Mu ijwi ryoroheje kandi rikaze, Gerald Wigert yagize ati: "Igitekerezo ni ukubaka izina, ntabwo kugendera ku ifarashi."Perezida wa Vector Aeromotive Corporation ntabwo afite uburambe bwa nyuma, nubwo kuva mu 1971 yashushanyije kandi yubaka Vector twin-turbo, ingufu za 625, imbaraga 2, imyanya 2, moteri yo hagati ikoresheje ibikoresho bigezweho hamwe n’ikoranabuhanga rya sisitemu yo mu kirere.kubaka.Kuva ku gishushanyo kugeza kuri moderi yerekana ifuro kugeza kuri moderi yuzuye, Vector yerekanwe bwa mbere muri 1976 Los Angeles Auto Show.Nyuma yimyaka ibiri, prototype ikora yararangiye, ikusanyirizwa mubice byakusanyirijwe mu myanda no koza ibice, kugirango itange inzu.Yavuze ko ubukungu bwifashe nabi ndetse no kwangiza kunengwa mu bitangazamakuru bitwara ibinyabiziga byatesheje agaciro imbaraga zo gushaka inkunga, mu gihe inzozi ze zo kubaka umurwanyi ushingiye ku mihanda zisa nkiziteganijwe gusohora.
Wigt akwiye umudari runaka wo kwihangana, ibihembo bimwe byo kwihangana gusa.Kuyobora neza icyerekezo wirengagije imyuka yo gutaka yibintu byananiranye bya Tucker, DeLorean na Bricklin.Vector Aeromotive Corporation i Wilmington, muri Californiya amaherezo yiteguye kubaka imodoka imwe mu cyumweru.Abatavuga rumwe na leta bakeneye gusura agace kanyuma kateranirizwamo, aho imodoka ebyiri twafotoye ziteguraga koherezwa kuri ba nyirazo bashya mu Busuwisi (umusaruro wa mbere twin-turbo Vector W8 wagurishijwe ku gikomangoma cyo muri Arabiya Sawudite, icyegeranyo cy’imodoka 25 nacyo kirimo Porsche 959 na Bentley Turbo R).Izindi Vector zigera ku munani zirimo kubakwa mubyiciro bitandukanye byo kurangiza, kuva chassis zizunguruka kugeza ibinyabiziga byarangiye.
Abataracyemera bagomba kumenya ko uruganda rwavuye mu nyubako imwe n’abakozi bane mu 1988 rugera ku nyubako enye zose hamwe zifite metero kare 35.000 hamwe n’abakozi bagera kuri 80 mu gihe cyo kwandika.Kandi Vector yatsinze ibizamini byiza bya DOT (30 mph imbere ninyuma, urugi nigisenge cyo kugwa hamwe na chassis imwe gusa);ibizamini byoherezwa mu kirere birakomeje.Yakusanyije miliyoni zisaga 13 z'amadorari mu mari shingiro binyuze mu masoko abiri ya OTC.
Ariko munsi yizuba ryinshi rya sasita ahitwa Pomona, muri Californiya, imurikagurisha rya nyuma rya Wigt ryaragaragaye.Ikamyo iringaniye hamwe na moteri ebyiri za Vector W8 TwinTurbo zambuka umuhanda mugari wa kaburimbo ugana kumurongo.Imodoka ebyiri zigeragezwa zarapakuruwe kandi umwanditsi w'ikizamini cyo kumuhanda Kim Reynolds yashyizemo imwe hamwe na mudasobwa yacu ya gatanu hamwe na mudasobwa igerageza umuhanda mu rwego rwo kwitegura ikizamini cya mbere cy’imodoka.
Kuva mu 1981, David Kostka, Vector's VP of Engineering, yatanze inama zuburyo bwo kubona ibihe byiza byo kwiruka.Nyuma yikizamini kimenyerewe, Kim asunika Vector kumurongo wo hagati hanyuma asubiramo mudasobwa yikizamini.
