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5 Mar 2005, 02:14 (Ref:1242831)
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lola b05/40
RML's new lola took its first steps a little while ago
http://www.mulsannescorner.com/news.html and it seems the rear end of the car deviates quite a lot from the wind tunnel model lola released october 2004. http://www.mulsannescorner.com/newsoct04.html The tail's a lot shorter (there seems to be an ad-on longtail on the october model) and a whole lot higher too. Has this got something to do with rules compliance or is it really a better solution or am I the only one who really cares about that sort of stuff? 
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5 Mar 2005, 04:17 (Ref:1242887)
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Greetings Spiteful! You would be in the running for the day's observer award!
In looking at a shot of the rear of the Binnie Lola (on Daily Sports Car) as it was being readied to leave the Lola factory, the rear deck at the rear end does seem to be much higher then the wind tunnel model, and I do not see the bulges to clear rear suspension that exist on the wind tunnel model. As to what all that means, I do not know. I wonder if the long tail is a Le Mans tail? I wonder if the Binnie car needs higher rear deck due to engine choice? Maybe Mulsanne Mike can comment. robert Last edited by skycafe; 5 Mar 2005 at 04:19. |
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5 Mar 2005, 15:52 (Ref:1243386)
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there are usually differences such as this between an initial wind-tunnel model and the actual chassis... in this case the pics that were released by lola of the wind tunnel model were far from what they came to as the final solution for the car's aero work
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5 Mar 2005, 17:11 (Ref:1243422)
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true, a lot of differences
I guess that stunningly low rear deck would be a bit of a thight fit... |
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5 Mar 2005, 21:24 (Ref:1243617)
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5 Mar 2005, 21:30 (Ref:1243624)
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This will be an obvious difference to look for on the Intersport and Binie Lolas at Sebring....
I'll be there, as will others...let's see how different the two rear decks are on those two cars, since Intersport will have an AER motor and Binnie has the Nicholson-McLaren... Last edited by Tim Northcutt; 5 Mar 2005 at 21:31. |
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9 Mar 2005, 03:24 (Ref:1247335)
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The more I thought about this, the more I doubt the tail section varies by engine. It would make the project too big, with too much design time, for it to be worthwhile. I imagine all the engines stuff under the cowling pretty well. I am guessing the variations spotted were evolutionairy from time in the wind tunnel, or the model picured has a long Le Mans type tail for testing that we may see fitted to the cars that will go to Le Mans, the ones we have seen out testing having the normal tails.
All just a hunch. robert |
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10 Mar 2005, 17:33 (Ref:1248764)
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Bob Berridge has now taken delivery of his Lola-AER and was out testing at Snetterton.
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10 Mar 2005, 18:05 (Ref:1248794)
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can you post some links, more info, pics?
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10 Mar 2005, 18:12 (Ref:1248801)
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nothing more to say about the shake-down other than they ran over 60 laps without a single problem... look out Courage is all i can say!
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10 Mar 2005, 23:17 (Ref:1249045)
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i have seen pics of the Chamberlain-Berridge Lola, and it looks identical to the other 2., except for the intake, which looks like the B160 AER intake.
hopefully i will be able to show the pics soon, or someone else will. not sure yet.. |
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11 Mar 2005, 20:43 (Ref:1249876)
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Reading the interview with Binnie on DSC he said the new Lola LMP2 car has better aero figures than the 'MG' Lola LMP1 car. The car will also be competitive horsepower wise against further restricted 'LMP900s'
This being the case do you think the new Lola will be able to outpace the restricted 'LMP900s'. Last edited by JAG; 11 Mar 2005 at 20:48. |
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11 Mar 2005, 21:13 (Ref:1249892)
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considering what the Miracle Lola did at the Sebring Winter Test on first-gen Kumho tires i don't think its outside the realm of possibility...
however, i dont think that the aero figures are better for the B05/40 than the B01/60 outright, i think that what they were saying is that the aero figures are better than they had first thought they would be in that the new regs such as the shorter chord rear wing, shorter rear and front overhangs, etc. did not have as bad an effect as they thought they would be |
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11 Mar 2005, 21:31 (Ref:1249902)
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I've got some photos from the Snetterton test, but I can't show them yet, as Lola asked me to take some for them. I'd better ask their permission before I put them online for anyone to see...
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12 Mar 2005, 12:04 (Ref:1250227)
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Pics are on DSC.
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12 Mar 2005, 12:07 (Ref:1250229)
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12 Mar 2005, 14:41 (Ref:1250294)
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12 Mar 2005, 15:10 (Ref:1250307)
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What a beast ! Thanks for that, Mike !
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4 Apr 2005, 08:14 (Ref:1269520)
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Mulsanne Mike wrote a nice technical description of the new Lola B05/40: http://www.mulsannescorner.com/LolaB0540.html Spendid work.
He will have a lot of work updating his website for the numerous "new" cars (all the hybride versions) 
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4 Apr 2005, 16:00 (Ref:1269997)
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yep, read it first thing this morning
I believe he had a book about the peugeot 905 for sale a couple of weeks ago I hope he does an article about that some time... I can't find much technical stuff about the 905 on the web. Should have bought that book  Now I'm gonna go drool over those sauber c9 pics some more 
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