"Echiche bụ iji wuo aha, ọ bụghị ịnya ịnyịnya," Gerald Wiegert kwuru n'olu nke dị nro ma dị egwu. Onye isi oche nke Vector Aeromotive adịghị enwe okomoko nke nhọrọ ikpeazụ, ọ bụ ezie na ọ nọ na-arụ ọrụ kemgbe 1971 iji chepụta ma mepụta ejima-turbo Vector, 625-horsepower-processing 2-seat technology na-eji teknụzụ ọgbara ọhụrụ na-eji teknụzụ ọgbara ọhụrụ 2-seat. sketches ka ụfụfụ ụdị ka zuru-ọnụ ọgụgụ ụdị, Vector e mbụ gosiri na Los Angeles Auto Expo na 1976.A na-arụ ọrụ prototype e dechara afọ abụọ mgbe e mesịrị, pieced ọnụ si components anakọtara si junkyards na-asa si akụkụ - na-enye ụlọ.He kwuru na a na-adịghị ike aku na uba na imebi nkatọ si akpakanamde mgbasa ozi mebie mgbalị iji nweta ego maka ihe ọ bụla ma a nrọ prostined a nrọ maka n'okporo ámá na-na-na-na-na-enye ụlọ.
Wigt kwesịrị ụfọdụ ụdị nrite maka nnọgidesi ike, ụfọdụ ụdị ụgwọ ọrụ maka sheer tenacity.Buck na-emekarị, na-eleghara anya ghosts na-akwa ákwá nke Tucker dara, DeLorean na Bricklin adventures.Vector Aeromotive Corp. na Wilmington, Calif., N'ikpeazụ dị njikere ịmepụta otu ụgbọ ala otu izu. Ndị mmegide na-achọ naanị ịga leta ndị nwe ha na-eme njem n'azụ ụgbọ ala Switzerland na-aga n'ihu na mpaghara ọhụrụ nke Switzerland. mbụ mmepụta Vector W8 ejima-turbo e rere Saudi Prince, onye 25 ụgbọ ala collection, nke nwekwara a Porsche 959 na a Bentley Turbo R) .A na-ewu ihe dị ka asatọ ọzọ Vectors na-ewu na dị iche iche nkebi nke mmecha, si rolling chassis na nso-emecha ụgbọ ala.
Ndị ka na-ekwenyeghi kwesịrị ịma na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ toro site n'otu ụlọ na ndị ọrụ anọ na 1988 ruo ụlọ anọ na-agbakọta n'elu 35,000 square ụkwụ na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ndị ọrụ 80 n'oge ederede. Na Vector agafewo ule nkwụsị nke DOT dị mma (30 mph n'ihu na azụ, ọnụ ụzọ na ụlọ okuku ule na nanị otu chassis);A na-aga n'ihu n'ule ikuku ikuku. Ewelitere ihe karịrị nde $13 n'isi ego na-arụ ọrụ site na onyinye ngwaahịa ọha abụọ na-ere ahịa.
Ma n'ehihie na-ekpo ọkụ nke ehihie na Pomona, Calif., ebe ngosi ihe ngosi, omume okwukwe kachasị nke Wigt pụtara ìhè. Otu gwongworo dị larịị nke bu Vector W8 TwinTurbos na-agafe n'okporo ụzọ asphalt dị obosara na-aga n'okporo ụzọ ahụ na-adọkpụ.
Ebe ọ bụ na 1981, Vector's VP of Engineering, David Kostka, enyela ụfọdụ ndụmọdụ maka otu esi enweta oge ngwa ngwa kachasị mma. Mgbe ụfọdụ ule a maara nke ọma, Kim na-agbanye Vector na akara nhazi ma malitegharịa kọmputa ule.
Anya nchegbu pụtara n'ihu Kostka. O kwesịrị inwe. Afọ iri nke na-arụ ọrụ awa 12 n'ụbọchị, ụbọchị asaa n'izu, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ nke ndụ ya na-amụ anya - ọ bụghị n'igosi akụkụ dị ukwuu nke mkpụrụ obi ya - na-etinye aka na ụgbọ ala ahụ.
