... Chaparral 2J ground-effect car should be banned from Can-Am racing. Where do you stand?— Robert F. Robinson, Monterey, Calif. A. The Chaparral's design is revolutionary and its performance phenomenal. There is a good chance that all ...
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... Chaparral 2J: The 'Sucker Car' Dick Rutherford, 'The Incredible Chaparral 2J: An Entirely New Concept of Downforce Promises to Make this Can-Am Car Stick Like Glue in the 2 3 Corners', Corvette News (August/September 1970), pp. 4–9 ...
Pro Methods for Improved Handling, Safety and Performance Fred Puhn. The Chaparral 2J used a small on- board engine to drive the suction fan which blew air out the back of the body . There was no attempt to disguise this design , and it ...
... 2J After the failure of the 2H , Hall rallied his forces to build the famed 2J " Sucker Car " for the 1970 Can- Am season . It used a snowmobile engine to spin fans that ... CHAPARRAL Chaparral Cars Midland , Texas CHAPARRAL 1 Year built.
Fourteen Years of Raucous Silence! 1957-1970 Paul Van Valkenburgh. The Chaparral 2J “ sucker car ” in revision No. 2. At this time the rear wheels were enclosed , and the two fans and engines were mounted above the transaxle . The guides ...
... Chaparral 2C is able to stay longer at top speed, because this wing is used ... 2J is a fantastic car to drive; its technical complexity causes many ... Chaparral 1), then the “wing”car (Chaparral 2A 2G), then an attempt to design a ...
... Chaparral 2J of 1969 presented a new negative - lift concept : two motor - driven fans were used to draw in air from under the car , and thus increased the force between vehicle and road . This ' vacuum cleaner ' ( Fig . 7.16 ) was soon ...
... Chaparral 2J of 1969 had a totally different concept of generating downforce (Figure 9.11). Two motor- driven fans sucked air from under the vehicle, resulting in a net force pushing the vehicle onto the road. This “vacuum effect” was ...