That does result in an impressive display of vertical “jumping” when the throttle is opened from idle. The mounts on the four only had to control its vertical movements, so they could be very soft. Rigidly mounting the four to the front end of the torque tube eliminated the need for the engine mounts to control its front-to-back movements, so it was possible to isolate it and its vibrations from the body to a much greater degree than if had been mounted in the usual fashion. By using a hollow shaft, the Corvair transmission would actually be “driven” from the rear of the car, resulting in the torque converter hanging off the back of the differential, where it would normally have mated up to the Corvair’s rear engine. But the Pontiac brass Bill Knudsen, Pete Estes and DeLorean weren’t buying it, in part because DeLorean was already familiar with the Corvair’s tricky handling and nasty habit of spinning or even flipping when it got pushed too far.ĭeLorean’s initial plan was to use the Corvair body, but turn it into a front-engined car while leaving the whole Corvair rear suspension and its transaxle in place, not even turning it around to face the motor. The prototype Pontiac Polaris (above) was classic badge-engineering: a ’59 Pontiac-ish front end grafted on an otherwise unaltered Corvair. But GM wanted to foist the new rear-engine Corvair on Pontiac, in order to spread its high development and production costs. ![]() The big 1959 Pontiacs arrived with their ad-friendly wide tracks, but were otherwise utterly conventional. It was a single flexible piece of steel, more akin to a torsion bar or a speedometer drive shaft. And please don’t call it “rope drive ” good luck trying to send power through anything resembling a rope. That innovation was his alone, and he received a patent on it. In the mid fifties, his engineering team developed an even more radical evolution of the Mercedes approach for the 1959 full-sized Pontiacs: a rear transaxle to balance weight distribution, and connected to the engine with a flexible shaft drive inside a rigid torque tube. With the 1960 Corvair in the wings, DeLorean’s lingering plans to build a truly advanced and practical car finally came to (not quite ripe) fruition.ĭeLorean was particularly interested in the benefits of independent rear suspension that so many European cars like the VW, Porsche and Mercedes had been using since the thirties. He was aware as anyone of the limitations of the Detroit big car formula: too big, thirsty, front-heavy and dull-handling. NTA contact: DigitalPlatforms – S.p.A.Īddress: Via Nazionale, Km 404.John DeLorean may be more famous for the ’59 Wide-Tracks, the GTO, the Pontiac OHC six, and the ’69 Grand Prix during his tenure at Pontiac, but in my opinion, the 1961 Tempest is his most ambitious and creative engineering effort. ** Degree of self certification: The institute is authorized to issue TEMPEST compliance documents for IASG 7-03 level B and IASG 7-03 level C equipment HEAD ITALIA – S.p.A. NTA contact: Advanced Techonologies InstituteĪddress: 10 Dinu Vintila, 021102, Sector 2, Bucharest ** Degree of self certification: The company is authorized to issue TEMPEST compliance documents for IASG 7-03 level B and IASG 7-03 level C equipment SIPAL – S.p.A.Īddress: Via Vittorio Emanuele II N. * Degree of self certification: The authority of self-certification of a prototype of an IASG 7-03 level A equipment S.C. NTA contact: IDE - INTRACOM Defense ElectronicsĪddress: 21 km Markopoulou Ave/ 19441 Koropi *** Degree of self certification: Up to IASG 7-03, Level A under the conditions of agreement 9520s81c-OR1.1.0, dated 25 November 2022, between Eurotempest BV and NTA NL OSPL Nederland BV European Council President's speeches and statementsĪddress: E. ![]() Food for the world: What EU countries are doing to mitigate the impact of Russia’s war.8 ways life in the EU is becoming greener.What does holding the presidency of the Council of the EU mean?.EU response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Paschal Donohoe, President of the Eurogroup.Charles Michel, President of the European Council.
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