Ọ dịghị mkpa ichegbu onwe ya.Kim na-etinye ụkwụ ya na breeki, họrọ 1st gear na-eji trottle na-ebu ụgbọala drivetrain.The roar nke 6.0-liter all-aluminom V-8 engine bụ ihe na-esiwanye ike, na whistle nke Garrett turbocharger bụ n'ikwekọ na whine nke Gilmer-ụdị ụdị brake na-alụ ọgụ na-alụ ọgụ ụgbọ ala mgbanaka ụgbọ ala. 's forward inch, sliding the ekpochi n'ihu tether na pavement.Ọ bụ ihe analọg nke bulldog iwe na-adọta ụgbọ ala ya.
A tọhapụrụ brek na Vector catapulted pụọ na obere ntụgharị wheel, a plume nke anwụrụ ọkụ si na abụba Michelin na a nta sidestep. Na ntabi anya - a paltry 4.2 sekọnd - ọ na-akụ 60 mph, oge tupu 1-2 shift. The Vector whizzes gara aga dị ka a nnukwu-bore Can-Am, na-aga n'ihu na-egwu egwu na-amụba . irighiri irighiri ihe na-abanye n'ime oghere ka ọdịdị ya dị ka wedge na-agbawa oghere n'ikuku. N'agbanyeghị ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu ụzọ n'ụzọ anọ nke kilomita, a ka na-ahụ ụda nke injin ahụ ka ụgbọ ala ahụ na-agafe na ọnyà.speed?124.0 mph n'ime nanị 12.0 sekọnd.
Elekere iri na abụọ. Ọnụ ọgụgụ ahụ na-etinye Vector nke ọma n'ihu ndị na-ebu ọkọlọtọ dị ka Acura NSX (sekọnd 14.0), Ferrari Testarossa (sekọnd 14.2) na Corvette ZR-1 (sekọnd 13.4) .Ọsọ ọsọ ya na ọsọ abanye n'otu ụlọ ọrụ pụrụ iche, yana ndị òtù Charter bụ Ferrari F40 na Mghiri na-akwụ ụgwọ ya na Lambo.Vector W8 TwinTurbo na-ere ahịa maka $283,750, dị ọnụ karịa Lamborghini ($211,000) mana erughị Ferrari (F40 US-spec na-efu ihe dị ka $400,000).
Ya mere, gịnị na-eme Vector W8 akara? Iji zaa ajụjụ m ọ bụla ma nye njem nlegharị anya nke Vector facility, Mark Bailey bụ VP nke Production, onye bụbu onye ọrụ Northrop na onye bụbu onye asọmpi Can-Am.
N’ịtụ aka n’ọnụ mmiri nke igwe Vector a na-arụ, ọ sịrị, “Ọ bụghị obere moto ka agbagọworo wee nwụọ.Ọ bụ nnukwu moto na-adịghị arụ ọrụ siri ike.”
Isii-lita niile-aluminom 90-ogo pushrod V-8, ngọngọ mere site Rodeck, 2-valvụ cylinder isi mere site Air Flow Research.The ogologo blocks e kpọkọtara na dynamometer nwalere site Shaver Specialties na Torrance, CA.Ihe ọ bụla ọ na-ewe;ndepụta akụkụ engine na-agụ dị ka ndepụta ekeresimesi nke onye mgbanaka mgbanaka: TRW pistons ekpuworo, Carrillo igwe anaghị agba nchara njikọ mkpanaka, valvụ igwe anaghị agba nchara, ogwe aka rola, cranks arụrụ arụ, akọrọ na ihe nzacha atọ dị iche iche Sistemụ sump mmanụ.Egwu igwe anaghị agba nchara nwere akwa akwa anodized na-acha anụnụ anụnụ iji buru mmiri mmiri ebe niile.
The okpueze ebube nke a engine ụgha na ya kpughere intercooler mgbakọ, nke a na-ewu si aluminum na polished ka a dazzling sheen.It nwere ike wepụrụ si ụgbọ ala na nkeji site loosening anọ ngwa-ntọhapụ aero clamps.It jikọọ a dual mmiri-mma Garrett turbocharger na mejupụtara a ụgbọ ala center ngalaba na ihe impeller ụlọ na ụgbọ elu-spe.
