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jinxy 12-24-2007 03:24 AM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
I doubt that's a ford solar car prototype. Looks more like an engineering project ford is sponsoring for some sort of race.


http://www.engin.umich.edu/solarcar/pics.html

y7turbo 12-24-2007 05:35 PM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
what size boiler? 597 pipefitter here, just wondering.

widebody93 12-25-2007 11:31 AM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
Paoli isnt too far from me, you going to the slopes this year, could have a HMT slope gathering, I'm in Seymour

Eville140 12-25-2007 12:06 PM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
I can probably make it to Clay city a couple times this coming year. If you guys want to hit the track give me a yell.

#1NISMO 12-25-2007 08:43 PM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
yea i doubt it was a ford prototype too, my highschool used to have a solar car team, we were sponsered by chevy and actually did pretty good in our geo metro. it had a motor out of a NYC subway in it and weighed 3500 lbs with all the batteries. We placed 2nd overall in the 2005 tour de sol, the national government sponsored alternative fuel race. Our highschool beat out every university and companies like lockheed martin and boeing, we were a pretty big deal for like a year then a flood killed our car and all our ----

Smith-02 12-25-2007 08:46 PM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
theres a hydrogen powered ford 300 inside of a focus hatch sitting inside of there

crxmatt2 12-26-2007 12:15 AM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 

Originally Posted by y7turbo
what size boiler? 597 pipefitter here, just wondering.

Don't know specs but the fucker was huge. 8000 lbs

crxmatt2 12-26-2007 12:16 AM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 

Originally Posted by widebody93
Paoli isnt too far from me, you going to the slopes this year, could have a HMT slope gathering, I'm in Seymour

Yeah they started blowing snow last week. I'll prob go up there a few times this year.. Expensive as ---- though

crxmatt2 12-26-2007 12:18 AM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 

Originally Posted by joebowlr21
+1

True story. But can't say that I didn't try. I actually had the motor running in the car so it was a lesson learned. i had the fucker torn out and put back in 3 times.

joebowlr21 12-26-2007 12:20 AM

Re: This pulled up to our jobsite Friday.
 
oh so u failed not once....but 3 times.....ok just wanted to calrify O0


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