"Pfungwa iyi ndeyekuvaka mukurumbira, kwete kutasva bhiza," Gerald Wiegert akadaro nezwi raive rakapfava uye rinotyisa.Mutungamiri weVector Aeromotive haana humbozha hwesarudzo yekupedzisira, kunyangwe anga achishanda kubva 1971 kugadzira nekugadzira twin-turbo Vector, 625-horsepower midhiyamu-aeromotinjini-yepamusoro-soro uye 2-yepamusoro-soro. Kubva pazvikeche kusvika pamhando dzefoam kusvika kumamodhi akazara, Vector yakatanga kuratidzwa paLos Angeles Auto Expo muna 1976. Chiratidziro chinoshanda chakapedzwa makore maviri gare gare, chakabatanidzwa kubva kuzvinhu zvakaunganidzwa kubva mujunkyard uye zvakasukwa kubva kune zvikamu - kupa imba. Akati hupfumi husina kusimba uye kushoropodzwa kunokuvadza kubva kumakambani ekutsvaga kurwisa uye kukonzeresa hurongwa hwekurwisa vatori venhau. migwagwa yakaita seyakarongerwa kungova chiroto chete.
Wigt anofanirwa nerudzi rwemenduru yekutsungirira, imwe mhando yemubairo wekushinga chaiko.Buck maitiro, tichiregeredza zvipoko zvinoungudza zvevakakundikana Tucker, DeLorean naBricklin adventures.Vector Aeromotive Corp. muWilmington, Calif., inozogadzirira kugadzira mota imwe pasvondo.Vanopikisa vanongoda chete kushanyira nzvimbo yekugadzirira magungano ekupedzisira maviri ekupedzisira. varidzi muSwitzerland (yekutanga kugadzirwa Vector W8 mapatya-Turbo yakatengeswa kuSaudi muchinda, ane 25 motokari muunganidzwa, iyo inosanganisirawo Porsche 959 uye Bentley Turbo R) .Anenge masere mamwe Vectors vari kuvakwa mumatanho akasiyana-siyana kupedzwa, kubva pakukungurutsa chassis kusvika pedyo-akapedza motokari.
Vaya vasati vagutsikana vanofanira kuziva kuti kambani yakakura kubva kune imwe chivako uye vashandi vana muna 1988 kusvika kune zvivako zvina zvinokwana 35,000 square feet uye vanenge vashandi ve80 panguva yekunyora.Uye Vector yakapfuura yakanakisa DOT kuparara miedzo (30 mph mberi uye kumashure, musuo uye padenga kuparara miedzo ine chassis imwe chete); Emission test iri kuenderera mberi. Yakakwidza mari inodarika madhora gumi nematatu emari yekushandisa kuburikidza nembiri dzeruzhinji pamusoro pe-the-counter stock zvinopihwa.
Asi muzuva rinopisa kwazvo remasikati kuPomona, Calif., fairgrounds, chiito chekupedzisira chekutenda chaWigt chakava pachena. Rori yeflatbed yakatakura maviri Vector W8 TwinTurbos inoyambuka mugwagwa wakafara weasphalt kuenda kunzvimbo yekudhonza. Motokari mbiri dzebudiriro dzakadururwa, uye mupepeti webvunzo wemugwagwa Kim Reynolds akaisa imwe yenzira yekugadzira mugwagwa uye yekutanga bvunzo yeMagazine vhiri redu rekutanga kombiyuta.
Kubva 1981, Vector's VP weUinjiniya, David Kostka, akapa mamwe mazano ekuti ungawana sei yakanakisa kukurumidza nguva.Mushure mekuyedzwa kwakajairika, Kim anosundira Vector kumutsara wekuita uye anogadzirisa komputa yekuyedza.
Kutarisa kwekunetseka kwakaonekwa pachiso chaKostka.Inofanira kuva.Makore gumi ekushanda kwemaawa gumi nemaviri pazuva, mazuva manomwe pavhiki, inenge chikamu chetatu chehupenyu hwake hwekumuka-tisingatauri chikamu chikuru chemweya wake-akazvipira kumotokari.
Haafanire kunetseka.Kim anoisa tsoka yake pamabhureki, anosarudza 1st gear uye anoshandisa throttle kuti atakure drivetrain.Kutinhira kwe6.0-litre all-aluminium V-8 injini yakanyanya, uye muridzo weGarrett turbocharger inopindirana nekurira kweGilmer-type yehondo ye-loarsing V-8 yekurwisana ne-loarsing bra-8. torque nemainji emota yekumberi, ichitsvedza tambo yepamberi yakakiyiwa pamugwagwa. Ianalogi yemboro ine hasha inodhonza mota yayo.
