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Old 03-19-2013, 12:17 PM   #49
kfoote
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Originally Posted by ptclaus98 View Post
Would they have mechanical drive in the front? Seems like Electric would serve the purpose better.
Good point, that is a possibility, though I would expect that to come down to a question of weight vs packaging benefits. The current KERS weighs about 35 kg from what I have seen, and I think you could make a mechanical AWD for less weight than that with current technology, though I'm not sure on that.

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Originally Posted by falcongsr View Post
Why did the guys with the original idea for this thing walk away from it?
Nissan pulled pretty much all their motorsports funding in North America and a good chunk of Europe so they can run the V8 Supercar series this year. That's also why there wasn't a Nissan engine in the Delta Wing at Sebring.
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