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I'm wondering if anyone has a few photos of the early Lynx Formula Super Vee that Bob Riley designed/built for the VW type 4 air cooled engine. I saw it a few times at Lime Rock (among other places). It was built around an aluminum slab-sided tub or chassis. A guy by the name of Dominick Billera drove the car. I've search all over the net for a few pix but have come up empty. Hoping someone had a few shots they could post?
I have pictures of it after it was converted to water cooled by Jay Novak, I owned it from mid 80s to late 90s
was a cool car!
...any you'd care to share on here?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Bass
The later car that was designed by Bob Riley and built for John Kalagian who raced it in the pro series is for sale in michigan. I do remember seeing the earlier one being built, I believe it used a 1/4 aluminum U shape as the tub. I do have photos of the Lynx D and know who owns it.
Here's a few I found ,I will have to dig a little for more. The maroon colored is as purchased,the yellow was after replacing aluminum body panels with fiberglass.
https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...id=88440&stc=1https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...id=88441&stc=1https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...id=88442&stc=1
No, that link leads to a Lola 620,different make of car.
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Originally Posted by Joe Bass
The above car is the car I converted from air cooled to water cooled Super Vee. This was based on a much earlier design than the Kalagian low liner watercooler super vee. It really was nearly a new and very different car after my redesign. It had tunnels and was very effective. I raced it 3 times the last year I had it and set 3 lap records with it. It had a home built motor with a cyl head that I bought from Kalagian and I built dry sump weber side draft carbs and a fabricated intake manifold, it had big power but no power under 6000 rpm. I do not know how many of these chassis were originally built by but it had the original bent 1/4" thick aluminum U tub with a tube steel upper frame insert and completely new suspension and geometry all around.
I loved that car and hated to sell it and if it is ever for sale again I want it!
I hope that you had fun with it Joe Bass, I did!
Jay,I had lots of fun racing it,if I had the money,I would buy it back,restore it and race it in vintage.
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Originally Posted by Joe Bass
Same here Joe. It was a great car. I beat the FA National champ at Blackhawk Farms with that car and I was in FB. Don't know what vintage class it would run in though?
Did it still have the dry sump carbs on it when you raced it?
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Originally Posted by Jnovak
The last few races with it,I had converted it to Lucas mechanical injection system and crankfire ignition
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Originally Posted by Joe Bass
Were you using the 25 mm restrictors with the injectors. If so how was the power compared to the carbs.
It's hard to compare,did complete engine build and update at same time,very good power on dyno and lower rpm drivability much better. It did have the restrictors in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnovak
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Originally Posted by Joe Bass
Thanks Joe. Just curious.
THAT'S the car I'm really looking for pictures of !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by pakracer
I first saw it at Lime Rock. At the time I was wrenching a Tui BH-3 in the SV series during the time that Bertil Roos was driving for Opert. That all came to a halt when the shop I was working for added a Lola T320 and between that and the BH-3 I worked some late hours. Eventually the BH-3 was sold and we borrowed a nose and tail from Wilbur Bunce to make molds from to form new body parts to take the 320 up to 322 configuration. We needed to get rid of that 2-scoops engine cover that was an aerodynamic catastrophe and which made it near impossible top dyno the engines in race tune.
What year was that, Jay?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jnovak
Correction to the above, and to the T620 ad, Dominick's last name was spelled "Billera."
https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/att...1&d=1565830305
it's for sale on Apex Speed.
always one of my favorite water cooled F/SV's.
Fletch
March 79V
That's it! One of the coolest cars ever!Quote:
Originally Posted by fletch
I do think that it went close to 170 mph at MIS!
I think it was 1983 but not sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by E1pix
Thanks Jay, was just curious if I was there... but my last race at Blackhawk was in '76.
There is a photo of the Lynx Super Vee VW air cooled engine without the sidepods in the Bob Riley book- "the Art of Race Car Design" . It is prior to the photo in the thread. He, Bob Riley , indicates that Jim Purcell the driver did very well with it as designed..
Gonna revive this one. Any idea where the maroon (the car my dad converted) is right now?
Brian:
Were you able to find the ad when this car sold a few years back?
I wish you the best in this search… and so sorry for your loss.
It's still here in Missouri, you can email me at joe@performaglass.com and I'll give you a cell number to call me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian.Novak