Consulier GTPs up for grabs...

[Reaper1]

I wonder what tests they used back then to certify low production cars like this. Knowing what I do about composites (they typically don't take impact very well), it seems to me that if that thing took a 60mph hit to the nose from a non-movable wall it would have suffered quite a bit more damage. We also don't know the extent of the damage throughout the tub. Composites are very good at hiding very serious flaws. That's where non-destructive testing comes into play (ultrasonic, x-ray, ect.)

Now, I will admit that I don't know the construction of the tub. There are build methods that could in fact work very well. A good example: look at how the LMP cars did this year. They were going THROUGH the barriers!

[Johnny]

LMP cars

??????????

[GLHNSLHT2]

LeMans Prototype cars

[MPI_duster]

I wonder what tests they used back then to certify low production cars like this. Knowing what I do about composites (they typically don't take impact very well), it seems to me that if that thing took a 60mph hit to the nose from a non-movable wall it would have suffered quite a bit more damage. We also don't know the extent of the damage throughout the tub. Composites are very good at hiding very serious flaws. That's where non-destructive testing comes into play (ultrasonic, x-ray, ect.)

Now, I will admit that I don't know the construction of the tub. There are build methods that could in fact work very well. A good example: look at how the LMP cars did this year. They were going THROUGH the barriers!

I'm picking up one of their crash test cars soon to snag some parts out of it. Just fly in for a visit and you can give it a look.

[Johnny]

It says they have the car raised up to give 6" of ground clearance. How much do you have?

Mine is 5-1/2 inches.

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The front hatch is much larger on the series two, would love to see a photo of what it looks like inside.

[Reaper1]

I'm picking up one of their crash test cars soon to snag some parts out of it. Just fly in for a visit and you can give it a look.

I'll give Ryan a call...be right out!

[Rrider]

Lop off the crash damage and graft on another 2.2 up there.

[Johnny]

Found this book......
Detroit Steel: New Age of the Great American Performance Car
by Fetherston, David
Published by Osprey Publishing, 1994

Has a couple pages on the Consulier GTP
(and other FWD Mopars)

[168glhs1986]

Funny what this legend had to say about the Consulier

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...th-john-fitch/

[Reaper1]

I thought I saw this posted somewhere, but there's a video of them driving it around. John Fitch is driving...it's really neat.

[cordes]

I thought I saw this posted somewhere, but there's a video of them driving it around. John Fitch is driving...it's really neat.

It was posted in one of these threads.

[Johnny]

Any one figure out where/how to add a compression by-pass valve on one of these?

[GLHNSLHT2]

you mean a "compressor"???? should be easy.

[Johnny]

compression by-pass valve!
Some call it a blow-off valve (but its really not)

[cordes]

compression by-pass valve!
Some call it a blow-off valve (but its really not)

You're not really bypassing the compressor either...

[GLHS60]

T-II's don't need one unless you just want the noise.

Thanks
Randy

[Johnny]

I would disagree. To stop air surge back to the turbo, T1 or T2 why would that matter?

[JuXsA]

I wonder if you can modify it for a diverter valve instead of a BOV

[GLHS60]

T-II has special hoses specifically designed to prevent compressor surge.

Thanks
Randy

I would disagree. To stop air surge back to the turbo, T1 or T2 why would that matter?

[Johnny]

T-II has special hoses specifically designed to prevent compressor surge.

I have never seen this. I have seen the compression bypass valve in the air box on the later cars.