"Ma'anar ita ce gina suna, ba don hawan doki ba," in ji Gerald Wiegert a cikin muryar da ke da laushi da zafi. Shugaban Vector Aeromotive ba shi da alatu na zaɓi na ƙarshe, ko da yake yana aiki tun 1971 don tsarawa da kuma samar da tagwayen turbo Vector, 625-horsepower-powered engine 2-seat fasahar ta amfani da fasaha na zamani na zamani da kuma tsarin zamani na zamani. Construction.Daga zane-zane zuwa kumfa model zuwa cikakken-sikelin model, Vector aka farko nuna a Los Angeles Auto Expo a 1976.A aiki samfur da aka kammala shekaru biyu bayan haka, pieced tare daga aka gyara tattara daga junkyards da kuma wanke daga sassa - don samar da gidan.Ya ce wani rauni tattalin arziki da kuma lalata zargi daga mota kafofin watsa labarai ruguza, da kuma kokarin da za a amince da filin jirgin sama prototype. kaddara ba komai sai mafarki.
Wigt ya cancanci wani nau'i na lambar yabo don juriya, wani nau'i na lada don tsayin daka.Buck da Trend, watsi da makoki fatalwowi na kasa Tucker, DeLorean da Bricklin adventures.Vector Aeromotive Corp. a Wilmington, Calif., A ƙarshe ya shirya don samar da mota daya a mako daya. Abokan hamayyar kawai suna buƙatar ziyarci filin jirgin sama na karshe zuwa filin jirgin ruwa guda biyu zuwa filin jirgin sama na karshe. Masu mallaka a Switzerland (an sayar da Vector W8 twin-turbo na farko ga Yariman Saudiyya, wanda tarin motoci 25, wanda kuma ya hada da Porsche 959 da Bentley Turbo R) Kimanin karin Vectors takwas ne ake ginawa a matakai daban-daban na kammalawa, daga mirgina chassis zuwa motoci kusa da kammalawa.
Wadanda har yanzu ba su da tabbas ya kamata su san cewa kamfanin ya girma daga ginin daya da ma'aikata hudu a cikin 1988 zuwa gine-gine guda hudu da suka kai murabba'in murabba'in 35,000 da kusan ma'aikata 80 a lokacin rubuce-rubuce. Kuma Vector ya wuce kyawawan gwaje-gwajen hadarin DOT (30 mph gaba da baya, kofa da gwajin hadarin rufin tare da chassis daya kawai); Ana ci gaba da gwajin fitar da hayaki.An tara sama da dala miliyan 13 a cikin jarin aiki ta hanyar hadayun hannayen jari guda biyu na jama'a.
Amma a cikin zafin rana da tsakar rana a filin wasa na Pomona, Calif., Wigt na ƙarshe na bangaskiya ya bayyana a fili. Wata babbar mota mai ɗauke da Vector W8 TwinTurbos ta haye babbar titin kwalta zuwa mashigar ja. An sauke motocin ci gaba guda biyu, da editan gwajin hanya Kim Reynolds ya saka ɗayansu da na'urar gwajin gwaji ta atomatik.
Tun 1981, Vector's VP of Engineering, David Kostka, ya ba da wasu shawarwari kan yadda za a cimma mafi kyawun lokutan hanzari.Bayan gwajin da aka saba, Kim ya tura Vector zuwa layin tsarawa kuma ya sake saita kwamfutar gwaji.
Wani kallo na damuwa ya bayyana a fuskar Kostka. Ya kamata ya kasance. Shekaru goma yana aiki na sa'o'i 12 a rana, kwana bakwai a mako, kusan kashi uku na rayuwarsa ta farkawa - ba tare da ma'anar ruhin ransa ba - ya sadaukar da mota.
Ba ya buƙatar damuwa.Kim ya sanya ƙafarsa a kan birki, ya zaɓi 1st gear kuma ya yi amfani da maƙura don ɗora motar motar. Ƙarƙashin 6.0-lita all-aluminum V-8 engine ya fi tsanani, kuma sautin Garrett turbocharger yana cikin jituwa tare da muryar Gilmer-type na brake brake. karfin juyi da inci na gaba na motar, yana zamewa makullin gaban tether ɗin da ke kan pavement.Anala ce ta bulldog a fusace yana jan motarsa.