Isura ihangayitse yagaragaye mu maso ya Kostya.Ugomba kuba.Imyaka icumi yo gukora iminsi yamasaha 12, iminsi irindwi mucyumweru, hafi kimwe cya gatatu cyubuzima bwe bwo kubyuka, tutibagiwe nigice kinini cyubugingo bwe, cyeguriwe imashini.
Ntacyo afite cyo guhangayika.Kim akandagira kuri pederi ya feri, ahitamo ibikoresho bya 1, nintambwe kuri pedal ya gaze kugirango yikoreze imiyoboro.Gutontoma kwa litiro 6.0-ya aluminium V-8 ya moteri irakomeye cyane, kandi ninde wogosha wa Garrett turbocharger uhuza no gutaka kwa Gilmer yo mu bwoko bwa Gilmer.Feri yinyuma yishora mu ntambara irangiye hamwe na V-8 torque hamwe n’imodoka yimbere yimbere, inyerera umugozi w'imbere ufunze hejuru ya kaburimbo.Iyi ni analogue ya bulldog irakaye ikurura imodoka ye.
Feri yarekuwe hanyuma Vector ifata kure iranyerera gato, uruziga rwumwotsi ruva mu mavuta Michelin kandi yegamiye gato kuruhande.Mu kanya nk'ako guhumbya - amasegonda 4.2 - yihuta kugera kuri 60hh, umwanya mbere yo guhinduka 1-2.Vector iranyuze nka Can-Am nini-nini, ikomeza kwiruka munzira hamwe n'uburakari.Inkubi y'umuyaga n'umusenyi wa orbital irazunguruka mu cyuho kuko imiterere yacyo imeze nk'uruzitiro rucamo umwobo mu kirere.Nubwo hafi kimwe cya kane cyibirometero, ijwi rya moteri ryakomeje kumvikana mugihe imodoka yihuta mumutego.umuvuduko?124.0 mph mu masegonda 12.0 gusa.
Saa kumi n'ebyiri.Kuri iyi shusho, Vector iri imbere cyane yibendera nka Acura NSX (amasegonda 14.0), Ferrari Testarossa (amasegonda 14.2) na Corvette ZR-1 (amasegonda 13.4).Kwihuta kwayo n'umuvuduko byinjiye muri club yihariye, hamwe na Ferrari F40 hamwe na Lamborghini Diablo itarageragezwa nkabanyamuryango.Kuba umunyamuryango bifite aho bihurira, ariko kandi bifite ibiciro byayo: Vector W8 TwinTurbo igurishwa $ 283.750, ikaba ihenze kuruta Lamborghini ($ 211,000) ariko ikaba itageze kuri Ferrari (verisiyo yo muri Amerika ya F40 igura amadorari 400.000).
None niki gituma Vector W8 ikora?Kugira ngo nsubize ibibazo byanjye byose kandi umpe kuzenguruka ikigo cya Vector, Mark Bailey, VP w’inganda, uwahoze ari umukozi wa Northrop akaba yarahoze mu murongo wa Can-Am.
Yerekeje ku cyuma cya moteri ya Vector irimo kubakwa, yagize ati: “Iyi si moteri nto yahinduwe kugeza apfuye.Ni moteri nini idakora cyane. ”
Litiro esheshatu zose-aluminium 90 dogere V-8 pushrod, Rodeck yakoze blok, Ubushakashatsi bwa Air Flow Ubushakashatsi bubiri-silindiri umutwe.Ibice birebire byakusanyirijwe hamwe na dyno byageragejwe na Shaver Specialties i Torrance, California.Kubyo bikwiye, urutonde rwibice bya moteri rusa nurutonde rwa Noheri rwabasiganwa kumuzunguruko: TRW yahimbye piston, Carrillo ibyuma bidafite ibyuma bihuza inkoni, ibyuma bitagira umuyonga, amaboko ya roller, amaboko ahimbano, amavuta yumye hamwe nayunguruzo atatu atandukanye.icyuma cya shitingi bundle hamwe na anodize itukura nubururu kugirango itware amazi ahantu hose.
