Aston Martin Vulcan and a Frustrating Story!

[LCD Gauges]

I have a cool, but frustrating story to tell. A few weeks ago I had an interview at a local company which specializes
In automotive engineering and motorsports. This place is a stone’s throw from where I live and has taken on some
very impressive projects with Ford, Aston Martin, and Formula 1 race teams to name a few.

During the interview, they showed me around the facility where I saw the new Ford GT being assembled. Multimatic
[the company] is building the proto-types and developing some of the suspension and carbon fiber body / interior panels.

Most of the cabin interior, including the floor pans are carbon fiber as with much of the body. My job (if selected)
would be installing all the computer modules and then testing the systems before the car is delivered. They let
me climb inside as they described the components. I felt a tear fall from my eye when the guy explained, “This is the
crash car.” I asked, “can I have the engine and other surviving parts from the test?!” It’s tough to believe this
machine will be destroyed in the name of safety.

The frustrating part is that I haven’t received a call back for nearly a month. The position is still open however
as the agency that scouted me has direct contact with the manager. The latest news is that I’m still being “considered”,
however there’s no progress. I’m salivating as the visions of working on these vehicles would be a dream!

Also noteworthy is the same company built and helped to engineer the Aston Martin Vulcan. A local photographer
snapped these shots. This is an excerpt from Wiki:

“It is a rear-wheel drive, track-only sports car that runs on a new 7 l V12 engine mounted on an aluminium alloy chassis
and carbon fibre body delivering 800 brake horsepower (600 kW). The Vulcan is fitted with carbon ceramic brakes,
magnesium torque tube with a carbon fibre propeller shaft, limited-slip differential, Xtrac 6-speed sequential gearbox
and has a curb weight of 1350 kg.^[1]

The Vulcan is designed by Aston Martin's creative officer Marek Reichman, taking inspirations from Aston Martin current
modelsVantage and DB9.^[2] The Vulcan is to be a limited edition vehicle, only 24 cars will be made priced at $2.3 million.^[3]
he Aston Martin Vulcan was introduced. It is a track-only sports car.

With its naturally-aspirated 7.0-litre V12 engine 800-plus hp engine developed partly with Aston Martin Racing, this front
mid-engined, rear-wheel drivesupercar draws extensively on the brand’s rich GT motorsport experience. It utilizes techniques
of motorsport engineering with the Vulcan seeing its power-to-weight ratio exceed those of the FIA GTE cars which compete
in the World Endurance Championship.

With engineering sourced from the brand's successful GT racing campaign, the car features a carbon fibre monocoque and
body constructed by Aston Martin’s long-term specialist body engineering and manufacturing partner Multimatic, integral
limited-slip differential, magnesium torque tube with carbon fibre propeller shaft and Brembo racing calipers acting on
carbon ceramic racing disc brakes which measure 380mm in diameter at the front and 360 mm at the rear.

Drive is channeled to the 345/30x19 rear wheels and Michelin race specification tyres through a race-bred rear mid-mounted
Xtrac six-speed sequential shift gearbox. Front tires are 305/30x19.

The car has race-derived pushrod suspension with anti-dive geometry is complemented by Multimatic’s Dynamic Suspension
Spool Valve (DSSV) adjustable dampers and anti-roll bars front and rear, driver-adjustable anti-lock braking, and variable
traction control. The Vulcan will comply with all relevant FIA race safety requirements.”
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