An saki birki kuma Vector ya catapulted tare da ɗan ƙaramin motsi, wani hayaƙi daga mai Michelin da ɗan ɗan gefe. Yashi da tarkace na orbital suna jujjuya cikin sararin samaniya yayin da sifar sa mai kama da tsintsiya ta fashe wani buɗaɗɗe a cikin iska.Duk da kusan kwata mil, sautin injin ɗin har yanzu ana iya gani yayin da motar ta wuce cikin tarko.speed?124.0 mph cikin daƙiƙa 12.0 kacal.
Karfe goma sha biyu. Wannan adadi ya sanya Vector da kyau a gaban masu riƙe da tuta irin su Acura NSX (14.0 seconds), Ferrari Testarossa (14.2 seconds) da Corvette ZR-1 (13.4 seconds). Ƙaddamar da sauri da saurinsa ya shiga wani kulob mai ban sha'awa, tare da mambobi ne Ferrari F40, kuma M Diablo shi ma yana da Lambo. farashinsa; Vector W8 TwinTurbo yana siyarwa akan $283,750, mafi tsada fiye da Lamborghini ($211,000) amma ƙasa da Ferrari (F40 na musamman na Amurka yakai kusan $400,000).
Don haka menene ya sa Vector W8 ya zama alama? Don amsa kowace tambayata da kuma samar da yawon shakatawa mai jagora na kayan aikin Vector, Mark Bailey shine VP na Production, tsohon ma'aikacin Northrop kuma tsohon dan takarar layin Can-Am.
Da yake nuna mashin ɗin injin ɗin Vector ɗin da ake ginawa, ya ce, “Ba ƙaramin motar da aka murɗe ta mutu ba, babban motar ne da ba ya aiki tuƙuru.”
Six-lita duk-aluminum 90-digiri pushrod V-8, block sanya ta Rodeck, 2-bawul Silinda shugaban sanya ta Air Flow Research.The dogon tubalan aka tattara da dynamometer gwada ta Shaver Specialties a Torrance, CA.Duk abin da ya dauka; Jerin sassan injin yana karantawa kamar jerin Kirsimeti na masu tseren zobe: TRW ƙirƙira pistons, Carrillo bakin karfe haɗa sanduna, bakin karfe bawuloli, abin nadi roka makamai, ƙirƙira cranks, bushe tare da daban-daban tace mai uku tsarin mai. Tushen bututun bakin karfe mai ja da ja da shuɗi mai ja da shuɗi don ɗaukar ruwa a ko'ina.
The rawanin daukakar wannan engine ya ta'allaka ne a cikin fallen intercooler taron, wanda aka gina daga aluminum da goge zuwa wani m sheen.It za a iya cire daga cikin mota a cikin minti ta loosening hudu sauri-saki Aero clamps.It an haɗa zuwa dual ruwa-sanyi Garrett turbocharger da kunshi wani mota cibiyar sashe da wani jirgin sama-speller.
Ana sarrafa kunna wuta ta kowane coils ga kowane Silinda, kuma isar da man fetur ta hanyar allurar tashar jiragen ruwa da yawa, ta amfani da injectors na al'ada daga ƙungiyar Bosch R&D. Spark da man fetur suna daidaitawa ta tsarin sarrafa injin na Vector programmable.
Hawa faranti kamar yadda kyau kamar yadda engine kanta matsayi shi a kaikaice a cikin shimfiɗar jariri.Blue anodized da embossed milled aluminum billet, daya kusoshi zuwa m gefen toshe da sauran ninki biyu a matsayin engine / watsa adaftan farantin.The watsa ne GM Turbo Hydra-matic, amfani da V-8 powered gaban-drive Olds Toronado da CadBut a cikin kowane bangare a kusa da Olds Toronado. 3-gudun watsawa shine manufa-gina ta Vector subcontractors ta amfani da kayan da za su iya jure wa 630 lb-ft.Torque wanda injin ya samar a 4900 rpm da 7.0 psi boost.
Mark Bailey ya kasance mai ƙwazo yayin da yake bi da ni cikin shagon ƙirƙira, yana nuna ƙaƙƙarfan firam ɗin chrome-molybdenum karfe tubular, benayen saƙar zuma na aluminium, da epoxy-bonded da riveted zuwa firam don samar da tsayayyen firam. Aluminum takardar a cikin harsashi extrusion area.Ya bayyana: "Idan [tsarin] ya kasance duk monocoque, za ku sami mai yawa karkatarwa kuma zai zama da wuya a gina shi daidai. Idan duk sararin samaniya ne, za ku buga wani yanki kuma ku shafi duk wani abu saboda kowane tube The subs ya dauki komai." An gina jiki da nau'ikan fiber carbon, Kevlar, fiberglass mats, da fiberglass unidirectional, kuma ba shi da damuwa.
