"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-horsepower-processing engine 2-seat fasahar ta amfani da fasaha na zamani 2-seat. sketches to kumfa model to full-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 kokarin samun wani abu na samun kudade, da kuma mafarkin da aka yi wa titi.
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 karshe ya shirya don samar da mota daya a mako daya. Abokan hamayyar kawai suna buƙatar ziyarci filin jirgin sama na karshe a cikin filin jirgin ruwa na Switzerland biyu zuwa filin jirgin sama na karshe. farkon samar da Vector W8 twin-turbo an sayar da shi ga Yariman Saudiyya, wanda tarin motocinsa 25, wanda kuma ya hada da Porsche 959 da Bentley Turbo R. Kimanin karin Vectors guda takwas ne ake aikin ginawa a matakai daban-daban na kammalawa, daga rolling chassis zuwa motoci da aka kusa 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 yayi amfani da maƙura don ɗaukar motar motar. Ƙarƙashin 6.0-lita all-aluminum V-8 engine ya fi tsanani, kuma buguwar Garrett turbocharger yana cikin jituwa tare da muryar Gilmer-type na motar motar motar motar motar motar motar motar motar motar motar motsa jiki. 's gaba inci, zamewa kulle gaban tether a kan pavement.Analog ne na wani fusacin bulldog yana jan motarsa.
An saki birki kuma Vector ya catapulted tare da ɗan ƙaramin dabaran, wani hayaki daga mai Michelin da ɗan ƙaramin gefe. tarkacen tarkace yana jujjuya cikin injin yayin da sifar sa mai siffar tsinke ya fashe wani buɗaɗɗiyar a cikin iska.Duk da kusan kwata mil, sautin injin ɗin har yanzu ana iya gani yayin da motar ta wuce cikin tarko.seed?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). Its acceleration and speed into a more exclusive club, with charter members being the Ferrari F40 and the Untember it has the untested its Lambo;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 Vector ɗin da ake ginawa, ya ce, “Ba ƙaramin mota ba ne aka murɗe shi ya mutu.Mota ce babba wadda ba ta 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.
Manyan faranti kamar yadda injin yake da kanta a gefe guda a cikin shimfidar ƙasa, da kuma aski wanda aka yi amfani da shi a cikin '70s.but a gaban kowane bangare a cikin 3 -speed watsawa shine manufa-gina ta hanyar venector masana'antu ta amfani da kayan da zai iya tsayayya da 630 lb-ft.tato da 7900 rpm da 7.0.0.
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 yankin.Ya bayyana: "Idan [tsarin] ya kasance duk monocoque, za ka samu mai yawa karkatarwa kuma zai yi wuya a gina shi daidai.Idan duk firam ɗin sararin samaniya ne, za ku buga yanki ɗaya kuma ku shafi komai saboda kowane bututun masu biyan kuɗi suna ɗaukar 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 cikin raya, positioned by hudu trailing makamai da mika duk hanyar zuwa Firewall.Koni daidaitacce buga absorbers da concentric marẽmari suna ko'ina used.The birki ne babbar 13 inci.Ventilated alwatika fayafai. a kan 3800 lbs.NASCAR stock mota, da machined aluminum harsashi na dabaran dubi game da diamita na wani kofi iya.
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 yi kira tare da ƙofa mai buɗewa. Shigarwa aiki ne mai ban tsoro ga waɗanda ba a san su ba, tare da matsakaicin matsakaici da ƙaramin sarari tsakanin wurin zama da gaban ƙofar kofa.David Kostka yana amfani da ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwayar tsoka don zamewa a kan tudu da cikin wurin fasinja tare da alherin 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 rpm 900 mara aiki. Ana nuna injin mai mahimmanci da ayyukan watsawa akan abin da Vector ya kira "allon-style na jirgin sama mai daidaitawa electroluminescent nuni" - wanda ke nufin allon bayanai daban-daban guda huɗu suna samuwa. Ko da kuwa allon, akwai alamar zaɓin gear a gefen hagu na tachometer - na'urorin haɗi - zuwa dusar ƙanƙara. wanda ke gudana a tsaye ta hanyar madaidaicin ma'ana, da kuma nuni na dijital a cikin taga mai nuni.Kostka ya bayyana yadda sashin tef ɗin motsi ke ba da bayanin canjin canji wanda nunin dijital kaɗai ba zai iya ba.Na yi wa na'urar bugun jini don ganin abin da yake nufi, kuma na kalli tef ɗin ya yi tsalle a kusa da allura zuwa kusan 3000 rpm, sannan komawa aiki.
Ina isa ga madaidaicin mashin ɗin, na nutse cikin sill ɗin taga zuwa hagu na, na juyo na koma kan titi.Bayan zaɓen tuƙi, muka nufi titin Wilmington zuwa ga babbar hanyar San Diego zuwa tsaunukan da ke sama da Malibu.
Kamar yadda tare 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 ni.The waje madubi ne kananan amma da kyau sanya, amma shi da kewaye da taswirar da taswirar possi. d a cikin duniya ya shimfiɗa kuma ya haɗu da dash down, yana ba da kyakkyawar hangen nesa na kwalta 'yan yadi a gaban mota.
Steering ne mai iko-taimaka rack-da-pinion tsari da yake moderately nauyi tare da kyau kwarai daidaici.A kan downside, babu mai yawa son kai, wanda ya sa shi da wuya ga wanda ba saba da su samu tare.By kwatanta, da ba-taimakon birki na bukatar mai yawa karfi-50 fam ga mu 0.5g gari downctor 3.0 zuwa 3 fam daga nesa daga 0.5g City tasha 3. mph zuwa 250 ƙafa kuma daga 60 mph zuwa 145 ƙafa shine mafi nisa mafi kyau ga Ferrari Testarossa-ko da yake Redhead yana amfani da kusan rabin matsa lamba don kawar da sauri. Ko da ba tare da ABS ba (tsarin da zai kasance a ƙarshe), tsayawa yana tsaye kuma gaskiya ne, tare da ƙaddamarwa da aka saita don kulle tayoyin gaba a gaban taya na baya.
Kostka ya nufi hanyar babbar hanya a kan tudu, na yarda, kuma nan da nan mun kasance 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 mai zurfi a cikin tsagi, sa'an nan kuma ja da baya, daga injin da za a iya ƙarawa a cikin injin da sauri don haɓaka injin da sauri don haɓaka injin. gaban girma.
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 gate ɗin da ke sarrafa na'urar 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. ck 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 kuma wasu ƙalubalen canyon hanyoyi. A cikin gwaji na ranar da ta 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. Amincewa.Cornering yana da sauri da kaifi, kuma flatness na kusurwar matsayi yana da kyau sosai. Babban gilashin 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 bijimin a cikin wani china shop. The mota craves babban, babban amfani da juyayi, inda za a iya saukar da iko da ikon da za a iya saukar da shi. amincewa.Yana da wuya a yi tunanin muna tuki wani jimiri racing Porsche yayin da muka Gudu ta cikin wadannan manyan-radius sasanninta.
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.