Mabhureki akabudiswa uye Vector yakabviswa nevhiri shoma shoma, utsi hwehutsi kubva kumafuta Michelin uye zvishoma zvishoma.Mukubwaira kweziso - zvishoma zvishoma 4.2 seconds - inorova 60 mph, nguva isati yasvika 1-2 shift.The Vector whizzes yapfuura sehombe-bore, ichienderera mberi nekuwedzera kweCan-Amprint. jecha nemarara anotenderera achipinda muvacuum sezvo chimiro chayo chakaita sehwechi chinotsemuka mumhepo.Pasinei nechinenge chikamu chimwe muzvina chemamaira, ruzha rweinjini rwakanga ruchiri kuoneka sezvo motokari yaipfuura iri mutrap.speed?124.0 mph mumasekonzi 12.0 chete.
Chigumi nembiri o'clock.Iyo nhamba inoisa Vector zvakanaka pamberi pevatakuri vemureza vakadai seAcura NSX (14.0 seconds), Ferrari Testarossa (14.2 seconds) uye Corvette ZR-1 (13.4 seconds) perks, asi ine zvakare mari dzayo; iyo Vector W8 TwinTurbo inotengesa $283,750, inodhura kupfuura Lamborghini ($211,000) asi isingasviki Ferrari (a US-spec F40 inoita madhora mazana mana ezviuru).
Saka chii chinoita kuti Vector W8 ikwekwe? Kuti ndipindure mubvunzo wangu wese uye nekupa kutungamira kushanya kweVector nzvimbo, Mark Bailey ndiye VP weKugadzirwa, aimbove mushandi weNorthrop uye aimbove mukwikwidzi weCan-Am.
Achinongedzera engine bay yeVector iri kuvakwa akati, “Haisi kamotor kadiki kakamonyoroka kusvika pakufa, imota hombe isingashande zvakanyanya.
Six-litre all-aluminium 90-degree pushrod V-8, block yakagadzirwa naRodeck, 2-valve cylinder head yakagadzirwa neAir Flow Research.Mabhuroko akareba akaunganidzwa uye dynamometer yakaedzwa neShaver Specialties muTorrance, CA. Chero zvingatora; rondedzero yezvikamu zveinjini inoita senge runyorwa rweKisimusi remujaho: TRW forged pistons, Carrillo Stainless steel connecting rods, Stainless steel valves, roller rocker arms, forged cranks, yakaoma nemasefa matatu akasiyana Oil sump refueling system. Yakarukwa simbi isina hosi hose bundle ine anodized tsvuku uye yebhuruu fittings kutakura mvura kwese kwese.
Kubwinya kwekorona yeinjini iyi iri mumusangano wayo wakajeka weintercooler, iyo inovakwa kubva kualuminium uye yakakwenenzverwa kusvika kune inopenya sheen.Inogona kubviswa kubva mumotokari mumaminitsi nekusunungura mana anokurumidza-kuburitsa aero clamps.Inobatanidzwa kune maviri maviri-akatonhorera mvura-yakatonhorera Garrett turbocharger uye ine chikamu chepakati chemota uye ndege imperpecific.
Ignition inobatwa nemakoiri ega ega silinda, uye kuendesa mafuta kunoitwa kuburikidza neakawanda anoteedzana majekiseni echiteshi, uchishandisa majekiseni etsika kubva kuBosch R&D timu.
Kukwirisa mahwendefa akanaka seinjini pachayo inoimisa necheparutivi muchembere.Blue anodized uye embossed milled aluminum billet, imwe mabhaudhi kune accessory side yeblock uye imwe inopeta senge engine/transmission adapter plate.The transmission is a GM Turbo Hydra-matic, inoshandiswa neV-8 powered front-drive Oldsdo the Elssos chikamu mu-3-speed transmission chinangwa-chakavakwa neVector subcontractors vachishandisa zvinhu zvinogona kumira 630 lb-ft. Torque inobudiswa nejini pa 4900 rpm uye 7.0 psi boost.
Mark Bailey aifarira zvikuru paaifamba neni muchitoro chekugadzira, achinongedza hombe chrome-molybdenum simbi tubular furemu, aruminiyamu yeuchi hwepasi, uye epoxy-yakasungirirwa uye yakanyudzwa kune furemu kuti igadzire furemu yakaoma. Pepa rearuminiyamu riri munzvimbo yegoko rekunze.Akatsanangura kuti: “Kudai [chimiro chacho] chaive chemonocoque, waiwana kumonyoroka kwakawanda uye zvaizova zvakaoma kuchigadzira nemazvo. Muviri wakagadzirwa neakasiyana huwandu hwekabhoni fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass mats, uye unidirectional fiberglass, uye haina kushushikana-kusununguka.
