BluKoo
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As some of you may know, my 2nd cousin designs and builds racing cars.
His last creation was the GWR (Graeme Wight Racing) Predator, which looks and sounds like this!
Well, for a while now, he's been building a smaller, slightly tamer version which he has called the Raptor.
Its first outing is scheduled for tomorrow at the Fintray hillclimb in Aberdeen. I'll be going to watch, so I should have some pics to add to this thread tomorrow.
The engine is a purpose built 1600 cc Hayabusa which has been dyno'd @ 250bhp.
The carbon/honeycomb chassis tub weighs in at 19kgs.
The sidepods are 1kg each and the engine cover is 2kgs.
The whole car weighs in at 260kg, so by my calculations that gives it 961 bhp per ton.
Here are a few pics I found showing the progress of the build...
I don't have any of the finished article, but as I said earlier, i'll be sure to get plenty tomorrow 
[Edited on 07-08-2009 by BluKoo]
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RCS
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Does he do all the moulds and lay up himself?
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IvIarkgraham
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fucking....
vimto!
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by RCS
Does he do all the moulds and lay up himself?
His mate has given him a hand with some of it, but he makes most of the moulds and does the carbon work himself.
quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
fucking....
vimto!
Who needs NOS energy drink when you can run the car on vimto.
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Sunz
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260kg
Stats for the Hayabusa
Curb Weight 260kg (573 lbs)
Dry Weight 220 kg (485 lbs)
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Tom G
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Fucking wow!!
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DaveyLC
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Absoloute Awesomeness!
I was just watching this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFpqyRhOtmA&feature=related
How come he doesnt use solenoids for the gear shift? I know its extra weight but surely the time saved would make up for it?
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BluKoo
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I've got no idea...
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sand-eel
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Is it a business or just a hobbie?
any jobs? 
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K3 VMU
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didnt know you were related to Greame 
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SteveoBC
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holy shit! the video in the first post is fucking immense!
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Whittie
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That video is fucking insane 
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Cosmo
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Is this just a hobby he does, or is he doing it for some kind of job?
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Jamescorsa97
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That predator in the 1st video is totally rapid!
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
Is this just a hobby he does, or is he doing it for some kind of job?
He makes a living out of it, but he probably sees it as a hobby/passion.
Its what he's always wanted to do.
I'm quite gutted. I've had too much on this weekend, so i didn't even make it out to watch it race.
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K3 VMU
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fintray? good weekend for it, but i wiz out last nite,so canna be arsed
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!_roderzz_!
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a tamer version...........maybe you need to read the stats again man haha! thats brutal!!!
video is just insane, love it lol
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by K3 VMU
didnt know you were related to Greame
Do you know him, or just know of him?
quote:
Originally posted by !_roderzz_!
a tamer version...........maybe you need to read the stats again man haha! thats brutal!!!
video is just insane, love it lol
The car in the video has an Arrows 3.0 V10 with 650 bhp and it weighs 420kg, so its got a power to weight ratio of 1547 bhp per ton, so the new one really is tamer
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SVM 286
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Fanbleedingtastic
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BluKoo
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I found a pic of it from the weekend...
It did really well considdering it was a brand new car out with its new owner.
It was only a few hundredths of a second off the fastest time of the day.
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sand-eel
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By any chance does that car hold the top speed record at kames sprint circuit? As I know it was a car like that with an arrows v10 engine.
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