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Honda | 7 | 29.17% | |
Toyota | 3 | 12.50% | |
Chevrolet | 14 | 58.33% | |
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13 Jun 2005, 15:06 (Ref:1327392) | #1 | ||
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Honda, Toyota or Chevy?
Which is your favorite IRL engine manufacturer?
My favorite IRL engine manufacture is Honda. |
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13 Jun 2005, 15:24 (Ref:1327404) | #2 | ||
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i like toyota, though the team/driver i follow doesnt drive one
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13 Jun 2005, 15:36 (Ref:1327417) | #3 | |
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Probably Honda since all my favourite drivers have at some stage in their career driven with Honda power. Honda might well be people's "least favourite IRL engine" since they have strangled things somewhat with their dominance!
For those of you who have heard the cars for real, are there any major differences in engine note between the three that would make one a particular favourite? I loved the sound of the Honda CC turbo - the Toyota was horrible - really shattered your ear drums with its metallic shriek, the Honda on the other hand was smmmooooootttthhhh. |
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13 Jun 2005, 21:04 (Ref:1327712) | #4 | |
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Influenced by my big stock-car interest, I have to say Chevrolet.
With that said it's not like I really dislike the others though. |
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14 Jun 2005, 01:37 (Ref:1327891) | #5 | ||
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American manufacturers all the way
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14 Jun 2005, 06:28 (Ref:1327993) | #6 | ||
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Honda have the best engine IMO, even if Chevy are unexpectedly catching up then I gave them an encouragement vote.
Deeply disappointed by Toyota, wasn't for Penske's authonomous effort, they'd never be on the podium. |
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14 Jun 2005, 15:17 (Ref:1328370) | #7 | ||
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I've owned a couple of Chevy muscle cars back in the day, so it's Chevy power for me.
I'm not a big fan of the Japanese cars. There's no doubting that there fine mechanical automobiles, but they really lack character and soul IMHO. Sadly, American car manufacturing hasn't been the same since there arrival here... |
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14 Jun 2005, 15:34 (Ref:1328385) | #8 | ||
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I really get more attached to the teams than I do the manufacturers. Same thing in Formula 1, I've always been a Mclaren fan regardless of what engine they are using.
So I did not vote in this pole, as there was no option for "doesn't matter." |
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14 Jun 2005, 16:47 (Ref:1328464) | #9 | ||
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I like Honda. they've come good the past 2 seasons and propelled Wheldon to the front of the grid and the Indy 500!
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14 Jun 2005, 17:38 (Ref:1328525) | #10 | ||
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Chevrolet because my favorite team use it
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14 Jun 2005, 18:26 (Ref:1328580) | #11 | ||
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Chevrolet. Beacuse they have been the Panther Racing engine supplier.
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14 Jun 2005, 19:56 (Ref:1328687) | #12 | ||
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British engineering all the way! Chevrolet it is
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14 Jun 2005, 20:28 (Ref:1328713) | #13 | ||
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It was Nissan, they kept on going, unitl they won; then Mr. George dumped a load on the rules and original runners, so they finally left.
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14 Jun 2005, 23:16 (Ref:1328840) | #14 | ||
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I went with Toyota, mainly because I'm a fan of what they do in other series.
Chevy nearly got my vote, but rebadging a Cosworth is almost treason... |
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15 Jun 2005, 00:51 (Ref:1328880) | #16 | |
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Honda, they support the IRL more than GM or Toyota.
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15 Jun 2005, 16:58 (Ref:1329432) | #17 | |||
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Toyota seem's to do alot more advertising, both print and TV, about their IRL effort than both Honda and Chevy combined. I actually don't think I've ever seen a Chevy advertisement anywhere about their IndyCar efforts. Honda has been hands down the best engine the last two years though... |
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16 Jun 2005, 08:42 (Ref:1330161) | #18 | ||
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16 Jun 2005, 15:20 (Ref:1330467) | #19 | |||
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Blasphemous talk!
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17 Jun 2005, 21:01 (Ref:1331863) | #20 | ||
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There is obviously a lot of US patriotism in the support for Chevy. However, the only engine that is designed and built in US is the Toyota. Both Honda and Chevy were designed in a small town in the middle of England. Also don't forget that the Chevy was actually designed by Ford!!
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19 Jun 2005, 01:07 (Ref:1332600) | #21 | |||
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I'd have to say Honda. Honda is serious about winning and they make sure that they do.
Toyota is all whiny. The can't be bothered to try to beat Honda because Honda is spending more. Having one manufacturer's engines slower than anothers makes the racing a lot worse. Would we rather see a race between most of the drivers, or just those from 3 teams? Also, Toyota is semi-black mailing the series with their "will we stay will we leave" garbage. In a lot of ways it seems like a repeat of how Honda and Toyota competed in CART. Honda always produced a great engine, whereas Toyota was only serious for a couple of years and demanded that everything go their way. As for Chevy, they're doing a pretty good job this year, but they've been pretty sketchy of late. Consistant performance is required or else we don't get to see good racing. They haven't done that. Quote:
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20 Jun 2005, 16:16 (Ref:1334749) | #22 | ||
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ford rule
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21 Jun 2005, 05:44 (Ref:1335456) | #23 | ||
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I have been a huge fan of Honda Racing for years.
Honda Rule!! |
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