Talbot Sunbeam Lotus: Sunbeam - Motocin Wasanni
IDAN GIDAN A YAU ya ba da sanarwar zuwan samfurin da waɗannan halaye, na tabbata cewa umarni za su zube, za a cika wurin biya da duk waɗannan adibas, kuma wuraren yanar gizo za su tafasa: raya drive, 960 kg, 150 hp, 0-100 km / h a cikin dakika 6,6 da dakatarwa Lotus ya haɓaka. Appetizing, ko ba haka ba? Tabbas, babban jarumi daya bai isa ya yi babban fim ba, amma idan muka kara wa wadannan halaye nasarori da dama a cikin WRC ya zama ma da wuya a yi tsayayya.
La Sunbeam lotus An gina raka'a 1.184 tuƙi na hannun dama, wanda shine kusan rabin jimlar. Duk da haka, a yau mafi yawansu sun ƙare a cikin shara: a cewar kungiyar masu mallakar, kusan tamanin ne kawai daga cikinsu. Kuma ɗaya daga cikinsu yana nan a yau, yana haskakawa a ƙarƙashin rana ta kusan rani a cikin ofishin Jakadancin Black livery na gargajiya tare da ratsan azurfa. Wannan shine kashi na 1, zaku iya gani nan da nan Fari karami gaba da daga makamai pentagon Hyundai a tsakiyar babban grid.
Anan wasunku za su fashe: “Amma ba ita kaɗai ba Talbot? "Na fi so in dan ba ku labarinsa...
A cikin ƙarshen XNUMXs, masana'antar kera motoci ta Burtaniya ba ta da kyau sosai (aƙalla kaɗan) kuma Chrysler UK ba banda. Gidan da aka saya Rutes Group, Haƙiƙa ƙungiyar ƙanana sanannen samfuran irin su Babban dutse e Mai rairayi, DA Sunray a aikace, wani aiki ne da gwamnatin Burtaniya ta bayar don hana rufe masana'antar Chrysler a Lynwood, kusa da Glasgow.
La Sunraykaddamar a 1977 ya kasance da gaske daya Hillman mai daukar fansa... A gaskiya ma, tare da aikin Sunbeam, Des O'Dell, shugaban sashen motsa jiki a Chrysler, ya kuduri aniyar yin koyi da nasarorin da kungiyar Avenger ta samu ta hanyar kalubalantar masu tsere. Ford Escort... An dauki yawancin makanikin Avenger kuma an sanya shi akan Sunbeam, amma ana buƙatar mai kyau. injin... Ya ɗauke shi daga Lotus, wanda a halin yanzu ya sami kanta ba tare da abokin ciniki ba lokacin Jensen, wanda aka ba da injinan lita 2, ba ya aiki. Ganin yanayin da kuma gaskiyar cewa mataimakin O'Dell Wynn Mitchell ya halarci jami'a tare da darektan Lotus Mike Kimberley, an cimma yarjejeniya cikin sauri tsakanin masana'antun biyu. V injin An ba da Lotus tare da 2.2 Silinda mai silinda huɗu (Nau'in 911, mai kama da Nau'in 912 Esprit S2 da S3). A cikin sigar hanya, ya samar da 150 hp, amma ana iya ƙara shi cikin sauƙi zuwa 200 hp.
Motar titin Sunbeam Lotus da aka yi muhawara a Geneva Motor Show a Afrilu 1979. Chrysler UK, a halin yanzu, an sayar da shi ga PSA, kuma lokacin da aka fara bayarwa a lokacin rani na waccan shekarar, alamar. Talbot yanzu ya kasance Peugeot wanda ya yi amfani da shi don Sunbeam, kodayake akwai lokacin miƙa mulki lokacin da ake kira Series 1 Talbot, amma yana da suturar makamai na Chrysler.
Lotus ba kawai ya ba da injuna ba, amma kuma ya shiga cikin ci gaba dakatarwa da tsarin kammala karatun sakandare... An gina chassis akan layin samar da Chrysler a Linwood sannan aka tura shi zuwa Lotus a Ludham don kare injunan camshaft tagwaye (wanda aka gina a Hethel) da Speed ZF mai sauri biyar.
