i dont know where to put this two video , but i think they are astonishing and you can actualy learn a lot about history and engineering .

http://vimeo.com/18209644

http://vimeo.com/18339580

enjoy it guys
Can be even a family movie LOL

 

Sweet, is there a part 3 or different one?

 

I have to look it up. Its kinda entertaining isn't it ? Good to see the history and developing of the motor sport

 

Did anyone find part 3 yet?

 

nope

 

Perhaps there is no part 3.

It kind of had an abrupt ending.

 

Man, I enjoyed that, wish I could find part 3.

 

That really reminds me of manufacturing in the 80's. The equipment and solid state controls. The dyno looks like the old electrical control cabinets from trade school. Not like the new Mitsubishi EDM wire cutting machine I just help install which uses plasma energy surrounding a brass wire that cuts intricate patterns through metal. I never knew they used carved wood to make engine casting. At the plastic injection companies I have seen they machine aluminum to make the injection molds. Great video, it makes me wish I had studied harder and became a engineer.

 

Very cool video's, I am still in shock they were running 5bar =72psi of boost back in the mid 80's on race day!!

 

That is the one thing about this video that really sticks out. The technology. Those guys would have killed for an AEM unit and laptop that we consider commonplace now. The wooden model makers are probably retired or out of business now. The cheap access to computing power (anybody can run advanced CAD stuff now), rapid prototyping (things like stereo lithography) and cheap, accurate CNC machining have completely changed the game.

And that's race setup. The video eludes somehwat towards the end about the madness that was gripping F1 qualifying in the mid 80's. There are stories of teams running qualifying engines on exotic hydrocarbon compounds making in the 1400-1500hp range. Literally 'one-shot' qualifying engines that were ruined by the end of the session.

 

that show demonstrates how important it is to allow real testing...