True enough. In fact, conventional dragsters are engineered to break just in front of the engine in a collision. Plus, weight transfer is accomplished via the chassis bowing. This guy is riding on the wrong and very dangerous end of the machine.
> On May 31, 2019, at 2:49 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > And on both vehicles, there's some argument that you want the driver to be > behind the crumple zone, rather than in front of it. > > On May 31, 2019 10:04:21 AM PDT, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> A quarter mile at a time is way too much if it doesn’t have a steel >> space frame and roll cage. Accelerating from a standstill with some 800 >> horsepower and grippy slicks will twist a stock frame like a pretzel. >> Figures the dragster is his as well. Another killer. A front driver >> position in that powerful a machine makes it almost impossible to drive >> as it’s hard to tell when it starts to get out of shape. Many who tried >> to make that configuration work are now planted 6-feet under. >> >> Paul >> >>> On May 31, 2019, at 12:20 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 5/31/19 9:12 AM: >>>> I was able to see the photos too. >>>> Did he really put a second set of side doors on it? IIRC, my VW Bus >> only had the doors on the right side. >>> >>> It's a fairly rare model with doors on both sides. I think they made >> that one for his mom. >>> >>>> One thing for sure: You're going to need earplugs to drive it. That >> thin little wall and clear glass dividing you from that engine is not >> going to keep interior noise under 150db... :) >>> >>> I think that it's only meant to be driven a quarter mile at a time. >>> >>>> Hopefully it is built on a frame with a bit better suspension than >> the VW Transporter had. Or it's just a blaster for drag racing... >>> >>> His rail is rather unusual, they put the driver all the way up front >> to keep the front wheels on the ground: >>> http://dragracecanada.com/NHRA/Events/2001/01/10.jpg >>> >>> This should show a few more photos of the car >>> >> https://autoimagery.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=mark+foster&G_ID=&C_ID=&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch >>> >>> >>>> G >>>> — >>>> "No matter those bearings are a little noisy: the driver is >> expendable." >>>>> On May 31, 2019, at 8:52 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Paul Stenquist wrote on 5/31/19 8:43 AM: >>>>>> The link worked for me. >>>>>> I wonder what sort of frame this vehicle rests on. I don’t see a >> lot of structural tubing. Probably a death trap. >>>>> >>>>> I don't remember. It used to be up on a lift, I don't think I ever >> got any photos of the underside. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >> and follow the directions. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
