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Jocko Johnson supercharged tether car.
Fullsize image: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/h...r_fullsize.jpg
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...028#post164587
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...644#post163031
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...829#post133451
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...713#post128897
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...775#post136887
Jeez - that's some hairy build, and the attention to detail is "outta this world": Chain driven compressor... Yikes.
-But it being a tether car - shouldn't it also have a "panhandle" for the center wire?
I hope that has a really long tether
Don't they typically go 'round counter clockwise, would the tether be attached on the side we cannot see?
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-...car-racing.htm
Nope, they're tethered by a 33 ft wire in a permanent right turn
(except the non-conforming Brits, that evidently has to go CCW "because positive chassis ground "):),
so the "bridle" should really stick out on the shown side above:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2gILyI2vJ0
electric versions also exist, and one of the few seem to work pretty well too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-SN7ieovDk
The track has a 70 foot dia, and timing is 8 laps averaged = 500m
AMRCA Tech regulations:TECHNICAL REGULATIONS | Tether Cars