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24 Jan 2010, 15:28 (Ref:2618610)
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What is the spec and performance of a V8 STAR
Hi All
I am trying to get as much info as possible on the cars from the V8 Star series that ran in 2001/2002/2003 in Germany I have been running a 997 GT3 cup car in club racing for the last 2 years and am considering buying a V8 Star as i feel the performance would be simular and i recon it would be a lot cheaper to run What sort of HP did these cars have and would they be cheap to run also would they do simular times to a GT car like the 997 cup Also what kind of value are these cars worth now |
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24 Jan 2010, 17:53 (Ref:2618674)
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Engine spec: 5.7l V8, 500PS, 600Nm... IIRC the engines were tuned down to last a full season of 7 or 8 races, all of them about 70 minutes long.
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24 Jan 2010, 19:46 (Ref:2618742)
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The black Passat in Dutch Supercar Challenge isn't in original V8 Star spec. They replaced the engine by a bigger one and I think they did also other modifications.
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24 Jan 2010, 21:58 (Ref:2618801)
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I supposse that will be a major problem: Many V8-Stars have been upgraded to a higher spec and a few have most probably been written off. I am not sure if there are any available right now.
Perhaps the webmaster of www.v8-star-fan.de can help you. You can find the contact information here. If the V8-Star thing does - for whatever reason - not work out for you, you might want to take a look at the DNRT V8 cars - which offer similar performance and technology. Prices and maintenance costs are suppossedly really attractive, too - as far as that can be said when racecars are involved. At the recent New Year's Race at Zaandvoort, the DNRT V8s had no problem following a GT3 Corvette and a Porsche Cup-S, but then that was a race run under very irregular weather conditions... I am also not sure if you could get one without racing in DNRT. |
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24 Jan 2010, 22:17 (Ref:2618809)
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The V8 star looks much nicer and has sequental
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24 Jan 2010, 22:22 (Ref:2618812)
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What's wrong with a V8Supercar?
Current For Sale There are a number of these a little older but almost identical spec, kicking around for a similar buy price to a 911 GT3 |
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24 Jan 2010, 22:43 (Ref:2618819)
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24 Jan 2010, 22:46 (Ref:2618822)
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I was talking to the guy with this http://www.racecarsdirect.com/listin...acing_Car.html and he tells me it is 420BHP and has been used as a school car since it stopped racing in 2001 and it has no spare parts whatsoever He tells me that all 2001 car were 420BHP and the 2002/2003 cars had 500BHP |
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25 Jan 2010, 00:02 (Ref:2618838)
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Aussie V8 would eat the Jag for breakfast....
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25 Jan 2010, 00:31 (Ref:2618845)
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The V8 Star are pretty basic and easy to run for someone like me in club racing |
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25 Jan 2010, 01:22 (Ref:2618866)
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25 Jan 2010, 15:26 (Ref:2619179)
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There was a V8 star Omega racing in one of the Castle Combe series a couple of years back, that was advertised for sale last year at £65K if my memory serves me right (not sure what that price included - car only or spares too). Very nice bit of kit
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26 Jan 2010, 19:44 (Ref:2619881)
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A couple of V8 stars have been in the Britcar series. Rick Wood had one and Phil Bennet drove one. Fast but fragile.
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