A na-edozi mgbanye ọkụ site na mkpuchi nke onye ọ bụla maka cylinder ọ bụla, na nnyefe mmanụ bụ site na ntinye ntụtụ ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri dị iche iche, na-eji injectors omenala sitere na otu Bosch R & D. A na-ahazi Spark na mmanụ ụgbọala site na usoro njikwa engine nke Vector programmable.
Ịkwado efere dị ka mara mma dị ka engine n'onwe ya ọnọdụ ya laterally na cradles.Blue anodized na embossed milled aluminum billet, otu bolts ka ngwa n'akụkụ nke ngọngọ na ndị ọzọ abụọ dị ka engine / nnyefe nkwụnye efere.The nnyefe bụ a GM Turbo Hydra-matic, eji V-8 kwadoro n'ihu-drive Olds Toronado na CadBuc3 na nso nso El7speed akụkụ na CadBuc3. bụ nzube-wuru site na Vector subcontractors na-eji ihe ndị nwere ike iguzogide 630 lb-ft.Torque nke engine na-emepụta na 4900 rpm na 7.0 psi boost.
Mark Bailey nwere ịnụ ọkụ n'obi ka ọ na-ejegharị m n'ime ụlọ ahịa a na-emepụta ihe, na-atụ aka na nnukwu chrome-molybdenum ígwè tubular frame, ala aluminom mmanụ aṅụ, na epoxy-boded na rived na etiti ahụ iji mepụta etiti siri ike.Aluminom mpempe akwụkwọ na shei extrusion area. Ọ kọwara, sị: "Ọ bụrụ na [ihe owuwu] niile monocoque, ị ga-enweta ọtụtụ nke na-atụgharị na ọ ga-esi ike iji wuo ya nke ọma.Ọ bụrụ na ọ bụ oghere oghere niile, ị ga-akụ otu mpaghara wee metụta ihe ọ bụla ọzọ n'ihi na tube ọ bụla subs na-eburu ihe niile.A na-eji eriri carbon dị iche iche rụọ ahụ, Kevlar, mats fiberglass, na fiberglass na-enweghị isi, ọ nweghịkwa nchekasị.
A stiffer chassis nwere ike mma ijikwa ibu nke nnukwu nkwusioru components.The Vector na-eji beefy okpukpu abụọ A-ogwe aka n'ihu na a oke De Dion tube n'azụ, positioned site anọ trailing ogwe aka na-agbatị n'ụzọ nile na firewall.Koni kemeghi ujo absorbers na concentric iyi na-ọtụtụ ebe ji.The brek bụ nnukwu 13 sentimita asatọ.Ventiled emebere discs na ndị yiri aluminum discs. na 3800 lbs.NASCAR ngwaahịa ụgbọ ala, na machined aluminum shei nke wheel anya banyere dayameta nke a kọfị can.Ọ bụghị otu mpempe chassis bụ substandard, ma ọ bụ ọbụna dị nnọọ ezu.
Njem ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe na-adịru ụbọchị dum. E nwere ọtụtụ ihe ịhụ na Bailey na-arụsi ọrụ ike iji gosi m akụkụ ọ bụla nke ịwa ahụ. M ga-alaghachi na ụgbọala.
Saturday rutere, na slate-agba ntụ mmepe ụgbọ ala anyị nwalere beckoned na onye gbatịrị swing door. Ntinye bụ a egwu ọrụ maka uninitiated, na agafeghị oke ọnụ ụzọ na pụtara obere ohere n'etiti oche na n'ihu nke ọnụ ụzọ frame.David Kostka na-ewere uru nke muscle ebe nchekwa slide gafee ledge na n'ime njem oche na gymnast amara;M na-abanye n'oche ọkwọ ụgbọ ala dị ka mgbada amụrụ ọhụrụ.
Ikuku na-esi ísì akpụkpọ anụ, dị ka ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ihe ọ bụla n'ime ime ụlọ na-ekpuchi akpụkpọ anụ, ma e wezụga maka dashboard na-agbasawanye, bụ nke a na-agwụ na ihe dị mkpa suede. The Wilton wool carpeted floor bụ kpamkpam dị larịị, na-ekwe ka Recaros eletrik na-agbanwe agbanwe na-etinye ya n'ime obere sentimita ole na ole nke ibe ya. Ebe oche dị n'etiti na-enye ohere ụkwụ onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala ịkụ pedals ogologo, ọ bụ ezie na a na-atụle ihe mkpuchi wheel.
