don't even race but surely handling and brakes would be the go before a motor. doesn't matter how fast a car is in a straight line, if it can't corner it ain't worth jack.
look at bikes... little RGV250's are small and corner fast, not as fast in a straight line but on a short track can beat the bigger bikes. can't see why a car would be any different. of course, then again if you had a car that out accelerated everything and brakes hard then you would get to each corner first and then you just need a really wide car. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 6:11 PM Subject: Re[4]: New CAMS Rules for Sports sedans > Hello Terry, > > Out of curiosity, if you were building a budget race car, where would > you concerntrate your money? > > Wednesday, February 20, 2002, 7:40:48 PM, you wrote: > > TR> Bob, > > TR> I'm sure James is trying to work it all out at the moment. You would have to > TR> look at the whole package - even suspension, diff ratio, all sorts of things > TR> will have to be re-evaluated. I know when it happened to us, the damn car > TR> was basically already built. In the end we actually pulled out of the event > TR> as we couldn't get it re-built and engineered with a NA L engine in time and > TR> as it was a privately funded venture we didn't have sponsors to keep happy > TR> which in hindsight was a plus (about the only one). We were just at the > TR> stage of getting some sponsor money for running and maintenance etc but > TR> times were tough a couple of years ago. In the end our partnership (don't > TR> you love them) died and we sold the car to a Sydney team but i've not seen > TR> it re-surface yet - may it has but with a new paint scheme. > > TR> regards > TR> Terry > > TR> -----Original Message----- > TR> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TR> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob > TR> Sent: Wednesday, 20 February 2002 6:59 PM > TR> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > TR> Subject: Re[2]: New CAMS Rules for Sports sedans > > > TR> Hello Terry, > > TR> Will the ability to run an SR20 be worth the weight penalty as far as > TR> braking and suspension go? Just wondering, I have no racing experience. > > TR> Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 11:38:12 PM, you wrote: > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