Ibyagezweho kuri iyi moteri ni intercooler ifunguye ikozwe muri aluminiyumu kandi isizwe neza.Irashobora gukurwa mumodoka muminota mike irekura ibyuma bine byindege byihuta.Ihujwe nimpanga ikonje ya Garrett turbocharger kandi igizwe nigice cyikinyabiziga, icyuma cyihariye cyindege hamwe na case.
Ignition ikorwa na coil zitandukanye kuri buri silinderi, kandi lisansi itangwa binyuze mubyambu byinshi bikurikirana ukoresheje inshinge zabigenewe zitsinda rya Bosch.Gutanga ibicanwa na lisansi bihuzwa na sisitemu yo gucunga moteri ya Vector yihariye.
Isahani yo kwishyiriraho ni nziza nka moteri ubwayo, iyishyira kuruhande rwikariso.Ubururu bwa anodize kandi bushushanyijeho aluminiyumu ya fagitire, imwe ihinduranya kuruhande rwibice naho indi ikora nka plaque ya moteri / yoherejwe.Ikwirakwizwa ni GM Turbo Hydra-matic, yakoreshejwe mumodoka yimbere Olds Toronado na Cadillac Eldorado V-8s muri 70.Ariko hafi buri kintu cyose cyogukwirakwiza umuvuduko wa 3 cyubatswe nintego-yubatswe naba rwiyemezamirimo ba Vector hamwe nibikoresho bishobora gutwara 630 lb-ft.Torque yakozwe na moteri kuri 4900 rpm na 7.0 psi kuzamura.
Mark Bailey ashishikaye azenguruka igorofa yakozwe, yerekana ikariso nini ya chrome-molybdenum, ibyuma bya aluminiyumu, na epoxy yometse ku ikariso kugira ngo ikore urupapuro rwa aluminiyumu mu gice cy’ibikonoshwa.Yabisobanuye agira ati: “Niba [igishushanyo] cyose ari monocoque, ubona ibintu byinshi kandi bigoye kubyubaka neza.Niba ari ikibanza cyuzuye, ukuramo agace kamwe hanyuma ukagira ingaruka kubindi byose, kuko buri mizi ya pipe yose ifata byose "Umubiri ugizwe nubwoko butandukanye bwa fibre karubone, kevlar, materi ya fiberglass, hamwe na fiberglass idafite icyerekezo, kandi nta voltage ihari.
Chassis itajegajega irashobora gutwara neza imizigo ivuye mubintu binini byahagaritswe.Vector ikoresha inyama zinka ebyiri A-amaboko imbere hamwe numuyoboro munini wa De Dion inyuma, ushyizwe kumaboko ane akurikira agera kumuriro.Koni ishobora guhinduranya ibyuma bifata amasoko yibanze bikoreshwa cyane.Feri nini ya santimetero 13.Disiki ihumeka hamwe na Alcon aluminium 4-piston.Ibiziga byiziga bisa mubishushanyo mbonera bikoreshwa ku biro 3800.Imodoka isanzwe ya NASCAR, imashini ya aluminiyumu yakozwe isa na diameter ya kawa.Nta gice cya chassis kitujuje ubuziranenge cyangwa kirahagije.
Urugendo rw'uruganda rwamaze umunsi wose.Hariho byinshi byo kubona kandi Bailey yakoranye umwete kugirango anyereke buri kintu cyose cyibikorwa.Ngomba gusubira inyuma nkagenda.
Hari kuwagatandatu, kandi imashini igerageza ya slate gray twageragezaga yaduhamagariye umuryango wakinguye.Kwinjira mu kabari ni ikibazo ku batabizi, hamwe na sili iringaniye hamwe n'umwanya muto cyane hagati y'intebe n'imbere y'urugi rw'umuryango.David Kostka akoresha imitsi yibuka kugirango azamuke hejuru yidirishya hamwe nubuntu bwa gymnastique mucyicaro cyabagenzi, maze nurira kuntebe yumushoferi nkimpala zavutse.
