"Pfungwa iyi ndeyekuvaka mukurumbira, kwete kutasva bhiza," Gerald Wigert akadaro neinzwi raive rakapfava uye rine hasha.Mutungamiri weVector Aeromotive Corporation haana humbozha hwekupedzisira, kunyange kubvira 1971 anga achigadzira nekuvaka Vector twin-turbo, 625-horsepower, 2-seat, mid-engined supercar vachishandisa zvigadzirwa zvepamberi uye aerospace system tekinoroji.kuvaka.Kubva pazvikeche kuenda kumhando dzefuro kusvika kune yakazara modhi, Vector yakatanga kuratidzwa pa1976 Los Angeles Auto Show.Makore maviri gare gare, chiratidziro chekushanda chakapedzwa, chakaunganidzwa kubva kune zvikamu zvakaunganidzwa kubva mumarara uye kushambidzwa kwezvikamu, kupa imba.Vati hupfumi husina kusimba uye kushoropodzwa munhau dzemotokari kunokanganisa kuyedza kuwana mari, ukuwo shuviro yavo yekuvaka murwi wepasi mumigwagwa airatidzika kunge achazadziswa.
Wigt anokodzera imwe mhando yemenduru yekutsungirira, imwe mhando yemubairo wekutsungirira chaiko.Regedza maitiro nekuregeredza zvipoko zvinochema zvekutadza kuitika kwaTucker, DeLorean naBricklin.Vector Aeromotive Corporation muWilmington, California pakupedzisira yakagadzirira kuvaka mota imwe pasvondo.Vanopikisa vanoda chete kushanyira nzvimbo yekupedzisira yegungano, apo mbiri dzemotokari dzatakatora mifananidzo dzakanga dzichigadzirirwa kutumirwa kuvaridzi vadzo vatsva muSwitzerland (yekutanga kugadzirwa twin-turbo Vector W8 yakatengeswa kumuchinda weSaudi, ane muunganidzwa wemotokari makumi maviri neshanu inosanganisirawo Porsche 959 uye Bentley Turbo R).Anenge masere mamwe maVectors ari kuvakwa pamatanho akasiyana-siyana ekupedzwa, kubva ku rolling chassis kusvika kumota dzinenge dzapera.
Avo vachiri vasina chokwadi vanofanira kuziva kuti kambani yakakura kubva pachivako chimwe uye vashandi vana muna 1988 kusvika kune zvivakwa zvina zvinokwana 35,000 square feet uye vangangoita 80 vashandi panguva yekunyora.Uye iyo Vector yakapfuura yakanakisa DOT tsaona bvunzo (30 mph kumberi uye kumashure, gonhi uye padenga kuparara miedzo ine chassis imwe chete);bvunzo dzekubuda kwemhepo dzirikuenderera mberi.Yakakwidza pamusoro pemadhora gumi nematatu emamiriyoni emari yekushandisa kuburikidza neaviri yeruzhinji OTC zvipo.
Asi pasi pezuva rinopisa zvikuru ramasikati panhandare yePomona, California, chiito chokupedzisira chokutenda chaWigt chakava pachena.Rori yeflatbed ine injini mbiri dzeVector W8 TwinTurbo inoyambuka mugwagwa wakapamhama kuenda kune yekudhonza.Idzi mota mbiri dzekuyedza dzakaburutswa uye mupepeti webvunzo wemumugwagwa Kim Reynolds akaisa imwe nevhiri redu rechishanu uye komputa yekuyedza nzira mukugadzirira bvunzo yekutanga yeAuto Magazine.
Kubva 1981, David Kostka, Vector's VP weUinjiniya, akapa mamwe mazano ekuti ungawana sei nguva dzekumhanya.Mushure mekuedza kwakajairika, Kim anosundidzira Vector kumutsetse wepakati uye otangazve komputa yekuyedza.
Kutarisa kwekunetseka kwakaonekwa pachiso chaKostya.Inofanira kuva.Makore gumi ekushanda maawa gumi nemaviri, mazuva manomwe pavhiki, inenge chikamu chetatu chehupenyu hwake hwekumuka, tisingatauri chikamu chikuru chemweya wake, yakatsaurirwa kumuchina.
