词条 | Super Mustang |
释义 |
| image = | name = | manufacturer = Logghe Bros. | production = | predecessor = None | successor = None | class = Top Fuel | platform = | body_style = Streamliner slingshot dragster | engine = 427 Ford SOHC ("Cammer") | transmission = | wheelbase = | length = | width = | height = | weight = | aka = | related = None | designer = }}Super Mustang is the name given to a Ford streamliner slingshot dragster project.[1] The project was begun by Ford's Styling Department in winter 1966,[2] before the debut of the Cobra Jet the next year;[3] the project was then turned over to Special Vehicles.[4] Designed by the team responsible for the Mustang,[5] it used a Logghe Bros. chassis and a fuel injected SOHC 427 Ford, prepared by Ed Pink,[6] Connie Kalitta and Tom Marsh, mated to an automatic transmission.[7] The front axle mounted the usual bicycle wheels, while the rearend was a modified Jaguar IRS[8] (when most dragsters used a solid-mounted axle[9]) with limited-slip differential, plus coilover shocks and an anti-sway bar, along with the usual ladder bars.[10] The body was a sleek wedge, designed by Ford Design Center and refined in Ford's wind tunnel,[11] which enclosing the engine (except for the blower scoop), cockpit (which had a large canopy, but was "incredibly cramped"[12]), and rear tires.[13] It was designed by Ford and tested in a wind tunnel.[14] The {{convert|150|in|mm|abbr=on}}-wheelbase chassis was completed in December 1966 and bodied in California.[15] Driven by Tom McEwen, the car debuted at the 1967 Winternats, where, in one pass, it lost its canopy.[16] Its best pass of the meet was an 8.60 at {{convert|180|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.[17] [18] Super Mustang never exceeded mid-8s at {{convert|180|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}, when contemporary conventional fuellers were turning in low-seven second passes at {{convert|220|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}.[19]The car's problems were never successfully solved, and after six months, it was parked.[20] Though a poor race performer, the car was popular as a show vehicle.[21] The car was sold to Don and Joan Lyons of Dowagiac, Michigan, in 2003; they restored restored the car, and auctioned it off in 2009 for US$154,000.[22] Notes1. ^Taylor, Thom. "Super Mustang", in "Beauty Beyond the Twilight Zone", p.36. 2. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 3. ^Taylor, p.36. 4. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/time-machine-1973 NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 5. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/time-machine-1973 NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 6. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 7. ^Taylor, p.36. 8. ^Taylor, p.36. 9. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 10. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 11. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 12. ^Taylor, p.36. 13. ^Taylor, p.36 photo. 14. ^Taylor, p.36. 15. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 16. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 17. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 18. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 19. ^Taylor, p.36. 20. ^Taylor, p.36. 21. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) 22. ^Burgess, Phil, National Dragster editor. "The Super Mustang", written 27 April 2018, at [https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang NHRA.com] (retrieved 16 September 2018) Sources
3 : Rear-wheel-drive vehicles|Ford vehicles|Drag racing cars |
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。