|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
24 Oct 2014, 23:54 (Ref:3468115) | #26 | ||
Racer
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 499
|
|||
__________________
Hi mum |
25 Oct 2014, 21:13 (Ref:3468395) | #27 | |||
Racer
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 115
|
Quote:
Incorrect, the XU2 name was on the LJ V8 styling exercise car (Barney's shirt) put together by Leo Pruneau. Leo wanted the car called the XU2 & Holden reassigned that option code in readiness for it's use. Leo named the gtr-xu1 so he had the clout. Interesting Barney's Shirt has survived, owned by Larry Kavanagh now. The pink LJ GTR V8 prototype seems to have survived also (all 3 prototypes were actually gtr's). The orange one was stolen in the mid 80's. The white one god knows where it is. |
|||
|
26 Oct 2014, 08:55 (Ref:3468613) | #28 | ||
Rookie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 70
|
Quote:
Also there is a minor flaw with your explanation. Leo Pruneau was still working for Vauxhall in 1970 when the GTR XU-1 was released, so he could not have been responsible for it's naming. He did not move to Holden until 1971. The LJ was the first Torana he put his stamp on. Interestingly the HB Viva (on which the Torana is based) was all his own work. Last edited by m00neelee; 26 Oct 2014 at 09:24. Reason: typo |
||
|
30 Oct 2014, 21:58 (Ref:3470082) | #29 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 3,499
|
Quote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4MIfA5i64 |
|||
__________________
The good old days sure seem like a long time ago!! |
31 Oct 2014, 03:21 (Ref:3470144) | #30 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,171
|
What would be cool to see would be someone else driving Mr Bowe's Mustang Sally next season, and he moves to a different brand of car.
Would then shut down a lot of noise around that the car is simply too quick... when in reality the pilot is definitely in full sync with that old girl.. What would be fun to see would be Mr Bowe in a Porsche 911. Wonder if Synergy Race Engines have ever hotted up a flat 6 before? |
||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
31 Oct 2014, 04:42 (Ref:3470157) | #31 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,613
|
Quote:
|
||
|
31 Oct 2014, 05:02 (Ref:3470158) | #32 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,540
|
I forget exactly what year it was I looked up for TCM times at Bathurst, 2 or 3 years ago I think, but this year's pole was a good 2.5 sec faster. Now either JB is getting faster or the car is. Coincidentally that was the same margin back to Miedecke in 2nd place. You wonder why they are putting the effort into improving the car, chasing hp etc only to end up with lead trophies.
|
||
|
31 Oct 2014, 05:31 (Ref:3470159) | #33 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 4,572
|
Quote:
Your last point is about the nature of competition, motor sport and the constant desire to improve - regardless of whether it's for a trophy, to go from 20th to 10th place or a big bag of cash, it is why many are in the sport at all. |
|||
__________________
“We’re far from having too much horsepower…[m]y definition of too much horsepower is when all four wheels are spinning in every gear.” ― Mark Donohue |
31 Oct 2014, 22:52 (Ref:3470348) | #34 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 509
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
31 Oct 2014, 22:54 (Ref:3470351) | #35 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,171
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
31 Oct 2014, 23:03 (Ref:3470356) | #36 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,613
|
||
|
31 Oct 2014, 23:04 (Ref:3470357) | #37 | ||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,171
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
2 Nov 2014, 22:49 (Ref:3470967) | #38 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 509
|
|||
|
2 Nov 2014, 23:46 (Ref:3470985) | #39 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,613
|
||
|
3 Nov 2014, 00:49 (Ref:3471006) | #40 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 3,499
|
|||
__________________
The good old days sure seem like a long time ago!! |
14 Nov 2014, 05:17 (Ref:3474445) | #41 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 674
|
http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/11/14/...title-defence/
Anyone else surprised that a TCM front runner can't find a new engine - somehow - in his home stage? |
||
|
14 Nov 2014, 09:25 (Ref:3474486) | #42 | |
Racer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 132
|
TCM Competior had parts Stolen
The Melbourne's Cheapest Cars TCM Team had engines and a large range of parts stolen keep a look and ear out.
This kind of action is happening way more often. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vinta...97047260327544 Cheers Jimmy |
|
|
14 Nov 2014, 09:28 (Ref:3474488) | #43 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 950
|
A contributing factor may be Bowe's dominance...? (over 1.5 sec under the record...!!!)
Quote:
Code:
Pos Car Driver Vehicle Cap Laps Fastest.Lap 1 18 John Bowe Mustang Trans Am 5600 7 1:41.4954 Current Practice Record Is 1:42.9587 Set On 22/11/2013 |
||
|
15 Nov 2014, 01:36 (Ref:3474754) | #44 | |||
Racer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 432
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
15 Nov 2014, 10:14 (Ref:3474864) | #45 | |||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 674
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
15 Nov 2014, 10:54 (Ref:3474885) | #46 | |||
Race Official
1% Club
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 47,171
|
Quote:
|
|||
__________________
Go woke, Go broke… Here’s hoping a random universe works out in your favour… The meaning of life… ENJOYING THE PASSAGE OF TIME! #CANCERSUCKS |
15 Nov 2014, 12:02 (Ref:3474912) | #47 | ||
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Posts: 674
|
Front runners? It doesn't even need to be fresh, or the latest and greatest spec. Just something to throw in so you're not out of the entire weekend.
|
||
|
15 Nov 2014, 21:49 (Ref:3475173) | #48 | ||
Racer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 338
|
Didn't the Williamson(????) Jag throw a standard road car engine in at Sandown after lunching the race engine back in the Group C days?
|
||
__________________
Think drifting is tough. Try it on gravel, in the dark, amonst trees............... |
15 Nov 2014, 22:21 (Ref:3475187) | #49 | |
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 3,613
|
Jimmy has probably spent all his cash on the Javelin........nothing left for the Ford.
|
|
|
16 Nov 2014, 00:43 (Ref:3475225) | #50 | ||
Racer
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 432
|
IMHO Probably find it's setup for a non standard block (like "Dart") and that a normal Ford Engine and ancillaries fitting into the engine bay no longer exists and to make one now fit would require some major surgery which would probably not be worth the effort for the time required to do it .
|
||
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Sandown Touring Car Masters | Kingair | Australasian Touring Cars. | 6 | 16 Sep 2013 00:22 |
Touring Car Masters | cmotd | Historic Racing Today | 7 | 30 Mar 2011 23:30 |
Autobarn Touring Car Masters | Aquarius | Australasian Touring Cars. | 3 | 18 Mar 2011 07:38 |
2010 TOURING CAR MASTERS | GTRMagic | Australasian Touring Cars. | 109 | 14 Dec 2010 15:46 |
Adelaide Touring Car Masters | bluesport | Australasian Touring Cars. | 11 | 22 Feb 2008 10:01 |