Kawasaki Factory Auto Racer
the build of a race car and a series which would use the 440cc 2-stroke two-cylinders snowmobile engine. Harvey Aschenbrenner was hired for the task, the design concept was to be a CanAm look-alike as the series was at its peak and the designs used there proved appealing to the public. Once the concept was settled, 3 months were given to build the show car in order to display it to the public.
Made out of sketches, bent metal and rough measurements, he built an aluminium monocoque tub with tubular sub frames. The whole car was mainly built by a one-manned division with the help of some local shops in order to get the machining and bodywork jobs done as well as sourcing some stuff from the local salvage yard. The engine was to be the 440cc racing engine and transmission would be sourced from one of the in-house stock with a lot of adaptation and guessing from Harvey.
yk its insane when it only weighs 600 pounds (including the driver)
70 horsepower 440c 2 stroke snowmobile engine
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