Umwuka uhumura uruhu, kubera ko hafi yimbere hose huzuyeho uruhu, usibye ikibaho kinini cyibikoresho, bigizwe nibikoresho byoroshye.Ubudodo bw'ubwoya bwa Wilton buringaniye rwose, butuma Recaros ishobora guhindurwa mumashanyarazi gushirwa muri santimetero imwe.Umwanya wo kwicara hagati utuma ibirenge byumushoferi bihagarara kuri pedals, nubwo uruziga rwibiziga rugaragara cyane.
Moteri nini ibaho mubuzima bwa mbere bwurufunguzo, idakora saa 900 rpm.Imikorere yingenzi ya moteri nogukwirakwiza byerekanwe kubyo Vector yita "indege-yuburyo bwindege yongeye guhindurwa na electroluminescent yerekana," bivuze ko hari amakuru ane atandukanye.Bititaye kuri ecran, hari icyerekezo cyo guhitamo ibikoresho ibumoso.Ibikoresho bitangirira kuri tachometero kugeza kubushyuhe bwa gaze ya gazi ya pyrometero ifite "kaseti yimuka" yerekana ihagaritse hejuru yicyerekezo cyagenwe, kimwe no kwerekana digitale mumadirishya yerekana.Kostka asobanura uburyo igice cyimuka cya kaseti gitanga igipimo cyamakuru yimpinduka yerekana imibare yonyine idashobora gutanga.Nakandagiye umuvuduko kugirango ndebe icyo yashakaga kuvuga mbona kaseti isimbuka umwambi kugeza 3000 rpm hanyuma nsubira mubusa.
Ngeze kuri padi ya shift knob, ninjiye cyane mumadirishya kugeza ibumoso bwanjye, nasubiye inyuma nitonze nsubira hanze.Duhitamo umuhanda, twerekeje mumihanda ya Wilmington tugana muri San Diego Freeway no mumisozi iri hejuru ya Malibu.
Nkuko bimeze kumodoka nyinshi zidasanzwe, kugaragara inyuma ntikibaho, kandi Vector ifite ahantu hatabona Ford Crown Victoria ishobora kwakira byoroshye.Rambura ijosi.Binyuze muri shitingi ifunganye ya hood, icyo nabonaga ni ikirahuri cyumuyaga na antenne yimodoka inyuma yanjye.Indorerwamo zo hanze ni nto ariko zashyizwe neza, ariko birakwiye guteganya gahunda hamwe nikarita yo mumutwe yumuhanda ukikije.Imbere, birashoboka ko ikirahure kinini cyane ku isi cyaguka kandi kigahuza n'ikibaho, gitanga ishusho yimbitse ya asfalt kuri metero imwe uvuye mumodoka.
Imiyoboro ni imbaraga zifashishwa na rack na pinion, zigaragaza uburemere buringaniye kandi neza.Kurundi ruhande, hano nta egocentrism ihari cyane, bigatuma bigora abantu batamenyereye kubana.Ugereranije, feri idatezimbere bisaba imbaraga nyinshi-pound 50 kugirango duhagarike garama 0.5 kuri metero - kugabanuka ibiro 3.320.vector kuva kumuvuduko.Intera kuva kuri 80hh kugeza kuri metero 250 na 60hh kugeza kuri metero 145 nintera nziza kuri Ferrari Testarossa, nubwo Redhead ikoresha hafi kimwe cya kabiri cyumuvuduko kuri pedal kugirango itinde.Ndetse hatabayeho ABS (sisitemu igomba gutangwa amaherezo), ibirenge biragororotse kandi birasobanutse, hamwe na offset yashyizweho kugirango ifunge ibiziga byimbere imbere yinyuma.
Kostka yerekeje gusohoka kumuhanda, ndabyemera, kandi bidatinze twisanze mumodoka ituje igana mumajyaruguru.Ibyuho bitangira kugaragara hagati yimodoka, byerekana inzira ifunguye yihuta.Ku nama za Dawidi, gushyira mu kaga impushya n'amaguru.Nakandagiye kuri shift knob muri groove hafi ya santimetero hanyuma nsubira inyuma, mva kuri Drive kugeza kuri 2. Moteri yari hafi yo gukora amasaha menshi, maze nkanda pedal nini ya aluminiyumu imbere yimbere.
