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Fornasari cars: The Racing Buggy

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Khatir Soltani
As reported by Fornasari cars

THE RACING BUGGY represents the access point to the Fornasari's world. It has been designed with 2 levels of mechanic; one is more accessible , the other one uses the classic architecture of Fornasari with a tube chassis, overlapped triangle suspensions and a Chevrolet motorization. This is a vehicle particularly studied for a everyday and every conditions use and particularly indicated for the free time thanks to the possibility to be competed open. For the rest it keeps unchanged the technical information of the RR600 and a big capacity of a off road and relevant performances on road. The wheel base is shorter and the line is particularly aggressive and underline the possibility of a use more uninhibited and less binding then the RR600.

(Photo: Fornasari)

MECHANICAL
The car's skeleton consists of a special steel piping chassis in molybdenum-chrome that means a real space-frame in a 5 users' model adaptation. More than 450 pipelines go across in order to obtain stiffness and torsion capability with a weight of less than 150 kg. The suspension triangles are equal on the four sides and they are mechanical jewels, with welding joints like those in Formula 1. The suspensions travel of 240 mm has been studied so as not to affect or change in any extent the geometrical configuration, as it had been set.

THE CHASSIS

The car's skeleton consists of a special steel piping chassis in molybdenum-chrome that means a real space-frame in a 5 users' model adaptation. More than 450 pipelines go across in order to obtain stiffness and torsion capability with a weight of less than 150 kg. The suspension triangles are equal on the four sides and they are mechanical jewels, with welding joints like those in Formula 1. The suspensions travel of 240 mm has been studied so as not to affect or change in any extent the geometrical configuration, as it had been set.

THE ENGINE

The heart consists of the latest generation of engines by General Motors' as reviewed by Fornasari in the U.S. under the specialist Mr. Cottrell. The result is a light but reliable complex all built in aluminium. Sparing of consumption, in compliance with law about gas emissions puts no limits to power exploitation, which comes to be underlined by great values of torque.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Engine: 6.000cc-8 Cylinders
Power: 610Cv @ 6000 rpm
Torque: 748Nm @ 5100 rpm
Traction: Integral 4WD
Lenght: 520CM
Width: 215CM
Height: 185CM
Wheelbase: 325Cm
Weight: 1850kg
Seats: 5

PERFORMANCES
Max Speed (self-limited): 280KM/H
Accelleration 0-100Km/h: 3.8 seconds
Chilometro da fermo: 23 secondi

DRIVE TRAIN ALL WHEEL DRIVE
Central differential: Viscous coupling 60% rear, 40% front
Rear differential: Dana 44 slip limited
Automatic transmission: Hydra-matic 6 speed
Manual transmission: Borg Warner 6 speed
Gear ratios: Automatic: 4,02/ 2,36 / 1,53 / 1,15 / 0,85 / 0,67 / 3,06.
Manual: 1^2.66, 2^1.78, 3^1.30, 4^1.00, 5^0.74, 6^0.50, reverse 2.90
Axle ratios: Automatic 4.10, Manual 4.56

(Photo: Fornasari)


Khatir Soltani
Khatir Soltani
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