fans.

[peepeevagi]

Yup. A beefy V8 for the powertrain and a snowmobile engine for the fans.

[456asd654]

become a fan :D

[mustachos1993]

It looks like an air- conditioning :D

Albeit a big one^^

[rafeirador]

its a very nice car, but looks like a cooler.

[AussieGuille]

this car sucks!..lol

[Sexxonable]

@AussieGuille Your fucking stupid, in 1970 it was a genius invention.

[PSNPete1991]

@Sexxonable Sarcasm doesn't come easily to you does it.......

[AussieGuille]

@Sexxonable Yes it was very intersting invention.... and by saying "this car sucks" I meant the aerodynamic principle did exactly that "suck"....That's all..

[radioclown85]

HAHA the people scatter when it starts

[NeeKroVal]

@radioclown85 lolz i noticed that 2 but have u ever heard a snomobile engine at 8k with no pipe? i wouldnt wanna stick around either i hope the v8 drowns out the other engine sound during the race i'd hate to listen to that thing steady at such rpm