Haana chekunetseka nazvo.Kim anotsika bhureki, anosarudza giya rekutanga, uye anotsika gasi kuti atakure kufambisa.Kudzvova kwe6.0-litre all-aluminium V-8 injini yakanyanya, uye whoosh yeGarrett turbocharger inopindirana nekuchema kweGilmer-style accessory belt drive.Iro bhureki rekumashure rinopinda muhondo yakafa neV-8 torque uye mota yekumberi-vhiri dhiraivha, ichitsvedza tambo yakakiyiwa yekumberi panzira.Uyu ndiwo analogue yehasha bulldog inodhonza mota yake.
Mabhureki akaburitswa uye Vector yakasimudzwa nekutsvedza kwevhiri, mhute yeutsi kubva kumafuta Michelin uye kurerekera zvishoma parutivi.Mukubwaira kweziso - a measly 4.2 seconds - inokurumidza kusvika 60 mph, nguva isati yasvika 1-2 kuchinja.The Vector streaks yapfuura seCan-Am yakakura-yakabereka, ichienderera mberi ichimhanya ichidzika pasi nekuwedzera kwehasha.Chamupupuri chejecha nemarara anotenderera anotenderera muvacuum sezvo chimiro chayo chakaita sehwechi chinotsemura gomba mudenga.Pasinei neinoda kusvika kiromita imwe chete, ruzha rweinjini rwakanga ruchiri kunzwika sezvo motokari yakapfuura yakateya.speed?124.0 mph mumasekonzi gumi nemaviri chete.
Gumi nembiri.Nemufananidzo uyu, Vector iri pamberi pezviratidziro zvakadai seAcura NSX (14.0 seconds), Ferrari Testarossa (14.2 seconds) uye Corvette ZR-1 (13.4 seconds).Kumhanyisa uye kumhanya kwaro kwakapinda mune yakasarudzika kirabhu, ine Ferrari F40 uye isina kuedzwa Lamborghini Diablo senhengo.Kuve nhengo kune zvakwakanakira, asi inewo mutengo wayo: Vector W8 TwinTurbo inotengesa $283,750, inodhura kupfuura Lamborghini ($211,000) asi isingasviki Ferrari (iyo US vhezheni yeF40 inodhura madhora mazana mana ezviuru).
Saka chii chinoita kuti Vector W8 ishande?Kuti ndipindure mubvunzo wangu wese uye kundipa rwendo rweVector nzvimbo, Mark Bailey, VP weKugadzira, aimbova mushandi weNorthrop uye aimbova nhengo yeCan-Am line.
Vachinongedza painjini yeVector iri kuvakwa vakati, “Iyi haisi injini diki yakarukwa kusvika yafa.Injini hombe isingashande zvakaoma kudaro.”
Matanhatu malita ese-aruminiyamu 90 dhigirii V-8 pushrod, Rodeck akagadzira block, Mhepo Inoyerera Tsvagiridzo mbiri-vharuvhu silinda musoro.Iwo mabhururu marefu akaunganidzwa uye dyno akaedzwa neShaver Specialties muTorrance, California.Kune izvo zvakakosha, rondedzero yezvikamu zveinjini inoita senge Kisimusi runyorwa rwevatambi vedunhu: TRW forged pistons, Carrillo Stainless simbi yekubatanidza tsvimbo, Stainless simbi mavharuvhu, roller rocker maoko, forged kubatanidza tsvimbo, mafuta akaoma ane matatu akasiyana mafirita.simbi hose bundle ine anodized tsvuku uye yebhuruu fittings kutakura mvura kwese kwese.
Kubudirira kwekorona kweinjini iyi iintercooler yakavhurika yakagadzirwa nealuminium uye yakakwenenzverwa kupenya kupenya.Inogona kubviswa kubva mumotokari mumaminetsi nekusunungura mana anokurumidza-kuburitsa aerodynamic clamps.Iyo yakabatanidzwa kune mapatya-yakatonhorera Garrett turbocharger uye ine chikamu chepakati chemotokari, ndege-yakananga impeller uye casing.
