Car Name: | Tornado I Tornado II |
Category: | Formula Libre |
Designer: | Ted Gray |
Chassis: | Steel ladder frame, fiberglass or aluminum body |
Front Suspension: | Gransverse front springs, transverse leaf springs, stub axles with fabricated top wishbones, and telescopic shock absorbers, anti-roll bar (Independent suspension) |
Rear Suspension: | de Dion, Semi-elliptic, radius rods, telescopic shock absorbers (Independent suspension) |
Track: | (front) (rear) |
Engine Name: | Ford or Chevrolet |
Capacity: | NaN1NaN1 (1965-1970) 1591NaN1 (1968-1970) |
Configuration: | 16-valve, OHV V8, |
Turbo/Na: | naturally-aspirated |
Engine Position: | mid-mounted |
Power: | ~ |
Gears: | 4-speed |
Type: | manual |
Brakes: | Drum brakes all-round |
Tornado was the name of two open-wheel race cars, raced by Ted Gray, and used to compete in Formula Libre races, between 1956 and 1958.[1] [2] The original car was powered by a Ford flathead V8 engine, and the second version was powered by a Corvette-derived small-block engine.[3]