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Post by bulldog on May 12, 2010 14:12:35 GMT 12
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Post by dannyboy on May 12, 2010 15:00:37 GMT 12
love the last one!!!
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Post by mikuni on May 12, 2010 20:33:34 GMT 12
Agreed, it looks so cool. |
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Post by gemininja on May 12, 2010 22:51:35 GMT 12
haha im in a couple of those shots standing by the fence watching ^^
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Post by bulldog on May 13, 2010 0:33:01 GMT 12
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Post by gordo on May 13, 2010 2:08:44 GMT 12
155hp at the wheels is EXTREMELY good for a Pinto - I suspect it's somewhat optomistic (or the chassis dyno is). the other thing that immediately caught my eye is the Watt's linkage - roll centre on the chassis/body is a big nono, however the stiff rear suspension may minimise the affect of the roll centre height changing. Many, many years ago I did some Clubmans races and dual sprints at the old Bay Park track at Tauranga with a stock Chevette (HD rear dampers only change) on skinny 155 tyres. The local lads were running well modded Mk1 and 2 Escorts with tweaked engines, lowered suspension and wide wheels and tyres. While they had it all over me in a straight line, I was able to easily out brake them and on the big sweeping 180, I was able to come from a couple of car lengths behind, overtake on the outside and get a couple of lengths ahead on the exit - then they'd overtake me, bugger, and I'd get under them under braking. IIRC, I was a couple of seconds slower than them - beat an RX2, though - driver wasn't that good, but we won't mention that bit, will we  Thing is, the basic Chevette package is damned good, and anything you do to them just makes them a lot better - the only real reason Escorts get all the kudos is because, back in the day, DTV were funded by dealers and had sod all money for rallying, development and support but the Escorts were factory funded with huge budgets - heck, for one car at Monte Carlo, Ford spent more than the entire years' budget for DTV! When (if?) the bod' and budget get sorted, I'm looking forward to helping you wind them up    |
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Never had so much fun....
Never had so much fun....
