 A
very neat chassis was unveiled over Le Mans weekend 2000 by a little
known
French firm, the Snobeck LM 01. Their goal was to run at Le
Mans
in 2001. The car was designed to accept the Peugeot
twin turbo
V6 (LMP900) and a single turbo I4 (LMP675) engine.
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 The
wind tunnel/presentation model had some minor differences to the presentation car, the main
being the open inside face of the front fenders.
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 Very
low and very lean, the side pods were some of the lowest at the time. Very
low frontal area was an obvious design consideration. In 2000 the ACO announced
rules stability continuing for 2001 so the Snobeck LM 01 had the prerequisite
single
roll hoop. At the front, a single large intake feeds radiators downstream at waist positions left
and right of the monocoque. The coolers then exhaust immediately
out the
side pod. The nose box is raised and results in the
F1-esque
nose at the front. This increases topside splitter area and provides
for less
obstructed flow to the radiators.
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 The
raised footbox is a necessity to provide enough airflow volume for the
coolers.
Note the image here, and the one below. At right is the V6
twin turbo
Peugeot engine, below, the 4 cylinder LMP675 Snobeck prepared engine. |
 The
cooling arrangement is somewhat cluttered. The water coolers
get
the main focus of the cooling airflow from the front and it is
mmediately exhuasted out the vertical face of the sidepod.
Presumably a
vertical splitter partitions the air flow coming in from the nose with
a portion being then directed, through a somewhat tortuous route, under
and over the water inlet and outlet pipes for the water cooler, and
then an immediate and hard 90 degrees (or nearly so) to
the intercooler. Note the tub is sculpted and waisted vertically
to
presumably provide for the flow volume to the intercooler. |
 The
wing is at maximum height. The rear engine deck height is
also extraordinarily
low. |