Chassis yakaoma inogona kubata zviri nani mitoro yezvitubu zvakakurisa. Vector inoshandisa beefy double A-arms pamberi uye hombe yeDe Dion chubhu kumashure, yakagadzikwa nemaoko mana anotevedzana anotambanudzira kusvika kufirewall. Koni inogadziriswa shock absorbers ine concentric springs inoshandiswa zvakanyanya. Mabhureki akakura 13 discilated discs 4 inches . mavhiri mavhiri akafanana mukugadzirwa kune anoshandiswa pa 3800 lbs.NASCAR stock car, the machined aluminium shell of the wheel inotarisa pamusoro pehupamhi hwekofi can.Not one piece of the chassis is understandard, or even just enough.
Kushanya kwefekitari kwakatora zuva rose.Paiva nezvakawanda zvokuona uye Bailey akashanda nesimba kuti andiratidze maitiro ose ekuvhiyiwa.Ndinofanira kudzoka uye kutyaira.
Mugovera wakasvika, uye motokari yeslate-grey yekuvandudza yatakaedza yakasimudza gonhi rakatambanudzwa.Kupinda ibasa rakaoma kune vasina kudzidza, vane zvikumbaridzo zviri pakati nepakati uye nzvimbo diki pakati pechigaro nepamberi pemusuwo. Ndakati dhuu kuchigaro chemutyairi semhembwe yazvarwa.
Mhepo inonhuwira yeganda, sezvo inenge yese yemukati yemukati yakafukidzwa nedehwe, kunze kweiyo expansive dashboard, iyo inopedzwa mune yakaonda suede material.The Wilton wool carpeted floor is flat flat, inobvumira magetsi anogadziriswa Recaros kuti aiswe mukati memasendimita mashomanana kubva kune imwe neimwe.Chinzvimbo chepakati chekugara chinobvumira makumbo emutyairi kuti arove makumbo akareba, kunyange zvazvo vhiri rinotarisa rinotarisa.
Injini huru inouya iri mhenyu pakutendeuka kwekutanga kwekiyi, ichidzikamisa kusvika 900 rpm isina basa.Injini yakakosha uye mabasa ekufambisa anoratidzwa pane izvo Vector inodana "ndege-style reconfigurable electroluminescent display" - zvinoreva kuti zvinyorwa zvina zvakasiyana-siyana zvemashoko zviripo.Zvisinei nechidzitiro, kune chiratidziro chekusarudza gear kune rumwe rutivi rworuboshwe. "Tepi inofambisa" inoratidzira iyo inomhanya yakadzika kuburikidza neyakagadziriswa pointer, pamwe nekuratidzwa kwedhijitari muhwindo rekunongedza.Kostka inotsanangura kuti chikamu che tepi chinofambisa chinopa ruzivo rwehuwandu-hwe-shanduko iyo maratidziro edhijitari ega haagone.Ndakarovera pane accelerator kuti ndione zvaaireva, uye ndakatarisa tepi ichisvetuka ichitenderedza tsono kusvika ku3000 rpm, ndokudzokera kumashure.
Ndichisvika pamubato wepadded shifter, ndakanyura mufafitera rekuruboshwe kwangu, ndakafuratira ndokudzokera kumugwagwa. Ndasarudza motokari, takapinda mumigwagwa yeWilmington takananga kuSan Diego Freeway kumakomo ari pamusoro peMalibu.
Sezvizhinji zveExotics, kuoneka kumashure kunenge kusipo, uye Vector ine bofu nzvimbo iyo Ford Crown Victoria inogona kugadzika nyore.Rebesa mutsipa wako.Kuburikidza neakamanikana mashuti ehood, ndaingoona windshield neantenna yemota kumashure kwangu.Ikunze magirazi ekunze ayo madiki ane mapeji akatenderedza. mberi, zvichida mhepo huru yemhepo munyika inotambanudza uye inosangana nedash pasi, ichipa maonero epedyo easphalt mayadhi mashomanana mberi kwemotokari.
