Tortional Stiffness Frame...
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I wondered if someone could give me some information regarding Atom 2 tortional stifness frame.
A lot of discussion are regarding engine power and torque, but for me, Frame tortional stifness is an important thing on an sport/ track car.
What could be the DaN /° of the Atom frame ?
For exemple ,an aluminium Lotus Elise space frame is 11000 DaN /°, and this is a good result for an road open car.
Ariel Atom could be more ?
A lot of discussion are regarding engine power and torque, but for me, Frame tortional stifness is an important thing on an sport/ track car.
What could be the DaN /° of the Atom frame ?
For exemple ,an aluminium Lotus Elise space frame is 11000 DaN /°, and this is a good result for an road open car.
Ariel Atom could be more ?
No I cannot give you an answer to that question though I would like to have it myself.
You should better ask Chas the Atom Student but unfortunately he wrote already :
>>>----but I`m bound by a confidentiality contract that I had to sign before starting the project agreeing not to give out any data of that kind. And your right about the shape of the chassis, its a unique shape that you associate with the atom and they dont want it radically changed.
Thanks Chas<<<
Without kidding :
I think that the Atom chassis having no doors should be stiffer than the glued Elise- chassis.
BTW: Today I have been in nearby Dülmen and have seen there the new Wiesman GT.
Now I hope they will build a roadster on that new mainly welded Al-chassis very soon. Such roadster will not need to have a BMW- V 8 or even V10 engine. A straight six having for sure more than 300 BHP will be more than enough..
I have driven their actual Oldie Roadster with sequential gearbox and studied the new GT. Now I got a new dream car.
Hartmut
ps
I was told that recently an American Atom owner has been in Dülmen, too. Maybe he therefore sold his Atom in the meantime.
You should better ask Chas the Atom Student but unfortunately he wrote already :
>>>----but I`m bound by a confidentiality contract that I had to sign before starting the project agreeing not to give out any data of that kind. And your right about the shape of the chassis, its a unique shape that you associate with the atom and they dont want it radically changed.
Thanks Chas<<<
Without kidding :
I think that the Atom chassis having no doors should be stiffer than the glued Elise- chassis.
BTW: Today I have been in nearby Dülmen and have seen there the new Wiesman GT.
Now I hope they will build a roadster on that new mainly welded Al-chassis very soon. Such roadster will not need to have a BMW- V 8 or even V10 engine. A straight six having for sure more than 300 BHP will be more than enough..
I have driven their actual Oldie Roadster with sequential gearbox and studied the new GT. Now I got a new dream car.
Hartmut
ps
I was told that recently an American Atom owner has been in Dülmen, too. Maybe he therefore sold his Atom in the meantime.
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