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greeny wrote:I take it Anthonys cars is the black/orange car? How come its so much faster Patrick?
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Anthony's car is running in the GT250 class where mine is in the GT200, but is also a lot more developed.
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It has a 2.2 litre engine, electric coolant pump, flat underbody, rear diffuser, rear wing, widened track and much more rubber! By contrast, my car is simply a Championship car with a turbo engine and the controlled coilover suspension
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- I'm still running standard MR2 tyre sizes.
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Part of the purpose of running my car is to demonstrate that you can pick up a basic MR2 turbo and be competitive, and to show Championship competitors what their cars would be like with minimal upgrades.
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You can see just how quickly they disappear from view in the second race!
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The other reason for keeping this car fairly basic is that it's for sale, and I'd rather pass it on as a solid basis for someone elses creation than impose my preferences.
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My own Super GT car is a V6 mk3 like Alric's.
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But we're also using it for the Britcar 24hr race this year so it's been longer in development.
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I'm hoping to shake it down at the Silverstone meeting in August.
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greeny wrote:Do some cars have to run ballast etc?
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Cars have to run to power-to-weight ratios equating to around 200 or 250 bhp per ton.
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to the best of my knowledge, no-one is yet ballasting their cars because there's a lot more freedom to add funky aero parts or turn the boost down instead.
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