A stiffer shasi iya mafi alhẽri rike da lodi na babbar dakatar components.The Vector yana amfani da beefy biyu A-makamai a gaba da kuma wani m De Dion tube a raya, positioned da hudu trailing makamai da mika duk hanyar zuwa Firewall.Koni daidaitacce buga absorbers da concentric marẽmari suna ko'ina amfani.The birki ne babbar 13 inci-Ventilated aluminum fayafai. a cikin ƙira ga waɗanda aka yi amfani da su akan motar 3800 lbs.NASCAR, harsashin aluminium ɗin da aka ƙera na dabaran yayi kama da diamita na kofi.
Yawon shakatawa na masana'anta ya kasance duk rana. Akwai abubuwa da yawa don gani kuma Bailey ya yi aiki tuƙuru don nuna mini kowane fanni na tiyata. Dole ne in dawo in tuƙi.
Asabar ta iso, kuma motar ci gaban slate-grey da muka gwada ta nuna alamar kofa mai buɗewa. Shigarwa aiki ne mai ban sha'awa ga waɗanda ba a sani ba, tare da matsakaicin matsakaici da ƙananan sarari tsakanin wurin zama da gaban ƙofar kofa.David Kostka yana amfani da ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwayar tsoka don zamewa a kan tudu da cikin wurin zama na fasinja tare da kyautar gymnast; Na kutsa kai cikin kujerar direba kamar barewa.
Iska tana jin warin fata, kamar yadda kusan kowane farfajiyar ciki an rufe shi da fata, sai dai dashboard mai fa'ida, wanda aka gama a cikin kayan kwalliyar bakin ciki. The Wilton wool carpeted bene ne gaba daya lebur, barin wutar lantarki daidaitacce Recaros da za a sanya a cikin 'yan inci na juna.The tsakiyar wurin zama matsayi damar direba ta kafafu zuwa buga da pedals mike, ko da yake wheelable baka ne la'akari.
Babban injin ya zo da rai a farkon maɓallin maɓalli, yana daidaitawa zuwa 900 rpm mara amfani. Ana nuna injiniya mai mahimmanci da ayyukan watsawa akan abin da Vector ya kira "launi na iska-style reconfigurable electroluminescent nuni" - wanda ke nufin nunin bayanai daban-daban guda hudu suna samuwa. Ko da kuwa allon, akwai alamar zaɓin gear a gefen hagu na tachometers - daga kayan aiki na kayan aiki - zuwa dusar ƙanƙara. Nuni na "motsin tef" wanda ke gudana a tsaye ta hanyar madaidaicin ma'auni, da kuma nuni na dijital a cikin taga mai nuni.Kostka ya bayyana yadda sashin tef ɗin motsi ke ba da bayanin canjin canjin da nunin dijital kaɗai ba zai iya ba.Na yi wa mai haɓakawa don ganin abin da yake nufi, kuma na kalli tef ɗin ya yi tsalle a kusa da allura zuwa kusan 3000 rpm, sannan komawa zuwa idle.
Ina isa ga madaidaicin mashin ɗin, na nutse cikin sill ɗin taga zuwa hagu na, na juyo na koma kan titi.Bayan zaɓen tuƙi, mun bi ta titin Wilmington zuwa ga babbar hanyar San Diego zuwa tsaunukan da ke saman Malibu.
Kamar yadda da mafi Exotics, raya ganuwa ne kusan babu shi, da kuma Vector yana da makafi tabo cewa Ford Crown Victoria iya sauƙi accommodate.Lengthen wuyanka.Ta hanyar kunkuntar rufe na kaho, Ina iya kawai ganin gilashin gilashin da eriya na mota a baya da ni.The waje ganuwa ne kananan amma da kyau sanya taswirar, amma shi da kewaye da taswirar possi. gilashin gila mafi girma a duniya yana shimfidawa kuma ya hadu da dash down, yana ba da hangen nesa na kwalta 'yan yadi a gaban motar.
Steering ne mai ikon-taimaka rack-and-pinion tsari wanda yake da matsakaicin nauyi tare da kyakkyawan daidaici.A kan downside, babu mai yawa son kai, wanda ya sa shi da wuya ga waɗanda ba su saba da juna. nisa daga 80 mph zuwa 250 ƙafa kuma daga 60 mph zuwa 145 ƙafa shine mafi kyawun nisa ga Ferrari Testarossa-ko da yake Redhead yana amfani da kusan rabin matsa lamba na feda don kawar da sauri. Ko da ba tare da ABS (tsarin da zai kasance a ƙarshe ba), tsayawa yana tsaye da gaskiya, tare da nuna son kai don kulle tayoyin gaba a gaba da tayoyin baya.