Nnukwu engine na-abịa ndụ na ntụgharị mbụ nke igodo ahụ, na-eme ka ọ dị elu ruo 900 rpm na-abaghị uru. A na-egosipụta engine dị mkpa na ọrụ nnyefe na ihe Vector na-akpọ "ụdị ụgbọ elu reconfigurable electroluminescent ngosi" - nke pụtara na ihuenyo ozi anọ dị iche iche dị. N'agbanyeghị ihuenyo ahụ, enwere ihe ngosi nhọrọ gear n'akụkụ aka ekpe nke tachometer - ihe ngosi nke okpomọkụ - site na ihe ngosi nke tachometer - site na ihe ngosi nke tachometer. nke na-agba ọsọ n'ụzọ kwụ ọtọ site na mkpịsị aka edozi, yana ihe ngosi dijitalụ na windo pointer.Kostka na-akọwa otú ngalaba teepu na-agagharị na-enye ozi ọnụego mgbanwe nke ihe ngosi dijitalụ na-enweghị ike. M na-akụda na ngwa ngwa iji hụ ihe ọ pụtara, ma lelee teepu ahụ na-awụgharị gburugburu agịga na gburugburu 3000 rpm, wee laghachi na-abaghị uru.
N'ịbịarute aka nke onye na-agbanwe padded, na-emikpu n'ime window sill n'aka ekpe m, m gbanwere ma laghachi azụ n'okporo ámá. N'ịbụ ndị ahọrọla ụgbọala ahụ, anyị gafere n'okporo ámá Wilmington na-aga San Diego Freeway n'ugwu dị n'elu Malibu.
Dị ka ọtụtụ Exotics, n'azụ visibiliti bụ fọrọ nke nta na-adịghị adị, na Vector nwere kpuru ìsì ntụpọ na Ford Crown Victoria nwere ike mfe accommodate.Lengthen gị neck.Through na warara shutters nke mkpuchi, M nwere ike ịhụ naanị windshield na antenna nke ụgbọ ala n'azụ m. The mputa enyo bụ obere ma ọma na-edebe map, ma ọ na-akwụ ụgwọ n'ihu okporo ụzọ possi. d n'ime ụwa gbatịrị ma na-ezute dash ala, na-enye echiche chiri anya nke asphalt ahụ ole na ole n'ihu ụgbọ ala ahụ.
Nduzi bụ ike-enyere aka rack-na-pinion ndokwa nke dị moderately fechaa na magburu onwe nkenke.N'akụkụ ala, ọ dịghị ọtụtụ nke onwe-eche echiche, nke na-eme ka ọ na-esiri ndị na-amaghị ihe na-emekọrịta ihe. Site n'iji ya tụnyere, ndị na-abụghị ndị na-enyere brek na-achọ a otutu ike-50 pound maka anyị 0.5g mita ala 3 pounds site na 0.5g obodo nkwụsị 3.0. mph ruo 250 ụkwụ na site na 60 mph ruo 145 ụkwụ bụ ebe kachasị mma maka Ferrari Testarossa-ọ bụ ezie na Redhead na-eji ihe dị ka ọkara nke nrụgide pedal wepụ ọsọ ọsọ. Ọbụna na-enweghị ABS (usoro nke ga-emecha dị adị), nkwụsị dị ogologo na eziokwu, na-eme ka a na-atụgharị anya na-emechi taya n'ihu n'ihu taya azụ azụ.
Kostka gawa kwupụta okporo ụzọ on-ramp, ekwenyere m, na n'oge na-adịghị anyị nọ nwayọọ n'ebe ugwu okporo ụzọ.Gaps na-amalite na-apụta n'etiti ụgbọ ala, na-ekpughe ihe na-adọrọ adọrọ na-emeghe ngwa ngwa lane.At David's advice, risking licenses and limbs.I pushed the knob of the gear lever down about an inch deep into the groove, then wered back, from the vershed and the engine to boosting, from the vershed in the engine, from the vershed back, from the vershed in the engine, from the versh n'ihu nnukwu isi.
