Unusual Cars Mkii Gti

Fraser · *by **Fraser** on Sat 11th Feb 6:56pm*

The Aussie V8 series was built to highlight Holden/Ford. All one make series work on the same principle. But the Aussie V8 series needs to expandand appeal to other markets outside of Hamilton.
The AMLS and the GT1 do this well by restrictions and weight. The Nissan GTR runs a N/A 5.6litre V8 with 18" tyres and sequential gearbox. So not all that strange.
WRC are offering the GT class, which is just for the tarmac stages for 2wd cars like this N/A 1200kg Exige V6.

Wobbler · *by **Wobbler** on Sat 11th Feb 7:13pm*

Why does it need to expand? Its a very succesful series that draws large crowds and doesnt cost the gdp of a small nation to run a team in.

SlackBoy · *by **SlackBoy** on Sun 12th Feb 1:41am*

mark2c wrote:You mean find a similar pushrod V8? Who would want to.

The europeans get similar or better kW/litre for diesels that do 1,000km endurance (twice the distance). Actually they do 24h races at >5,000km.

but the diesel won't sound as good.

Even the 4.2l turbo V8 Diesel sitting outside my house/hutt (which although sounds awesome) has nothing on a petrol V8

Mopar for life baby!!!

shmoodiver · *by **shmoodiver** on Sun 12th Feb 8:51am*

if it's not mopar, it's below par

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Sun 12th Feb 1:26pm*

The V8s have decent enough appeal amongst whitetrash TV audiences. Bathurst appeals to an even wider TV audience... Loads of locals of all sorts go to V8 races when they are in town. I reckon it is doing good.

Only problem is that the dickhead Wellington council of a few years back fucked Wellington in the asshole by not bringing back the Wellington street race. That race was hella awesome when I was a kid. Man, the roar of those cars as they blasted by like 1 or 2 meters away from you around those tight corners on the waterfront .... :love:

HarryPlatt · *by **HarryPlatt** on Sun 12th Feb 5:07pm*

Fraser wrote:The Aussie V8 series was built to highlight Holden/Ford. All one make series work on the same principle. But the Aussie V8 series needs to expandand appeal to other markets outside of Hamilton.
The AMLS and the GT1 do this well by restrictions and weight. The Nissan GTR runs a N/A 5.6litre V8 with 18" tyres and sequential gearbox. So not all that strange.
WRC are offering the GT class, which is just for the tarmac stages for 2wd cars like this N/A 1200kg Exige V6.

I am pretty sure their not just for tarmac. Lotus is just planning on entering the tarmac rounds this year. I read somewhere that Lotus will look to do some gravel events in 2013, which will be amazing to watch. :thumbsup:

Fraser · *by **Fraser** on Sun 12th Feb 8:19pm*

Yeah Lotus - Where are they getting the money? Proton are in the shit. At the 2010 Paris motorshow they released 5 new cars - as one person put it "like Guernsey launching a manned mission to the Moon".
In the musical chairs that is F1 there were 2 Lotus teams last season. That one above is the Evora using a Toyota Camry 3.5V6. They chose not to go into the 2.0ltr/1000kg class using the Exige and chose to add weight to bring it up to 1200kgs. :eh:

Like a modern day Metro 6R4. They also have GT racers and drink tigers blood

kiwi_zg · *by **kiwi_zg** on Wed 15th Feb 1:09pm*

Got a spare 1220 hours to build a moving model v12 marine engine from scratch.

bugle · *by **bugle** on Wed 15th Feb 1:21pm*

What happened to Toyota joining in?

Imagine they already have a shite V8 donk to throw in via nasbore? (Perhaps they spent all their yen trying to convince everyone the BRZ isn't a Subby with a Toyota badge?)

bugle · *by **bugle** on Wed 15th Feb 3:17pm*

Speaking of the BRZ, I give you the BRZ RA

Less is more, striped out air conditioning, stereo, fog lamps, alloys and even the plastic engine cover to offer tuners a blank canvas to work with, that also means 16-inch steel wheel as standard lol

Wobbler · *by **Wobbler** on Wed 15th Feb 3:35pm*

toyota version will be better

nostromo · *by **nostromo** on Wed 15th Feb 6:25pm*

bugle wrote:Speaking of the BRZ, I give you the BRZ RA

Less is more, striped out air conditioning, stereo, fog lamps, alloys and even the plastic engine cover to offer tuners a blank canvas to work with, that also means 16-inch steel wheel as standard lol

IIRC you could get Evos 5s like that, you could buy the version intended to turn into a rally car, white with steel wheels, they were a lot cheaper than the spanky version but you had to agree in some way rally them or something.

Fraser · *by **Fraser** on Wed 15th Feb 11:06pm*

This is one fresh outta the box. White is popular as a delivery colour for race cars. It is a light paint, cheap, easy to repair and makes easier to work on as a mechanic. There may be other trivia or urban myths, but these are the main ones.