neon4891
neon4891 Dork
11/29/08 5:24 p.m.

Wooden supercar

A car made mostly from wood with a twin supercharged northstar. Highlights include wood wheels, wood springs, revearse cylinder heads and the wing is the muffler

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
11/29/08 5:31 p.m.

I'd forgotten about this project.. very cool!

Duke
Duke Dork
11/29/08 8:30 p.m.

Did you see the cross section diagram under Specs? I don't know if I like the idea of that Northstar bolted to wood structure directly behind my spine!

But overall the thing looks cool as hell.

Woody
Woody Dork
11/29/08 9:48 p.m.

You kind of freaked me out there for a minute...

Travis_K
Travis_K Reader
11/29/08 11:10 p.m.
Woody wrote: You kind of freaked me out there for a minute...

me too lol

Tommy Suddard
Tommy Suddard
11/30/08 6:39 a.m.

Wouldn't the wing put a lot of stress on the headers?

Helterskelter
Helterskelter Reader
11/30/08 7:17 a.m.

In reply to Tommy Suddard:

I imagine there's some sort of additional support hidden in there. It's hard to tell from the pictures. If there is not some sort of extra support, then yes, I wouldn't expect those headers to last very long. The whole thing seems more an exercise in design that a serious car. It's still very cool, I've never seen reversed cylinder flow like that.

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