Ignition inobatwa nemakoiri akasiyana ecylinder yega yega, uye mafuta anounzwa kuburikidza neakawanda serial ports uchishandisa majekiseni etsika kubva kuBosch budiriro timu.Spark uye kuendesa mafuta kunorongedzerwa neVector's proprietary programmable engine management system.
Iwo anokwirisa mahwendefa akanaka semota pachayo, achiimisa padivi pechembere.Bhuruu anodized uye embossed milled aluminum billet, rimwe bhaudhi kudivi rezasi rebhuroko uye rimwe rinoshanda sejini/yekufambisa adapter plate.Iko kutapurirana ndeye GM Turbo Hydra-matic, iyo yakashandiswa pamberi pevhiri Olds Toronado uye Cadillac Eldorado V-8s mu70s.Asi chingangoita chese chikamu cheiyo 3-kumhanya kufambisa chinangwa-chakavakwa neVector's subcontractors nezvinhu zvinokwanisa kubata 630 lb-ft.Torque inogadzirwa neinjini pa4900 rpm uye 7.0 psi inowedzera.
Mark Bailey akandifambisa nechido pauriri hwekugadzira, achinongedza hombe tubular chrome-molybdenum simbi furemu, aruminiyamu yeuchi hwepasi, uye epoxy yakanamirwa pafuremu kuti igadzire pepa realuminium munzvimbo yakaomeswa yakaomarara.Akatsanangura kuti: “Kana [magadzirirwo acho] ari emonocoque, unowana zvakawanda zvinomonyoroka uye zvakaoma kuzvigadzira zvakarurama.Kana iri nzvimbo yakazara furemu, unogogodza nzvimbo imwe wobva wakanganisa zvimwe zvese, nekuti imwe neimwe mudzi wepombi zvese zvinotora zvese” Muviri wakagadzirwa nemhando dzakasiyana dzekabhoni fiber, kevlar, fiberglass mats, uye unidirectional fiberglass, uye hapana voltage.
Chassis yakaoma inogona kubata zvirinani mitoro kubva kuhombe kumiswa zvinhu.Iyo Vector inoshandisa beefy mbiri A-maoko kumusoro uye hombe yeDe Dion pombi kumashure, yakaiswa pamaoko mana anoteedzera anosvika pasi kune firewall.Koni inogadziriswa yekuvhundutsa inopinza ine concentric zvitubu inoshandiswa zvakanyanya.Mabhureki akakura 13 inches.Ventilated discs neAlcon aluminium 4-piston calipers.Mavhiri emavhiri akafanana mukugadzira kune ayo anoshandiswa pa3800 lbs.Mota yakajairwa yeNASCAR, iyo yakagadzirwa nealuminium vhiri casing inotarisa nezve dhayamita yegaba rekofi.Hapana chikamu chechasisi chiri pasi pasi kana kuti chakangokwana.
Kushanya kwefekitari kwakatora zuva rose.Paive nezvakawanda zvekuona uye Bailey akashanda asinganeti kundiratidza zvese zvekuvhiya.Ndinofanira kudzoka ndiende.
Wakanga uri Mugovera, uye slate grey muchina wekuedza wataiedza wakatikoka nemusuwo wakavhurika.Kupinda mukabhini kunonetsa kune vasina kudzidza, vane masill ane mwero uye nzvimbo shoma shoma pakati pechigaro nemberi kwegonhi.David Kostka anoshandisa ndangariro yake yemhasuru kuti akwire pamusoro pewindow sill ne gymnastic grace muchigaro chevafambi, uye ini ndakakwira muchigaro chemutyairi semhembwe ichangozvarwa.
Mhepo inonhuwira yematehwe, sezvo inenge yese yemukati maficha akafukidzwa nematehwe, kunze kweiyo yakafara mudziyo wepaneru, iyo yakashongedzwa neyakaonda suede zvinhu.Wilton wool carpeting yakazara yakazara, inobvumira Recaros inogadziriswa magetsi kuti iiswe mukati memaindi emumwe.Nzvimbo yepakati pekugara inobvumira tsoka dzemutyairi kuti dzizorore dzakananga pamapedals, kunyangwe vhiri remavhiri richikwira zvakanyanya.
