Chaparral 2J

Chaparral 2J starting engines and driving by

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Chaparral
• race
• cars

[CobraMarty]

WHy did they put fanengines on this thing??

[gigem85]

@CobraMarty The car has skirts that create a seal between the car and the road. The fans suck air out from under the car which creates a vacuum = sucking the car down to the road. The fans create as much downforce with the car sitting still or going full speed.

You need max downforce in corners - which are usually taken slower than the rest of the track. Having max downforce at slower speeds is better than wings and spoilers.

[GarageBoy]

The little 2 stroke engine is powering the fans and drowning out the Chevy underneath

[MountainGuerrilla]

I heard that the car would stick to a cieling even when it was stationary because the suction was so high.

[SomeoneNamedTom]

@gigem85 so does that mean you could drive it upside down in a tunnel going slowly like you could with an F1 car at full speed?

[MrsTsrqpo]

So is it like a hovercraft in reverse?

[B777R254]

where is it??

[Uncharted3Pro]

to is plane

[camouflagecamaro99]

What if you needed to replace the rear tires? :\

[djbanizza]

@Tomasch

Yep, a very fast washing machine :)

[Tomasch]

What is that? A washing machine?

[AnonymoussourceL0L]

So the skirts made contact with the ground, wouldn't that damage them?

[Wireflight1]

@ikrit88 yeh: sux, don't it?