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Title: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Michael Moore on October 30, 2021, 04:19:17 PM
Ive a local contact who is involved in racing cars, usually oddball stuff for the Lemons (not LeMans) class.  I mentioned my Guzzi project to her and she sent me these two links to videos of the Fiat600/Guzzi "FiaGuzzi" racer her team built.

https://youtu.be/IPnpO48JiIA

https://youtu.be/W0MNXVAvDPQ

Pretty cool!

cheers,
Michael
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: fotoguzzi on October 30, 2021, 05:28:39 PM
Now that's some cool air cooling.
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: sidecarnutz on October 30, 2021, 05:56:46 PM
Its a shame that massive air ducting didn't work well enough for it. It'd be fun to see that project work well!
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Michael Moore on October 30, 2021, 07:07:32 PM
I'd not be surprised if the ducts add enough drag to offset any power gains, that's a lot of extra frontal area.  But the focus of the Lemons class seems to be more along the lines of having fun coming up with a wacky project that gets run on the race track vs actually winning.  Getting something built and and going around the track probably counts as a first-order win before a race is ever flagged off.
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: nc43bsa on October 30, 2021, 08:08:28 PM
Either this is a car I saw over a year ago, or there are TWO FiaGuzzis running around the track.

Think about them apples.   :grin:
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Turin on October 30, 2021, 08:39:33 PM
It's not going to go fast enough to worry about drag.
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Michael Moore on October 30, 2021, 11:50:11 PM
It can go at least as fast as a pushbike, and they worry about drag.   :laugh:
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Moparnut72 on October 31, 2021, 09:35:41 AM
This showed up at the Nevada State Guzzi Campout.


(https://i.ibb.co/Dt3CZN4/IMG-20210917-174344509-HDR.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Dt3CZN4)


The next day his wife showed up with this one. Brand X motor though, she didn't know if she should bring it. We told he we didn't discriminate.


(https://i.ibb.co/VmH21qm/IMG-20210917-174258691-HDR.jpg) (https://ibb.co/VmH21qm)
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Alfetta on November 01, 2021, 10:50:49 AM
man,  this makes me miss my 600 sooo bad...

I mostly miss those suicide doors !..  If you ever had a car so equipped, you would want nothing else, ever...
Title: Re: FiaGuzzi racer
Post by: Michael Moore on November 02, 2021, 03:36:39 PM
A FiaGuzzi with a different engine mounting scheme:


(https://i.ibb.co/mBrGLzH/Moto-Guzzi-in-FIAT-500.jpg) (https://ibb.co/mBrGLzH)