Steve Hoelscher
True Classic
There are a few here that know already but I thought I would put something here because we are all part of the greater car-guy community and I thought you might be interested.
Last March (2021) we officially launched a new manufacturer of street/track sportscars based in Columbus, Ohio. Fields Auto Works fieldsautoworks.com was founded by Bob and Rob Fields about 4 years ago to design and build track-day cars that could be driven to the track, run really fast, be a lot of fun, easy to maintain and affordable to buy.
The first car, the Cardinal (named for the state bird of Ohio) has been in development for more than 3 years. Based on the Zagato bodies endurance racers of the 60s (noted for very low drag) the Cardinal is a very modern design featuring bonded and riveted panels on a tubular chassis, the same construction methods of cars like the Porsche 962 and common prior to the beginning of the current carbon fiber tub designs. Suspension is all modern racecar stuff with double A-arm and pull rods at all four corners. Driveline is a Ford 2.3L EcoBoost Mustang engine, making 300 HP and 315 lbs/ft of torque, coupled to the Tremec T56 Magnum 6 speed and Super 8.8 differential and axles from the current Shelby GT350. The car is very light at 1800 lbs giving a power to weight ratio of just 6 lbs/HP. Its lots of fun.
Randy Pobst did a review, cut short due to rain. Its on his youtube channel here:
Pictures are of our development mule at Gingerman Raceway.
Our second design is the Sciota, named for the river that runs through Columbus and inspired by the iconic endurance racers of the '60s and '70s. This car is still in development with the test mule chassis being built now. While it can accept a range of engines, the basic design intended powertrain is a 400HP Audi supercharged V6. It will easily fit a V12 and the two cars we have on order now, one has a 575HP V8 with paddle shift transmission. It will weight about 1900 lbs and with 575HP that equates to 3.3 lbs/HP.
Anyway, hope you all like the project and I appreciate you letting me post this here.
Last March (2021) we officially launched a new manufacturer of street/track sportscars based in Columbus, Ohio. Fields Auto Works fieldsautoworks.com was founded by Bob and Rob Fields about 4 years ago to design and build track-day cars that could be driven to the track, run really fast, be a lot of fun, easy to maintain and affordable to buy.
The first car, the Cardinal (named for the state bird of Ohio) has been in development for more than 3 years. Based on the Zagato bodies endurance racers of the 60s (noted for very low drag) the Cardinal is a very modern design featuring bonded and riveted panels on a tubular chassis, the same construction methods of cars like the Porsche 962 and common prior to the beginning of the current carbon fiber tub designs. Suspension is all modern racecar stuff with double A-arm and pull rods at all four corners. Driveline is a Ford 2.3L EcoBoost Mustang engine, making 300 HP and 315 lbs/ft of torque, coupled to the Tremec T56 Magnum 6 speed and Super 8.8 differential and axles from the current Shelby GT350. The car is very light at 1800 lbs giving a power to weight ratio of just 6 lbs/HP. Its lots of fun.
Randy Pobst did a review, cut short due to rain. Its on his youtube channel here:
Pictures are of our development mule at Gingerman Raceway.
Our second design is the Sciota, named for the river that runs through Columbus and inspired by the iconic endurance racers of the '60s and '70s. This car is still in development with the test mule chassis being built now. While it can accept a range of engines, the basic design intended powertrain is a 400HP Audi supercharged V6. It will easily fit a V12 and the two cars we have on order now, one has a 575HP V8 with paddle shift transmission. It will weight about 1900 lbs and with 575HP that equates to 3.3 lbs/HP.
Anyway, hope you all like the project and I appreciate you letting me post this here.
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