Injini huru inouya kuhupenyu nekutanga kutendeuka kwekiyi, idling pa900 rpm.Injini yakakosha uye mabasa ekutapurirana anoratidzwa pane inonzi neVector "ndege-style reconfigurable electroluminescent display," zvichireva kuti kune mana akasiyana eruzivo masikirini.Pasinei nechidzitiro, pane chiratidzo chekusarudza giya kuruboshwe.Zviridzwa zvinobvira patachometers kusvika kune maviri epoust gasi tembiricha pyrometers ine "inofambisa tepi" inoratidzira inomhanya yakatwasuka painongedzo yakatarwa, pamwe nekuratidzwa kwedhijitari pahwindo rekunongedzera.Kostka anotsanangura kuti chikamu chinofamba che tepi chinopa chiyero chekushandura ruzivo iyo digital displays chete haigone kupa.Ndakadzvanya accelerator kuti ndione kuti airevei ndikaona tepi riya richisvetuka museve richienda kuma 3000 rpm richibva radzokera kuita dofo.
Ndichisvika kune padded shift knob, ndakanyura mukati mewindow sill kuruboshwe kwangu, ndakatsigira ndokunyatso dzokera panze.Kusarudza mugwagwa, takadzika nemigwagwa yeWilmington kuenda kuSan Diego Freeway uye mumakomo ari pamusoro peMalibu.
Sezvinoita kune mota zhinji dzekunze, kutaridzika kwemashure kunenge kusipo, uye Vector ine bofu nzvimbo iyo Ford Crown Victoria inogona kugarisa nyore.Rebesa mutsipa wako.Mukati mezvivharo zvitete zvevhavha, chandakangokwanisa kuona iwindishield uye antenna yemotokari kumashure kwangu.Magirazi ekunze madiki asi akaiswa zvakanaka, asi zvakakosha kuronga nguva yekusangana nemepu yepfungwa yetraffic yakatenderedza.Mberi, zvichida windshield huru munyika yose inotambanudza uye inobatanidza kune dashboard, ichipa maonero epedyo easphalt mayadhi chete kubva pamotokari.
Iyo inotungamira isimba-inobatsirwa rack uye pinion, iyo ine huremu huri pakati nepakati uye yakanakisa kurongeka.Nekune rumwe rutivi, hapana kunyanyozvifunga pano, izvo zvinoita kuti zviome kuvanhu vasina kujaira kugarisana.Kana tichienzanisa, mabhureki asingabooster anotora nhamburiko huru-50 pounds yedu 0.5-gram stop per mita-kudonha 3,320 pounds.vector kubva kumhanya.Distances kubva 80 mph kusvika 250 tsoka uye 60 mph kusvika 145 tsoka ndiwo akanakisisa madaro nokuda Ferrari Testarossa, kunyange zvazvo Redhead anoshandisa inenge hafu kumanikidzwa pamusoro pedal kunonoka.Kunyangwe isina ABS (sisitimu inozopihwa pakupedzisira), tsoka dzakatwasuka uye dzakajeka, ine offset set yekukiya mavhiri epamberi pamberi pemashure.
Kostka akananga kunobudira kumugwagwa mukuru, ndinobvuma, uye takakurumidza kuzviwana tiri mumotokari yakadzikama kuenda kuchamhembe.Mipata inotanga kuoneka pakati pemota, ichiburitsa nzira inokwezva yakavhurika.Pazano raDavidi, kuisa pangozi marezinesi nemakumbo.Ndakadzvanya shift knob mugroove inenge inch ndokubva ndadzokera kumashure, kubva kuDrive kuenda ku 2. Injini yainge yave padhuze ne overclocking, uye ndakadzvanya pedal hombe yealuminium gas muhead bulkhead.