Mgbe ahụ na-abịa raw, ngwa ngwa ngwa ngwa nke na-amanye ọbara n'ime ụbụrụ anụ ahụ na azụ nke okpokoro isi;Ụdị nke na-eme ka ị na-elekwasị anya n'okporo ụzọ dị n'ihu, n'ihi na ị ga-erute ebe ahụ mgbe ị na-amị amị.An electronically-achịkwa wastegate na-etinye aka na ihe dị ka 7 psi, na-ahapụ nkwalite na a pụrụ iche oghere swish.Kụzie brek ọzọ;Enwere m olileanya na anaghị m atụ egwu nwoke ahụ nọ na Datsun B210 n'ihu m. N'ụzọ dị mwute, anyị enweghị ike ịmegharị usoro ahụ n'elu gia n'okporo ụzọ awara awara na-enweghị ihe mgbochi n'atụghị egwu enyemaka ndị uwe ojii.
Ikpe ikpe site W8′s nnukwu osooso na wedge udi, ọ dị mfe ikwere na ọ ga-kụrụ 200 mph.Kostka akụkọ, Otú ọ dị, na 3rd redline bụ achievable - ọkụkụ 218 mph (gụnyere taya ibu) .N'ụzọ dị mwute, anyị ga-echere ụbọchị ọzọ iji nyochaa nke a, dị ka ụgbọ ala na-arụ ọrụ n'elu.
Mgbe e mesịrị, dị ka anyị chụpụrụ ala Pacific Coast Highway, Vector's kama civilized ọdịdị bịara pụtara ìhè.It feels smaller and more nimble than its big width and kama imposing styling.Suspension soaks up small bumps with ease, ibu ndị na composure (na ihe ọzọ dị mkpa, ọ dịghị ala), na nwere a siri ike, ubé nkume na-agba ịnyịnya àgwà nke na-echetara m valvụ anyị ogologo oge-30Z Tour. ck ngosi na okpomọkụ na nrụgide niile bụ ihe nkịtị.
Okpomọkụ dị n'ime Vector Black dị ntakịrị ọkụ, mana ụgbọ ala a ọ nwere ntụ oyi?Ajụrụ m n'olu dara ụda karịa ka ọ na-adị. David kwenye ma pịa bọtịnụ na njikwa ikuku ikuku. N'ezie ikuku oyi dị irè dị ụkọ n'ime ụgbọ ala dị egwu, ma mgbawa nke ikuku oyi na-agbapụ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ozugbo site na ole na ole nwa anodized eyeball vents.
N'oge na-adịghị anya, anyị tụgharịa n'ebe ugwu kwupụta foothills na ụfọdụ ihe ịma aka Canyon ụzọ.Na gara aga ụbọchị ule, na Vector na-emepụta 0.97 grams na Pomona skateboard, ọnụ ọgụgụ kasị elu anyị na mgbe e dekọrọ na ihe ọ bụla ọzọ karịa a agbụrụ ụgbọ ala.N'okporo ụzọ ndị a, nnukwu akara ukwu nke Michelin XGT Plus taya (25ZR/45ZR-116R) ntụkwasị obi.Cornering bụ ngwa ngwa na nkọ, na flatness nke cornering stance bụ magburu onwe. Nnukwu windshield struts agbasaghị igbochi anyị anya nke apex nke obere-radius nkuku anyị zutere, ebe 82.0-inch-wide Vector na-eche a bit dị ka oké ehi na a china shop. The ụgbọ ala na-achọsi nnukwu, nnukwu turns, nwere ike na-enwe ike na-enwe ike na-enwe ike na-eme ka e nwee ike na-eme ka e nwee ike na-eme ka ọ dị elu nke obere radius. confidence.Ọ bụghị ike iche n'echiche anyị na-akwọ ụgbọala ntachi obi ọduọ Porsche ka anyị sprint site ndị a nnukwu-radius nkuku.
Peter Schutz, onye isi oche na onye isi oche nke Porsche site na 1981 ruo 1988 na onye otu Vector's advisory board kemgbe 1989, agaghị ewepụ ntụnyere ahụ.Okpu na Gerald Wiegert na ndị otu ya nke injinia raara onwe ya nye, yana ndị ọzọ niile nwere ntachi obi na mkpebi siri ike iweta nrọ ha na ndụ.