Ibi bikurikirwa no kwihuta gukabije, kwigihe gito bitera amaraso mumitsi yubwonko gutembera inyuma yumutwe;imwe ituma wibanda kumuhanda uri imbere kuko uzagerayo mugihe ucecetse.Imyanda igenzurwa na elegitoronike irasa kuri psi 7, ikarekura imbaraga hamwe nijwi riranga.Ongera ukande feri, nizere ko ntatangaje umusore muri Datsun B210 imbere yanjye.Kubwamahirwe, ntidushobora gusubiramo iyi nzira mubikoresho byo hejuru kumuhanda utagira umupaka tudatinya abapolisi.
Urebye kwihuta kwa W8′s nuburyo bugaragara, biroroshye kwizera ko izagera kuri 200 mph.Nyamara, Kostka ivuga ko umurongo wa 3 utukura ushobora kugerwaho - 218 mph (harimo no gukura kw'ipine).Kubwamahirwe, tugomba gutegereza undi munsi kugirango tubimenye, kuko aerodinamike yimodoka kumuvuduko wo hejuru iracyari umurimo urimo gukorwa.
Nyuma, ubwo twatwaraga umuhanda munini wa pasifika, imiterere ya Vector yari ifite umuco.Birasa nkaho ari bito kandi byihuta kuruta ubugari bunini kandi ahubwo bushiraho uburyo.Ihagarikwa rimira uduce duto byoroshye, binini binini bikonje (kandi cyane cyane nta sag) kandi bifite urugendo rukomeye, rutare ruto cyane binyibukije urugendo rwacu rurerure rwa Tour Shock rwatunganije Nissan 300ZX Turbo.Reba kuri ecran ko ubushyuhe bwose nigitutu ari ibisanzwe.
Nyamara, ubushyuhe imbere muri Vector Umukara ni hejuru.- Iyi modoka ifite ubukonje?Nabajije cyane kuruta uko byari bisanzwe.David yunamye akanda buto ku kibaho cyo kugenzura ikirere.Mubyukuri uburyo bwo guhumeka neza ntibusanzwe mumodoka zidasanzwe, ariko umuyaga wumuyaga ukonje uhita uhita uturuka mumyuka mike yumukara anodize.
Twahise duhindukirira amajyaruguru mumisozi no mumihanda igoye.Mu kizamini cyumunsi wabanjirije iki, Vector yatsindiye garama 0,97 kuri skateboard ya Pomona, hejuru cyane twigeze kwandika ku kindi kintu kitari imodoka yo kwiruka.Kuri iyi mihanda, inzira nini yipine ya Michelin XGT Plus (255 / 45ZR-16 imbere, 315 / 40ZR-16 inyuma) itera icyizere.Inguni irihuta kandi ityaye, kandi inguni ihamye ni nziza.Inkingi nini z'ikirahure zikunda guhagarika kureba hejuru hejuru ya radiyo ifatanye cyane twanyuzemo, aho Vector ifite ubugari bwa santimetero 82.0 yumva ari inzovu mu iduka rya china.Imodoka irarikira impinduka nini, aho ushobora gufata pedal ya gaze kandi imbaraga nini zayo nugufata birashobora gukoreshwa neza kandi wizeye.Ntabwo bigoye kwiyumvisha ko tugenda muri Porsche enduro mugihe dusiganwa tunyuze muri radiyo ndende.
Peter Schutz, Umuyobozi n’Umuyobozi mukuru wa Porsche kuva 1981 kugeza 1988 akaba n'umwe mu bagize inama ngishwanama ya Vector kuva mu 1989, ntiyirengagije kugereranya.Ati: "Mu byukuri birasa no kubaka 962 cyangwa 956 kuruta kubaka imodoka iyo ari yo yose ikora".Ati: “Kandi ndatekereza ko iyi modoka irenze ibyo nagombaga gukora mu gusiganwa mu ntangiriro ya mirongo inani.”Kudos kuri Gerald Wiegert nitsinda rye ryaba injeniyeri bitanze, ndetse nabandi bose bagize ubutwari nicyemezo cyo gusohoza inzozi zabo.