Silsilar 2, wacce aka yi karo da ita a cikin 1981, ta nuna babban T a tsakiyar grille na gaba. injin da aka dan yi redesigned, da tafki da fitilolin mota ya zama fadi, kuma madubai bangarorin sun bambanta. A cikin 1982, madadin kawai Moonstone Blue livery shine sigar musamman ta Avon Coachworks tare da ratsan shuɗi mai duhu. Talbot a kan bangon dutsen wata da alamar kore-rawaya na Lotus tare da rufin in vinyl... Wannan bugu na musamman ya kamata ya ƙunshi kwafi 150 tare da faranti daga DDU 1Y zuwa DDU 150Y, amma 56 ne kawai aka canza a hukumance (wanda, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, ba a yi rajista ba bayan lambobi na ma'ana daga DDU 1Y zuwa DDU 56Y).
To, bayan wannan ‘yar gabatarwa, mu dawo gare mu. Kodayake koyaushe ina sha'awar Sunbeam Lotus kuma na kasa jira don a ƙarshe in iya fitar da shi, kallon farko irin wannan layin mai sauƙi da wanda ba a san shi ba ya yi kyau ga wani abu na musamman. Sannan wannan kaho yana da tsayi sosai kuma taga na baya yana da girma.
Dave Merlane na Sunbeam Lotus Owners Club kuma mai motar na yanzu ya bayyana cewa wannan ba cikakkiyar mota ce ta asali ba. Amma yana aiki da kyau, kuma shine babban abu. Yayin da Dean ke daukar hoto gwargwadon iyawa, Dave ya nuna wasu cikakkun bayanai masu ban sha'awa, irin su ma'aunin saurin da ke nuna 225 (Sunbeam GLS, wanda Sunbeam Lotus ya dogara da shi, ya kai 195; wannan ita ce hanya mafi sauƙi don bambance ainihin Sunbeam. Lotus daga kwafi). Kallo da sauri a ƙarƙashin hular yana nuna cewa ɗigon silinda huɗu da aka ɗora a tsaye yana zaune kaɗan a cikin ɗakin injin. Dave ya nemi afuwar da'irori Miniliths ba asali ba ne kuma sun fi inci guda, amma ba su da lokacin da za su maye gurbinsu da saitin rimi na asali (wannan laifinmu ne, mun kira shi ba tare da sanarwa ba). Amma suna mata kyau...
Bayan hotuna da ruwan sama na kwatsam da aka saba, a ƙarshe ya yi da za a je wurin. Sunray... Maɓallin kunnawa kyakkyawan shuɗi ne mai haske tare da alamar Chrysler iri ɗaya da muke samu akan gasa ta gaba. Ya dace da ramin da ke cikin ginshiƙi tuƙi, Juya, jira daƙiƙa goma, danna fedal sau biyumai hanzarimaɓalli ya sake juyawa don haɗa mai farawa, kuma a ƙarshe camshaft biyu-cylinder 4-cylinder ya farka. Dave yayi kashedin cewa kada ku taɓa zana iska: "ko da lokacin sanyi sosai, in ba haka ba za ku nutsar da injin da mai."
Zaune a nan tare da injin a zaman banza, ba zan iya taimakawa ba sai dai in taɓa fedar gas sau biyu. Kadan, kawai danna kadan daga lokaci zuwa lokaci don tayarwa kuma ku ji daɗin haɗin feda-to-piston nan take kawai za ku iya dandana tare da shaƙar kebul kamar wannan. Matashin goyan bayan injin Dell'Orto Carburettors 45mm (daidai da RS2000 Escort na) kuma yana da kyau sauti cikakkar jiki, tare da ban sha'awa bayanin kula. ZF mai sauri biyar yana da kayan juyawa na farko. Lever hannu Speed ƙirar al'ada - tsayi da sirara maras kyau, amma kullin motsi shine daidai inda yake buƙatar zama, kusa da tuƙi don haka ba sai ka matsa hannunka da yawa ba.
Kuna hawa 'yan da'irori, kuna barin shi a hankali Kama har sai kun sami inda ake kai hari da gaba. Jam'iyyu. A kan manyan tituna mun zaɓa don gwadawa Sunray yana nuna doguwar tafiya akan kwalta mara daidaituwa, amma tare da saurinsa yana ƙara ƙarfinsa na ɗaukar ramuka: a fili. dakatarwa an halicce su ne domin su ci gaba da tafiya.