Kostka ya nufi hanyar babbar hanya a kan tudu, na yarda, kuma ba da daɗewa ba muna cikin zirga-zirgar zirga-zirgar arewa. Gaps sun fara bayyana a tsakanin motocin, suna bayyana layin da sauri mai ban sha'awa. A shawarar David, risking lasisi da gaɓoɓin hannu. Na tura ƙulli na lever gear ƙasa game da inch zurfi cikin tsagi, sa'an nan kuma ja da baya, daga madaidaicin babban injin. Fedalin gas na aluminium zuwa babban bulkhead na gaba.
Sa'an nan kuma ya zo da danyen, hanzarin gaggawa wanda ke tilasta jini a cikin kwakwalwar kwakwalwa zuwa bayan kwanyar; Nau'in da ke sa ka mai da hankali kan hanyar da ke gaba, saboda za ku isa can lokacin da kuka yi atishawa. Wani sharar gida da aka sarrafa ta hanyar lantarki ya shiga tsakani a kusan 7 psi, yana sakin haɓakawa tare da madaidaicin swish. Buga birki kuma; da fatan ban tsoratar da mutumin da ke cikin Datsun B210 a gabana ba. Abin baƙin ciki, ba za mu iya maimaita tsari a cikin manyan kayan aiki a kan babbar hanyar da ba ta da iyaka ba tare da tsoron sa hannun 'yan sanda ba.
Kuna hukunta da W8's m hanzari da wedge siffar, yana da sauki a yi imani da shi zai buga 200 mph.Kostka rahotanni, duk da haka, cewa 3rd redline ne achievable - bugawa 218 mph (ciki har da taya girma) .Abin baƙin ciki, za mu yi jira wata rana don tabbatar da wannan, kamar yadda mota's har yanzu yana aiki daga sama.
Daga baya, kamar yadda muka koro saukar da Pacific Coast Highway, Vector ta wajen wayewa yanayi ya zama bayyananne.It ji karami kuma mafi nimble fiye da babban nisa da kuma wajen imposing styling.Suspension soaks sama kananan bumps da sauƙi, ya fi girma wadanda tare da natsuwa (kuma mafi mahimmanci, babu kasa), kuma yana da m, dan kadan m tafiya ingancin da ya tunatar da ni da mu na dogon lokaci. damper bawul.Duba nunin cewa duk yanayin zafi da matsi na al'ada ne.
Yanayin zafin jiki a cikin Vector Black yana da ɗan zafi, kodayake. "Shin wannan motar tana da kwandishan?" Na yi tambaya da babbar murya fiye da yadda aka saba.David ya gyada kai ya danna maballi a kan na'urar sarrafa kwandishan.Tabbas na'urar kwandishan mai tasiri ba kasafai ba ne a cikin wata mota mai ban mamaki, amma fashewar iska mai sanyi ta harba kusan nan take daga 'yan baƙar fata anodized vents.
Ba da da ewa muka juya arewa zuwa ga tudu da wasu ƙalubalen canyon hanyoyi. A cikin gwajin da suka gabata, Vector ya samar da 0.97 grams a kan Pomona skateboard, mafi girman adadin da muka taɓa yin rikodin akan wani abu banda motar tseren. Ƙarfafa ƙarfin gwiwa mai girma. Cornering yana da sauri kuma mai kaifi, kuma ɗakin kwana na matsayi na kusurwa yana da kyau sosai. Babban gilashin gilashin gilashi yana hana ra'ayinmu game da kololuwar ƙananan radius da muka ci karo da shi, inda 82.0-inch-wide Vector ji a bit kamar sa a cikin wani china shop.The mota craves zama babban, babban ikon juya da kuma juya a kasa. Ana iya amfani da riko tare da daidaito da amincewa. Ba shi da wuya a yi tunanin muna tuki tseren juriya na Porsche yayin da muke gudu ta cikin waɗannan manyan kusurwoyi masu radius.
Peter Schutz, shugaban da Shugaba na Porsche daga 1981 zuwa 1988 kuma memba na Vector's Advisory Board tun 1989, ba zai yi watsi da kwatancen ba. Huluna ga Gerald Wiegert da tawagarsa na injiniyoyi masu kwazo, da kuma duk sauran wadanda suka jajirce da jajircewa wajen kawo mafarkansu a rayuwa.