Car Quiz. What was so significant about this Mini?

[EJ25RUN]

http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i329/AUTOLEGEND/Car.jpg?t=1323991555

[Genji-Sama]

Needz moar low? :dunno:

[alex14]

RWD?

[EJ25RUN]

RWD?

no. But on the right track. (So to speak)

[Echonova]

I'm thinking it was some sort of test mule, for what became the layout of all FWD cars today. Wasn't Mini the first to put the engine transversely?

[EJ25RUN]

I'm thinking it was some sort of test mule, for what became the layout of all FWD cars today. Wasn't Mini the first to put the engine transversely?

It was a test mule. For Speed.

But the first transverse setups were long before the mini.

edit...it was not a mule for any front wheel drive development.
I'll give a hint. The front wheels are locked and cannot steer. The rear wheels steer it. Another car would be created from this experiment.

[Austin?]

Stretch mini?

[EJ25RUN]

Final Hint.

What is the fastest rear wheel steering car in history?

[Drummerboy]

I was going to say it was the mule for 4 wheel steering, but I guess not from that last hint.

[Scotsman]

hell i dont know the anwser , but i am sure am glad to see you posting again , how have you been?

[EJ25RUN]

hell i dont know the anwser , but i am sure am glad to see you posting again , how have you been?

Thanks bud. Just busy with school.
How are things for you?

What i was getting at.....

This Mini testbed was to prove the rear wheel steering concept for the fastest car in history.
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i329/AUTOLEGEND/Mini.jpg

The Thrust SSC
http://i1088.photobucket.com/albums/i329/AUTOLEGEND/5258613111_5ed9a7fe11_b.jpg?t=1323999110

Thrust SSC weighed 10 tons and had to have huge metal front wheels which were going to be impossible to steer. So a rear wheel steering system had to be developed. It was a very controversial idea so wheel and brake designer Glynne Bowsher built the Mini to prove the concept to the man in charge of the project; Richard Noble. Note there was never a tire. Any tire would have disintegrated at a fraction of the speed Thrust SSC reached.

Thrust SSC's front wheels.
http://www.thrustssc.com/thrustssc/Press_Pack/SSCBuild/Front_Desert_Wheel-small.JPG

and Rear wheels (steering wheels)
http://www.thrustssc.com/thrustssc/Press_Pack/SSCBuild/Rear_Desert_Wheel-small.JPG

[Drummerboy]

dammit, I was on the right track. The thrust came up when I google'd rear wheel steering, but I didnt click it, lol.

What was it's top speed?

[Bigt8aford]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThrustSSC

I had to research some on this beauty. Finally a good use for the Mini, besides cheesy Wahlberg movies.

[Genji-Sama]

Does this mean we all fail, am i gonna have to repeat this class :goodjob: