The automatic transmission had been developed by Chaparral themselves to use in the 2C, which used the "clutch" pedal to change the rear wing angle (a la DRS). It was kept in all Chaparral cars after that, and actually caused problems when they switched to a bigger 7l engine with the 2F. It also caused the brakes to overheat more easily, as it didn't offer as much engine braking as a manual transmission

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For the 2J, the slushbox was actually to prevent the car from getting unsettled mid corner due to the ground effect it caused. With how things were sealed, a manual would only move the skirts up, losing tons of downforce in the process

The Chaparral 2J might not be the most visually appealing car out there, but it served it's main purpose of innovation, despite not winning a single race. It was so devoted to one specific goal that Jim Hall himself didn't care that he won no trophies for not finishing. But he did earm massive amounts of respect, alongside the 2J

Overhead Valve (OHV) is another term for Pushrod. It's also around 1.35 Nm to 1 lb/ft, so the figures were correct.

God damn Filman, you always put so much time and effort into your videos keep up the great work!!!!

I also made a car with Automation im pretty Proud off, but i cant put the Variants in one Single slot like BeamNG does

21:00 I love how since you have an editor now, they get to say "see exactly what _he_ does" as well as just show a cat to be cheeky about it They're doing a great job so far haha

congrats on 10k man! seems like yesterday you were at 5 and then 3 and 2. Brilliant!

The automatic transmission was used partially because it gave a more gentle power delivery. Tires of the day were rather more fragile than they are today and so they tended to overheat. That's one reason at least I'm sure there are more.

quality videos here as always, and what is better than making lost pieces of history keep the incredible job man :) Tango T600 has to be next :D (and yes i will gently ask for it quite often but not overwhelming)

You made it realistic as well, since this car was pretty fragile irl

I am so happy you made this beautiful 2J mod! you helped me remember my early childhood days of playing Gran Turismo 4 with this amazing car! I loved the 3 speed long gears and the 2 large fans. If I remember right, The large fans might of came off some military tank but idk or remember... keep your beautiful work going but all I say is don't overwork yourself. 👍

Thanks for all the great content. I went from barely being able to turn on a computer to making complete car mods.

First off, the thing used a semi-automatic transaxle, not a true auto. Second, those things on the back that you thought were to hold the skirts in place are actually tracks for them to move on, because they were actually free floating, and moved with the suspension. They did this because if it had fixed skirts, then when it went into a turn, it would roll somewhat, which would lift the inside skirt up, releasing some of the vacuum, which would cause the car to lose grip, and spin out. Also, the fans in this thing were originally radiator fans on an M107 self-propelled gun, were spun to 10,000 RPM by a 2-stroke snowmobile engine, and it could do 40 mph on fan power alone.

Fill stop making such good videos, it's making you popular :c

13:30 nope, that was not done way after at the last second. its a spring loaded skirt (sorta... i mean it was attached to the suspension i believe) to maintain suction and it was integral to its function

Overhead valve OHV refers to the valve position in the head, as apposed to in the block like in a flathead V8 or your lawnmower engine. Can still have valley cam with pushrods

the reason for the auto from what i heard was that it was supposed to be super slushy so the tires could have some chance at grip, this had a lot of power and they used the auto almost like a cvt or a dragster auto.

me: uses the vacuum fan car: 😏

overhead valve is pushrods btw

This car is powered by S U C C

Great build for a legendary vacuum cleaner.

fillman86 deserves more subs honestly

man im subbing u for like 4 months and just realised you have only 10 K subscribers, bro, your content is so underrated

The big block Chevy made to much torque for the manual transmissions of the days. So they went with the auto 3speed and a tall 1st gear to keep the next two as close in ratios as the tracks straights allowed..

I remember buying this car in GT4 thinking the fans were actually jet engines and was disappointed when it didn't shoot flames out the back, I was grinding for days to get it, but I still usedi it to beat many races

3:26 OHV is Pushrod

Pretty sure the transmission they used was a th400 which is a 3 speed and sorta works like a cvt with the way the clutches in the transmission works. Have one in my blazer with a manual valve body so I can shift the gears instead of what they had where it was full auto. But basically with the transmission you can stay in like 3rd and it would go perfectly without a problem. It's all based on how the clutches work. Hope that helps and a amazing video as always👍

Overhead valve usually means in block cam push rods.

I remember the car being sorta sluggish in Gran Turismo 4,which is the first time I ever heard of or saw this car

Nice video! The only suggestion I would say is to lower your face cam brightness a bit.

