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So, after all that we have:
Audi: 4.0l, V6, turbo diesel Toyota: 3.7l, V8, NA petrol Porsche: 2.0l, V4, turbo petrol Rebellion: 3.4l, V8, NA petrol Lotus: ?.?l, V6, turbo petrol Great variety there, now we just need a few more cars... |
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Perhaps we'll be seeing a Nissan 3.0L Twin-Turbo V6 (two ZEOD RC engines put together) and some sort of Ferrari Turbo-V6 in the near-future
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Did any more details about the AER in the back of the Lotus leak out over the COTA weekend? Engine capacity, is it related to any other AER motors, etc?
It seems it ran relaibly with decent power. |
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Had the chance to hear the Porsche engine for the first time. Not very loud or badass sounding IMO. Only a hair noisier than Audi. Only Toyota and Rebellion prototypes sound like a proper race car. In fact, they overdo it at Rebellion. The Rebellion R car was probably the loudest prototype at COTA. So loud, it can get irritating a bit without ear plugs.
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In an unrelated item, the S35 pre-race notebook mentioned that Judd is still working on their LMP1 engine. |
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There are simply too many self interests, on both sides of the water to allow it to happen as you lay it out. The only times this was viable..........back in the old Group C days. Sadly they are not coming back any time soon..... |
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They test in Fukushima?
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Yes as apparently that Fukushima airport is close to the YGK facilities.
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3 Oct 2014, 08:43 (Ref:3459759) | #190 | |
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No problem, since Fukushima (the town) is 60km away from the nuclear power station.
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I've nodded off at Arnage on Sunday morning - at the closest possible point to the cars on the circuit. If you're tired enough you can sleep through anything.
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I've slept through the Panoz GTR-1's running nose-to-tail thundering down the Mulsanne straight for hours in the early morning of 1998*, I wouldn't even notice the Rebellions!
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If you're looking to sports cars for a noise fix then you are looking in the wrong place. There have always been much louder forms of racing.
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I know the Audis are quiet but some sportscars which have raced very recently must be right up there on the noise stakes. Unless we're counting drag racing? |
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We are. Or least I was. After experiencing certain things I just can't consider sports car racing to be loud or violent or the like. Irritating? Sure. Fatiguing over a long duration? Without question. A gaggle of current 911s isn't what I would consider pleasing. But not super loud either. That's okay. I love engines and all of their noises and smells and other vibrations. I also love good sounds and not just noise for noise sake like many seem to. I have never understood this insistence that a race car has to be loud. I'll take a pleasing sound over pure noise anytime. I remember falling in love with the Audi R8s in the closing hours of Petit LeMans because I was tired and fatigued and they didn't add to that and I was appreciative. Plus they sounded like jets and I thought that was pretty rad.
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AER pic - a short piece of an engine
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