Bathurst 12 Hour

[EZ2CME]

is it just me or was lap 19 when they did their fastest lap??

that's how I read it to

Edited 08/04/07 05:17 AM by EZ2CME

[velociTy]

1st crummydore is in 22nd

[mbjunior99]

1st crummydore is in 22nd

Exactly where they should be too

[Laner]

we cant get too cocky....car 99 (BF xr6T) is currently 6 laps behind a mini cooper s.....

[tquarrell]

Is car 99 even a T? It's fastest lap is 6 seconds slower than the xr8's fastest and almost 7 seconds slower than the typhoon. Also 4 seconds slower than vxr. That and it's lap speed is similiar to the celica and mini. The other T's aren't much better. Something doesn't seem right...

[Laner]

if ya look at it, the typhoon is only faster than the xr8 by less than a second on fastest lap time....and the astra vxr is 4 seconds faster than the T.

either way, its gunna be tough for a FORD to get anywhere near a podium, as long as they last longer than the SS I spose!!

Edited 08/04/07 08:48 AM by Laner

[DaveO]

HAHA Score 1 for the Boss V8!! Got one up on the Typhoon and did 4 more laps. They finished in positions 9 and 10 respectively. Was there watching the 8 hunt down the phoon. V8 sounded awesome down through the twisties!! So much for the Tseries and a Turbo with a DNF. Other Turbos finished 14th and 18th. The 335i's were awesomely fast especially the lead one with the black powdercoat wheels.

[tquarrell]

so why was the T's lap speed so slow? Have they had a weight penalty or some other penalty? The T should be able to do a lap at least within a second of the xr8. the ss in the tale end even did a lap 5 seconds faster than the T's best. Can anyone explain this?

[thebrunks]

Because they have a boost limit imposed & the V8 produces more HP.

The T/F6 have the most benefit from 2000RPM, but when racing you are mainly on the higher end of the rev range where the turbo has less advantage.

The V8 would be within it's power range around that track.

Russ

[tquarrell]

Fair enough, but every test in motor I've seen the xr6 has been pretty close to the xr8 in lap speed around a circuit, as fast or faster. And why was the typhoon able to lap quicker than the xr8 (it has only got 10kw more stock after all)? Still doesn't seem right to me. Maybe they couldn't alter the speed limiter in the xr6t or something (I guess they're still limited to 230km/h stock)? Be interested to know if there is another reason other than the engines power delivery. I guess I expected the T's to beat a 1.8l na celica by a bit more on what is renowned to be a hp track. Maybe they're just average drivers?