Although the chaparral with that massive wing was pretty cool too

Looked like the Mercedes w13 with that bouncing

There was a mod of this in Rigs of Rods, used to have lots of fun with it))

Maybe the website you visited is British, because they sometimes use horsepower and newton-meters. I wish people using the metric system completely use the SI unit of kilowatts. Chevaux-vapeur (cv), pfedestärke (PS), and metric horsepower (hp) are not measured the same way as imperial horsepower.

The bracket things are to allow the clear sheet type things to move up and down to maintain a seal on the ground to maximise the suction/ground effect. Love the vid filman, this is one of, if not, my favourite car of all time. Edit: the clear plastic bits were actually attached to the suspension so it didn’t actually touch the ground! I guess its so it stays level with the ground?

It's taken too long for the shoebox to show up with the Automation mods

18:56 also you can tell by the PNG thumbnail that's supposed to be related to that variant lol

14:49 that's probably to access the fuel tank. I imagine they would be in the side considering the age of the car.

can you please go in depth in another video on how you increased the tire width in automation configurations using UE

FAN CAR, but not how you think it is a FAN CAR

I actually like the new aerodynamic slider cause meaning i can change abit of a car that is meant to be CRAZY FAST like 350-ish MPH SPEED (similar to the sound barrier) WITH A ROCKET LIKE ACCELERATION (or atleast similar to feel like the actual BMW E36 M3 GTR from NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED™

Fillman, I have an idea, how about doing a rendition of the Napier Railton, the 24 liter airplane engine, 12 cylinder with 3 banks of 4 cylinders, using AngsEngineSIm? I love watching your content and have leanered quite a bit about modding automation cars through your channel.

Nice... I love this car =)

I'm a fan!

nope the left gauge is RPM and the right one is speed but still good build and awesome mod

overhead valve means pushrod

"automatic" isn't the best way to think of this thing's transmission. it was more like a semi-auto dog box with a torque converter from what I remember

ohv is pushrod just saying, also de dion was done to make space for the fan which ran on its own engine also the auto was bc the engine was too powerful for manuals

I wonder if this was inspired by me referring to this 'washing machine' in spuperkers.

The engine was a Big Block Chevy Pushrod V8, That gavril is definitely not a sports car.

It probably has low cornering Gs because of the 1970s tires

What about the GT sport chaparral 2j concept?

plsss do next the Piper GTR

I have play gran turismo on psp and I can Confirm its understeer equally and drive better than both f1 in gran turismo psp

Damn

can you do a mercedes t 80?

Wow

It's pretty funny to watch someone not understand what a big block chevy V8 is haha. Yes it is a pushrod, ohv engine that under race prep can rev past 7k rpm, which yes would make the torque number smaller than the power number.

overhead valve = pushrod

hey filman86 have you seen Jim Hall of Chaparral Cars - American Inventors Interview Serie by the youtube channel René Reiche made 3 years ago very informative

sir, where can I download your mods?

W I D E V I D E O

hey fill, just made my first automation mod that works and its so stupid if you dont know, its a backwards ae86

I think the reason that your car does better in testing than the real one is because they probably lied about the downforce, or miscalculated it.

Love me a car that looks like it has a graphics card on the back

That was fan

And then you had the Chaparral 2F... which had a mssive wing to provide downforce, and was actuated via a pedal to lay flat to allow for higher top speed... there's only 1 game i know of that simulates the wing lying down... Grand Prix Legends and the 1967 Sportscar Plus mod, here is a video from a known GPL KZfaqr... GPLaps: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/icifd9iYnpreXac.html

Hoonicorn to honor ken block

Is the video suposed to be so wide? Thought my wifi died

The rear metal bar things are touching the glass skirts, they need to be shorter please it has been driving me nuts 🥜

The original - the first “cheating car”

OHV means Pushrod. Not overhead cam.

By the way, fill, It's pronounced: Shap-rall

That your cat harassing nature?

Is your air conditioner running

The devs should not remove it since it does represent an aspect of a real car. Though perhaps they should make it so it's dependent on keeping the vehicle close enough to the ground to keep it realistic. And actually, that modification there might even allow for relatively realistic hovercrafts now I that I'm thinking about it; you would just need set the value upwards instead of downwards.

And I would like to thank you for making this beast! Have you seen the McMurtry Spéirling?? It's InSaNe: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itakrc6cx6mVpnk.html

This car literally sucks

Ho do you only have 10k subs?

Have you seen the newest hypercar with fan assisted downforce? Carwow reviewed it a bit ago - the McMurtry Spéirling kzfaq.info/get/bejne/itakrc6cx6mVpnk.html