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Old 18 Jul 2011, 09:35 (Ref:2928000)   #269
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Goat Boy has a lot of promise if they can keep it on the circuit!
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Originally Posted by MarioNZ View Post
Hard to find published (or admitted) torque figures for V8 Supercars but found a figure of 616nm for Jason Bright's car from last year in a newspaper article. This apparently equates to 454 ft-lbs so let's redo our numbers.....

505ft-lbs/1300kg = 388 ft-lbs per ton

454ft-lbs/1445kg = 314 ft-lbs per ton

Interesting......this is fun !!
If that's the case they should be a fair bit quicker!
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