Wani ruwan sama ya sake tashi, kuma dole ne in yi gaggawar gano ko wanene daga cikin allurar saka a cikin dabaran ke sarrafa abin gogewa. Ta hanyar kunna kibiya da kunna fitilolin mota, a ƙarshe zan iya share gilashin iska na ruwa har ma in sami gogewar baya.
Idan ba ku gaggauta shi ba, Speed ZF yana da kyau: yana da ƙaddara kuma yana da kyau, yana da nauyin da ya dace, kuma ba tare da duba ba, koyaushe kuna san ainihin kayan da kuke ciki. V tuƙi yana da wuya amma tabbatacce kuma yana ƙarfafawa, kuma bayan 'yan mintoci kaɗan a cikin rana, babu makawa za a gwada ku don ɗaukar takun ku. Don haka sai ku koma ƙasa kuma ku buga fedar iskar gas (kowane uzuri yana da kyau), kuna ƙwanƙwasa rpm kuma kuna mamakin yadda ƙaƙƙarfan, sauri, da sauri wannan motar da alama shiru ta zama. Ganin cewa wannan misalan yana da injina kwata-kwata, na yi mamakin saurin da zai iya ɗauka. Kafin hawa shi, na yi tunanin cewa 0-100 a cikin ƙasa da daƙiƙa 7 zai yiwu ne kawai idan sunan ku Sebastien kuma kuna gudana akan waƙar. WRC, amma yanzu na fahimci cewa na raina ta sosai.
Wannan motar tana jaraba. V injin yana da raye-raye sosai kuma yana son hawa cikin da'ira, kuma tare da wannan sauti mai ban sha'awa koyaushe za ku so ku hau shi da cikakken maƙiyi, kamar na gaske. m wasanni. Firam ɗin yayi kama da gajere da dambe idan aka kwatanta da na Escort. Idan kuna kallon bidiyo daga zamanin Henri Toivonen da abokan aikinsa a cikin dabaran Sunbeam, za ku ga cewa yana da sauƙin aika shi. mai wuce gona da iri... Da wannan kama Abin ban sha'awa, garanti ta ƙarshen gaba, rashin kulawa da alama ba zai yiwu ba a maimakon haka. Amma idan da gaske kuna son gwadawa, za ku ga cewa hasken rana ya kai iyakarsa ba zato ba tsammani kuma abin da ke hana ku fada cikin rami shine saurin walƙiya, wanda ke ba ku damar fuskantar da ci gaba da yanayin. . Musamman, tare da wannan Sunbeam, oversteer ba a bayyane yake ba kamar yadda na yi tunani (da fatan), mai yiwuwa saboda tayoyi tare da faffadan tattaki da kuma fili na roba na zamani, amma har yanzu yana da daɗi sosai, musamman a cikin kusurwoyi masu sauri inda da alama dakatarwar ta fi ɗaukar ƙumburi.
Idan aka ba shi kyautar da ba za a iya musantawa ba, abin mamaki ne Sunbeam lotus ba shi da irin yanayin da Escort Mk2. Wataƙila wannan ya dogara da Rakiya ta kasance farkon wanda ya fito kuma ba da daɗewa ba an rufe nasarar Sunbeam da babban rukunin B. Ko a yau, Escort ya mamaye Sunbeam: wanda ke nema. raya drive shekarun zinariya tare da tsattsauran ra'ayi daga ja tare a gaskiya, zai kusan zabar Ford saboda ta m farashin tag, ditching mafi tsada da kuma rare Sunbeam.
Farashin Bayan haka, ya kamata mu kuma yi la'akari da cewa Escort, tare da injin juzu'i da tuƙin gaba, ya fi amfani fiye da Sunbeam, don haka ba zai ba mu mamaki da yawa ba har ya ɗauki shekaru ashirin don yin la'akari da abin hawa na baya. m filin. wasanni, tare da jerin BMW 1. Amma kamar yadda M135i ya nuna a yau, wannan tsari yana da ban sha'awa kuma yana da mahimmanci ga mai sha'awar tuki wanda yayi la'akari da motsin rai da haɓaka don zama mafi mahimmanci fiye da ɗan ƙaramin sarari a cikin abin hawa. akwati.
