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The folks at HRE Performance Wheels dropped by the Rhys Millen Racing shop to check out the progress on the new PM580 Pikes Peak hill-climb car. Millen and his crew the process of building an Unlimited Class racer to crack the all-time record on the Colorado mountain. Millen will attempt to both recapture the record that his father held for 13 years and record the first ever sub-10-minute time.
The P is powered by Hyundai Genesis V8 engine mounted middle of steel tube-frame chassis. Aside from engine, rest of chassis looks rather conventional, until you see carbon-fiber bodywork that looks more like something destined to hurtle down Mulsanne straight at Le Mans rather than up side of mountain.
Unlike your mobile data plan, at Pikes Peak Unlimited means exactly that: anything goes, including active aerodynamics. The angle of the upper plane on the rear wing automatically managed based on yaw rate sensor and lateral accelerometer. When the car on the straights it flattens out to 10-degree angle, as the car turns in, it tips up to 50 degrees to press the rear end down. It’s fascinating stuff and you can check it out the video after jump.
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Continue reading Video: Rhys Millen previews PM580 Hyundai Pikes Peak challenger
Video: Rhys Millen previews the P Hyundai Pikes Peak challenger originally appeared Autoblog Tue, 25 May 2010 18:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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