Izvi zvinoteverwa nehutsinye, kukurumidza kwechinguva kunoita kuti ropa riri muuropi tishu riyerere kuseri kwemusoro;imwe inoita kuti utarise mugwagwa uri mberi nokuti uchasvikapo paunohotsira.Iyo yemagetsi inodzorwa tsvina inodzima moto inosvika 7 psi, ichiburitsa boost nehunhu hud.Rova mabhureki zvakare, ndinovimba handina kuvhundutsa mukomana weDatsun B210 pamberi pangu.Nehurombo, isu hatigone kudzokorora chiitiko ichi mugiya repamusoro pamugwagwa usina kurambidzwa pasina kutya kupindira kwemapurisa.
Tichitarisa neiyo W8's inoshamisa yekumhanyisa uye wedge chimiro, zviri nyore kutenda kuti icharova 200 mph.Zvisinei, Kostka inoshuma kuti 3rd redline inokwanisika - 218 mph (kusanganisira kukura kwetai).Sezvineiwo, isu tichafanirwa kumirira rimwe zuva kuti tizive, sezvo mota yeaerodynamics iri pamusoro pekumhanya ichiri basa riri kuenderera.
Gare gare, sezvataityaira tichitevedza Pacific Coast Highway, hunhu hweVector hwakazobuda pachena.Inoratidzika kunge idiki uye inomhanya kupfuura hupamhi hwayo hukuru uye chimiro chinoshamisira.Kuturika kunomedza mapundu madiki zviri nyore, akakura zvinotonhorera (uye zvakanyanya kukosha hapana sag) uye ine nhanho yakasimba, ine matombo zvishoma inondiyeuchidza nezve yedu yenguva yakareba Tour Shock valve yakatungidzirwa Nissan 300ZX Turbo.Tarisa pachiratidziro kuti tembiricha uye kumanikidza kuri zvakajairika.
Nekudaro, tembiricha mukati meVector Black yakati wandei.– Mota iyi ine air conditioning here?ndakabvunza ndichidaidzira kupinda mazuva ese.David akagutsurira achibva adzvanya bhatani repaairconditioning control panel.Chokwadi mhepo inofefetera haiwanzo mumotokari dzekunze, asi mhepo inotonhora inoputika inoputika pakarepo kubva kune mashoma matema anodized maziso.
Nenguva isipi takatendeukira kuchamhembe mujinga mezvikomo nemimwe migwagwa yakaoma yomumakoronga.Muyedzo yezuva rapfuura, Vector yakawana 0.97 magiramu paPomona skateboard, yepamusorosoro yatakamborekodha pane chero chinhu kunze kwemota yemujaho.Mumigwagwa iyi, nzira huru yeMichelin XGT Plus matayi (255/45ZR-16 kumberi, 315/40ZR-16 kumashure) inokurudzira kuvimba.Cornering inokurumidza uye inopinza, uye kugadzikana kwekona kwakanakisa.Huge windshield mbiru dzinowanzovhara maonero kumusoro kwe-tight-radius makona takamhanyira mukati, uko 82.0-inch-wide Vector inonzwa zvishoma senzou muchitoro chechina.Mota inoshuva mabhindauko makuru, mahombe kwaunogona kubata gasi rinotsika uye simba rayo rakakura uye kubata rinogona kushandiswa nemazvo uye nekuvimba.Hazvina kuoma kufungidzira kuti tiri kukwira Porsche enduro sezvatinomhanya nemumakona marefu-radius.
Peter Schutz, Sachigaro uye CEO wePorsche kubva 1981 kusvika 1988 uye nhengo yeVector's Advisory board kubvira 1989, aisazofuratira kuenzanisa."Zvakafanana chaizvo nekuvaka 962 kana 956 pane kuvaka chero mota yekugadzira," akadaro."Uye ndinofunga mota iyi inodarika zvandaifanira kuita mujaho mukutanga makumi masere."Kudos kuna Gerald Wiegert nechikwata chake chemainjiniya akazvipira, uye kumunhu wese aive neushingi uye kutsunga kuita kuti zviroto zvavo zviitike.