Kutungamira isimba rinobatsira rack-and-pinion marongero ane mwero lightweight neakanakisa kurongeka.Pazasi, hapana zvakawanda zvekuzvifunga, izvo zvinoita kuti zviome kune vasina kujairira kuti vawirirane.Nokuenzanisa, mabhureki asingabatsirwe anoda simba rakawanda-50 pounds for our 320 pounds stop down 0.5 pounds to 0.5 pounds to 0.5 pounds. velocity.The madaro kubva 80 mph kusvika 250 tsoka uye kubva 60 mph kusvika 145 tsoka ndiwo akanakisisa madaro nokuda Ferrari Testarossa-kunyange Redhead inoshandisa inenge hafu pedal pressure kubvisa speed.Kunyange pasina ABS (gadziriro inozopedzisira yavepo), inomira yakatwasuka uye yechokwadi, ine rusarura rwakagadzirirwa kuvhara matai emberi.
Kostka takananga kuhighway on-ramp, ndinobvuma, uye pasina nguva takanga tave mumild northbound traffic.Magapu akatanga kuoneka pakati pemota, achiratidza a alluring open open lane.At David's advice, risking licenses and limbs.I pushing the knob of the gear lever down about an inch deep into the groove, then pulled on the engine of the groove, and pulled on the engine of the groove, and pulled back. hombe aruminiyamu gasi pedal kumberi bulkhead.
Ipapo kunouya kukurumidza, kwekukurumidza kunomanikidza ropa muhuropi tishu kuseri kwedehenya; rudzi runoita kuti urambe wakatarisa pamugwagwa uri mberi, nokuti uchasvikapo paunohotsira.An electronically controlled wastegate inopindira inenge 7 psi, ichibudisa boost ine distinctive hollow swish.Rova mabhureki zvakare; tarisiro handina kutyisidzira mukomana ari muDatsun B210 pamberi pangu.Zvinosuruvarisa, hatigoni kudzokorora nzira yacho mugiya repamusoro pamugwagwa usina muganhu usingatyi kupindira kwemapurisa.
Tichitarisa neW8's inoshamisa kukurumidza uye wedge chimiro, zviri nyore kutenda kuti icharova 200 mph. Kostka inoshuma, zvisinei, kuti 3rd redline inogoneka - ichirova 218 mph (kusanganisira kukura kwetai).Zvinosuruvarisa, tichafanira kumirira rimwe zuva kuti tisimbise izvi zviri pamusoro-soro, sezvo carpet ichiri kushanda.
Gare gare, sezvataityaira tichidzika nePacific Coast Highway, hunhu hweVector hwakabudirira hwakava pachena. Inonzwa idiki uye ine hunyanzvi kupfuura hupamhi hwayo hukuru uye inoyevedza. paTour damper valve.Tarisa chiratidziro kuti zvese tembiricha uye zvinomanikidza zvakajairika.
Tembiricha iri mukati meVector Nhema iri kupisa zvishoma, zvakadaro. "Mota iyi ine air conditioning here?" Ndakabvunza nenzwi riri pamusoro kupfuura zvamazuva ose.David akagutsurira musoro ndokudzvanya bhatani paairconditioning control panel.Chokwadi mhepo inofefetera haiwanzowanika mumotokari yechienzi, asi mhepo inotonhorera inopfura pakarepo kubva kune mashoma matema anodized mboni yeziso.
Nenguva isipi takatendeukira kuchamhembe takananga kumakomo uye mimwe migwagwa yakaoma yecanyon.Mukuyedzwa kwezuva rapfuura, Vector yakabudisa 0.97 gramu paPomona skateboard, nhamba yepamusoro-soro yatakambonyora pane chimwe chinhu kunze kwemotokari yemujaho.Mumigwagwa iyi, chitsiko chikuru cheMichelin XGT Plus matayi (255/451/616-ZR16-ZR166ZR16-ZR1) inokurudzira kuvimba kukuru.Cornering inokurumidza uye inopinza, uye flatness of the cornering stance yakaisvonaka.Hombe windshield struts inowanzovhara maonero edu epamusoro pemakona maduku-radius yatakasangana nayo, apo 82.0-inch-wide Vector inonzwa zvishoma senzombe muchitoro chechina.Mota inoshuva huru pasi, hukuru hunoshandiswa uye kutendeuka kwayo kunogona kuva egrip yakashandiswa, iyo inogona kunge yakabata simba rayo. nemazvo uye nechivimbo.Hazvina kuoma kufungidzira tiri kutyaira endurance mujaho wePorsche sezvatinomhanya nemumakona mahombe-radius.
Peter Schutz, sachigaro uye CEO wePorsche kubva 1981 kusvika 1988 uye nhengo yeVector's Advisory board kubvira 1989, haarambidze kuenzanisa. Heti kuna Gerald Wiegert nechikwata chake chemainjiniya akazvipira, uye kune vamwe vese vaive nekutsungirira uye kutsunga kuunza zviroto zvavo kuhupenyu.